Social Science Research Council
Conference on Inter-Asian Connections
Co-organized and co-sponsored by the Dubai School of Government (DSG) and the SSRC
Dubai, UAE: February 21-23, 2008
The conference was organized around twelve concurrent workshops showcasing innovative research from across the social sciences and related disciplines, on themes of particular relevance across Asia. The structure and schedule of the conference were designed to enable intensive ‘working group’ interactions on a specific research theme, as well as broader interactions on topics of mutual interest and concern to all participants. Accordingly, there was a public keynote panel as well as plenaries addressing different aspects of Inter-Asian research that was open to all participants as well as the general public. The concluding day of the conference brought all the workshops together in a public presentation and exchange of research agendas that have emerged over the course of the deliberations in Dubai.
The conference also include a plenary session entitled “Dubai: Interconnecting Asia” which explored issues of pressing relevance to the Gulf region within the context of Asia as well as highlight the distinctive relations between corporate, private, and state organizations in the United Arab Emirates and their potential role in connecting local and international research communities.
Workshops:
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Border Problems: Theory, Culture, and Political Economy
Workshop directors:
• David Ludden, New York University, USA
• Julie Mostov, Drexel University, Pennsylvania, USA
• Dina M. Siddiqi, University of Pennsylvania, USA
PDF Document, 84KB -
Distant Divides and Intimate Connections: Migrant Domestic Workers in Asia
Workshop director:
• Nicole Constable, University of Pittsburgh, USA PDF Document, 89KB -
Initiatives of Regional Integration in Asia in Comparative Perspective: Concepts, Contents and Prospects
Workshop directors:
• Howard Loewen, German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA), Germany
• Anja Zorob, German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA), Germany PDF Document, 94KB -
Inter-Referencing Asia: Urban Experiments & the Art of Being Global
Workshop directors:
• Aihwa Ong, University of California, Berkeley, USA
• Ananya Roy, University of California, Berkeley, USA PDF Document, 74KB -
Law-in-Action in Asian Societies and Civilizations
Workshop directors:
• Baudouin Dupret, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), France
• Zouhair Ghazzal, Loyola University, Chicago, USA PDF Document, 72KB -
Multiple flexibilities: nation-states, global business and precarious labor
Workshop directors:
• Kevin Hewison, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
• Arne L. Kalleberg, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA PDF Document, 75KB -
Neoliberal Globalization and Governmentality: State, Civil society and the NGO Phenomena in Asia
Workshop director:
• Sangeeta Kamat, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, USA PDF Document, 82KB -
Networks of Islamic Learning across Asia: The Role of International Centers of Islamic Learning in Building Ties and Forging New Identities
Workshop director:
• Jacqueline Armijo-Hussein, Zayed University, Abu Dhabi, UAE PDF Document, 77KB -
Post-collective Economic Lives and Livelihoods: Studies of Economy, Institution and Everyday Practice in Post-socialist Eurasia and Asia
Workshop directors:
• Beth Mitchneck, University of Arizona, USA
• John Pickles, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA PDF Document, 77KB -
Sites of Inter-Asian Interaction
Workshop directors:
• Sunil Amrith, Birkbeck, University of London, UK
• Tim Harper, University of Cambridge, UK PDF Document, 78KB -
South Asia Regional Fellowship Program: Collaborative Research
Workshop directors:
• Gopalan Balachandran, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland
• Srirupa Roy, Social Science Research Council, New York, USA -
Transnational Circuits: 'Muslim Women' in Asia
Workshop director:
• Annelies Moors, ISIM/University of Amsterdam, Netherlands PDF Document, 101KB
Conference proceedings will be posted shortly. Please contact us directly at intl_collaboration@ssrc.org for specific inquiries.
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