ACAS International Conference on Asian Studies

This academic conference has been held every two years since 2000 to foster interdisciplinary scholarship, facilitate knowledge exchange on themes in contemporary Asian society and culture, and strengthen Asian Studies as a discipline in Asian universities. It brings together university faculty and research staff, independent researchers, policymakers, journalists, civil society, and think-tank teams from all over Asia as well as Asianists from Europe, North America and other regions. The two-day conference usually features plenary sessions for talks of distinguished resource persons, parallel sessions for research presentations, workshops, exhibits, cultural and social events woven around a contemporary topic of urgent interest in the region.

Conference themes throughout the years:

• 2024 - Artificial Intelligence in Asian Realities: Opportunities, Challenges, Risks, and Social Dynamics
• 2022 - The Socio-economic Landscape in Asia After the Pandemic: Scenarios and Implications to Development
• 2020 - Health, Migration and Transitions in Asia
• 2018 - Social Justice, Diversity and Development
• 2016 - Education for a Globalizing Asia: Challenges and Opportunities
• 2014 - Asian Integration: History, Contemporary Integrative Efforts, Implications on State Formation and Reconfiguration
• 2012 - Global Financial Crisis in the Asian Context: Repercussions and Responses
• 2010 - Religions, Regionalism, and Globalization in Asia
• 2008 - Democracy in Asia: Political Processes, Memories, Rights, and Traditions
• 2006 - Nationalism and Globalization in the Asian Context
• 2004 - Asian Cooperation: Problems and Challenges in the New Century
• 2002 - Terrorism, Peace and Development in Asia after September 11, 2001