BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs is pleased to announce its hosting of the 2022 New York Conference on Asian Studies (NYCAS) on October 7-8 here at Syracuse University. The theme of this year ’s conference is “State and Society in Asia: Past and Present.” Recent eve nts\, such as the successes and failures of states at mitigating the Covid -19 pandemic\; the targeting of religious\, racial\, and ethnic minorities \; widespread protests against military regimes\; the possibility of a new cold war between China and the US\; and the dramatic takeover of Afghanis tan by Taliban forces have highlighted the ever-crucial role of the state in Asian societies\, both in its presence and absence. In bringing scholar ly perspectives to these current events\, questions that interest us inclu de: What historical legacies of the state persist in contemporary Asia? Wh at roles do technology and urban development play in extending state power to unprecedented degrees? How do regime changes unsettle and re-arrange k ey local and national cultural constituents and what impact do these chang es have on environmental history\, archaeology\, and cultural heritage sit es? \; 135 scholars representing 71 institutions in 16 U.S. states and 15 countries will come to Syracuse for two days to present and discuss th eir research on these questions and other themes related to the study of A sia. The two-day conference will be highlighted with a keynote address fro m Professor Jean Oi\, William Haas Professor of Chinese Politics at Stanfo rd University and Vice-President of the Association for Asian Studies (AAS )\, who will speak on the question “How COVID is Affecting China’s Local G overnment Debt.” In addition\, the conference will feature a display of As ian Art at the Syracuse Art Museum\, a screening and discussion of the Chi nese documentary \;Father \;led by its director Deng Wei\, and a d ance performance by Karen and Bhutanese-Nepali refugees. \; \; Use this link to register for the conference. \;Thanks to the generosity of sponsoring departments and programs throughout the university\, registr ation is free for all Syracuse University graduate and undergraduate stude nts. \; Please contact the conference organizer\, Professor Gareth Fis her (gfisher@syr.edu) or Juanita Horan (jmhoran@syr.edu) with any question s. DTEND:20221008T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260510T040805Z DTSTART:20221007T140000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:NYCAS 2022 - State and Society in Asia: Past and Present UID:RFCALITEM639139684851607519 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Publi c Affairs is pleased to announce its hosting of the 2022 New York Conferen ce on Asian Studies (NYCAS) on October 7-8 here at Syracuse University.

The theme of this year’s conference is “State and Society in Asia: Pa st and Present.”

Recent events\, such as the successes and failures of states at mitigating the Covid-19 pandemic\; the targeting of religiou s\, racial\, and ethnic minorities\; widespread protests against military regimes\; the possibility of a new cold war between China and the US\; and the dramatic takeover of Afghanistan by Taliban forces have highlighted t he ever-crucial role of the state in Asian societies\, both in its presenc e and absence.

In bringing scholarly perspectives to these current events\, questions that interest us include: What historical legacies of t he state persist in contemporary Asia? What roles do technology and urban development play in extending state power to unprecedented degrees? How do regime changes unsettle and re-arrange key local and national cultural co nstituents and what impact do these changes have on environmental history\ , archaeology\, and cultural heritage sites? \;

135 scholars re presenting 71 institutions in 16 U.S. states and 15 countries will come to Syracuse for two days to present and discuss their research on these ques tions and other themes related to the study of Asia.

The two-day co nference will be highlighted with a keynote address from Professor Jean Oi \, William Haas Professor of Chinese Politics at Stanford University and V ice-President of the Association for Asian Studies (AAS)\, who will speak on the question “How COVID is Affecting China’s Local Government Debt.”

In addition\, the conference will feature a display of Asian Art at t he Syracuse Art Museum\, a screening and discussion of the Chinese documen tary \;Father \;led by its director Deng Wei\, and a danc e performance by Karen and Bhutanese-Nepali refugees. \; \;

Use this link to register for the conference. \; Thanks to the generosity of sponsoring departments and programs throughout the university\, registration is free for all Syracuse University graduat e and undergraduate students. \;

Please contact the conference organizer\, Professor Gareth Fisher (gfis her@syr.edu) or Juanita Horan (jmhora n@syr.edu) with any questions.

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