Call for Papers｜School of Pacific and Asian Studies Annual Graduate Student Conference (April 1 – 2, 2026)
Weaving Webs: Encounters, Exchanges, and Emerging Worlds in Asia
April 1 – 2, 2026 | Center for Korean Studies, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
Conference Theme
The conference seeks to rethink Asia as a dynamic web of relations in which many fields of study intersect to shape new possibilities for knowledge and life. How do our encounters and exchanges—across borders, languages, and disciplines—build, reinforce, and stretch these webs? How do we, as researchers and creators, help shape these webs through our own positions, emotions, and modes of interpretation? How might the strength and flexibility of these webs allow us to re-imagine Asia’s future? This conference aims to foster interdisciplinary dialogue among scholars in any field with a focus on one or more places or peoples in Asia. We especially encourage submissions that engage critically with transnational and comparative frameworks, postcolonial thought, and creative methodologies that bridge humanistic inquiry.
Who Should Apply
Graduate students in any academic discipline, from any academic institution, with a focus at least one or more regions or peoples of Asia
Submission Details
- Abstract deadline: February 1, 2026
- Abstract length: 250 – 300 words
- Submission format: Individual papers
Submit abstracts to: 2026 SPAS Graduate Student Conference Abstract Submission
Registration
There is no registration fee.
The conference will be in-person only.
For further inquiries, contact gradconf@hawaii.edu