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Annual (Biennial) Congress of APISA
Until 2011, the Congress of the Asian Political and International Studies Association (APISA) was organized every two years on a rotational basis in the sub-regions of Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia and South Asia. In 2012, the Executive Committe decided to hold the Congress each year. The First APISA Congress, 2003 was held in Singapore (135 participants), the Second APISA Congress, 2005 was held in Hong Kong (110 participants) and the Third APISA Congress, 2007 convened in New Delhi (77 participants). The Fourth APISA Congress, 2009 took place in Manila (327 participants) and the Fifth APISA Congress in 2011 in Taichung (Taiwan) with over 260 participants (see Table below).
The Congress is the grandest event of the organization. Its main activity is academic in nature, and focuses on paper presentations in specific panels and workshops. Almost all attending the Congress make presentations based on abstracts that are vetted beforehand by the relevant committee of the Congress. The Congress is also a forum for the Business Meeting where the Executive Secretary of APISA presents his biannual report and takes cognizance of feedback and resolutions that determine policy direction. Finally, the Congress endorses the democratically elected Executive Committee which also finds it expedient to meet and deliberate on policy issues.
In a sense, the Congress represents a microcosm of APISA’s objectives of promoting teaching and research, disseminating research findings, and encouraging linkages among individual academics and institutions. Academics from Asia, especially those who feel marginalized within the dominant academic discourses in the West, now have a chance to present their research and disseminate it among participating individuals and institutions. In line with its capacity development agenda, APISA provides subsidized travel and accommodation grants to academics from less-developed provincial institutions, and special effort is made to ensure balanced gender representation.
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Theme
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Place
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Participants
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Organizing Institutions
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Funding
| First
Congress
| 2003
| Asia in the New Millennium: Development, Democracy and Security
| Singapore
| 135
| Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies and Department of Political Science, National University of Singapore
| Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, and Department of Political Science, National University of Singapore
| Second Congress
| 2005
| Governance Dilemmas in Asia: Public Action in a Competitive and Insecure World
| Hong Kong
| 110
| City University of Hong Kong
| Swedish International Development Agency, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung and the
City University of Hong Kong
| Third
Congress
| 2007
| Conceptions of Justice in Asia
| New Delhi
| 77
| Developing Countries Research Centre, University of Delhi,
Centre for Policy Research (Delhi)
and Jamia Millia Islamia
| Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, University of Delhi,
University Grants Commission (UGC) of India, Ministry of External Affairs and the Ford Foundation (New Delhi)
| Fourth
Congress
| 2009
| Asia in the Midst of Crises: Political, Economic, and Social Dimensions
| Manila
| 327
| International Studies Department,
De La Salle University, the Yuchengco Center, and the Philippine Political Science Association
| Japan Foundation
| Fifth
Congress
| 2011
| Regional Integration in Asia and Europe in the 21st Century
| Taichung
| 264
| Overseas Chinese University (Taiwan), Thammasat University (Thailand), De La Salle University Manila (Philippines), Institute of Social and Societal Changes (Austria), Austrian Association of East Asian Studies
| National Science Council Taiwan,
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, City of Taichung
| Sixth Congress
| 2012
| Policy and Politics in Changing Asia
| Hong Kong
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| City University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Institute of Education
| City University of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Institute of Education, and the Office of the European Union to Hong Kong and Macao
| Seventh Congress
| 2013
| PEOPLE ON THE MOVE!
Citizen Engagement and Collective Action Within and Across Asian Societies
| Ankara
| 150
| Middle East Technical University
| Middle East Technical University, Konrad Adenauer Foundation
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