About JSA-ASEAN

The Faculty of Political Science and Public Administration, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
will be the host of the 8^th >JSA-ASEAN in December 2023.
We will call for abstract around May 2023.

The Japanese Studies Association in Southeast Asia (JSA-ASEAN) is a network among Japanese Studies scholars from Southeast Asia. It was set up in 2005 to serve as a catalyst in promoting Japanese studies in this region. It is the only organization with the aim of bringing together major Japanese studies specialists from various Southeast Asian countries with their counterparts from Japan and other countries. It is hoped that with the combined resources of Japanese studies specialists in Southeast Asia, JSA-ASEAN would grow to become an important platform for the promotion of region-wide Japanese studies.

In order to stimulate interest and promote networks among scholars in Southeast Asia, JSA-ASEAN organizes a biennial conference as the major platform for a trans-disciplinary international exchange. The inaugural conference was hosted by Department of Japanese Studies, National University of Singapore in October 2006. The second JSA-ASEAN conference was held in Hanoi in October 2009, organized by Vietnamese Academy of Social Sciences. The third JSA-ASEAN conference was held in Kuala Lumpur by University of Malaya in 2012. The fourth JSA-ASEAN conference was held in Bangkok by The Institute of East Asian Studies, Thammasat University in 2014. The fifth JSA-ASEAN was held in Philippines organized by Ateneo de Manila University, Japanese Studies Program De La Salle University, International Studies Department University of the Philippines and Third World Studies Center in 2016. The 6th JSA-ASEAN International Conference 2018 is organized by The Indonesian Association for Japanese Studies (ASJI), in cooperation with School of Strategic and Global Studies Universitas Indonesia, Persada and PPIJ, under the plenary theme "Global Dynamics Impacts to Japan-ASEAN Relations". Prior to Chiang Mai University, JSA-ASEAN was organized by the Japanese Studies Program, Ateneo de Manila University, International Studies Department, De La Salle University, Asian Center, University of the Philippines – Diliman in cooperation with the Institute of Lao-Japan Human Resource Development, National University of Laos.