Thanks to funding from the Henry Luce Foundation, the Association for Asian Studies is pleased to announce that we will host a dissertation workshop for Ph.D. students currently enrolled in higher education institutions in Asia. The workshop, sponsored by the AAS East and Inner Asia Council (EIAC), will take place July 11-12, 2024, immediately following the summer 2024 AAS-in-Asia conference in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
The workshop theme will be “Global China: China’s Interactions Across and Beyond Asia.” The dissertation workshop will provide students, especially those based in less-resourced countries of Asia, with mentorship from leading scholars and to help them develop networks to navigate the challenging process of developing a strong prospectus, accomplishing the necessary research, and writing a good dissertation.
To ensure effectiveness, participation is limited to 10 students. Mentors will be Dr. Jean Oi (Stanford University, AAS president 2023-2024) and Dr. Prasenjit Duara (Duke University, AAS president 2019-2020), with a third mentor selected after the submission deadline. Mentors will lead discussions in seminar style, providing feedback on each student’s work, and also opening a space for students to comment on peers’ works work while responding to critique on their own work. During the day and a half workshop, time will be set aside for informal meetings and discussions, as well as group dinners and social gatherings.