Disrupting the narrative on Palestine This lecture by Ilan Pappé will discuss the power of vocabulary and language in the struggle for freedom in Palestine.
Book launch: 'The Twilight Years of Taiwan’s Sugar Railways' Professor Dafydd Fell and Wang Hsiang launch their book, 'The Twilight Years of Taiwan’s Sugar Railways', exploring the fascinating legacy of Taiwan’s once-thriving sugar railway system.
Physical conflict in the world's legislatures: Why do legislators brawl? Dr Nathan F. Batto gives an online talk about his recent book 'Making Punches Count: The Individual Logic of Legislative Brawls'.
Constructing Taiwan: Place, Power, and Identity Politics — Dr Bi-Yu Chang’s Retirement Lecture Join us in celebrating Dr Bi-Yu Chang’s retirement with a reflective lecture tracing her two-decade journey through the cultural politics, spatial identities, and shifting meanings of belonging in Taiwan.
Emergent Genders: Living Otherwise in Tokyo’s Pink Economies Michelle Ho traces the genders manifesting alongside Japanese popular culture in Akihabara, an area in Tokyo renowned for the fandom and consumption of anime, manga, and games.
Reading the visual language of the Buddhist wall paintings of Kucha This seminar will explore what kinds of Buddhological and historical insights can be drawn from mural materials by closely observing and analysing their visual language.
CPS Annual Lecture: history, Gaza, and the question of genocide Ussama Makdisi asks why, across so many parts of the liberal West that so solemnly proclaims the universality of law and human rights, is Palestinian life consistently devalued?
Storytelling, Place, and Cultural Resilience in the Award-Winning Film Tegkang Join us for a captivating exploration of cinema, culture, and community through the lens of the acclaimed Malaysian feature film, Tegkang.
Moving as Labour The webinar will explore the gig workers mobility, platform labor in India, and comparisons with British and Brazilian contexts.