International Graduate Student Conference (IGSC)

🌈We are accepting abstracts for the 23rd International Graduate Student Conference! Join us

📖The East-West Center invites graduate students, scholars, practitioners, artists, and scientists who have earned a graduate degree within the past three years, to submit abstracts for the 23rd Annual International Graduate Student Conference (IGSC), taking place in Honolulu, Hawai‘i, USA from February 15-17, 2024.
This year's theme is "Elucidating the Periphery: Rethinking Neglected Narratives and Novel Approaches." As we share research relevant to the Asia-Pacific region, this year’s conference shall provide a space where participants venture beyond their own boundaries to interface with neglected narratives from peripheral perspectives as well as novel techniques in a transdisciplinary context. We invite ALL whose work highlights issues, communities, or practices that broadly concern the periphery.

⏰The deadline for abstract submission is September 15, 2023, at 11:59 PM Hawaii Standard Time.

❓For more information and to submit your abstract, visit eastwestcenter.org/studentconference!

🔥TWO days until the 22nd IGSC grand opening!!

🌊 Come check out our conference schedule on Friday (2/17) and Saturday (2/18). All panels are open to the public and can be joined in person!

🌺 Scan QR code to access our conference booklet which includes all the detailed information you need. You can also find it on our website: https://www.eastwestcenter.org/studentconference

🌊The 22nd IGSC is around the corner!

🌺In less than a week, scholars and students from across the globe will join us at Imin International Conference Center in Hawaiʻi.

🌈To start the conference, we welcome you to attend our exciting OPENING CEREMONY on Feb. 16, 4-6pm. We will begin with a welcoming chant & hula by Kumu Victoria Holt Takamine and her halau, a keynote address by Dr. Ilan Noy on "Building Back Better," and an arts presentation by John Taukave (Jay-j), reflecting on the values and teachings of water in the Pacific.

We can't wait to see you all at this annual gathering! The opening ceremony is open to the public. You can also RSVP and join through zoom by scanning the QR code or clicking the link below: https://eastwestcenter.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_R7b46TJITpWAZj6LvYTZew

💌 We are THREE weeks away from seeing you at the 22nd IGSC! For our public keynote address this year, we feature Dr. Ilan Noy. He is the Chair in the Economics of Disasters and Climate Change - Te Āwhionukurangi, at Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington. His research and teaching focus on the economic aspects of natural hazards, disasters, and climate change, and other related topics in environmental, development, and international economics. He is also the founding Editor-in-Chief of the journal Economics of Disasters and Climate Change. He previously worked at the University of Hawai’i, and has consulted for the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, OECD, UNDRR, the IMF, and ASEAN.

👨‍🏫 Dr. Noy's keynote address is entitled "Building Back Better: A goal, an aspiration, or just a slogan?" Resonding to the conference theme "Recover and Resilience in a Changing World" Dr. Noy will identify the ways we can think about an economic recovery that is indeed better, and what may be some of the policies that can lead us in that direction, and not away from it.

The keynote address, which is part of the opening ceremony, is open to the public. SAVE THE DATE, join us, and spread the word~

📅 Date: February 16, 2023
⏰ Time: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
📌Location: Hawaii Imin International Conference Center