News and Announcements
2 Jan 2023
[January 26 2023] Book talk with Dr. Helena Hof: The EU Migrant Generation in Asia: Middle-Class Aspirations in Asian Global Cities
The talk will feature Dr. Helena Hof's latest publication "The EU Migrant Generation in Asia: Middle-Class Aspirations in Asian Global Cities"
28 Dec 2022
FULL-TIME POST-DOCTORAL FELLOW FOR AN EU-FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECT
Université libre de Bruxelles (Belgium) and Waseda University (Japan)
11 Dec 2022
[January 11 2023] Academic Webinar: Women Migrants, Emotions, and Digital Entrepreneurship between China and Taiwan
Dr. Beatrice Zani will have a talk titled "Women Migrants, Emotions, and Digital Entrepreneurship between China and Taiwan." The event is co-sponsored by the Waseda Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies.
20 Oct 2022
[November 11 2022] Academic Seminar: Removing walls and fences in the 21st century. Towards a new paradigm of borders, free movement, and people?
Dr. Diego Acosta (University of Bristol) will have a talk titled "Removing walls and fences in the 21st century. Towards a new paradigm of borders, free movement, and people?" The event is co-sponsored by The Global Asia Research Center.
30 Jun 2022
[July 26 2022]
Waseda Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies Colloquium Series
Jocelyn O. Celero (Asian Center, University of the Philippines-Diliman) will have a talk titled "Intergenerational Intimacies and Mobilities in Transnational Families: The Experiences of Japanese-Filipino Children." The event is co-sponsored by the Waseda Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies.
31 May 2022
[June 22 2022] Waseda Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies Colloquium Series
Prof. David Slater (Sophia University) and Rosa Barbaran will have a talk with film clips titled "Hustle, abuse and making ends meet: work in Tokyo as a refugee asylum seeker." The event is co-sponsored by the Waseda Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies.
31 May 2022
Postponed event: June 16
The talk titled "How do Japanese immigration authorities exercise 'Administrative discretion' over undocumented foreigners? – the reality of detention facilities" by Journalist Yugo Hirano (Kyodo News Agency) will be postponed due to the speaker's availability. We will announce the new date and time once they are decided.
30 Apr 2022
[May 12 2022] Waseda Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies Colloquium Series
Mirna Safi (Sciences Po) will present a seminar titled "Migration and Inquality" about her latest book. The event is co-sponsored by the Waseda Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies.
30 Apr 2022
[May 25 2022] NODE UK|Japan Webinar
University of Birmingham’s Institute for Research into Superdiversity (IRIS) and Waseda University’s Institute of Asian Migrations (IAM) invite you to a NODE webinar on Health and Welfare of Immigrants.
30 Apr 2022
[June 1 2022] Waseda Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies Colloquium Series
Dhooleka Sarhadi Raj (PhD, Cambridge) will present a seminar titled "States of permanent temporariness, questioning notions of agency and belonging in Asian migrant mobilities: the case of the nowhere people from South Asia." The event is co-sponsored by the Waseda Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies.
30 Apr 2022
[May 11 2022] Waseda Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies Colloquium Series
Nicole Newendorp (Harvard University’s Committee on Degrees in Social Studies) will present a seminar titled "Balancing Precarity and Wellbeing: Aging Chinese Migrants’ Global Lifeways." The event is co-sponsored by the Waseda Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies.
31 Mar 2022
[April 12 2022] Waseda Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies Colloquium Series
Prof. Christian Joppke (University of Bern, Switzerland) will present a seminar titled "Neoliberal Immigration Policies: Courting the Top v. Fending-Off the Bottom." The event is co-sponsored by the Waseda Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies.