On February 8 and 9, 2026, the Center for International and Regional Studies held a research workshop under its project, Rethinking Migration Categories from the Global South. The purpose of the two-day meeting was to discuss and provide feedback on a collection of draft abstracts submitted for the project. Scholars, working on the topic, were…
This public panel brings together scholars to examine how migration categories are produced, governed, and contested within Asia and across transnational flows from the Global South to the Global North. Moving beyond fixed labels such as migrant, refugee, skilled worker, or trafficking victim, the discussion explores how state policies, visa regimes, and labor markets shape…