Part of the July 2025 conference in Seoul for “SEAA in Asia” was to encourage students to become AAA members. Three young colleagues’ names were drawn from those attending. The winners of the drawing for 2026 AAA student memberships with SEAA have responded with personal statements to introduce themselves and what they work on. Ai…
Society for East Asian AnthropologyJieun Cho and Aaron SuJanuary 10, 2025 On November 21, 2024, SEAA members gathered in Tampa for our annual Business Meeting, where the Board and section members reviewed this year’s activities, announced new board members, and awarded book and paper prizes. Francis L.K. Hsu Book Prize Committee Members: Christine Yano (chair),…
About the SEAA-in-Asia regional conference: details and Call-for-Panels [current October 4, 2024]. Dedicated website for conference, http://seaasnu2025.com/Pictures from the event, https://seaa.americananthro.org/seaa-conferences-previously/ SHAPING FUTURES: EAST ASIA AS PRACTICE, July 2025 Conference in Seoul, South KoreaOrganizers: Society for East Asian Anthropology (American Anthropological Association) and Seoul National University Department of AnthropologyTiming and venue: July 14–16, 2025 at…
Society for East Asian AnthropologyJieun Cho and Aaron SuDecember 1, 2022 SEAA members gathered virtually on November 19 for the annual Business Meeting, where the Board and section members reviewed activities throughout 2022, announced new positions, and awarded book and media prizes. Fancis L.K. Hsu Book Prize Committee Members: Jennifer Prough (chair), Yi Wu, Lyle Fearnley,…
The below prose was offered by Christine Yano on November 19th as part of the annual SEAA business meeting online to honor the work and the life of our dear colleague. — It is with deep sadness and gratitude that I offer these few words in memory of David Plath who served as mentor, friend,…
Society for East Asian AnthropologyAaron Su and Jieun ChoDecember 15, 2021 Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Society for East Asian Anthropology (SEAA) convened a vibrant virtual business meeting and featured many stimulating panels in its program for this year’s AAA. Membership and finance increases revealed a productive year of accomplishments, while numerous announcements, awards,…
The regional conference hosted at Waseda University in a few days is quickly approaching. The organizers have released the final PDF program to browse, download, or printout. Conference overview is at https://seaa.americananthro.org/2018/11/seaa-regional-conference-august-2019-tokyo/ and the PDF program is here.
See the PDF draft edition for Day-1 and Day-2 of the upcoming conference in Tokyo. The final printed edition will be distributed on-site, pending travel arrangements of some presenters.
Society for East Asian Anthropology Regional Conference 2019 – Tokyo East Asian Anthropology Now and into the Future: Transformations, Dynamics, and Challenges [update 29 April 2019: registration begins on June 1] The region of East Asia offers a fertile ground for anthropologists who seek to understand the pulse of a new modernity, whether it be…
This year’s regional conference of the Society for East Asia Anthropology is hosted in Hong Kong. Join the conversation about “East Asia and Tomorrow’s Anthropology.” See conference details and refer colleagues and students to http://arts.cuhk.edu.hk/~ant/SEAAconf/
