Congress

Julio Teehankee

Co-ordinator

Contact Details:

Prof. Julio Teehankee

International Studies Department,

De La Salle University

E-mail: julio.teehankee[at]apisa.org

Annual (Biennial) Congress of APISA

Until 2011, the Congress of the Asian Political and International Studies Association (APISA) was organized every two years on a rotational basis in the sub-regions of Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia and South Asia. In 2012, the Executive Committe decided to hold the Congress each year. The First APISA Congress, 2003 was held in Singapore (135 participants), the Second APISA Congress, 2005 was held in Hong Kong (110 participants) and the Third APISA Congress, 2007 convened in New Delhi (77 participants). The Fourth APISA Congress, 2009 took place in Manila (327 participants) and the Fifth APISA Congress in 2011 in Taichung (Taiwan) with over 260 participants. Further congresses took place in Turkey, Hong Kong, Cambodia, Japan and Thailand (see Table below).

The Congress is the grandest event of the organization. Its main activity is academic in nature, and focuses on paper presentations in specific panels and workshops. Almost all attending the Congress make presentations based on abstracts that are vetted beforehand by the relevant committee of the Congress. The Congress is also a forum for the Business Meeting where the Executive Secretary of APISA presents his/her annual report and takes cognizance of feedback and resolutions that determine policy direction. Finally, the Congress endorses the democratically elected Executive Committee which also finds it expedient to meet and deliberate on policy issues.

In a sense, the Congress represents a microcosm of APISA’s objectives of promoting teaching and research, disseminating research findings, and encouraging linkages among individual academics and institutions. Academics from Asia, especially those who feel marginalized within the dominant academic discourses in the West, now have a chance to present their research and disseminate it among participating individuals and institutions. In line with its capacity development agenda, APISA provides subsidized travel and accommodation grants to academics from less-developed provincial institutions, and special effort is made to ensure balanced gender representation.

Institutions interested in hosting an APISA Congress should contact the Co-ordinator.

APISA Congresses

	Year	Theme	Place	Participants	Organizing Institutions	Funding
First Congress	2003	Asia in the New Millennium: Development, Democracy and Security	Singapore	135	Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies and Department of Political Science, National University of Singapore	Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, and Department of Political Science, National University of Singapore
Second Congress	2005	Governance Dilemmas in Asia: Public Action in a Competitive and Insecure World	Hong Kong	110	City University of Hong Kong	Swedish International Development Agency, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung and the City University of Hong Kong
Third Congress	2007	Conceptions of Justice in Asia	New Delhi	77	Developing Countries Research Centre, University of Delhi, Centre for Policy Research (Delhi) and Jamia Millia Islamia	Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, University of Delhi, University Grants Commission (UGC) of India, Ministry of External Affairs and the Ford Foundation (New Delhi)
Fourth Congress	2009	Asia in the Midst of Crises: Political, Economic, and Social Dimensions	Manila	327	International Studies Department, De La Salle University, the Yuchengco Center, and the Philippine Political Science Association	Japan Foundation
Fifth Congress	2011	Regional Integration in Asia and Europe in the 21st Century	Taichung	264	Overseas Chinese University (Taiwan), Thammasat University (Thailand), De La Salle University Manila (Philippines), Institute of Social and Societal Changes (Austria), Austrian Association of East Asian Studies	National Science Council Taiwan, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, City of Taichung
Sixth Congress	2012	Policy and Politics in Changing Asia	Hong Kong	138	City University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Institute of Education	City University of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Institute of Education, and the Office of the European Union to Hong Kong and Macao
Seventh Congress	2013	PEOPLE ON THE MOVE! Citizen Engagement and Collective Action Within and Across Asian Societies	Ankara	150	Middle East Technical University	Middle East Technical University, Konrad Adenauer Foundation
Eighth Congress	2014	Human Security, Conflict Management, Security Sector Reform and Local Democratization	Chiang Mai	149	Institute of Southeast Asian Affairs, affiliated with Chiang Mai University Department of Asian and Policy Studies, Hong Kong Institute of Education	Hong Kong Institute of Education South Asia Democratic Forum Konrad Adenaur Foundation Friedrich Ebert Foundation Peace and Human Security in Asia (PAHSA)
Ninth Congress	2015	Asia in 2015 and Beyond: New Challenges and Governance Agendas	Phnom Penh	137	Royal University of Phnom Penh and Ewha Womans University	Ewha Womans University
Tenth Congress	2016	The Asia-Pacific Conference on Security and International Relations 2016	Osaka	130	Osaka School of International Public Policy, International Academic Forum	Japan Foundation
Eleventh Congress	2017	50 Years of ASEAN amidst Contemporary Challenges: Human Security, Conflict Resolution, Connectivity and Democratization	Phitsanulok	163	College of ASEAN Community Studies, Naresuan University	Konrad Adenaur Foundation Friedrich Ebert Foundation Naresuan University
Twelth Congress	2018	Revisiting Bandung: Cultivating Asia's Insights on Global International Relations and Political Science	Bandung, Indonesia	102	Parahyangan Catholic University	Parahyangan Catholic University
Thirteenth Congress	2019	Asian Conference on Human Security, Multiculturalism and Democracy	Swutel Hotel Bangkok	89	Naresuan University	Naresuan University
Fourteenth Congress	2020	New and Future Governance Challenges in East Asia	Kyung Hee University, South Korea	48	Kyung Hee University/Korean International Studies Association (KISA)	Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
Fifteenth Congress	2021	Asian Conference on Human Security, Multiculturalism and Democracy	Ewha Womans University, Seoul	45	Ewha Womans University/Korean International Studies Association (KISA)	Friedrich Ebert Stiftung

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