Tina Mai Chen (Distinguished Professor and Department Head, History; Acting Director, Asian Studies Centre; University of Manitoba), Wai Yee Chiong (Assistant Curator, Asian Art, RISD Museum), Sharon Domier (East Asian Studies Librarian, Amherst College, Smith College, and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst), Devin Fitzgerald (Curator of Rare Books and History of Printing, UCLA Library), Robert P. Weller (Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Anthropology, Boston University)

What access difficulties does the pandemic present for fields dependent on site-based research (such as archeology, anthropology, art history, history, sociology, and more?) Are access difficulties specific to Asian studies that predated the pandemic being exacerbated by present conditions? What are strategies for redesigning or adapting research agendas in light of such considerations? How should this juncture prompt us to reconceive career markers and planning?