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AY 2008 Asia Pacific Conference (AP Conference):
The Asia Pacific and the Emerging World System

AY2008 Asia Pacific Conference (AP Conference):
The Asia Pacific and the Emerging World System

December 13(9:45-18:45)-14(10:00-17:15)

The theme for the AY 2008 Asia Pacific Conference (AP Conference) was "The Asia Pacific and the Emerging World System."
There were two core panels on East Asian migration, and globalizing social science in East Asia.
After plenary sessions on the two mornings, there were three concurrent panels running each afternoon, dealing with a wide variety of topics covering all of APU's major research interests.
There were 61 papers spread across 15 panels.

Program(PDF)

Day 1 Saturuday, December 13

	David W. HAINES Professor of Anthropology, George Mason University Topic 「Rethinking Migration from an East Asian Perspective」 ◇Video(WMV)
	Bernard P. WONG Professor of Anthropology, Director, Center for Urban Anthropology Topic 「Migration, Social Capital and the Global Economy: The Chinese High Tech Professionals in Silicon Valley, California」 ◇Video(WMV)
	MOON Okpyo Professor, Department of Anthropology, Academy of Korean Studies Topic 「In Search of Past Glories: Korean National/Historic Tourism in Northeast China」 ◇Video(WMV)
	Caroline GRILLOT Doctoral Candidate, Anthropology Department, Macquarie University Topic 「Cross-border Marriages between Vietnamese Women and Chinese Men (Yunnan-Guangxi): The Integration of Otherness & the Impact of Popular Representation」 ◇Video(WMV)
	CHO Oakla Professor, Department of Sociology, Sogang University Topic 「The Evaluation of Cultural Policy on Marriage Migrant Women」 ◇Video(WMV)
	Hung Cam THAI Associate Professor of Sociology and Vice President, Pacific Basin Institute, Pomona College of the Claremont University Consortium Topic 「Remaking Masculinity and Transnational Convertibility through Homeland Visits among Vietnamese Immigrants」 ◇Video(WMV)
	Nicolas LAINEZ Doctoral Candidate, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales Topic 「La Traite des Jaunes: Human Trafficking and Slavery in Colonial Indochina」 ◇Video(WMV)
	Hy V. LUONG Professor of Anthropology, University of Toronto Topic 「Multiple Narratives on Migration in Vietnam and Their Methodological Implications」 ◇Video(WMV)
	CHUNG Haeng-ja Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Hamilton College SSRC-JSPS Long-Term Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Tokyo Topic 「Mapping of Gendered and Ethnic Labor at the (Korean) Nightclub Rose in the European Village in Japan」
	Mario LOPEZ Doctoral Candidate, Graduate School of Social and Cultural Studies, Kyushu University Junior Lecturer, Center for Language Education, APU Topic 「From Bride to Care Worker? The Ongoing Discursive Construction of Filipino Nationals in Japan」 ◇動画(WMV)

Day2 Sunday, December 14

	YAMASHITA Shinji Professor, Department of Cultural Anthropology, University of Tokyo Topic 「Making an Interactive Anthropology in Globalizing Asia: An Introduction」 ◇Video(WMV)
	KIM Kwang-ok Professor, Department of Anthropology, College of Social Sciences, Seoul National University Topic 「Politics of Cultural Heritage in China and Korea: The State/Society, the Local and the Global」 ◇Video(WMV)
	Anan GANJANAPAN Professor of Anthropology, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai University Topic 「Linking Thai Anthropology in Globalizing Asia: A View from Rural Southeast Asia」 ◇Video(WMV)
	MIYAZAKI Koji Vice President, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies Topic 「Linking Asia and African Studies in Asia and Beyond」
	Yunita T. WINARTO Senior Lecturer, Department of Anthropology; Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Indonesia Topic 「Linking Indonesian Anthropology in Asia」 ◇Video(WMV)
	WANG Jianxin Director of Ethnology Section, Department of Anthropology, Sun Yat-sen University Topic 「Linking Chinese Anthropology in East Asia: A Comparative Perspective」 ◇Video(WMV)
	HONG Seok-Joon Professor, Department of Cultural Anthropology, Mokpo National University Topic 「Collaboration and Networking among Asian Area Specialists: The Case of the Gwangju Project, a Networking Program in the Culture Hub of Gwangju City, Korea」 ◇Video(WMV)

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