Announcements

We invite you to meet members of our leadership team and APAC members at APAC related and sponsored events during annual meetings of the American Political Science Association (APSA) and the Western Political Science Association (WPSA). Hope to see you there!

Call for 2027 Mini-conference on Asian and Pacific Islander American Politics (WPSA 2027)

Mini-conference co-chairs Professor Pei-te Lien (University of California, Santa Barbara) and Professor Stephanie Chan (Lafayette College) welcome proposals for the Mini-conference on Asian and Pacific Islander American Politics at the Western Political Science Association 2027 in Denver, Colorado.  

Call for Proposals: Following on the broader conference theme, our mini-conference highlights the role of Asian and Pacific Islander Americans in political contention and the ways in which they can become part of a democratic renewal. We welcome papers on a wide variety of topics as long as Asian Americans and/or Pacific Islander Americans are central in the analysis and contributions. We also welcome a broad range of methodological approaches and perspectives.

Please follow this link to submit the proposal by the deadline of Sept 25, 2026. You need to pick Section 29 as the first choice for priority consideration. If you wish to participate but need more time to develop a proposal and/or to discuss proposal ideas, please feel free to contact us: Stephanie Chan (chans@lafayette.edu) and Pei-te Lien (plien@polsci.ucsb.edu). 

Nominations for Don T. Nakanishi Award 2025

On behalf of the Western Political Science Association, we are inviting nominations for the Don T. Nakanishi award, established by the WPSA in honor of one of the pioneers of the study of Asian American politics. The award is given for the best book on APA politics in the past year, and/or for outstanding service advancing the understanding or practice of Asian Pacific American politics. Please send your nominations to Claire Jean Kim at cjkim@uci.edu by December 10, 2025. 

Response to February 14, 2025 'Dear Colleague' Letter

Please see APAC's Statement on the February 14, 2025 'Dear Colleague' Letter. 

APSA 2025

Call for papers for panel: "US-China rivalry and Its Impact on Asian Americans" 

Siyu Liang, a PhD candidate at UCLA, and D.G. (Daegyeong) Kim, Postdoctoral Fellow for the Inequality in America Initiative at Harvard University (https://dg-kim.com/), are organizing a panel for APSA 2025 in Vancouver that highlights work on the impact of evolving US-China relations on people of Asian descent in the United States. Please reach out to Siyu and D.G. (dak110@ucsd.edu; sliang46@g.ucla.edu) if you have a research paper you would like to present and get feedback on as part of this panel next September. There are openings for three to four paper presenters, and Vivien Leung and D.G. Kim will be serving as discussants.