Social Science Research Council
Inter-Asian Connections
Published on: Apr 10, 2007
The Council is undertaking a new initiative for a series of cross-regional and collaborative research activities entitled “Inter-Asian Connections.” This initiative aims at reconceptualizing the regional space of Asia as a dynamic and interconnected formation, stretching from the Middle East and North Africa through Eurasia, South Asia and Southeast Asia to East Asia. The initiative thus actively fosters and sustains a new, trans-regional and comparative research imagination of Asia, one that moves beyond the territorial fixities of area-studies research without discounting the importance of contextually grounded, place-based knowledge.
Program activities will commence with an international conference on "Inter-Asian Connections" in Dubai, UAE from February 21-23, 2008, involving approximately 150 scholars and co-organized by the Dubai School of Government (DSG). The conference is also co-sponsored by DSG, along with a number of other organizations and institutions in Dubai. This is the first forum that convenes such a wide range of scholars of the Middle East, South Asia, Russia/Eurasia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia, to discuss the shared histories and shared futures of Asia. The conference will be used as a launch-pad for investigating promising research directions, possibilities for networking individuals and institutions across scholarly divides, and for developing web resources for sharing information and making connections.
Program activities will commence with an international conference on "Inter-Asian Connections" in Dubai, UAE from February 21-23, 2008, involving approximately 150 scholars and co-organized by the Dubai School of Government (DSG). The conference is also co-sponsored by DSG, along with a number of other organizations and institutions in Dubai. This is the first forum that convenes such a wide range of scholars of the Middle East, South Asia, Russia/Eurasia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia, to discuss the shared histories and shared futures of Asia. The conference will be used as a launch-pad for investigating promising research directions, possibilities for networking individuals and institutions across scholarly divides, and for developing web resources for sharing information and making connections.
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