- Hakka Opera Workshop (Taipei 2014)
- Screening of Veeram (New Delhi 2016)
- Local Team at Second Conference (New Delhi 2016)
- Second Conference (New Delhi 2016)
- Keynote Speaker Lena Cowen Orlin (Taipei 2014)
- Seminar (Manila 2018)
- Performance of RD3RD (Manila 2018)
- Keynote Speaker Peter Holbrook (Taipei 2014)
- Executive Committee (New Delhi 2016)
- Welcoming Ceremony (New Delhi 2016)
- Lunch at Second Conference (New Delhi 2016)
- Panel Session (Iloilo 2024)
- Second Conference (New Delhi 2016)
- Seminar (Taipei 2014)
- Lunch at Second Conference (New Delhi 2016)
- ASA Cash Bar at WSC (Stratford-upon-Avon 2016)
- Cast and Crew of Sintang Dalisay (Taipei 2014)
- In Memory of Sarbani Choudhury
- Performance of Pansori Hamlet (Seoul 2020)
- Anton Juan as Brutus (Iloilo 2024)
- Panel Session (New Delhi 2016)
- Poonam Trivedi Interviewed by Press (New Delhi 2016)
- Panel Session Chaired by Lee Hyon-u (Manila 2018)
- Group Photo of Hybrid Conference (Seoul 2020)
- Cosplay Winners of 4th Graphic Shakespeare Competition (2022)
- Panel Session (Manila 2018)
- Second Conference (New Delhi 2016)
- Press Conference with SAA Director and ANZSA, ISA, and TSA Chairs (Taipei 2014)
- Screening of Shakespeare Must Die (Taipei 2014)
- Panel Session (Iloilo 2024)
- Conference Staff (Iloilo 2024)
- Performance of Hamlet (New Delhi 2016)
- Ricardo Abad with Conference Staff at Party (Taipei 2014)
- Sonnets Workshop Led by Dennis Kennedy (Taipei 2014)
- Dinner Banquet (Taipei 2014)
- ASA Cash Bar at WSC (Stratford-upon-Avon 2016)
- Performance of Nomad Lear (Taipei 2014)
- Performance of Sintang Dalisay (Taipei 2014)
- Staff of Hybrid Conference (Seoul 2020)
- Group Photo (Iloilo 2024)
- Keynote Speaker Alfredo Michel Modenessi (2022)
- Keynote Speaker Perng Ching-Hsi, with Chiu Chin-jung (Taipei 2014)
- Lamp Lighting Ceremony (New Delhi 2016)
- Keynote Speaker Sukanta Chaudhuri (New Delhi 2016)
- Group Photo (Taipei 2014)
- Plenary Session (Taipei 2014)
- Welcoming Ceremony (New Delhi 2016)
- In Memory of Ricardo G. Abad, ASA Founding Member, Executive Committee, Treasurer
- Performance of Dying to Succeed (New Delhi 2016)
- Discussion at Second Conference (New Delhi 2016)
- Group Photo (Iloilo 2024)
- Performance of I Don't Like It / As You Like It (New Delhi 2016)
- Choi Jiyoung Demonstrating Traditional Korean Dance (2022)
- In Memory of Lim Chee Seng
- Screening of Puppet Hamlet (New Delhi 2016)
- Seminar (Taipei 2014)
- Rustom Bharucha Surprised by Birthday Cake (Taipei 2014)
- Roundtable "Shakespeare from Shore to Shore" (Iloilo 2024)
- Panel Session (New Delhi 2016)
- Panel Session (Iloilo 2024)
- Panel Session (Manila 2018)
- In Memory of Kobayashi Kaori
- Keynote Speech by Peter Holland (Manila 2018)
- Hot Pot Dinner (Taipei 2014)
- ASA Incorporated in the Philippines (Manila 2013)
- Performance of The Squaddies Shrew (Manila 2018)
- Second Conference (New Delhi 2016)
- Q&A after Performance of Macbeth by KL Shakespeare Players (Manila 2018)
- Third Conference (Manila 2018)
- Performance of Caesar's Maze (Iloilo 2024)
- Culture Tour (Iloilo 2024)
- Seminar Led by Yoshihara Yukari (Manila 2018)
- Panel Session (Manila 2018)
- Manga Workshop Led by Sanazaki Harumo (Manila 2018)
- Panel Session (New Delhi 2016)
- Panel Session (Manila 2018)
- Teatime (New Delhi 2016)
- Panel Session (Iloilo 2024)
- Manga Workshop Led by Sanazaki Harumo (New Delhi 2016)
- Music Performance (Taipei 2014)
- Panel Session (Taipei 2014)
- Culture Tour (Iloilo 2024)
- Group Photo (New Delhi 2016)
- Panel Session (Iloilo 2024)
- Keynote Speaker Ted Motohashi,with Minami Ryuta (Iloilo 2024)
- Keynote Speaker Karen Raber (Iloilo 2024)
- Q&A after Nomad Lear Performance (Taipei 2014)
- Judy Celine Ick with Conference Staff (Manila 2018)
- Foundational Meeting (Tokyo 2012)
- Performance of Sintang Dalisay (Taipei 2014)
- Group Photo (Taipei 2014)
- In Memory of Mariangela Tempera
- Poonam Trivedi on a Panel (Taipei 2014)
- Q&A after Betrayal Performance (Taipei 2014)
- ASA Cash Bar at WSC (Stratford-upon-Avon 2016)
- Headquarters Established in University of the Philippines (Manila 2013)
- Lunch at Second Conference (New Delhi 2016)
- Performance of Nomad Lear (Taipei 2014)
- Roundtable "New Directions in Asian Shakespeare" (2022)
- Performance of Betrayal (Taipei 2014)
- Panel Session (Iloilo 2024)
- Filmmaker Ing K (Taipei 2014)
- Lunch at Second Conference (New Delhi 2016)
- Keynote Speaker Shen Lin (Taipei 2014)
- Igal Workshop Led by Matthew Santamaria (Taipei 2014)
- Welcome to UPV (Iloilo 2024)
- Keynote Speaker Michael Dobson (New Delhi 2016)
- Book Launch of Shakespeare's Asian Journeys (New Delhi 2016)
- Coffee Break (Manila 2018)
- Group Photo (2022)
- Group Photo (Manila 2018)
- Keynote Speaker Dennis Kennedy, with Su Tsu-chung (Taipei 2014)
- Remembering Ricardo G. Abad (Iloilo 2024)
- Panel Session (Manila 2018)
- In Memory of Christy Desmet, Keynote Speaker (New Delhi 2016)
- Seminar (Manila 2018)
- Amazing Theatre Artists (Iloilo 2024)
- Executive Committee Meeting (Ferarra 2013)
- Acting Workshop Led by Yasuda Masahiro (Manila 2018)
- Panel Session (New Delhi 2016)
- Performance of Betrayal (Taipei 2014)
- Second Conference (New Delhi 2016)
- Keynote Speaker Kawachi Yoshiko (Taipei 2014)
- 2nd Graphic Shakespeare Competition Award Ceremony (Manila 2018)
- Teatime (New Delhi 2016)
Asia has affected the study and performance of Shakespeare, in Asia and around the world. This calls for a collective effort—increasing exchanges and collaborations among Asian Shakespeareans, and between Asia and the rest of the world. But given the vastness and diversity of Asia, the richness of its scholarship and theatres, we can, should, and must do more. Responding to the call by Bi-qi Beatrice Lei to establish a formal association, scholars, artists, and students across the globe signed up to help found the Asian Shakespeare Association, a non-profit, non-government organization dedicated to researching, producing, teaching, translating, and promoting Shakespeare from Asian perspectives.
Ratified by the generally elected Executive Committee, our Constitution details the ASA’s mission, governance, and membership. The hundreds of ASA members came from various Asian communities and beyond. Sign up to join our mailing list to find out about the latest events, calls for papers, and publications in the field.
The ASA holds biennial conferences in Asian locations. The ASA conferences consist of keynote addresses, panel sessions, seminars, workshops, symposiums, performances, screenings, and other special events. There have been six conferences: “Shakespearean Journeys” held in Taipei, 15-18 May 2014; “All the World’s His Stage: Shakespeare Today” held in New Delhi, 1-3 December 2016; “Shakespeare, Traffics, Tropics” held in Manila, 28-30 May 2018; “Intersections in Shakespeare,” a hybrid event held in Seoul and online, 5-7 November 2020; “Unmasking Shakespeare,” a virtual event held on 10-12 November 2022; and “Shoreline Shakespeares” held in Iloilo, 4-6 December 2024.
We welcome any questions or suggestions, and look forward to your participation.