Program (The final program will be released shortly)
Congress Schedule and Session Timetable
Congress Schedule
| Nov. 27 (Fri) | Nov. 28 (Sat) | Nov. 29 (Sun) | |
| Registration | 15:00–17:30 | 8:45–16:00 | 9:00–14:00 |
| Oral Session & Plenary | 15:50–17:20 | 9:30–17:20 | 9:30–15:30 |
| Welcome Dinner | — | 18:00–20:00 | — |
| Poster Session | — | 12:00-14:00 | — |
| EC Meeting | 17:45–19:00 | — | 10:00–11:00 |
Session Timetable
| Time | Nov. 27 (Fri) | Nov. 28 (Sat) | Nov. 29 (Sun) |
| 9:30–11:00 | — | Session Slot 1 | Session Slot 4 |
| 11:20–12:50 | — | Session Slot 2 | Session Slot 5 |
| 12:50–14:00 | — | Lunch | Lunch |
| 14:00–15:30 | — | Plenary 2 | Session Slot 6 |
| 15:50–17:20 | Plenary 1 | Session Slot 3 | — |
Tentative Session Allocation (Timetable)
※ The table scrolls horizontally on smaller screens.
| Date | Time | Room 1 | Room 2 | Room 3 | Room 4 | Room 5 | Room 6 | Room 7 | Room 8 | Room 9 | Room 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov. 28 (Sat) | 9:30–11:00Slot 1 | Group PresentationPost-Western Sociology (session 4) Beyond Globalization, East Asian Turn and Post-Western SociologyChair: Undecided | Sociology of DevelopmentNew Trends in East Asian Social Development in the Digital-Intelligence EraChair: Undecided | Family and GenderMothering and Parenting Authority across Media and GenerationsChair: Hiroshi KOJIMA | Stratification and InequalityStratification: Social Mobility and Inequality in Changing SocietiesChair: Zhang Haidong | Cultural SociologyUrban Scenes, Place Attachment, and Cultural Transformations of SpaceChair: Wonho Jang | Digital Transformation, Capitalism, and Social DevelopmentJunior Scholars: AI, Technology, and Knowledge ProductionChair: Undecided | International Political SociologyCrossing Boundaries: Migration, Belonging, and Transnational NetworksChair: Hidehiro Yamamoto | History of SociologyReorganizing Institutions, Norms, and Identities: Historical Sociological Perspectives on Social Transformation and Continuity in East AsiaChair: Shujiro YAZAWA | Social TheorySocial Theory in the Age of AIChair: Lizhong Xie | Group PresentationThe Japan Transnational Education and Career Panel Study (JTEPS): International Mobility, Educational Opportunity, and Social Inequality in Contemporary JapanChair: Undecided |
| 11:20–12:50Slot 2 | — | Rural SociologyRural Societies in Transition: Challenges, Adaptations, and New PossibilitiesChair: Yohei Katano | Family and GenderBodies and Sexuality through Masculine Norms and Legal RecognitionChair: Hiroshi KOJIMA | Stratification and InequalityStratification: Work and Inequality in the Age of Artificial IntelligenceChair: Saburo Akahori | Ocean SociologyMobility and Compressed Modernity in East Asia: Governance, Labor, and Collective Memory under GlobalizationChair: Kim Baek Yung | Digital Transformation, Capitalism, and Social DevelopmentCapitalism, Democracy, and Institutional Transformation (Part 1)Chair: Undecided | Sociology of HealthFrom Patient Participation to Co-producing Community Health: Experiential Knowledge, Care, and Health Citizenship in Contemporary East Asia (Part 1)Chair: Undecided | Social TheoryMoral Agency and Freedom in Modern SocietyChair: Sang-Jin Han | Social Movement and Civil SocietyContested Rights, Countermovement, and Collective ContentionsChair: Keiichi SATOH | International MigrationBoundaries of Acceptance: Attitudes, Gender and Marriage | |
| 15:50–17:20Slot 3 | Group PresentationPost-Western theory and dialogical sociology (2)Chair: Undecided | Comparative Research and MethodComparative Study of Contemporary Social Change in East Asia (1)Chair: Li Shuanglong | Family and GenderGendered Care and Work across Family and Professional LifeChair: Liping SHI | Stratification and InequalityStratification: Gender, Class, and Inequality in Changing Social RelationsChair: Bi Jingqian | Cultural SociologyDigital Platforms, Youth Subjectivity, and Everyday Resonance in East AsiaChair: Keebom Nahm | Digital Transformation, Capitalism, and Social DevelopmentCapitalism, Democracy, and Institutional Transformation (Part 2)Chair: Undecided | International Political SociologyThe State, Economic Security, and Policymaking in a Changing International OrderChair: Yida Zhai | History of SociologySession2: How East Asia Understood the Sociological Canon: The Legacy of Western Sociological TheoryChair: Shujiro YAZAWA | Social Movement and Civil SocietyDevelopment of social movements in non-Western societies from structural and historical perspectivesChair: Keisuke MORI | International MigrationPrecarious Belonging: Status, Relations, and Meaning-Making among Migrants and Their ChildrenChair: Dong-Hoon SEOL | |
| Nov. 29 (Sun) | 9:30–11:00Slot 4 | Group PresentationQuestions on Life in East AsiaChair: Kasumi Ito | Comparative Research and MethodComparative Study of Contemporary Social Change in East Asia (2)Chair: Akiko Yamashita | Family and GenderChildren's Education and Inclusion through Family Resources, Gender Norms, and Institutional AuthorityChair: Zhou Xiao | Group PresentationNavigating Inclusion and Policy Gaps: Comparative Perspectives on Migrant Worker Integration in Japan and ThailandChair: Sayamol CharoenratanaDiscussant: Tomohisa Hirata | Ocean SociologySession 3: Theories and Realities in Ocean Sociology (II)Chair: Rui Dongen | Group PresentationNew Social Boundaries in Contemporary KoreaChair: Undecided | — | Group PresentationThe Second Generation in Japan: Negotiating Identity, Belonging, and Career across Contexts and GroupsChair: Yuna Sato | — | Group PresentationCultural Transmission in the Family and Educational Reproduction in East Asia: Parenting, Tutoring, and Institutional RecognitionChair: Undecided |
| 11:20–12:50Slot 5 | Group PresentationPost-Western Sociology: Past, Present, and FutureChair: Undecided | Comparative Research and MethodComparative Study of Contemporary Social Change in East Asia (3)Chair: Kazuto Misumi | Family and GenderPartner Preferences and Family Formation in Changing East Asian Life CoursesChair: Senhu Wang | Transnational SociologyReinterpretation of Transnational Sociology within and beyond East AsiaChair: Shujiro YAZAWA | Cultural SociologyDynamics of Popular Culture in East Asia: Female Universalism, Legitimation, Institutional Conditions, and Symbolic IdentificationChair: Tetsuo Mizukami | Sociology of DevelopmentNew Trends in East Asian Social Development in the Digital-Intelligence EraChair: Undecided | Sociology of HealthFrom Patient Participation to Co-producing Community Health: Experiential Knowledge, Care, and Health Citizenship in Contemporary East Asia (Part 2)Chair: Undecided | Social TheoryKnowledge and Social Order Across East AsiaChair: Yuefei Wu | Social Movement and Civil SocietySources and Pathways of Movement Agency: History, Memory, and StrategyChair: Chan S. SUH, Ryoko KOSUGI | International MigrationWork, Mobility and Migration Strategies | |
| 14:00–15:30Slot 6 | Group PresentationPost-Western SociologyChair: Undecided | Sociology of DevelopmentNew Trends in East Asian Social Development in the Digital-Intelligence EraChair: Undecided | Family and GenderReproductive Governance and Resource Allocation within FamiliesChair: Zhou Xiao | Stratification and InequalityStratification: Education, Work, and Inequality in Contemporary SocietiesChair: Shin Kwang-Yeong | Ocean SociologySession 1: Theories and Realities in Ocean Sociology (I)Chair: Kim Seung Kuk | Digital Transformation, Capitalism, and Social DevelopmentJunior Scholars: Gender, Publics, and Digital DiscourseChair: Undecided | International Political SociologyInequality and Political Attitudes: Income, Gender, and RepresentationChair: Taisuke Fujita | Group PresentationWho Shapes the Dying Process? ～ Social Perspectives on End-of-Life Decision-MakingChair: Maria Giannotti | Social Movement and Civil SocietyClimate Crisis, Catastrophe, or Institutionalized Discourse?Chair: Jin-Wook SHIN | International MigrationImmigrant integration and localities in TokyoChair: Hirohisa Takenoshita |
