
2023 SWCAS Annual Meeting
Nov 2-4, 2023, University of Houston, Houston
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We are excited to announce the return of in-person conference activities for the 52st Annual SWCAS Conference.
The SWCAS 2023 will be held at the University of University of Houston, Houston
Abstract submission for the conference will be open in the spring 2023
51st Annual SWCAS Registration is Available Here
2022 Registration Fees:
Faculty: $100 before Sept 1; $130 after
Graduate Students:
$60 before Sept 1; $90 after
Virtual Only Registration: $30 (includes broadcast of keynote & special virtual plenary session)
Undergraduate Virtual Registration: Free
SWCAS Board of Directors
Christopher Born (2025)
John Barnett (2025)
Arenda Chakravartty (2024)
Jooyoun Lee (2024)
Melody Yunzi Li (2023)
Marcy Tanter (2023)
Click here for a PDF of the directory. If you would like to join the SWCAS Mailing List, all you will need is an institutional email address. Send a request to the SWCAS administrator in the contact form below.
Journal of the Southwest Conference on Asian Studies
Click HERE to access the Call for Submissions to the 2021 edition of the Journal.
Annual
Click here to access former programs and other information about SWCAS Annual Meetings.
SWCAS Officers 2022-23
Melody Yunzi Li, President
Aryendra Chakravartty, Vice President
Zach Smith, Past President
Leah Renold, Secretary-Treasurer
Miao Dou, Webmaster
Patricia Schiaffini, CoC Rep
Past Meeting: October 7-8, 2022
University of Central ArkansasHybrid (In Person & Online)
The 51st Annual SWCAS meeting was held in-person and virtually at the University of Central Arkansas on October 7 - 8, 2022. Focusing on the theme of “Reconnecting in a (Post) Pandemic World,” the conference invited over one hundred scholars, teachers, and students representing fifteen different countries. The conference featured a keynote lecture from AAS President Dr. Kamran Asdar Ali, a roundtable on Asian and Asian American Studies under the framework of Global Asia, cultural performances from Dr. Melody Li and Dr. Cynthia Ma, and a public teacher education workshop on “Asia Across the Curriculum.”
* Our logo depicts a tree bending in the prevailing southwest wind, inscribed in a red ochre circle symbolizing the southern sun. Our conference in general encompasses Asianists located in Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana, although anyone is invited to join.