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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
Labour conditions and its (de)colonisation in Thailand
KWOK Man Yee, Sophie, Master’s student of Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Program, National Tsing Hua UniversityThis panel starts with Sirijit Sunanta’s presentation titled “Gendered opportunities and constraints of low-end wellness and recreational tourism workers in...
Beyond Borders: Prof. Paula Banerjee’s Illuminating Discourse on Human Trafficking and Statelessness in Contemporary India
Event Title: Decolonization in the 21st Century Lecture Title - The Conundrum of Trafficking and Statelessness in India Speaker - Prof. Paula Banerjee, IDRC Endowed Chair and Director of Center on Gender and Forced Displacement, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand...
Contours of Responsibility: Prof. Ranabir Samaddar’s Illuminating Discourse on the Practical Ethics of Accountability and Protection
Event Title: Decolonization in the 21st Century Keynote Title – Practical Ethics of Responsibility and Protection Speaker - Prof. Ranabir Samaddar, Distinguished Chair in Migration and Forced Migration Studies, Calcutta Research Group, Kolkata, India. Date：10 August...
OUR EVENTS
Critical Concepts Writing Workshop
Critical Concepts Writing Workshop 24–26 April 2025Nanyang Technological University Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore (NTU CCA Singapore) The Critical Concepts Writing Workshop is a key event within the project Critical Reorientation in the […]
Singapore, 108934 Singapore
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 […]
