Events

What's on in Asian Studies.

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Event listing

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Mar 27 2024 -

Asian Studies Seminar Series: An Jong Chol

Join us in-person for a seminar by Dr An Jong Chol (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice) entitled 'Who Should Inherit the Right of Ancestor Worship in South Korea? Property for Ancestor and Gender Issues'.

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Mar 20 2024 -

Asian Studies Seminar Series: Bingchun Meng

Join us in-person for a seminar by Dr Bingchun Meng (London School of Economics & Political Science) entitled 'A Tale of Two Cities: AI, Development and Imaginaries of future'.

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Mar 13 2024 -

Scottish Centre for Korean Studies Distinguished Lecture Series: Seok-Kyeong Hong

Join the Scottish Centre for Korean Studies for an in-person seminar by Professor Seok-Kyeong Hong (Seoul National University), entitled 'Korean Dramas After Netflix: Changes in Production, Distribution and Reception'.

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Mar 06 2024 -

Asian Studies Seminar Series: Joseph Seeley

Join us in-person for a seminar by Dr Joseph Seeley (University of Virginia) entitled 'Water, Ice, and "Bandits": Yalu River Border Security through the Seasons, 1910-1945'.

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Mar 05 2024 -

Scottish Centre for Korean Studies Distinguished Lecture Series: Manon Prud'homme

Join the Scottish Centre for Korean Studies for an in-person seminar by Manon Prud'homme (PhD candidate, EHESS Paris) entitled 'Urban Renewal in Pyongyang: Making Fieldwork in a Closed Context'.

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Feb 22 2024 -

Japanese Film Festival: Sumodo

Join us for a free, in-person screening of the 2020 film Sumodo (相撲道) that includes a short introductory lecture, and will be followed by a reception of sushi and sake.

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Feb 16 2024 -

Japanese Film Festival: Kamome Diner

Join us for a free, in-person screening of the 2006 film Kamome Diner (かもめ食堂) that includes a short introductory lecture, and will be followed by a reception of sushi and sake.

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Feb 13 2024 -

Scottish Centre for Korean Studies Distinguished Lecture Series: Adam Cathcart

Join the Scottish Centre for Korean Studies for an in-person seminar by Dr Adam Cathcart (University of Leeds), entitled 'Hunger on China's Korean Periphery: Yanbian in the Great Leap Forward, 1958 - 1962'.

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Feb 07 2024 -

Asian Studies Seminar Series: Konstantinos Tsimonis

Join us in-person for a seminar by Dr Konstantinos Tsimonis (King's College, London) entitled '15 years of COSCO in Piraeus: Investment Embeddedness and the Question of Chinese 'influence''.

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Jan 31 2024 -

Book Talk: Dr Xuelei Huang

An in-person discussion of the new publication by Dr Xuelei Huang (Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh), 'Scents of China: A Modern History of Smell', which explores the history of China through sensory and smell studies.

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