Transregional travels to Bodhgaya in the Long First Millennium This lecture will give an overview of Chinese sources on Bodhgayā and will trace the history of Bodhgayā reflected in them.
Asymmetries in language and power - translation insights from Henning Bochert, Inua Ellams and Eve Leigh In this talk, Henning Bochert is joined by Eve Leigh Writer and Inua Ellams Poems whose work Henning has translated. He will examine translation as a dynamic cultural practice that influences how societies perceive and engage with each other.
Public Diplomacy as a contributing factor to managing identity-based conflict: Taiwan repositions its identity and security status (2000 – 2020) Dr Yung Lin examines whether public diplomacy can contribute to resolving the identity-based conflict between China and Taiwan regarding Taiwan’s political status.
The Manor House and Other Homes of William Adams: The English Samurai in Japan This presentation explores the variety of environments where William Adams lived during his life in Japan, from 1600-20.
Coming of Age In- and Out-of-Place: Frictions of Adolescent Mobility in Island Southeast Asia This talk concerns adolescent mobility and immobility in island Southeast Asia. It argues for the value of attending to the spatiality of adolescence as a period of biocultural development.
The sounds of Taiwan New Cinema Dr Andy Birtwistle gives a talk on sound and modernity in Taiwanese cinema.
Linking critical minerals to economic transformation: how to move from wishful to strategic thinking A large proportion of the minerals and metals deemed critical for low-carbon technologies/green transition are held in low and middle-income countries.
Resisting disinformation: theorising whole-of-society and sociotechnical resistance through the Taiwan case Mariah Thornton gives a talk on Taiwan’s whole-of-society resistance to transnational disinformation and its democratic innovations.