Stephen Murphy takes part in Cultural Property Anti-Trafficking Workshop A lintel returned in 2021 on display at the Skok Kok Thom Museum, Thailand. This is one of two lintels that formed the basis of a restitution claim by the Thai government from Asian Art Museum San Francisco which was discussed at the workshop. Courtesy of Stephen Murphy.
Kiyoko Mitsuyama-Wdowiak Kiyoko is an art historian specialising in post-war Japanese art. Born and educated in Tokyo, she took a curatorial role (1983-1991) at the Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo: at the time a pioneering art museum promoting contemporary art in Japan.
Dr David W Hughes Ethnomusicology; music of East Asia especially Japan; Japanese folk and theatre music; music and linguistics; Indonesian gamelan and Javanese street music
YCW London Mentorship Programme 2025 – Call for applications The London chapter of the Young China Watchers (YCW) is pleased to be launching the 2025 mentorship cohort. We are calling for applications from London-based early career young professionals and students to apply for mentorship to get you to the next level in your career.
Dr Massoumeh Torfeh Massoumeh Torfeh, has been appointed UN Director of Strategic Communication and Spokesperson for Afghanistan and is a former senior producer in BBC World Service, specializes on the politics and media of Iran, Afghanistan and Central Asia.
How PositiveNegatives translates humanitarian research into visual storytelling PositiveNegatives founder Benjamin Worku-Dix discusses the upcoming 3-month SOAS exhibition Stories of Migration'.