About

The Annual Conference on Asian Studies (ACAS) is organized by the Department of Asian Studies at Palacký University Olomouc. The first conference of the series took place in 2006. The conference was originally called Annual Conference on Cultural and Social Anthropology of East Asia, but it changed its name in 2016 in order to become more inclusive.

Several past editions of the conference are listed below:

  • The 17th Annual Conference on Asian Studies: Interpretation and Misinterpretation (November 24-25, 2023)
    • You can check the program here (EasyChair) and the Conference Guide (PDF) here
  • The 16th Annual Conference on Asian Studies: Bodies, Gender, Identities (November 25-26, 2022)
  • The 15th Annual Conference on Asian Studies: Continuity and Change (November 26-27, 2021)
  • The 14th Annual Conference on Asian Studies: Voiced and Voiceless in Asia (November 20-21, 2020)
  • The 13th Annual Conference on Asian Studies: Borders, Bridges, Intersections (November 22-23, 2019)
  • The 12th Annual Conference on Asian Studies: Japan NOW: A Snapshot of Contemporary Japanese Language, Culture, and Society (October 9-10, 2018)
  • The 11th Annual Conference on Asian Studies: Commemorating October 1917: Re-thinking Marxism and the Russian Revolution in East and Southeast Asia (October 21, 2017)
  • The 10th Annual Conference on Asian Studies: Connecting the Old with the New (November 4, 2016)
  • The 9th Annual Conference on Cultural and Social Anthropology of East Asia: Contemporary Trends in East Asian Societies (October 23, 2015)
  • The 8th Annual Conference on Cultural and Social Anthropology of East Asia / The 1st Conference of European Association for Asian Art and Archaeology (September 25–27, 2014)
  • The 7th Annual Conference on Cultural and Social Anthropology of East Asia: Ethnic Groups, Ethnicity and Ethnic Policies in China (October 31 – November 2, 2013)