Asian Studies Seminar Series: Sabine Frühstück In brief Date - 15 October 2025Venue - Project Room 1.06, 50 George SquareSpeaker - Professor Sabine Frühstück (University of California, Santa Barbara)Title - Crafting the Modern Body: The Dollmaker, the General, and the Artist Activist About the speakerSabine Frühstück is Distinguished Professor and the Koichi Takashima Chair in Japanese Cultural Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is chief editor of the University of California Press book series “New Interventions in Japanese Studies” and co-editor of the Journal of Japanese Studies.Frühstück aims to rethink the conventions of scholarly work and transgress disciplinary, cultural and national boundaries. She mostly uses historical and ethnographic methods, takes visual culture seriously, and is currently completing a book on manifestations of “The Body Military” from the late nineteenth century to the present.This talk is supported by the Japan Society of Scotland.How to attendThis event is free to attend and open to all. No registration is required, simply turn up on the day.Are you interested in studying with us?We are the only university in Scotland to offer full undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes in both Chinese and Japanese, as well as postgraduate programmes in Korean Studies and East Asian Studies. Find out more about Asian Studies at Edinburgh Tags Asian Studies Oct 15 2025 16.15 - 18.00 Asian Studies Seminar Series: Sabine Frühstück An in-person seminar by Professor Sabine Frühstück (University of California, Santa Barbara), titled 'Crafting the Modern Body: The Dollmaker, the General, and the Artist Activist'. Project Room 1.06 50 George Square University of Edinburgh EH8 9LH Find the venue: 50 George Square
Asian Studies Seminar Series: Sabine Frühstück In brief Date - 15 October 2025Venue - Project Room 1.06, 50 George SquareSpeaker - Professor Sabine Frühstück (University of California, Santa Barbara)Title - Crafting the Modern Body: The Dollmaker, the General, and the Artist Activist About the speakerSabine Frühstück is Distinguished Professor and the Koichi Takashima Chair in Japanese Cultural Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is chief editor of the University of California Press book series “New Interventions in Japanese Studies” and co-editor of the Journal of Japanese Studies.Frühstück aims to rethink the conventions of scholarly work and transgress disciplinary, cultural and national boundaries. She mostly uses historical and ethnographic methods, takes visual culture seriously, and is currently completing a book on manifestations of “The Body Military” from the late nineteenth century to the present.This talk is supported by the Japan Society of Scotland.How to attendThis event is free to attend and open to all. No registration is required, simply turn up on the day.Are you interested in studying with us?We are the only university in Scotland to offer full undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes in both Chinese and Japanese, as well as postgraduate programmes in Korean Studies and East Asian Studies. Find out more about Asian Studies at Edinburgh Tags Asian Studies Oct 15 2025 16.15 - 18.00 Asian Studies Seminar Series: Sabine Frühstück An in-person seminar by Professor Sabine Frühstück (University of California, Santa Barbara), titled 'Crafting the Modern Body: The Dollmaker, the General, and the Artist Activist'. Project Room 1.06 50 George Square University of Edinburgh EH8 9LH Find the venue: 50 George Square
Oct 15 2025 16.15 - 18.00 Asian Studies Seminar Series: Sabine Frühstück An in-person seminar by Professor Sabine Frühstück (University of California, Santa Barbara), titled 'Crafting the Modern Body: The Dollmaker, the General, and the Artist Activist'.
