Yang Yang

Lecturer in Asian Studies at College of Humanities and Science, NUS. PhD in human geography. Urban, ethnic politics, cultural heritage, Islam, and China.

[Yang Yang @yyang3076_yang]

@jackmtchia Have a productive conference, @jackmtchia! Stay warm!

[Yang Yang @yyang3076_yang]

@AdamYLiu1 @jackmtchia Sounds good :) Email you two in a bit!

[Yang Yang @yyang3076_yang]

Thanks again for the kind invitation, @jackmtchia. Had a great time interacting with an engaging and supportive audience as always!

[Jack Meng-Tat Chia 謝明達 @jackmtchia]

@yyang3076_yang (@nus_ari) gave a fascinating talk on Islam, Muslim travelers, and the Belt and Road Initiative at the @FASSNews BRI Cluster seminar series this afternoon. As always, I learned so much from her exciting work on transnational Islam!

[Yang Yang @yyang3076_yang]

@AdamYLiu1 @jackmtchia @nus_ari @FASSNews Don't worry about it, Adam! I can always meet up for coffee to give you a recap!

[Yang Yang @yyang3076_yang]

Looking forward to connecting with old and new friends at the talk next Wednesday! Really appreciate @jackmtchia and the FASS BRI group's kind invitation and support.

[Jack Meng-Tat Chia 謝明達 @jackmtchia]

My dear colleague @yyang3076_yang (@nus_ari) will be giving a talk entitled "Traveling Muslim Men on the Silk Road: Gender, Visual Representations, and the Multiple Imaginaries of the BRI" on Wednesday, Oct. 19th at 4:00pm. Please sign up here: https://t.co/kGHOmmEA47

[Asia Research Institute - NUS @nus_ari]

One more week before applications for our postdoc and research positions close! Come join us here at ARI to work on Asia-related research

More details @ https://t.co/7EMNCaC5Ew

Get your applications in before 30 September!

#postdoc #fellowship #opportunities

[Yang Yang @yyang3076_yang]

Honored to be part of this amazing team! A big heartfelt thanks to @geoshaun2010 for working together on this.

[Shaun Lin @geoshaun2010]

Delighted to see this co-edited special section on Southeast Asia and China's contemporary interactions with @yyang3076_yang out in SJTG. It was developed from an @nus_ari online workshop held in Aug 2020. https://t.co/A7EkA6BkfX

[Yang Yang @yyang3076_yang]

Come and join us! Looking forward to your abstracts.

[Asia Research Institute - NUS @nus_ari]

CFP for Little Meccas | How has Mecca been featured, understood, rejuvenated or contested in other centres in Asia? Send in your abstracts for the 7th Muhammad Alagil workshop on Little Meccas by 30 September 2022!

Visit https://t.co/QMV2HZct0D for more!

#cfp #workshop #mecca

[Yang Yang @yyang3076_yang]

Two days of great discussions on how to understand "Global China" conceptually and empirically. Thanks to @AI_UofT and @ChinaMade_CU for making remote participation happen.

[ChinaMade Research Project @ChinaMade_CU]

We are so excited to be meeting in Toronto @AI_UofT for the 4th ChinaMade workshop: From ‘China Model’ to ‘Global China’. May 20-21. More info: https://t.co/Wb7o4HcrJb

[Creighton Connolly @Creighton88]

Thanks for your leadership and hard work Roger!

[Yang Yang @yyang3076_yang]

@JingWang0815 Oh no! So sorry to hear this. Get better soon!

[Dr Sylvia Ang 汪诗薇 @sylviaswang]

My book with @AmsterdamUPress is out! It details how ethnic Chinese subjects negotiate their identities in an age of contemporary Chinese migration and China’s ascent. Will be grateful if you could recommend it to your libraries! #migration #mobility #race #chinese

[Yang Yang @yyang3076_yang]

@mayee_wong A potentially "dangerous" crowd that brings out the unexpected eccentricity out of the seemingly ordinary space in the hawker center.

[Belt and Road in Global Perspective @BeltandroadMunk]

In the latest post for our Transformations blog, @TrissiaHebe_W from @MurdochUni discusses the complex dynamics between corporate social responsibility, #conservation, and the #BeltandRoad in Indonesia.

Read more:

https://t.co/Swa4nXWNKQ

[Asia Research Institute - NUS @nus_ari]

Call for Papers | Green Cities Beyond Failure: Towards Hopeful Epistemologies of Ecological Urban Futures in Asia | 4-5 August 2022 | Deadline: 24 April 2022
https://t.co/NrUjONxXO1

Convenors ARI's Dr Colleen Chiu-Shee @Colleen67882849 and Prof Tim Bunnell @NUSgeog @NUSingapore

[Asia Research Institute - NUS @nus_ari]

CFP | Faith in Immunity: Religion, COVID-19 vaccines and Structures of Trust | Submission Deadline: 30 April 2022

This workshop interrogates notions of #immunity, focusing on the ways in which it is also culturally constructed and socially shaped in Asia: https://t.co/s7K4MkoTUA

[Raffaello Pantucci @raffpantucci]

In Memoriam: Anthropology Professor Dru Gladney | Pomona College in Claremont, California - Sad news https://t.co/RahlM61GPP

[Asia Research Institute - NUS @nus_ari]

CFP | Monarchy in South East Asia & their Impact on Urban Development Now | Submission Deadline: 11 April 2022

This proposed workshop explores the overlooked question of the influence of #monarchies in shaping contemporary #urban #development in SE Asia
🔗https://t.co/Pndm55W4YQ

[Yang Yang @yyang3076_yang]

@touminghua Thanks for sharing my short piece!