Category: News
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14th Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Biennial Conclave
— Our institutional partner and 2023 Conclave organiser, the Centre for Inter-Asian Research at Ahmedabad University, reported on the recently concluded 2023 Conclave. “The Conclave helped to transform the way we think about inter-Asian cultural studies, bringing together scholars from all over Asia to discuss new ways of collaborating and exchanging knowledge. It prepared the…
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IACS Dissertation Prize 2023 Winner
— This year, we received ten strong submissions from the network of inter-Asia cultural studies, from Hong Kong, Australia, Singapore, and Taiwan. All dissertations were carefully reviewed by our judging panel, consisting of Profs Tejaswini Niranjana (chair), Chua Beng Huat, Melani Budianta, Roberto Castillo, and Anneke Coppoolse, which speaks highly of the submitted work as…
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IACS Dissertation Prize Finalists
— In January 2023, the IACS set up the IACS Dissertation Prize to encourage the critical scholarship in inter-Asia cultural studies. The prize will be granted every two years to recognize and honour the emerging and exciting research in the field. For this round, the period in which dissertations are considered are from August 1, 2021 to July…
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IACS Dissertation Prize – Call for Nominations
To encourage the critical scholarship in inter-Asia cultural studies, The IACS Society has set up the IACS Dissertation Prize, to be granted every two years to recognize and honor the emerging and exciting research in the field. Dissertations intending to enter this competition will have to be nominated first either by his/her advisor or a…
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Book Launch: Korean Cinema in Global Contexts
BOOK LAUNCH Soyoung Kim’s Korean Cinema in Global Contexts: Post-Colonial Phantom, Blockbuster and Trans-Cinema — Watch the recording of the event here. — Download Soyoung Kim’s Powerpoint Slides here.
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Applications to participate in the 2022 Summer School are now open
Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Summer School 2022 Date 9-19 August 2022 Venue Online Hosted by Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur Applications to participate in the 2022 Summer School are now open. Further details in the link and below https://iacssummer.school/ Crisis and Connectedness: Flashpoints for Inter-Asia Cultural Studies The severity of structural inequalities and the violence that sustains…
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Book Launch: Dreams of Flight
Hello friends, I’m thrilled to announce this public, online launch for _Dreams of Flight_, where I’ll be honoured to be joined by Prof Tejaswini Niranjana in conversation about the book, followed by public Q&A and discussion. Please join us on Sat March 12, AEDT5pm, on Zoom (details below). To buy the book at a 30%…