Previous ASAA conferences

Previous ASAA conferences

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Recent ASAA Conferences

2018 ASAA Conference

The 22nd Biennial Conference of the ASAA, 3-5 July 2018

Location: The University of Sydney

Conference Convenor: Professor Michelle Ford (Sydney Southeast Asia Centre)

Area Studies and Beyond

2016 ASAA Conference

The 21st Biennial Conference of the ASAA, 5-7 July 2016

Location: Australian National University

Conference Convenors: Professor Edward Aspinall and Professor Robert Cribb (Department of Political and Social Change, Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs)

Conference website: https://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/asaa-conference-2016

2014 ASAA Conference

The 20th Biennial Conference of the ASAA, 8-10 July 2014

Location: University of Western Australia

Conference Convenor: Professor Krishna Sen (Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Education, School of Social Sciences)

AsiaScapes: Contesting Borders

2012 ASAA Conference

The 19th Biennial Conference of the ASAA, 11-13 July 2012

Location: University of Western Sydney, Australia

Conference Convenors: Associate Professor Judith Snodgrass (School of Humanities and Communication Arts), Distinguished Professor Ien Ang and Dr Tim Winter (both from the Institute for Culture and Society), University of Western Sydney

‘Knowing Asia: Asian Studies in an Asian Century’

2010 ASAA Conference

The 18th Biennial Conference of the ASAA, 5-8 July 2010

Location: University of Adelaide, Australia.

Conference convenor: Professor Purnendra Jain, Centre for Asian Studies, Univserity of Adelaide.

Peer-reviewed Proceedings of the 18th Biennial Conference of the ASAA.

2008 ASAA Conference

The 17th Biennial Conference of the ASAA, 1-3 July 2008

Location: Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.

Conference organiser: Professor Marika Vicziany, Monash Asia Institute, Monash University.

Peer-reviewed Proceedings* of the 17th Biennial Conference of the ASAA.

* Note: the Proceedings are a PDF download.

2006 ASAA Conference

The 16th Biennial Conference of the ASAA, 26th-29th June 2006

Location: University of Wollongong, Australia.

Conference organiser: Professor Adrian Vickers, Faculty of Arts, University of Wollongong.

Peer-reviewed Proceedings of the 16th Biennial Conference of the ASAA.

2004 ASAA Conference

The 15th Biennial Conference of the ASAA, 29 June – 2 July 2004

Location: National Convention Centre, Canberra. Australia.

Conference organiser: Dr Robert Cribb, Pacific and Asian History, RSPAS, The Australian National University.

Peer-reviewed Proceedings of the 15th Biennial Conference of the ASAA.

Older ASAA Conferences

  • ‘After sovereignty: nation and place’, University of Tasmania, 30 June – 3 July 2002
  • ‘Whose millennium?’ University of Melbourne, 3 – 5 October 2000
  • UNSW, 28 September – 1 October 1998
  • ‘Communications with/in Asia’, 20th anniversary conference, La Trobe University, 8 – 11 July, 1996
  • ‘Environment, state and society in Asia: the legacy of the 20th century’, Murdoch University, 13 – 16 July 1994
  • ‘The challenge of industrialisation in Asia’, University of New England, 6 – 9 July 1992
  • ‘Australia and Asia: meeting the challenge of the future’, Griffith University, 2 – 5 July 1990
  • Bicentennial conference of the ASAA, ANU, 11 – 15 February 1988
  • ‘Asian encounters: perceptions/ politics/ profits’, Sydney University, 11 – 16 May 1986
  • ‘Australia in Asia: Asia in Australia, prospects and problems of increasing interaction’, University of Adelaide, 13 – 19 May 1984
  • Monash University, 10 – 14 May 1982
  • Griffith University, 25 – 29 August 1980
  • University of New South Wales, 14 – 18 May 1978
  • University of Melbourne, 4 – 16 May 1976

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