New Books Network Tina Chen and Charlotte Eubanks, "Global Asias: Tactics & Theories" (U Hawaii Press, 2024)
Jul 11, 2025
Tina Chen, Director of Penn State's Global Asia Initiative, and Charlotte Eubanks, a comparative literature scholar, delve into the intricacies of Global Asias scholarship. They discuss the need for interdisciplinary perspectives in understanding Asian identities and the importance of collaborative academic spaces. Highlights include the evolution of Global Asia's intellectual architecture and the impact of language on academic discourse. They also explore the dynamics of open access publishing and the necessity of recognizing diverse perspectives in reshaping scholarship on indigeneity and culture.
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Global Asias as Architectural Space
- Global Asias serves as an architectural space enabling scholars across disciplines to converse without needing to agree.
- It bridges divisions between area studies, ethnic studies, diaspora studies, and indigenous studies by fostering productive disagreement and synergy.
Infrastructure Enables Dialogue
- Building infrastructures and platforms is key to enabling the multidisciplinary, trans-field conversations of Global Asias.
- Global Asias intentionally avoids prescribing content, focusing instead on creating spaces for collaborative intellectual exchange.
Who Reads Global Asias?
- Global Asias is for both emerging scholars and established academics looking to integrate its frameworks.
- It offers resources for researchers, students, and teachers including oriented keywords and pedagogical materials.
