Workshop: Population in the Asian Imagination
19 AUG 2024 – 1.30pm-5pm
The Laureate Centre, Morven Brown, Lv. 3, Room 353, UNSW
Synopsis
This workshop brings together scholars working on Asia. The region has seen a rich body of work on issues like fertility, family size, and migration. We discuss the current trends of analyses emerging from and around the region. We also question whether demographic discussions on population have limited our understanding of the region and its impact on the world.
Participants
Emeritus Prof. Louise Edwards (Chinese History, UNSW)
Emeritus Prof. Vera Mackie (University of Wollongong)
Prof. Aya Homei (Japanese Studies, Manchester University)
Prof. Mina Roces (Southeast Asian History, UNSW)
Prof. Alison Bashford (Scientia Prof., UNSW)
Assoc. Prof. Sarah Mellors (History, Missouri State University)
Assoc. Prof. Fengshi Wu (Political Science and IR, UNSW)
Assoc. Prof. Pan Wang (Chinese and Asian studies, UNSW)
Dr. Leo Chu (Post Doctoral Fellow, UNSW)
Dr. Minerva Inwald (Judith Neilson Post Doctoral Fellow in Contemporary Art, UNSW)
Cong Liu (Phd Scholar, UNSW)
Program
| 1.30pm-2pm | Introduction |
| 2pm-2.30pm | What are the current trends in your field with regard to ‘Asia’? What does it mean to be a scholar of the region in today’s context. |
| 2.30pm-3pm | What are the current political tensions in the region and how do they affect academic research in the area? |
| 3pm-3.15pm | Coffee & Tea |
| 3.15pm-4pm | Where does ‘Population’ figure in your work? How do we move past standard explanations of population debates in the region? |
| 4pm – 5pm | Current project that the individual scholars want to expand on. Ideas that they would like to brainstorm. |