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Register now for a June 23 webinar with the Asian American Scholar Forum about the legal risks to scholars and researchers in the United States these days. https://bit.ly/4ac4fCx

I'm honored to have just been added to the Association for Asian Studies' Distinguished Speakers Bureau. Happy to join a list of stellar scholars. www.asianstudies.org/grants-award...

The @asianstudies.org Diversity and Equity Committee is pleased to announce our #AAS2027 sponsored panels! "Remapping Indigeneity: Belonging and Identity in Asia, Past & Present" and "Popular Culture Across Global Asias: Identity, Diaspora, and Representation"! www.asianstudies.org/call-for-pro...

Advisor quality shapes the PhD experience more than almost anything else. So why do so few programs teach mentorship as a skill? Read our latest piece Doctoral Futures piece, "Mentorship Is Not Alchemy": bit.ly/4eg9QdF

In "Teaching Gojira: Godzilla in Japanese History, Folklore, Culture, and Film," from the Spring 2026 issue of Education About Asia, Bill Tsutsui considers how the film can help students analyze and understand modern Japan.

The AAS Oral History Project: Barbara Watson Andaya and Hieu Phung Hieu Phung (facing away from camera) interviews Barbara Watson Andaya in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, March 2022. Photo by Bill Warner,...

The AAS Diversity and Equity Committee invites applications for its two designated sessions at #AAS2027. Check out session topics at our website and submit your abstract by July 20. https://bit.ly/AAS2027-DEC

Lahore University of Management Sciences and AAS are pleased to welcome Dr. Adil Najam as the #AASInAsia2026 Keynote Speaker! Join us at LUMS in September to hear Dr. Najam's talk on Asia's evolving role in shaping the global future. aasinasia.org

Call for Proposals: AAS Diversity and Equity Committee Designated Sessions The Diversity and Equity Committee of the Association for Asian Studies invites applications for its two...

As part of the AAS 85th anniversary celebration this year, we are sharing a series of oral history interviews with members of the #AsianStudies field. Read the first one now, a conversation between Barbara Watson Andaya and Hieu Phung. https://bit.ly/WatsonAndaya

Save the date for our upcoming webinar: Under the Microscope: The Cases Targeting America's Scientists, Scholars & Researchers in 2026, on Tuesday, June 23 at 1:30 PM ET. Join AASF for a panel discussion featuring leading attorneys examining the evolving legal landscape facing scientists, scholars, and researchers in 2026, including federal investigations, visa threats, wrongful termination, and the lasting impact of the China Initiative. Moderated by Gisela Perez Kusakawa, Executive Director of AASF. Featured speakers: 🔹 Robert Fisher, Partner at Nixon Peabody LLP, who has defended...

The Diversity and Equity Committee of the Association for Asian Studies invites applications for its two designated sessions at the 2027 Annual Conference, which will be held in Boston, Massachusetts,...

Hieu Phung (facing away from camera) interviews Barbara Watson Andaya in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, March 2022. Photo by Bill Warner, AAS. The AAS Oral History Project, conceived by past AAS President...

Ask a group of PhDs to characterize the mentorship they received in grad school, and you’ll receive an incredible range of responses…

Godzilla, the star of thirty-five live-action films, may be Japan’s most recognizable movie star and is now an icon of global popular culture. Going back to Gojira (1954), the somber, politically changed movie that launched the franchise, the giant irradiated monster famed for terrorizing Japan has been widely associated with the traumas of the atomic age: nuclear fear, Cold War anxieties, and the haunting nightmares of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. But how can Gojira be used in the classroom to explore aspects of the Japanese experience beyond the legacies of the atomic bombs? This article...

The AAS Oral History Project, conceived by past AAS President Christine Yano, explores the history of the field as told by the people who have shaped it. Rather than focusing on publications, these interviews explore the person behind them, with special attention to the moments of contingency, doubt, uncertainty, and paths not taken. The first […]