Welcome to ISSCO !
ISSCO, the International Society for the Study of Chinese Overseas, was established in 1992. Professor Wang Gungwu, National University of Singapore, was appointed President and Professor Wang Ling-chi, Department of Ethnic Studies, UC Berkeley, Secretary-Treasurer together with a number of regional Board members.
ISSCO is a scholarly, non-political, non-profit professional society of individuals and institutions interested in and committed to the study of Chinese overseas. The primary purposes of the society are to advance research and scholarly exchange in the study of Chinese overseas, to provide means for research and publications, and to organise and support national and international conferences.
ISSCO Official website : https://www.tarif-disneyland.fr
Email: isscosecretariat@gmail.com
UPCOMING CONFERENCES:
8-11 November 2019, ISSCO X: "Chinese Overseas and China: Through a Global Lens," Jinan University, Guangzhou.
ISSCO 2019 CFP
ISSCO 2019 CFP (Chinese version)
ISSCO 2019 Form for Individual
ISSCO 2019 Form for Panel
List of Officers
2016-2019 List of Officers
2013-2016 List of Officers
2010-2013 List of Officers
2007-2010 List of Officers
2004-2007 List of Officers
President's Message
The 9th ISSCO International Conference was held in Vancouver on July 6-8, 2016. At this conference, a new ISSCO Board for the term 2016 ¡V 2019 was elected. I am honored to serve a second term, and should like to thank all who had served in the last term from 2013 to 2016, in particular Ms Teresita Ang See who had done so much for our society. We have a good new team comprising old and new board members, and we welcome new board members, namely Ellen Palanca (Treasurer),Satohiro Serizawa (Northeast Asia representative ), Kee Pookong (Oceania representative), and Richard Hsu (Taiwan representative). Glen Peterson is our new Secretary. The Exco comprising the President, Vice President Madeline Hsu, the Secretary and the Treasurer will work closely and will report to the ISSCO Board regularly and we will be in touch with members through our web site, newsletters and emails.
The 11th ISSCO Regional conference with the theme ¡§Chinese Overseas: Global and Local Dynamics¡¨ will be held in Nagasaki, Japan on November 17-19, 2017. ISSCO is honored to co-organize this conference with Nagasaki University and Japan Society for the Study of Chinese overseas (JSSCO), and we look forward to seeing ISSCO members and friends at this first ISSCO regional conference to be held in Japan.
With Regards and best wishes,
CB
(Tan Chee-Beng)
ISSCO President
August 2016
ABOUT ISSCO
By Laws
President' s message
Board
- Board meeting
- Membership meeting
ISSCO 2016-19 Exco Members:
Board
2016 - 2019 Officers
Officers
o President – Tan Chee-Beng, Sun Yat-sen University, China
o Vice President – Madeline Hsu, University of Texas at Austin, USA
o Secretary – Glen Peterson, University of British Columbia, Canada
o Treasurer – Ellen Palanca, Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines
Directors
o Southeast Asia: Ho Khai Leong, Visiting Professor, Beijing University
o Northeast Asia: Satohiro Serizawa, Nara University, Japan
o Europe: Mette Thunoe, Aarhus University, Denmark
o North America: Wei Li, Arizona State University, USA
o Latin America: Evelyn Hu-DeHart, Brown University, USA?
o Africa: Karen Harris, University of Pretoria, South Africa?
o Oceania: Kee Poo Kong, Asia Institute, University of Melbourne, Australia
o Mainland China: Li Minghuan, Xiamen University, China
o Taiwan: Iping Liang, National Taiwan Normal University (Acting)
o Hong Kong: Vacant
At-large Representatives
o Cheong Youngrok, Seoul National University, South Korea
o Zhou Min, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Ex-officio members of the board
o Wang Gungwu, National University of Singapore
o Wang Ling-chi, University of California, Berkeley, USA
o Peter Li, University of Saskatchewan, Canada?
o Teresita Ang See, Kaisa Para Sa Kaunlaran, Inc., Philippines
o Leo Suryadinata, Chinese Heritage Centre, Singapore
2013 - 2016 Officers
Officers
o President – Tan Chee-Beng, Sun Yat-sen University, China
o Vice President – Madeline Hsu, University of Texas at Austin
o Secretary/Treasurer – Teresita Ang See, Kaisa Para Sa Kaunlaran, Inc., Philippines (assisted by Angela Yu, University of the Philippines and Kaisa)
Directors
o Southeast Asia: Ho Khai Leong, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia
o Northeast Asia: Cheong Yong-Rok, Seoul National University
o Europe: Mette Thunoe, Aarhus University, Denmark
o North America: Wei Li, Arizona State University, U.S.A.
oLatin America: Evelyn Hu-DeHart, Brown University,U.S.A.
o Africa: Karen Harris, University of Pretoria, South Africa
o Oceania: Manying Ip, University of Auckland, New Zealand
o China: Li Minghuan, Xiamen University
o Taiwan: Tang Shi-Yeong, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
o Hong Kong: Khun Eng Kuah-Pearce, University of Hong Kong
At-large Representatives
o Zhou Min, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
o Glen Peterson, University of British Columbia, Canada
Ex-officio members of the board
o Leo Suryadinata, Chinese Heritage Centre, Singapore
2010 - 2013 Officers
Officers
o President: Leo Suryadinata, Chinese Heritage Centre, Singapore
o Vice President: Tan Chee Beng, Chinese University of H.K.
o Secretary/Treasurer: Teresita Ang See, KAISA, the Philippines
Directors
o Southeast Asia: Ho Khai Leong -- Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia
o Northeast Asia: Cheong Young-Rok, Seoul National University
o Europe: Mette Thunoe, University of Copenhagen
o North America: Wei Li, Arizona State Univ, U.S.A.
o Latin America: Lok Siu, University of Texas
o Africa: Karen Harris, University of Praetoria, South Africa
o Oceania: Manying ip, University of Auckland, New Zealand
o China: Wu Xiaoan, Peking University, China
o Taiwan: Tang Shi-yeoung, National Taiwan University
o Hong Kong: Khun Eng Kuah Pearce, Hong Kong University
At-large Representatives
o Li Minghuan, Xiamen University
o Evelyn Hu Dehart, Brown University
Ex-officio members of the board
o Wang Gungwu
o Wang Lingchi
o Peter Li
2007-2010 Officers
Officers
o President: Leo Suryadinata
o Vice President: Peter Li
o Secretary/Treasurer: Teresita Ang See
Directors
o Southeast Asia: Teresita Ang See
o Northeast Asia: Young-Rok Cheong
o Europe: Mette Thunoe
o North America: L. Ling-chi Wang
o Latin America: Juan Tam
o Africa: Karen Harris
o Oceania: Manying Ip
o China: Wu Xiao-an
o Taiwan: Shi-yeoung Tang
o Hong Kong: Khun Eng Kua-Pearce
Directors at large
o Li Minghuan
o Evelyn Hu-Dehart
Ex-officio members of the board
o Tan Chee-Beng (Chief Editor of JCO)
o Wang Gungwu (founding President)
2004-2007 Officers
Officers
o President: Teresita Ang-See
o Vice President: Peter Li
o Secretary/Treasurer: Mette Thun?
Directors
o Southeast Asia: Leo Suryadinata
o Northeast Asia: Young-Rok Cheong
o Europe: Frank Pieke
o North America: L. Ling-chi Wang
o Latin America: Juan Tam
o Africa: Karen Harris
o Oceania: Manying Ip
o China: Zhuang Guotu
o Taiwan: Shi-yeoung Tang
o Hong Kong: Wong Siu-lun
Directors at large
o Zhou Nanjing
o Adam McKeown
Ex-officio members of the board
o Tan Chee-Beng (Chief Editor of JCO)
o Ng Chin-keong (Chief Editor of JCO)
o Wang Gungwu
JOURNAL OF CHINESE OVERSEAS
Call For Writers - Great Lives From History: Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders
This cross-disciplinary journal publishes research articles, reports, and book reviews on Chinese overseas throughout the world, and the communities from which they trace their origins. Moving across regions and disciplines, the Journal will examine Chineseness in its many diverse settings. With a Board of Editors drawn from fields as diverse as history, anthropology, sociology, geography, cultural studies, and political science, the Journal will contribute to transnational studies, as well as the study of Chinese communities in specific national settings.
Journal of Chinese Overseas was published by Singapore University Press (NUS Press) from 2005 to 2008. From 2009 on, JCO is published by Brill for the Chinese Heritage Centre under the auspices of the International Society for the Studies of Chinese Overseas, with the sponsorship of the Lee Foundation.
CONFERENCES
UPCOMING CONFERENCES:
8-11 November 2019, ISSCO X: "Chinese Overseas and China: Through a Global Lens" Jinan University, Guangzhou
See homepage for CFP
PREVIOUS CONFERENCES:
International
ISSCO I: "Luodi Shenggen: The Legal, Political, and Economic Status of Chinese in the Diaspora," convened jointly with the Department of Ethnic Studies the University of California, Berkeley, in California, United States of America in 1992.
ISSCO II: "The Last Half Century of Chinese Overseas: Comparative Perspectives," convened jointly with the Hong Kong University in Hong Kong in 1994.
http://www.iias.nl/iiasn/iiasn4/eastasia/issco.txt
ISSCO III: "Intercultural Relations, Cultural Transformation of ethnic Chinese Communities," convened jointly with Kaisa Para Sa Kaunlaran Inc. and Ateneo de Manila University in Manila, Philippines in 1998.
ISSCO IV: "New Frontiers for Chinese Overseas Research," organized by the Sun Yat-Sen Institute for Social Sciences and Philosophy (ISSP), Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan in 2001.
http://www.issp.sinica.edu.tw/chineseoverseas/index.html
ISSCO V: "New Chinese Migrants: Globalization of Chinese Overseas Migration," held at LO-School in Elsinore, Denmark in 2004.
ISSCO VI: "Recent Trends in the Relations between Chinese Abroad and their Ancestral Homeland," convened jointly with Peking University, Beijing, China in 2007.
http://asianozstudiesnews.blogspot.com/2007/06/cfp-issco-vi-21-23-sept-2007-peking-u.html
ISSCO VII: "Migration, Indigenization and Exchange: Chinese Overseas from Global Perspectives," jointly by ISSCO, the Chinese Heritage Center and the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore in 2010.
ISSCO VIII: "Local, Regional and Transnational: Chinese Overseas Reconsidered convened by the Institute of Chinese Studies," Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, held at the Palace of Golden Horses hotel in Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia, in 2013.
http://www.utar.edu.my/issco8/index.jsp?fcatid=650&fcontentid=2870
http://www.utar.edu.my/contentPageNewsAwards.jsp?catid=16&contentid=7204
ISSCO IX: "Emerging Identities: Contemporary and Historical Chinese Migrations" convened jointly by ISSCO and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. Richmond, BC: July 6-8, 2016.
ISSCO 2016 Call For Papers
ISSCO 2016 Call For Papers - Chinese Version
Regional
25th-26th October 2018. Chinese Diaspora and the Contemporary Rise of China: Migration, Settlement and Transnational Networks.The University of Melbourne.
2017 Regional Conference, International Society for the Study of Chinese Overseas (ISSCO). Nagasaki, Japan
http://issco2017.com/
2015 "East Asia and the Chinese Overseas," jointly convened by ISSCO and Seoul National University, held at Seoul National University.
http://issco.info/html/event20150529.html
2014 "Chinese Diaspora from South to South," jointly convened by ISSCO and the National University of Panama, held at the University of Panama.
http://issco.info/html/event20140806.html
2012 "Chinese Language Teaching and Education in a Globalizing Southeast Asia," jointly convened between ISSCO and the Confucius Institute of Ateneo de Manila University City, held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Ortigas, Pasig City, Philippines.
2011 "Chinese Overseas: Culture, Religions and Worldview," organized by ISSCO and the Department of Anthropology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong [co-sponsored by Chung Chi College and New Asia College], held at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/ant/isscoconf/index.htm
2009 "Rising Dragons, Soaring Bananas," organized by New Zealand Chinese Association Auckland Inc., held at the University of Auckland Busines School, New Zealand.
http://www.goingbananas.org.nz/
2006 "Diversity in Diaspora: The Chinese Overseas," jointly with the University of Praetoria, South Africa.
2005 Regional conference in Australia held jointly with The Chinese Studies Association of Australia Ninth Biennial Conference, at the Chinese Dragon Museum, Bendigo, Australia.
2002 "Kaihua Jieguo Zai Haiwai: An International Conference on Literatures of the Chinese Diaspora" jointly held with the Asian American Studies, at the University of California, Berkeley .
2000 "Chinese Overseas and Asia-Pacific Rim Countries: Opportunities and Challenges in the New Millennium," held jointly with Yonsei University, in Seoul, South Korea. http://www.geoenv.tsukuba.ac.jp/~yamakiyo/SeoulConference.htm
1999 Regional Latin America Conference, held jointly with the University of Havana, at the Habana Libre Hotel, in Havana, Cuba.
Become a member of ISSCO!
Membership of ISSCO is open to all individuals. What privileges do you enjoy as a member of ISSCO:
• Receive Journal of Chinese Overseas (two issues annually)
• Receive the ISSCO Electronic Bulletin with the latest ISSCO news
• Eligibility to vote at Membership Meetings and Special Membership Meetings
• Mailing List information on latest news concerning Chinese overseas
• Network with scholars all over the world involved in studies of Chinese overseas
• Participate in ISSCO international and regional conferences
Membership categories and fees:
Membership dues are still pegged at $60USD per annum. 75% of that goes to payment of the subscription to the Journal of Chinese Overseas. Dues can be paid by cash (during conferences), by credit card, by check or by bank transfer. Make sure that all bank charges and transfer costs are carried by you, the sender. We also encourage members to pay every three years to cut down on transfer cost and other bank charges.
I. By CREDIT CARD (additional USD$5.00 for PayPal charges)
II. By CHECK
Issue check to KAISA-ISSCO [for payeeˇ¦s account only]; add USD$5.00 to the amount sent to cover bank charges (i.e. $65.00 for one year or $185.00 for three years); send by Registered mail to:
ISSCO Secretariat,
c/o TERESITA ANG SEE
Kaisa Heritage Center
32 Anda cor. Cabildo Sts., Intramuros,
Manila, 1002
Philippines
III. By BANK TRANSFER
Account Name: International Society for the Study of Chinese Overseas
Bank : PNB - Intramuros Branch
Dollar Account number: 1679-6000-8898
Be sure to inform the ISSCO Secretariat as soon as you have made a credit card payment, bank transfer or mailed a cheque. Receipts will be issued for payments received.
Email: isscosecretariat@gmail.com
PUBLICATIONS
Chinese Language Teaching and Education in A Globalizing Southeast Asia. Proceedings of the ISSCO Regional Conference on 17-18 August 2012 in Manila, Philippines. Manila: Confucius Institute of the Ateneo de Manila University, 2012.
Migration, Indigenization and Interaction:
Chinese Overseas and Globalization,
edited by Leo Suryadinata.
Singapore: World Scientific
Publishing Co. Pte Ltd.,
2011, pp. 325
Essays on Ethnic Chinese Abroad, vol. 1, edited by Tsun-Wu Chang and Shi-yeong Tang. Taipei: Overseas Chinese Association, 2002
Essays on Ethnic Chinese Abroad, vol. 2, edited by Tsun-Wu Chang and Shi-yeong Tang. Taipei: Overseas Chinese Association, 2002
Essays on Ethnic Chinese Abroad, vol. 3, edited by Tsun-Wu Chang and Shi-yeong Tang. Taipei: Overseas Chinese Association, 2002
Intercultural Relations, Cultural Transformation, and Identity – The Ethnic Chinese – Selected papers presented at the 1998 ISSCO conference, edited by Teresita Ang See. Manila: Kaisa Para Sa Kaunlaran, Inc., 2000, pp. 627
The Last Half Century of Chinese Overseas, edited by Elizabeth Sinn. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 1998, pp. 508
The Chinese Diaspora: Selected Essays, vol. 1. Edited by Wang Ling-chi and Wang Gungwu. Singapore: Times Academic Press, 1998
The Chinese Diaspora: Selected Essays, vol. 2. Edited by Wang Ling-chi and Wang Gungwu. Singapore: Times Academic Press, 1998
CONTACT US
Contact: isscosecretariat@gmail.com