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TRANSIT ASIA RESEARCH NETWORK
Our Vision
TARN is a research network dedicated to examining the profound changes and critical challenges in the complex geopolitical landscape of Asia and the wider world, including conflict, inequity, and the enduring impacts of colonial power relations. Our focus is on understanding these dynamics in the global context and investigating their contemporary significance.
Global Capitalism and Technologies of Governance
Migratory Labor, Unequal Citizens, and Critical Legal Studies
Environmental Crises and Multi-species Equality
Social Engagement and Art Intervention
News and Article
2024 TARN Meeting Report
A TARN workshop titled “Industry-led Operations of Capital in the 21st Century: Geo-Politics,...
CfP: Public Humanities_Of the Moment (Cambridge University Press)
CALL FOR PAPERS Public Humanities Of the Moment Our hope is that Public Humanities can serve those who are looking for knowledge and happiness during difficult times like these. If you know someone whose research or experience can illuminate the pains that many in...
CFP: Conference on City as the Southern Question
Conference on City as the Southern Question 13-14 November 2024,The Sonnet, KolkataCalcutta Research Group & Institute for Human Sciences (IWM), Vienna The pre-eminence of cities as sites of human history is inextricable and so are the instances when cities...
Sidenote: “Creating Emancipatory Futures: Filmmaking and Activism”
*written by Sergey Zanchevskiy (Graduate Student of IACS,NYCU) On March 11, 2024, Valerie Soe, a professor in the Asian American Studies Department at the San Francisco State University (USA), film director, and writer, gave a lecture dedicated to the phenomenon of...
CFP: Democracy in Question: Rethinking Democracy and Governance (ICCS-CJD)
CALL FOR PAPERS Democracy in Question: Rethinking Democracy and Governance Dear colleagues, We are pleased to invite you to submit your papers to Conflict, Justice, Decolonization – a student-led project that encourages grad students to act as public intellectuals in...
A Living Museum: Regenerate the Past and Present Meaning of WWII History
The “Sixth Fuel Factory Cultural Park” stands as one of the few remaining WWII relics well-preserved in Hsinchu, Taiwan. It is slated for transformation into a Cultural Park and is expected to be fully accessible to the public by 2026 under the auspices of the...
OUR EVENTS
The Production and Reproduction of Social Inequalities
The Production and Reproduction of Social Inequalities Date:September 20-21, 2024 (GMT+8, Taipei Time) Venue:HC201, HA Building 3, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU) & Hybrid event. Language: English Organizer: […]
Book Discussion at TARN Workshop 2024
The Center on Gender and Forced Displacement is excited to invite you to an insightful book discussion in collaboration with the Transit Asia Research Network (TARN), the International Center for […]
TARN 2024 MEETING Industry-led Operations of Capital in the 21st Century
The “Chip War” (Chris Miller, 2023), a battle for the world’s most critical technology and the new Nomos of the earth, has emerged as the contemporary form of the Cold War. Chips, […]
Bangkok, Thailand
The 3rd International Conference on Innovations in the Social Sciences and Humanities (ISSH 2024)
Date: July 26th – 27th, 2024Conference Venue: Ton Duc Thang UniversityAddress: 19 Nguyen Huu Tho Street, Tan Phong Ward, District 7, Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamEmail: issh2024@tdtu.edu.vn The 3rd International Conference on Innovations in […]
Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
Critical Curatorial Practices in the 21st Century: Public Space, New Media and Geopolitics
Speakers:Wen-Shu Lai | Professor/Director, Institute of Applied Arts, NYCU, TaiwanKarin G. Oen-Lee | Senior Lecturer, Head of Art History, School of Humanities, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Shwetal Ashvin Patel | […]
Creating Emancipatory Futures: Filmmaking and Activism
Time: March 11, 2024 1000-1300 Venue :陽明交通大學新竹光復校區人社二館106室 R106, HA Building 2, NYCUZOOM online meeting room:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8368......... Speaker: Valerie Soe, Professor, Asian American Studies Department at San Francisco State University, USA Valerie Soe […]
Hsinchu, 300 Taiwan
Gender, Geopolitics and Forced Migration conference at AIT, Thailand
International Conference on “Gender, Geopolitics, and Forced Migration” Centre on Gender and Forced Displacement (CGFD) at the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand would like to invite you to participate […]
Bangkok, Thailand
CHCI Annual Meeting 2024 Registration
From May 28 - June 1, the Townsend Center for the Humanities at UC Berkeley will host the next CHCI Annual Meeting. The conference theme is “. . . At […]
30 Minute Methods: Reflections on Organized Networks and Collective Research Methods
Jan 23, 2024 16:00 (Time Zone: UTC+7) Professor Ned Rossiter Reflections on Organized Networks and Collective Research Methods -Những Phản Ánh về Mạng Lưới có Tổ Chức và Những Phương […]
Perspectives on Palestine: Dialogues on History, Humanity, and Hope 巴勒斯坦觀點:歷史、人性與希望的對話
日期時間 Date and Time: Jan 15, 2024 (Monday) 17:00 – 19:40*Taipei Standard Time (GMT +8) 地點 Venue: 陽明交大光復校區 人社二館 F106Humanities Building 2 (人社二館) F106 報名連結 Registration link: Film Programme & Symposium on […]
Hsinchu, 300 Taiwan