SWCAS 53rd Annual Conference
Technology, Knowledge and Belonging:
Asia and the Global Dynamics of Thought, Development and Human Endeavors
November 1 – 2, 2024
Stephen F. Austin State University,
Member of the University of Texas System
Nacogdoches, TX
Format: In-Person & Online
Accommodation
Hotel Fredonia, Nacogdoches
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Block reservation for Friday (Nov. 1) - Sunday (Nov. 3)
53rd 2024 Annual SWCAS Registration
is now available
Regular registration
(Extended: till October 11)
Late Registration
(starting from October 12)
SWCAS 2023, at University of Houston
SWCAS Board of Directors
Allison J. Truitt (2026)
Miao Dou (2026)
Christopher Born (2025)
John Barnett (2025)
Aryenda Chakravartty (2024)
Jooyoun Lee (2024)
SWCAS Officers 2023-24
Aryendra Chakravartty, President
Zhaojin Zeng, Vice President
Melody Yunzi Li, Past President
Leah Renold, Secretary-Treasurer
Miao Dou, Webmaster
Jooyoun Lee, CoC Rep
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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.
Past Meeting: October 7-8, 2022
University of Central Arkansas Hybrid (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.