Asian Studies Seminar Series
Easter Term, 2012
The University of Cambridge Department of East Asian Studies is pleased to announce the programme for its Easter Term series of Asian Studies Seminars.
The Asian Studies Centre acknowledges with gratitude financial support from the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation.
Unless otherwise noted, all seminars are at 5pm in Lecture Room 8-9 on ground floor of the Faculty of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge.
ALL ARE WELCOME
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1pm, Wednesday, 25th April, 2012 (Room 7, AMES)
(Please note this talk takes place on a Wednesday and starts at 1pm)
Political Leadership
Taro Kono, Japanese Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Politician
Generously Supported by Japan Airlines Friday, 27th April, 2012 (Auditorium Lounge, Robinson College)
(Please note this talk takes place on a Friday)
The March First Movement and the Revival of Evolutionary Theory in 1910s Korea
Prof. Boduerae Kwon, Korea University-
Monday, 30th April, 2012
Between Contiguity and Mediation: Discursive Modalities of Nineteenth-Century Korean and British Travel Literature
Grace Koh, School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London -
Monday, 7th May, 2012
The Enemies Within: Traitors, Collaborators, and Barbarians in 19th Century Qing China
Professor David Atwill, Pennsylvania State University, USA -
Monday, 14th May, 2012
Blundering in Asia: Has the US Learned Anything?
Mr. George Packard, SAIS Johns Hopkins University, USA, Former State Dept. Official
Generously supported by the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation -
Monday, 21st May, 2012
From Globalisation, Labour and the Vagaries of Historical Memory: The Case of the Huagong (overseas Chinese workers) in World War One France
Professor Paul Bailey, University of Durham -
Friday, 25th May, 2012 (Needham Research Institute, 8 Sylvester Road)
(Please note this talk takes place on a Friday)
Confucian Role Ethics: A Challenge to the Ideology of Individualism
Professor Henry Rosemont, Jr., Brown University, Professor Roger T. Ames, University of Hawai'i -
Monday, 28th May, 2012
Wither China? Internal Debates and their Reflections on Diplomacy
Professor Takahara Akio, University of Tokyo
Generously supported by the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation
For further information, contact:
Dr Barak Kushner
University Senior Lecturer in Modern Japanese History
Faculty of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies
Telephone: +44(0)1223 335174
E-mail: bk284@cam.ac.ukDr John Swenson-Wright
University Senior Lecturer in Modern Japanese Politics and International Relations
Faculty of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies
Telephone: +44(0)1223 335172
E-mail: jhs22@cam.ac.ukDr Michael Shin
Lecturer in Korean Studies
Robinson College, Cambridge
Telephone: +44(0)1223 339197
Email: mds71@cam.ac.uk
