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Welcome to the Association for Asian Studies 2026 Call for Proposals


The Association for Asian Studies is pleased to open the Call for Proposals for the AAS 2026 Annual Conference to be held March 12-15, 2026 in Vancouver, B.C., Canada at the Vancouver Convention Center.

This portal will collect proposal submissions from Wednesday, June 18, through Wednesday, August 6, 2025, 5:00 pm Eastern Time (ET). Proposals submitted outside of this portal or emailed directly to the AAS are ineligible and will not be considered for the 2025 AAS Annual Conference Program.

All proposals must be submitted by August 6, 2025 at 5:00 pm E.T. DEADLINE

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The Call for Proposal Submission Types:

Multiple Presenters:

  • Organized Panels
  • Roundtables
  • Workshops
  • Lightning Sessions
  • Authors-Meets-Critics
  • Pre-Conference Workshops

Individual:

  • Individual Paper*
  • Poster Presentation

*All accepted Individual Papers and Poster Presentations will be grouped into a session (organized by the program committee) consisting of other accepted individual papers or posters.

 

You may log in to this portal at any time before the deadline to edit, update, or withdraw a proposal.  Only the original submitter has access to the proposal.

PLEASE NOTE: Proposals remaining incomplete after the deadline date will be locked and will not be reviewed by the committee. 

 

For more information, or if you have questions please visit the Annual Conference website or email us at AASConference@asianstudies.org

 

Note: All submitters must create a new account in this application system before beginning a new submission. AAS member login credentials will not work in this submission portal. If you have submitted a proposal in a previous year, you must still create a new account; each conference year's proposal applications are separate websites.

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