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.
Meeting Batul: Navigating multiple identities in contemporary India Conversation with Batul, a Delhi-based Muslim Indian LGBTQIA+ activist in transition, as she reflects on her powerful personal story and the causes she defends.
Parting Gifts of Empire: Palestine and India at the Dawn of Decolonisation Esmat Elhalaby discusses his book 'Parting Gifts of Empire', exploring how Arab and South Asian thinkers forged new solidarities and ideas in the fight against colonial legacies.
Immediacy in Contemporary Japanese Literature and Popular Culture: The Supremacy of the Present This lecture presents the monograph, 'Immediacy in Contemporary Japanese Literature and Popular Culture', analysing the theme of immediacy in contemporary Japanese fiction.
Barriers to Women's Religious Attainment in Japan: Issues and Prospects This presentation draws on extensive ethnographic fieldwork to examine the difficulties Japanese female mountain practitioners have encountered within religious organisations that perpetuate patriarchal customs and hierarchical systems.
ReSIA: The Concept of Mediation on the Timurid Qur’ans on Chinese Gold-Painted Coloured Paper This seminar will discuss the concept of mediation in Islamic art as applied on the extraordinary Timurid Qur'ans on Chinese gold-painted coloured paper.
Fashioning the National Body through Patchwork This lecture explores how ornamental objects and surfaces move through multiple significations, reinforcing and complicating the nationalist histories of Korean women.