New Horizons of Asian Studies : Asia Research Directors Conference

Seoul National University Asia Center
March 20-21, 2014

Seoul National University Asia Center Samik Hall
Seoul, Korea

Day1. March 20 2014 (Thursday)

8:30-9:00am Registration

9:00-9:30am Opening Address
Congratulatory Remarks

9:30-10:20am Keynote Session

Prof Prasenjit Duara, Director, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore
The Agenda of Asian Studies in the Anthropocene

Prof Myungkoo Kang, Director, Seoul National University Asia Center
A Critical Reflection of the Transnational: Toward an Asianization of Social Sciences

10:20-10:30am Break

10:30-12:30am Session 1: Emerging Questions in Asian Studies

Chair: Prof Cheol Hee Park, Director, Institute for Japanese Studies, Seoul National University

Speaker 1: Prof Philippe Peycam, Director, International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden University
Framing Asian Studies in the Global Context: Some Thoughts on IIAS’s Current Activities

Speaker 2: Prof Koichi Iwabuchi, Director, Monash Asia Institute, Monash University
Trans-Asia as Method: Towards the Advancement of Inter-Asian Referencing and Dialogue

Speaker 3: Prof Nae-Young Lee, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Korea University
How Can East Asian Academia Become a Center of East Asian Studies?

Speaker 4: Prof Zhipan Wu, Executive Vice President, Peking University
Family Concept, Family Enterprises, East-Asia Miracle and Legislature Cooperation in East Asia

Speaker 5: Prof Sergei Sevastianov, Director, Asia Pacific International Institutions & Multilateral Cooperation Studies Center, Far Eastern Federal University
How does Russia Frame Asia: Asian, Oriental or Eurasian Approaches?

Speaker 6: Prof Keun Lee, Director, Institute of Economic Research, Seoul National University
Asian Studies as a Study on Economic Catch-up by the Latecomers

12:30-2:00pm Lunch

2:00-4:00pm Session 2: Asian Studies within and outside Asia

Chair: Prof Jong-Wha Lee, Director, Asiatic Research Institute, Korea University

Speaker 1: Prof Patrick K?llner, Director, Institute of Asian Studies, German Institute of Global and Area Studies, University of Hamburg
Border Crossings in Contemporary Asian Studies: Recent Developments in Germany and the Case of GIGA

Speaker 2: Prof MD Nasrudin MD Akhir, Executive Director, Asia-Europe Institute, Head of Malaysia-Korea Research Center, University of Malaya
Asian Studies in the University of Malaya: Asia-Europe Institute and Malaysia-Korea Research Center

Speaker 3: Prof David Hugh Whittaker, Director, New Zealand Asia Institute, University of Auckland
New Zealand in Asia and Asia in New Zealand

Speaker 4: Prof Hitoshi Nakano, Director, Research Center for Korean Studies, Kyushu University
The Role in Which the Research Center for Korean Studies Has Played?and Our Subject in the Future

Speaker 5: Prof Srikanth Kondapalli, Chairperson, Center for East Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Indian Studies on China

Speaker 6: Prof Jang Sik Park, Director, Institute for Southeast Asian Studies, Busan University of Foreign Studies
Recognizing Southeast Asia as a Whole

4:00-4:30pm Break

4:20-6:30pm Session 3: Inter-disciplinary Collaborations in Asian Studies

Chair: Prof Jae Ho Chung, Director, Program on US-China Relations, Seoul National University Asia Center

Speaker 1: Prof Kevin O’Brien, Director, Institute of East Asian Studies, UC Berkeley
Enlarging Asian Studies: Reaching Out to Scientists and Engineers

Speaker 2: Prof Gi-Wook Shin, Director, Asia-Pacific Research Center, Stanford University
Opportunities and Challenges in Inter-disciplinary Collaboration

Speaker 3: Prof Shigeto Sonoda, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, University of Tokyo
IASA as a Geisha House: How We Deal with Interdisciplinary Studies

Speaker 4: Prof Myoung-Kyu Park, Director, Institute for Peace and Unification Studies, Seoul National University
Agenda Setting for Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration

Speaker 5: Prof Xiangyang Li, Director, Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Asia’s Regional Economic Cooperation: A Chinese Perspective

Speaker 6: Prof Suk Jung Han, Vice President, Dong-A University
East Asian Modern as an Interlocking Sphere

7:00pm Dinner