We are delighted to announce a call for a students’ panel and poster presentations for the second iteration of the Environmental Futures in Asia Network Workshop, which will be held May 15–17, 2025, at Duke University.
Our workshop theme this year is PEDAGOGY—broadly defined as how we might teach, learn, and collaborate, in and beyond classrooms and communities, while highlighting the substantive ways Asia contributes to addressing environmental futures globally.
This two-day workshop will feature a keynote address, thematically organized panels, and a local field excursion. About fifteen faculty and early- mid-career scholars who work on Monsoon Asia (East, Southeast, and South Asia) will share their insights on pedagogic teaching, research, and mentoring. The presenters will be invited from and outside Duke and their expertise will span fields of geography, literature, history, anthropology, political science, and environmental studies.
We are looking to form one panel by student-researchers whose projects focus on environmental issues in Monsoon Asia. Topics of inquiry are widely open. We provide two options for presentation format: a 15-minute research presentation and a poster presentation (in any format that can be exhibited in the venue). Presenters will benefit from a discussant’s feedback to further develop their work as well as an opportunity to learn about interdisciplinary methods by directly networking with about fifteen cutting-edge teacher-scholars in their fields of interest (comparative literature, history, political science, anthropology, sociology, environmental studies).
Selected presenters will be fully integrated into the workshop schedule, including participation in panel discussions, meals and receptions, a speaker’s event on environmental justice by a local activists’ group in NC and a field excursion to a farm-outreach program in Orange County.
If you are interested, email your proposal to Jieun Cho by February 23, 2025:
Submission Guidelines
- Subject line: “EFAN 2025 – Student CFP: [Your Name]”
- Indicate whether you plan to present orally (15-minute slot) or via poster.
- Provide your name, affiliation, a title and a preliminary abstract (about 250 words) of the proposed presentation.
Selected participants will be notified in February with final details. We will also give you some time to refine your preliminary abstracts in line with the final program in March—so don’t hesitate to submit your ideas!
If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to Jieun Cho.
Be sure to read about EFAN’s 2024 workshop. The Durham workshop will be our first event to include student research and we look forward to receiving your proposals!
