4th Annual Conference

February 19–20, 2026
UC Irvine

Keynote Speaker:
Junyoung Verónica Kim, New York University

Early Career Publishing Workshop:
Tina Chen, The Penn State University

https://sites.uci.edu/globalasias/ga26/

CALL FOR PAPERS

PROPOSALS DUE
11:59PM PST AUGUST 1, 2025

We welcome the following proposal formats:

• Individual paper: 250 word abstract

• Panel (3–4 presentations): 250 word description + 100–200 word abstracts for each presentation

• Roundtable (4–6 presenters): 250 word description

Proposals, along with a two-page CV for each presenter, should be sent to globalasias@uci.edu. Decisions in late August.

This will be an in-person conference. We do not have staff support to accommodate requests for remote participation or hybrid online/in-person panels.

Conference registration opens in the fall. There will be a sliding scale registration fee for tenure-track participants only. No cost for all other participants.

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The intellectual paradigm of Global Asias recognizes Asia’s shifting position in the realm of geopolitics, capital, and culture; this shift counters or exceeds longstanding narratives associated with that region and with global ordering more broadly. Global Asias invites submissions that expand our understanding of “Asia” as a region, discourse, and/or process in relation to the “global” or the “globe.” We invite proposals from scholars, artists, writers, activists, and other practitioners. 

We are especially interested in proposals that

• Are situated in the contexts of South or Southeast Asia

• Thoughtfully move beyond methodological nationalism to incorporate multiple national, regional, and geographical points of reference

• And/or feature non-US hegemonic contexts.

Possible presentation topics may include but are not limited to the following:

• Making space and place

• Language and translation

• Transnationalism, belonging, and citizenship

• Diasporas and regionalism

• Circulation and migration

• Comparative political economies

• Inter-imperial and transimperial formations

• Empire, militarism, and genocide

• Mapping consumption, production, or culture

• Environment and sustainability

• Logistics, infrastructure, and supply chains

• Global solidarities and futures

• History and memory

• Race, gender, and sexuality

• Media, technologies, and cultural and art practices

• Rethinking disciplines, methods, and knowledge productions of “Asia”