The Harvard East Asia Society (HEAS) Graduate Student Conference is an annual event that provides an interdisciplinary forum for graduate students to exchange ideas and discuss current research on topics related to Asia. The conference invites young scholars to present their research to their peers and renowned scholars in relevant fields. Participants will also meet others in their research area and forge new professional relationships.

This year’s conference is titled “Flow: A Symposium.”Flow is about time, dynamics, and fluidity. It reflects East Asia as a region nourished by rivers, seasonal winds, and maritime routes. How can the idea of flow help us rethink and even unlearn the studies of East Asia? This title advances the notion of global East Asia as an infinite set of critical inquiry, lifting the theoretical, historical, and empirical boundaries of East Asia Studies beyond any territorial borders. The committee welcomes scholarship whose subjects, approaches, and/or methodologies take a step back in reflection on the idea of East Asia in ways that “go with the flow” rather than “off the beaten track.” We also invite scholarship engaged with local, national, regional, and transnational, as well as (trans)historical and interdisciplinary studies.

More information can be found on our website: https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/heasconference 

Questions or concerns can be directed to heasconference@gmail.com.