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Articulating the sinicisation process in a Taiwan Paiwan Indigenous village: Vusam culture as a resilience pivot

Professor Hong-zen Wang gives a talk on Paiwan Indigenous social life, Sinicisation, and the Vusam system as a site of cultural resilience in Taiwan.

Dialogue of the Present

Anthony Hyman Memorial Lecture 2026 – The UN in Afghanistan: from state building to survival, rethinking the UN’s role

Drawing on his experience and engagement in a range of United Nations roles in and on Afghanistan from 2001 to the present day, Mark Bowden will examine how the UN’s role has been shaped—and constrained—by the political settlement forged at the Bonn Conference.

Navigating Intimacy and Queer Entrepreneurship: Relational work in Taiwanese Lesbian Couples’ Business Endeavors

Professor Hong-zen Wang gives a talk on queer entrepreneurship, intimacy, and relational work among Taiwanese lesbian couples.

Painting protest: literature, art, and the avant-garde in Socialist Burma

This talk explores how Burmese avant-garde artists navigated and resisted authoritarianism, isolationism, and relentless censorship.

Born relay translated? Translating Syaman Rapongan’s 'Mata nu Wawa'

Dr Darryl Sterk gives a talk on Syaman Rapongan’s 'Mata nu Wawa', relay translation, and the question of what it means for a literary work to be 'born translated'.

From survival to governance: women of the Great Lakes on the frontline

One of two public roundtables presenting the findings of FCRJ's 2025/26 Activists-in-Residence, centring the communities most affected by racism, racialised exclusion, and structural inequality.

Book talk: 'Haunted Modernities: Gender, Memory, and Placemaking in Postindustrial Taiwan'

Professor Lee An-Ru gives a talk on her book 'Haunted Modernities', exploring women workers, public memory, and the remaking of heritage in postindustrial Taiwan.

Book launch: 'Why are we in Okinawa? A History of Violence'

This event marks the launch of 'Why are we in Okinawa? A History of Violence', which traces how Okinawa was annexed by Japan, occupied by the United States, and now menaced by China.