Second Call for Abstracts | 23rd East-West Center International Graduate Student Conference on the Asia-Pacific (Feb. 15-17, 2024)

Call for Abstracts: 23rd Annual IGSC Conference

Conference Dates: February 15-17, 2024

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Aloha mai kākou,

The East-West Center International Graduate Student Conference (IGSC) is accepting abstracts from current graduate students, as well as from scholars, practitioners, artists, and scientists, who have completed a graduate degree within the past three years. IGSC welcomes abstracts globally and from any discipline related to the US and Asia-Pacific region.

This year’s theme is Elucidating the Periphery: Rethinking Neglected Narratives and Novel Approaches.

Scholars, practitioners, artists, and scientists whose work highlights issues, communities, or practices that broadly concern the periphery are invited to submit abstracts to present their work as part of this conference.

Historic events within this decade compelled scholars, practitioners, and artists to confront neglected issues concerning underrepresented communities and innovative practices – of or on the “periphery.” This conference will highlight work, scholarly and otherwise, that illuminates the periphery. Historically, the periphery was used to describe nations outside of powerful ‘core’ countries, but the periphery is now broadly rearticulated to encompass underrepresented fields, backgrounds, peoples, geographies, and novel methodologies in the humanities, social sciences, arts, and the natural sciences.

Seven streams of thought have been identified for presentations:

  1. Social, Political, and Humanitarian Crises
  2. Ecological Dangers and Environmental Hazards
  3. Dilemmas in Economies and Labor
  4. Crises in Public Health and Disability
  5. Peripheral Cultures, Languages, Subjectivities, and Aesthetics
  6. (Re)writing Past and Present Narratives in the Advent of New Technology
  7. Resurgent Epistemologies and Revitalizing Othered Ontologies

Applications for abstracts will be accepted until September 15, 2023, at 11:59PM HST. All abstracts must be submitted in English, with a maximum word count of 350 words. Learn more about the abstract submittal process on our IGSC FAQ page.

Abstract submissions

All abstract submissions must be made through the secure Submittable online platform. The deadline to submit abstracts is September 15th, 2023, 23:59 hrs (Hawai‘i Standard Time).

Please see the conference website for Frequently Asked Questions on abstract guidelines, conference registration, and other logistics. For any other questions not covered in Frequently Asked Questions, please send your inquiry to the IGSC team at igsc@eastwestcenter.org.

Thank you in advance for your interest in IGSC 2024. We look forward to receiving your abstracts.

The IGSC Team 2024

 
IGSC is a student-run initiative of the East-West Center Education Program. The Center’s Education Program offers funding for graduate study at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa and provides a dynamic residential experience for graduate students to develop lifelong relationships and a powerful sense of community with others who share an interest in and commitment to the Asia Pacific region. Explore opportunities with the East-West Center Education Program here.
The East-West Center promotes better relations and understanding among the people and nations of the United States, Asia, and the Pacific through cooperative study, research, and dialogue. Established by the U.S. Congress in 1960, the Center serves as a resource for information and analysis on critical issues of common concern, bringing people together to exchange views, build expertise, and develop policy options. The Center is an independent, public, nonprofit organization with funding from the U.S. government, and additional support provided by private agencies, individuals, foundations, corporations, and governments in the region.