2008
Urban History Group Conference : "Urban Boundaries and Margins"Mar. 27-28, 2008
Migration and national identities in Latin America since independence Panel at the Annual Conference of the Society of Latin American Studies(SLAS) 28-30 March 2008,University College London and Institute of Historical Research
AAS (Association for Asian Studies) Annual MeetingApril 3-6, 2008,Hyatt Regency, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Asian Visual Cultures WorkshopApril 13, 2008
American Comparative Literature Association Annual Meeting "Arrivals and Departures"April 24-27,2008,Long Beach, California
What's the Use of Race?April 25-26,2008,MIT Faculty Club
CONF Translations and Transformations: China, Modernity and CulturalMay 1-3, 2008,Transmission, Cambridge, UK
Annual Conference: Race and Ethnicity in America and the World Undergraduate Student ConferenceMay 2,2008,The Columbia University Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race
Gender Ratios and Global Migrations, 1850-presentJune 11-12,2008,Minnesota Population Center 50 Willey Hall, West Bank Campus.
China & the Southern Pacific: "Looking North, Looking South - China and the Southern Pacific" June 17-18, 2008,,Christchurch, New Zealand
Childhood & Migration: Interdisciplinary Conference 2008June 20-21, 2008,Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
6th MESEA ConferenceJune 25-28, 2008,Leiden University, The Netherlands
In Search of Solutions: Methods, Movements and Undocumented Migrants in AfricaJul 1-4, 2008
Cross-Cultural Perspectives on East Asia Cinemas: An International Symposium Jul 3-4, 2008,Hong Kong, China
1st Global Conference:Diasporas:Exploring Critical Issues Jul 5-7, 2008,Oxford, United Kingdom
Transatlantic Studies Association Annual Conference: "Transatlantic Perspectives on Global Migration" panel sessionJul. 7 -10, 2008,, West Park Conference Centre, Dundee University
Chinese-language cinema conference :"Locality, Translocality, and De-Locality: Cultural, Aesthetic, and Political Dynamics of Chinese-Language Cinema " Jul 12-13, 2008,Shanghai International Conference Center, Shanghai University
Rising Dragon, Soaring Bananas, BANANAS-ISSCO CONFERENCE18-19th July 2009,New Zealand
Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE).July 21-23, 2008,San Jose, Costa Rica
Economic Flexibility and Social Stability in the Age of Globalization July 21-23, 2008,Costa Rica
3rd Singapore Graduate Forum on Southeast AsiaJuly 28-29, 2008
Return Migration in Asia: Experiences, Ideologies and PoliticsJuly 31, 2008-August 1, 2008,ARI Research Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Transnational Cinema in Globalising Societies: Asia and Latin America August 2008,Mexico
International Conference on "Language, Literature and Culture in ASEAN: Unity in Diversity"August 4-5, 2008,Chulalongkorn University,Bangkok Thailand
International Federation of Library Associations Section on Library Services to Multicultural Populations Satellite Pre-conference : " Multicultural to Intercultural: Libraries Connecting Communities" Aug. 5-7, 2008,Vancouver, Canada
The Second Annual Asian Cultural Studies Association Conference:" Asian Ways: Traditions and Transitions" Aug. 5-6, 2008,Bangkok, Thailand
European Association of Chinese Studies Conference and History6-10 August 2008,Lund University
Royal Geographical Society-IBG Annual International Conference 2008: "Feminist geographies, gender relations and economic igration: organizations, networks and strategies" panel session August, 27-29 2008,London, U.K.
Comparative Study of the Legal and Social Status of Foreigners in East & Southeast Asian Countries during the 17-20th Centuries28 August 2008,The Netherlands and Japan Workshop on Academic Exchange about Asian Identities.
Call for Papers: The Boston Seminar in Immigration and Urban History Sep 2008-Apr 2009 series (weekly)
ARI Asia Trends 2008 - Chineseness Unbound: Boundaries, Burdens and Belongings of Chineseness Outside ChinaSept. 11, 2008,Sheraton Towers Singapore, 39 Scotts Road, Singapore 228230. (Abstract)
Call for Papers: Workshop on New Chinese MigrationsSeptember 12,2008,Institut National des Langues et civilisations orientales (INALCO) & Peninsule, Paris
Chinese Migrations to Europe and Elsewhere and Overseas Chinese Communities: The resumption of the migratory phenomenon and its impact on host societies.Sept. 12, 2008,Paris, France
Workshop on Migration and Diversity in Asian ContextsSep 25-26, 2008
TRANSFORMATIONS: RESEARCHING ASIA September 26-28, 2008,York Centre for Asian Research Graduate Student Conference, York University, Toronto, Canada
New York Conference on Asian Studies (NYCAS) 2008: "Cultural Connections, Convergences, and Collisions Past and Present" Sep. 26-27, 2008,Hamilton College, New York
21st Century Exit and Entry (Migration) Administration Conference Sep. 27-Sep. 28, 2008,Law School, Shantou University, Shantou, China
World War II and its aftermath, October Forum, National Museum of Singapore, (Includes A Dialogue on Understanding in Sino-Japanese War History, Forum on Repercussions of World War II on Contemporary Society, and Documentary Film ScreeningsOctober 10-12 2008,Singapore
American Studies Association Conference 2008: "Routes of U.S. Imperial Capital: Intersections of Political Economy and Desire in he Transnational Pacific" Oct 16-19, 2008,Albuqueque, New Mexico, U.S.A
The 33rd Annual Meeting of the Social Science History Association: "It's About Time: Temporality and Interdisciplinary Research" Oct. 23-26, 2008
Migration in Museums: Narratives of Diversity in EuropeOctober 23-25, 2008,Berlin (in participating museums)
The 33rd Annual Meeting of the Social Science History Association: "It's About Time: Temporality and Interdisciplinary Research" Oct. 23-26, 2008,Hotel InterContinental, Miami, Florida, USA
2nd Kartini Network Conference: The future of Asian feminism confronting fundamentalisms, conflict and neoliberalismNov. 2-5, 2008
CFP Race and Race Relations-Past, Present, Future: Interdisciplinary Conference on Race November 13-15, 2008,Monmouth University, New Jersey
Migration and Memory: Representations of Migration in Europe after 1960. 13 November 2008-14 November 2008,Malmo University, MIM - Malmo Institute for studies of Migration, Diversity and Welfare, Gibraltargatan
"Race, Ethnicity and Religion: a Transatlantic Perspective on Civil Society". org. by Freie Universitat Berlin and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen in Cooperation with The University of Chicago. November 14-15, 2008,Franke Institute for the Humanities, University of Chicago
Call for papers - Transnational parenthood and children-left-behindNovember 20-21, 2008,Oslo, Norway
"Globalizing Intellectual Property: The Geopolitics and Ethics of Information Rights",International Conference on Information Capital, Property, and Ethics (ICPE)November 21st (Friday),10th Floor, She-Wo Building, Shih-Hsin University, Taipei
Identity and Its Discontents November 26-28, 2008,University of Melbourne,
Call for Papers: First International Congress on Chinese Studies (Immigration and Cultures)November 26-29, 2008,Bilbao, Spain
"In the Shadows of Empires": The 2nd International Conference on Asian American and Asian British LiteraturesNov. 28-29, 2008
Tan Kah Kee and Lee Kong Chian: Their Significance in the Making of Modern Singapore and Malaysia.28-29 November 2008.,National Library, Singapore.
The Globalizing Religions and Cultures in the Asia-Pacific conferenceDecember 1-5 2008,Adelaide, South Australia
"Discovering histories of foreign communities in Japan, Dec 2008". Division of Pacific & Asian History (PAH), Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies (RSPAS) 1-2 December 2008,The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Call for papers: International Conference on Popular Culture and Education in AsiaDecember 11-13, 2008,Hong Kong Institute on Education
International Conference on "Globalization: Cultures, Institutions and Socioeconomics"December 12-13, 2008,Chinese University of Hong Kong,
Postcolonial Popular CulturesDecember 14 -16, 2008.,University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand,
GREATER CHINA, "Globalization, Cultures, Institutions and Socioeconomics"December 16-18, 2008,Hong Kong
Conference: The Second International Conference on Hakka Studies: "Formation and Transformation of Hakka"Dec. 20-21, 2008,Hshinchu, Taiwan
2009
2009 American Historians Association (AHA) Jan 2-5, 2009,New York City
4th Annual UC Santa Cruz APARC Grad Student Conf on Mobility in the Asia-Pacific-AmericasSaturday, February 21, 2009,University of California, Santa Cruz
The Voice of Southeast Asian Diaspora Northeast Modern Language AssociationFebruary 26-March 1, 2009,Boston
"Bridges and Borders in East Asia," Harvard East Asia Society Graduate Student ConferenceFebruary 27-March 1, 2009,Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Making Memory, Making History: Ideas and Identities Beyond Borders, Grad Student Conf6-7 March 2009,Indiana University - Bloomington
Pacific Worlds in Motion II: An Interdisciplinary Conference on Asia-Pacific MigrationsMarch 12-13, 2009,The National University of Singapore
"Skilled Migrant Networks and their Impact on Integration in Host Countries", 11th Metropolis National Conference , (Deadline: 10 November 2008)19-22 March 2009,Calgary, Alberta
An International Symposium:China's Rise and Its Impact on Asia: Democratization, Development and CultureMarch 20-22, 2009
2009 OAH March 26-29, 2009,Seattle, WA
Call for Papers: Local Cultures in Global Circulation: The Traveling Texts of Asian Traditions, American Comparative Literature Association (ACLA) Annual Meeting.(Organizer: EK Tan at entan@notes.cc.sunysb.edu )March 26-29, 2009,Harvard University
Global Playfulness, Local Politics: Vernacular Voices in Cross-cultural Asian Texts, ACLA Annual Meeting, (Organizers: Howard Choy & Cecilia Hung at celinahung@gmail.com) 26-29 March 2009.,Harvard University
Claiming the World: Univeralisms as Doctrine and in Action, a Graduate Student ConferenceMarch 27,2009,Columbia University Department of History
Global Borders April 2009,Institute for Historical Studies at UT-Austin
Call for Papers - National Association for Ethnic Studies 37th Annual Conference April 2-4, 2009,Hilton Mission Valley San Diego, California
Chinese Alternative Genders, Same-sex Sexualities & the Media, Intl Assn for Stdy of Sexuality, Culture & SocietyApr 15-18,2009,Hanoi
"Global-is-Asian: Asian diaspora identities in the context of globalization" Asian Pacific American Studies Program.April 17-18 2009,Michigan State University
World Convention "Imagined Communities, Real Conflicts and National Identities"April 23-25, 2009, New York, Columbia University
WCILCOS International Conference for Chinese Overseas StudiesMay 9-11, 2009,Guangzhou, China
Society for Cinema and Media Studies ConferenceMay 21-24,2009,OSAI INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY - Tokyo, Japan
Rethinking Visual Narratives from Asia: Intercultural and Comparative PerspectivesJune 8-9, 2009,University of Hong Kong
Call for papers: International Conference on the History of Medicine and Global Connections June 19-20, 2009,Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at University College, London
Call for papers 15th Annual North American Taiwan Studies Association (NATSA) ConferenceJune 26-29, 2009,,Austin, TX
Society for East Asian Anthropology 2009 Conf.July 2-5, 2009,Taipei, Taiwan
Cultural Histories of Sociability, Spaces and Mobility (Deadline 28 Nov 2008).9-11 July 2009,York University (UK)
15th World History Economic Congress ?"Company Towns in Comparative Perspective" panel session August 3-7, 2009,Utrecht, The Netherlands
International Convention of Asian Scholars (ICAS) 6 th Conference : "Think Asia!"Aug 6-9, 2009