Author: IACS Society
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Elspeth Probyn and Inter-Asia Cultural Studies: A tribute from behind the scenes
— By Fran Martin, with thanks to Meaghan Morris — Elspeth’s connections with the Inter-Asia Cultural Studies project are perhaps not widely known outside the networks directly involved, but they are nonetheless deep and consequential. Elspeth is linked with Inter-Asia not through publicly visible institutional-level affiliations or an Asia specialization in her own research, but…
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Thinking with Elspeth Probyn: a love letter to my teacher
Photo: Elspeth celebrated with the newly minted Dr Leung over a Dark ’n Stormy— her love Sarah’s favourite—The Redfern, Sydney, 18 June 2021. — A memorial tribute by her student, Daren Shi-Chi Leung — Elspeth thought with feeling. She could bring life to the most ordinary subjects—human and non-human—and make them throb with consequence. As…
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Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Note on Palestine
— As we reflect on the IACS Conference 2025 in Nakhon Si Thammarat held in July, where speakers convened around the theme of Geo-Social Connection: The Continuing Journey of Critical Inquiry, we encourage attendees and members to join us in reflecting on how we, as scholars, cultural workers, and activists, can continue to deepen the…
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2025–2027 IACS Board Commences
— Following an open nomination and election among all active IACS members, the 2025–2027 IACS Board has now been confirmed. — The election process began with a call for nominations (including self-nominations). Board members serve on a voluntary, unpaid basis, with responsibilities including promoting and advancing the Society’s academic activities—organising the summer school, conference, dissertation…
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Call for IACS Board Member Nominations
— The IACS Society is pleased to announce open nomination (including self-nomination) and election of active members for several open positions in the next board (2025-2027). The obligations of the board members are to promote and advance the academic activities of the IACS Society, including organizing the summer school, the conference, the dissertation prize, as…
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A New Institutional Member
— The IACS Society is pleased to announce that the Department of Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies, University of Minnesota has joined us as an institutional member. The IACS Society is honored to partner with University of Minnesota’s GWSS Department which has been a leading institution in North America in engaging with issues of structural inequalities,…
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2025 IACS Dissertation Prize Winner
Profes— Photo: Founding member of IACS, Professor Meaghan Morris, presents the second IACS Dissertation Prize to Dr Sirithorn Siriwan at the 2025 IACS Conference in Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. — This year, we received forty nominations from Australia, Canada, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, the Netherlands, Singapore, the UK, and the US. The dissertations reflect…
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2025 IACS Dissertation Prize Shortlist
— The 2025 IACS Dissertation Prize received 40 strong nominations this year. The quality and quantity of the dissertations have exceeded our expectation and made the selection a truly exciting and challenging task. After careful reading and intense discussion, our jury, Prof Fran Martin (jury chair), Prof Yiu Fai Chow, Prof Sharmani Patricia Gabriel, and…
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2025 IACS Conference: Acceptance letters and venue
__ The acceptance letter of the IACS 2025 Conference has been sent to all panel organizers and individual submitters. The conference organizer will announce the program on the conference website soon. — IACS 2025 will take place at the Twin Lotus Hotel in Nakhon Si Thammarat city, which features rooms, halls, restaurants, and a shuttle…