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The Asian Political and International Studies Association (APISA) is Asia's leading academic organization dealing with political and international studies. Modeled on academic institutions in North America and Western Europe, APISA serves as an academic community for scholars working on Asia. The Association organizes the annual (biennial) congress and sponsors a range of academic and professional activities such as book awards, fellowships, regional and international conferences and workshops, and capacity building. <more>
APISA's objectives are:
- Promotion of research and teaching in all areas of the social sciences, in particular disciplines related to political and international studies
- Dissemination of research findings, institutional skills and syllabi
- Promotion of cooperation and exchanges between individuals and institutions
- Promotion of regional and sub-regional peace through epistemic communities

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Recent Activities/Announcements

| APISA 2022: APISA Annual Congress
World on Fire: Whither International Cooperation?
Chiang Mai University, Thailand
10-11 December 2022
Co-hosted by Chiang Mai University, Thailand, and the IAFOR Research Centre at the Osaka School of International Public Policy's (OSIPP) "Peace and Human Security in Asia: Toward a Meaningful Japan-Korea Partnership" project supported by the Korea Foundation, and supported by The International Academic Forum.
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| 2nd Asian Summer School on Political Parties and Democracy
20-26 June 2022
OSCE Academy in Bishkek
Organised under the auspices of APISA, the OSCE Academy in Bishkek, and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, the Summer School will bring together an international team of academics and practitioners to train and instruct a group of 14 MA/PhD researchers, practitioners and civil society leaders in the field of political parties and democracy.
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| APISA 15
26-27 November 2021
Operationalizing an East Asian Community of Peace and Development: Challenges and Opportunities
Hosted by the Graduate School of International Studies and the Institute for International and Area Studies Ewha Womans University
Further information
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| Asian International Studies Review
Call for papers Vol.22 No.2
Submission deadline: 31 July 2021
Further information
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| New Publications
See our Book section for more details and other publications
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| APISA 14
27-28 November 2020
New and Future Governance Challenges in East Asia
Kyung Hee University, South Korea
Further information
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| APISA 13
24-25 October 2019
Asian Conference on Human Security, Multiculturalism and Democracy at Swutel Hotel Bangkok, Thailand
Link to the official website
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| APISA 12
Revisiting Bandung: Cultivating Asia's Insights on Global International Relations and Political Science
Oct. 5-6, 2018
Parahyangan Catholic University, Bandung, Indonesia
Updated version (May 2018)
New registration dates and fees for APISA members.
Call for papers
Website: https://icon.unpar.ac.id/
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| APISA 11
Keynote Address:
Walden Bello
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| APISA 11
50 Years of ASEAN amidst Contemporary Challenges: Human Security, Conflict Resolution, Connectivity and Democratization
Oct. 20-21, 2017
Naresuan University
College of ASEAN Community Studies (CACS)
Thailand
Official Website: https://cacs.nu.ac.th/apisa-11/
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| APISA 10
Fearful Futures: Peace & Security in Asia
December 8-9
Osaka University
Call for papers
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| International Relations Conference and Academic Professional Gathering
Human Security: Safeguarding and Empowering People
27 October 2016
Mercure Hotel, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia
https://icon.unpar.ac.id
See poster
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| Asian International Studies Review
Launch of new website:
www.asianisr.org
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| First Asian Conference on Human Security
5-6 May 2016
Overseas Chinese University, Taiwan
Conference Program in PDF
Conference Booklet in PDF
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| New Authoritarianism in Asia
FES-APISA-Ewha Conference
LG-Hall Ewha Womans University, Seoul
3-5 March 2016
apisa.org/Ewha2016
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| First Asian Conference on Human Security (HSC 2016)
5 - 6 May 2016
Taichung, Taiwan
Submission of abstracts and paper proposals
starts on 1 December 2015
More...
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| APISA 9 Keynote Address
Building an Asia-Pacific Peace Community From a Human Security Perspective
Peou Sorpong
Department of Politics and Public Administration of Ryerson University, Canada
Full speech in PDF
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| APISA 10
The 10th Congress of APISA will be held in Indonesia in September 2016. Further information will be released in December 2015.
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| New Publication

| Democratic Governance in Northeast Asia
A Human-Centred Approach to Evaluating Democracy
Edited by Brendan Howe
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| APISA 9
Congress Booklet in PDF
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| APISA 9
Final Call
Paper and panel abstract submission
Submission closes on 30 June 2015
more...
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| First Asian Conference on Human Security (HSC 2016)
5 - 6 May 2016
Taichung, Taiwan
The conference is part of the Human Security Program (HSP) of APISA. HSP aims at promoting awareness about human-security related issues in Asia and consists of a series of academic conferences organized by APISA in cooperation with its global partners.
More information
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| Publication
Markets and Development: Civil Society, Citizens and the Politics of Neoliberalism
Globalisations 12(3), May, 2015
A special edition edited by our series editor Darryl S. L. Jarvis
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| APISA 9
Asia in 2015 and Beyond
New Challenges and Governance Agendas

Online submission of abstracts
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| APISA 9
Venue: Sunway Hotel, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Organizing Unit: Royal University of Phnom Penh
25 March 2015
Start of online submission of proposals
1 June 2015
Deadline for submission of abstracts
8 June 2015
Announcement of accepted proposals
More information will be available soon.
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| Call for Papers
International Studies Review (Vol. 16, No. 1)
Deadline for submission: 15 March 2015
Publication Date: 30 June 2015
See PDF for more information or access journal website
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| The Centre for Khmer Studies (Siem Reap, Cambodia) seeks qualified Instructor for its new Mid-Career Program: Exploring conflict in the ASEAN region
Click here for more information
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| APISA 9 Congress
At its Thirteenth Excecutive Committee Meeting held in September 2014 in Chiang Mai, APISA decided to hold the 9th Congress in Phnom Penh in September 2015. The event will be hosted by the Royal University of Phnom Penh.
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| New Publication

| Financialisation and Development in Asia
Edited by Toby Carroll and Darryl S.L. Jarvis
A new publication by our Series Editor Darryl S.L. Jarvis
Link to publication
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| New Book
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| New Book

| Post-Conflict Development in East Asia
Edited by Brendan Howe
For more information see Human Security Program (HSP)
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| APISA 8

| An Agenda for Asia
Human Security, Conflict Management, Security Sector Reform and Local Democratization
19 - 20 September 2014
Chiang Mai University, Thailand
More information
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| Become an APISA member today
Online registration and payment available now
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| HSP 2013 Taiwan
Rethinking Human Security in the Asian Century III
5 - 6 December 2013
Overseas Chinese University (Taiwan)
More information
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| APISA 7

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| People on the Move: Citizen Engagement and Collective Action Within and Across Asian Societies
25 - 26 October 2013
Middle East Technical University, Ankara (Turkey)
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| International Studies Review
Call for Papers
Submission deadline: March 25, 2013
Publication Date: June 30, 2013
More information
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| Regional Conference
Asian Transport & Megacities
14 December 2012, Manila
Contact email
More information
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| 63rd UK Political Studies Association International Conference 25-27 March 2013
Two slots available for travel grant
More information
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| 6th APISA Congress
Policy and Politics in Asia
30 November - 1 December 2012
City University of Hong Kong
Final Program
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| International Conference May 2013 Seoul
Asian Solutions to Asian Problems?
Bringing Together Development and Human Security in Asia
Call for Scholoarship Applications (Junior Scholars)
Final Program in PDF
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| International Studies Review
Call for papers
(PDF document contains Korean and English version)
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| Asia Pacific Social Science Review
Call for papers
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| 6th APISA Congress
Policy and Politics in Asia
30 November - 1 December 2012
City University of Hong Kong
Call for papers in PDF
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| International Workshop
International Relations, Economic Development
and Human Security in East and Southeast Asia
12 October 2012
Overseas Chinese University
Taichung, Taiwan
Call for papers in PDF
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| The African/Asia/Latin America
Scholarly Collaborative Program 2012
Research Grants 2012: Call for Application in PDF
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| 25 May - 1 June 2012
South-South Summer Institute:
Rethinking Development: Global and Regional Alternatives for the Development in the South
Organized by APISA, CLASCO and CODESRIA
Venue: Recife, Brazil
Call for papers in PDF
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| 18 May 2012
International Workshop:
East Asian Human Security and Post-Conflict Development
in Comparative Perspective
Venue: Institute for Development and Human Security,
Ewha Womans University, Seoul
Co-organized by APISA
Tentative Program in PDF
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| 17 - 18 May 2012
Research Conference:
The Global Financial and Economic Crisis and the South:
Impact and Responses
Organized by APISA, CLASCO and CODESRIA
Venue: Dakar, Senegal
Call for papers in PDF
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