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 : http://www.issco.info
Email: isscosecretariat@gmail.com

Upcoming Conferences

2012 -- CHINESE LANGUAGE TEACHING AND EDUCATION IN A GLOBALIZING SOUTHEAST ASIA, 17-18 August 2012 jointly convened between ISSCO and the Confucius Institute of Ateneo de Manila University in Quezon City, the Philippines.
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Click here to download call for papers.

2013 -- To be held at the University of Tunku Abdul Rahman, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

2014 -- To be held in Panama in 2014 to commemorate two events: The 160th anniversary of the arrival of the Chinese at Panama, and also the first centennial of operation of the Panama.

List of Officers

2010-2013 List of Officers
2007-2010 List of Officers
2003-2007 List of Officers

President's Message

I was elected as president of ISSCO after the ISSCO VI International Conference at Beijing in 2007. With the help and support of former ISSCO president Teresita Ang-See who served as secretary/treasurer during my term and other board members, we were able to organize a regional conference at Auckland University (New Zealand) in 2009 and the ISSCO VII International Conference at the Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) in May, 2010. Owing to the support of our members, the ISSCO VII International Conference was very well attended and approximately 200 papers were presented.

After the ISSCO VII International Conference, I was asked to serve for another term (2010-2013) as president in order to provide continuity. I feel very honored. I would like to take this opportunity to express my deep appreciation for the help and support rendered me by board members in the past and present. This can be seen from the post-conference activities and the planning of future conferences. We have had very proactive commitment by ISSCO members in planning the two regional conferences for 2011 (Hong Kong) and 2012 (Seoul), and the ISSCO VIII International Conference for 2013 (Canada). I am looking forward to the full participation of ISSCO members in these conferences.

Thank you. My warmest regards and best wishes to you all!

Leo Suryadinata
President

About Prof. Dr. Leo Suryadinata

Leo Suryadinata is Director, Chinese Heritage Centre (Singapore) and Adjunct Professor, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University (NTU). He was Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), Singapore, and Professor of Political Science at the National University of Singapore (NUS).

He received his degrees from the following Universities: B.A. from Nanyang University (Singapore, 1962), Sardjana Sastra (Drs.) from Universitas Indonesia (Jakarta, 1965), M.A. from Monash University (Australia, 1970) and Ohio University (USA, 1972), and Ph.D. from The American University (USA, 1975).

He was Editor and later, Co-editor of the Asian Journal of Political Science (1993-June 2002), and Editor-in-Chief of the Asian Culture (Chinese title: Yazhou Wenhua, 1990- date). He has published extensively on ethnic Chinese in Southeast Asia, Indonesian politics and foreign relations, and China-ASEAN relations. His recent books include Elections and Politics in Indonesia (2002), Indonesia’s Population: Ethnicity and Religion in a Changing Political Landscape (co-author, 2003), Chinese and Nation-Building in Southeast Asia (1997, reissued in 2004 with a postscript), China and ASEAN States: the Ethnic Chinese Dimensions (1985, reissued in 2005 with a postscript); Emerging Democracy in Indonesia (co-author, 2005), Chinese Diaspora Since Admiral Zheng He (editor and contributor, 2007) and Understanding Ethnic Chinese in Southeast Asia (2007).