8th Conference of the Asian Borderlands Research Network
In light of the current uncertainties surrounding the political situation in the Middle East, we have made the decision to postpone and relocate the 8th Asian Borderlands Research Network Conference, which was originally scheduled to take place from 2-4 September 2025.
The conference will now be held from 13-15 January 2026 at National Taiwan University in Taipei, Taiwan.
The theme of the 8th ABRN conference is “Negotiating Borders” across Asia. The four sub-themes - Actors, Displacements, Multiplicities, Sovereignties - offer specific points of engagement, with broader possibilities of cross-fertilisation of ideas and research directions. For a more detailed description of conference themes, see the 'Theme' tab.
We invite conceptually innovative papers, based on fresh research, in order to develop new perspectives on Asian borderlands with particular attention to multiple forms of borders and bordering, including maritime, terrestrial, island, and other dynamic border spaces. Submissions are invited from scholars, writers, policy studies researchers, artists, filmmakers, activists, the media, among others.
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source: iias.asia