The 2026 Association for Asian Studies (AAS) Conference will be held in Vancouver, Canada from March 12-15, 2026. The following EASC faculty and graduate students will present at the conference. The complete program can be viewed here. Download a PDF of Ohio State presenters:

Friday, March 13

Contested Belonging and Global Power: International Student Experiences amid Shifting Geopolitics between China, Africa, and the U.S.
Fei Xie, Presenter
Friday, March 13, 9:00-10:30 am (PDT)
VCC, Room 204

CTA Roundtable: Oceans in Motion: Environmental, Commercial, and Political Currents in Asian Maritime History
Janet Smith, Organizer
Amanda Respess, Discussant
Friday, March 13, 11:00-12:00 pm (PDT)
Pan Pacific Hotel, Oceanview Suite 8

Plays of Power across Page and Stage
Yuyang Han, Presenter
Friday, March 13, 3:30-5:00 pm (PDT)
Pan Pacific Hotel, Pacific Rim Suite 1

Exploring Narratives of Asia through Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums
Christina Wei-Szu Burke Mathison, Organizer, Speaker
Friday, March 13, 3:30-5:00 pm (PDT)
VCC, Room 113

Gendered Economies: Women, Money, and Marriage in South Korea, 1960s-1980s
Pil Ho Kim, Discussant
Friday, March 13, 3:30-5:00 pm (PDT)
VCC, Room 121

Saturday, March 14:

Art and Transpacific Imperalisms
Namiko Kunimoto, Organizer, Chair, Presenter
Saturday, March 14, 8:30-10:00 am (PDT)
Pan Pacific Hotel, Oceanview Suite 8

Intercardinal Imaginaries: Mapping (Un)avowable Sinophone Borderlands Through Literature, Film, and Media
Mark Bender, Discussant 
Saturday, March 14, 8:30-10:00 am (PDT)
Pan-Pacific Hotel, Oceanview Suite 6

Mapping Territory in the Making: Cross-Border Cartographic Practices, Knowledge Politics, and Nation-Building in Modern China
Cruz (Wenhao) Guan - Organizer, Presenter
Saturday, March 14, 10:30-12:00 pm (PDT)
VCC, Room 107/108

Diaspora and Translation in Korean Literacy Studies 
Olan Munson, Discussant
Saturday, March 14, 10:30-12:00 pm (PDT)
VCC, Room 208
    
New Routes to South Asian Queer Diasporas: Belonging, Desire, and Aesthetics
Rasel Ahmad, Presenter
Saturday, March 14, 2:00-3:30 pm (PDT)
VCC, Room 204

Starring the Region: Neoliberal Stardom, Vernacular Celebrity, and the Cultural Politics of Visibility in Contemporary India
Amrutha Kunapulli, Presenter
Saturday, March 14, 4:00 - 5:30 pm (PDT)
VCC, Room 209

K-pop, Namtaeryeong, and Far-Right Radicalization: Cultural-political Dynamics in Post-Insurrection Korean Street Politics
Pil Ho Kim, Chair
Saturday, March 14, 5:45-7:15 pm (PDT)
VCC, Room 221
 

Sunday, March 15:

Cultural Entanglements: Multilingualism and Ethnicity Across Administrative, Commemorative, and Theatrical Texts in Mongol Yuan China
Patricia Sieber, Organizer, Presenter
Sunday, March 15, 9:00-10:30 am (PDT)
VCC, Room 110

Rethinking the Labor of Culture in Socialist China and Beyond
Alissa Elegant, Presenter
Sunday, March 15, 10:45-12:15 pm (PDT)
VCC, Room 301