Committees - The Asian Conference on Asian Studies (ACAS)

Global Programme Committee
Conference Programme Committee
IAFOR International Academic Advisory Board
Conference Review Committee
Previous Committees

Global Programme Committee

Dr Joseph Haldane, IAFOR and Osaka University, Japan, & University College London, United Kingdom
Professor Jun Arima, President, IAFOR & University of Tokyo, Japan
Professor Anne Boddington, Executive Vice-President and Provost, IAFOR & Middlesex University, United Kingdom
Professor Barbara Lockee, Virginia Tech, United States
Professor Donald E. Hall, Binghamton University, United States
Dr James W. McNally, University of Michigan, United States & NACDA Program on Aging
Dr Grant Black, Chuo University, Japan
Professor Dexter Da Silva, Keisen University, Japan
Professor Gary E. Swanson, University of Northern Colorado, United States (fmr.)
Professor Baden Offord, Centre for Human Rights Education, Curtin University, Australia & Cultural Studies Association of Australasia
Professor Frank S. Ravitch, Michigan State University College of Law, United States
Professor William Baber, Kyoto University, Japan

Members of the IAFOR Board of Directors and The Academic Governing Board are standing members of the Global Programme Committee. Members of the IAAB are consultative members.

Conference Programme Committee

Professor Umberto Ansaldo, Curtin University, Australia
Professor Yasue Arimitsu, Doshisha University, Japan
Dr Sue Ballyn, University of Barcelona, Spain (Conference Co-chair)
Keiko Bang, Bang Singapore Pte Ltd., Singapore
Professor Gerard Goggin, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Dr Joseph Haldane, IAFOR and Osaka University, Japan, & University College London, United Kingdom
Professor Donald E. Hall, Binghamton University, United States
Professor Baden Offord, Centre for Human Rights Education, Curtin University, Australia & Cultural Studies Association of Australasia
Professor Lorna Piatti-Farnell, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
Dr Seiko Yasumoto, University of Sydney, Australia

IAFOR International Academic Advisory Board

Cultural & Area Studies Section

Professor Umberto Ansaldo, Curtin University, Australia
Keiko Bang, Bang Singapore Pte Ltd., Singapore
Professor John Nguyet Erni, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
Professor Gerard Goggin, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Dr Sue Ballyn, University of Barcelona, Spain
Professor Holger Briel, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China
Professor Ljiljana Markovic, European Center for Peace and Development (ECPD), Serbia
Professor Kuniko Miyanaga, Human Potential Institute, Japan
Professor Baden Offord, Centre for Human Rights Education, Curtin University, Australia & Cultural Studies Association of Australasia
Dr Seiko Yasumoto, University of Sydney, Australia
Professor Donald E. Hall, Binghamton University, United States
Dr Maxime Jaffré, United Arab Emirates University, United Arab Emirates
Dr Elena Raevskikh, Department of Culture and Tourism Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Conference Review Committee

Dr D.I Ansusa Putra, State Islamic Institute Sulthan Thaha Saifuddin, Indonesia
Dr Allan Basas, University of Santo Tomas, Philippines
Dr Medardo Bombita, University of Rizal System, Philippines
Dr Panida Jongsuksomsakul, Naresuan University, Thailand
Professor Naumana Kiran, University of the Punjab, Pakistan
Professor William Kunz, University of Washington Tacoma, United States
Dr Jung Hee Lee, Fort Hays State University, United States
Dr Anu Malik, The LNM Institute of Information Technology, Jaipur, India
Dr Velu Perumal, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
Professor Edem Peters, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Dr Vivek Sharma, Jammu University, India
Dr Zhaoxun Song, The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Professor Dharmakeerthi Sri Ranjan, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
Dr Renelee Subsuban, University of Mindanao, Philippines
Dr Sai Chandra Mouli Timiri, Osmania University, India
Dr Janet Valdez, La Consolacion University Philippines, Philippines
Dr Anand Wadwekar, School of Planning and Architecture Bhopal, India

IAFOR's peer review process, which involves both reciprocal review and the use of Review Committees, is overseen by conference Organising Committee members under the guidance of the Academic Governing Board. Review Committee members are established academics who hold PhDs or other terminal degrees in their fields and who have previous peer review experience.

If you would like to apply to serve on the ACAS2023 Review Committee, please visit our application page.

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