Kansai Forum for Japan-U.S. Intellectual Exchange on January 21 2022 (19:00-20:30 JST)
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New Books in Asian Studies: The Sound of Salvation with Guangtian Ha
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January 31, 2022
Distances and Intimacies: African and Chinese Entanglements in Art, Heritage and Material Culture
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January 21, 2022
Economic policies under Prime Minister Kishida
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January 17, 2022
BRINFAITH Religion and Empire Lecture Series (Jan 26): Andrea Jian Chen - Hidden Treasures of the Silk Road — An Ontological Shift in Thinking of Things
Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences
Re: Chinese place names: call for collaborative work
I believe I saw "Olongapo" on the original list. This is the name of a Philippine port, on Subic Bay, facing the China coast. Could that be what you're looking for.
2022 University of Toronto East Asian Library Resources Access Grant Program Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic (Remote Access Program)
The Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library at the University of Toronto is pleased to announce the 2022 Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library Resources Access Grant Program. It would be appreciated if this information could be shared widely.
2022 Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library Resources Access Grant Program (Remote Access Program)
Doctoral and Post-Doctoral fellowships in ERC-funded Textual Microcosms project
The European Research Council (ERC) project Textual Microcosms: A New Approach in Translation Studies, at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and under the direction of Prof.
Re: Chinese place names: call for collaborative work
Yeungkong Yangjiang 阳江 Guangdong
Tungkun Dongguan 东莞 Guangdong
TschuThongau Tongtang'au 通塘垇 Guangdong
Tschichin Shixing 始兴 Guangdong
ShiuKwan Shaoguan 韶关 Guangdong
I'm happy to work on more later
Call for Papers-UH Mānoa CSAS Spring Symposium: Health and Community in South Asia April 20–22, 2022 (Virtual)
We at the Center for South Asian Studies at UH Manoa are accepting abstracts for our Spring Symposium, which will take place virtually on April 20–22, 2022. Abstracts are due January 31, 2022, and can be submitted at the symposium website.
We invite submissions of abstracts up to 200 words, on topics related but not limited to the following themes, with all submissions taking care to situate in the contexts of South Asia and its diasporas.
THEME 1
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Recent Reviews
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Ronald J. Herring
Herring on Flachs, 'Cultivating Knowledge: Biotechnology, Sustainability, and the Human Cost of Cotton Capitalism in India'
Andrew Flachs. Cultivating Knowledge: Biotechnology, Sustainability, and the Human Cost of Cotton Capitalism in India. Global Change/Global Health Series. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2019. Illustrations. 240 pp. $29.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-8165-3963-5; $90.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8165-4025-9.
Reviewed by Ronald J. Herring (Cornell University) Published on H-Asia (January, 2022) Commissioned by Sumit Guha (The University of Texas at Austin)
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Asiya Alam
Alam on Robb, 'Print and the Urdu Public: Muslims, Newspapers, and Urban Life in Colonial India'
Megan Eaton Robb. Print and the Urdu Public: Muslims, Newspapers, and Urban Life in Colonial India. New York: Oxford University Press, 2020. 264 pp. $99.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-19-008937-5.
Reviewed by Asiya Alam (Louisiana State University) Published on H-Asia (December, 2021) Commissioned by Sumit Guha (The University of Texas at Austin)
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Shelly Chan
Chan on Wongsurawat, 'The Crown and the Capitalists: The Ethnic Chinese and the Founding of the Thai Nation'
Wasana Wongsurawat. The Crown and the Capitalists: The Ethnic Chinese and the Founding of the Thai Nation. Critical Dialogues in Southeast Asian Studies Series. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2019. 216 pp.
Recent Threads
Book Symposium: Origins of Moral-Political Philosophy in Early China (OUP, 2021), Feb.3, 8pm EST
There's a book symposium on my new book, Origins of Moral-Political Philosophy in Early China (OUP 2021), on Thursday, Feb 3, 8pm EST (Friday, Feb 4, 9am HKT). It's open to the public, but registration is required. Please email jooglee@cityu.edu.hk to register if interested.
TOC Nidan: International Journal of Indian Studies, Volume 6, no. 2
It gives me great pleasure to announce the publication of the December 2021 issue of Nidan: International Journal for Indian Studies, Volume 6, Issue 2 (https://journals.co.za/journal/nidan).
1. Editorials (Forward by Editorial Advisor, Editorial Preface, Introduction by Guest Editor)
2.1 Article: Living with the River: Traditional Ecological Knowledge of Majuli: Anouska Tamuli
Member book, Dasgupta, Reordering Adivasi Worlds: Representation, Resistance, Memory
I am pleased to announce the publication of my book, Reordering Adivasi Worlds: Representation, Resistance, Memory, by Oxford University Press.
The details of the book are as follows:
Webinar — Academics Online: Digital Harassment Across Asias
Wednesday, February 16, 2022
3:00-5:00pm Eastern Time