Writing the historical novel 'Majapahit: Intrigue, Betrayal and War in Indonesia’s Greatest Empire' This seminar examines the history behind the author’s new historical novel on Majapahit.
Imaging of Asian women in historical photography Author Elaine Chiew will discuss the academic research she conducted as an early historian into the self-imaging of Chinese women in early Singapore photography as a limited exercise of agency that formed the background of her novel The Light Between Us.
Inaugural Lecture Series: Professors Emilia Onyema and Lutz Oette In this inaugural lecture, Professors Emilia Onyema and Lutz Oette will be presenting lectures on 'Africa and International Arbitration: Friend or Foe' and 'Human Rights in Crisis' respectively.
Legal pluralism in Qing China and its transplantation and transformation Max WL Wong argues that in traditional Chinese legal culture, the pluralistic normative orders – derived by the interaction of different orders (including Legalism, Confucianism and state law) – had been adapted and adopted by the local communities for many centuries.
Book Launch: 'Identity, Multiplicity, and Resistance in Taiwanese Poetry' Dr Wen-Chi Li and Professor Rosa Lombardi share the new edited volume, 'Identity, Multiplicity, and Resistance in Taiwanese Poetry'.
African Linguistics Research Day Join us for a 1-day gathering of scholars from across the UK to share research, exchange ideas, and build community around African languages and linguistics.
Ruin aesthetics and the (post)colonial state: Reading a South Asian palimpsest Join us for the SSAI Annual Lecture 2025 by Sadia Abbas.
Life Beyond the Border: Film & Stories of Escape from North Korea Join us for a film screening of 'On The Way To South', followed by a panel discussion and Q&A with the film directors who document the heroic stories of escapes from North Korea, together with first-hand testimonies from North Korean escapees.
Film screening of 'Invisible Nation' The Centre of Taiwan Studies, in collaboration with the Taiwanese Association in the UK, is delighted to present a screening of 'Invisible Nation', a documentary directed by Vanessa Hope.