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Annual
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SWCAS Board of Directors
Arenda Chakravartty (2021)
Kimberlee Ortiz (2021)
Zach Smith (2022)
Paul Clark (2022)
Melody Li (2023)
Marcy Tanter (2023)
SWCAS Officers 2020-21
Marcy Tanter, President
Zach Smith, Vice President
Patricia Schiaffini, Past President
Leah Renold, Secretary-Treasurer
William Noseworthy, Webmaster
Patricia Schiaffini, CoC Rep
Tarleton State University
On-campus at Fort Worth, Texas & Online
2021 Annual Meeting
Virtual 2020 Meeting
October 23-24, 2020
Registration for the 50th Annual SWCAS Conference is pending
The 50th Annual Meeting of the Southwest Conference on Asian Studies will be conducted both in person & virtually. To submit a paper or panel proposal, please see the Call for Papers below and send your submissions to Marcy Tanter (professor.tanter@gmail.com) by April 30, 2021.
Journal of the Southwest Conference on Asian Studies
Click HERE to access the Call for Submissions to the 2021 edition of the Journal.
The 49th Annual Meeting of the Southwest Conference on Asian Studies was conducted virtually due to the Covid-19/SARS-Cov2 Global Pandemic. The conference was still incredibly successful and you may view the 2020 Program and Board Minutes below.
October 22-23, 2020
* 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.