In The Geography of Injustice, Barak Kushner argues that the war crimes tribunals in East Asia formed and cemented national divides that persist into the present day. In 1946 the Allies convened the Tokyo Trial to prosecute Japanese wartime atrocities and Japan's empire. At its conclusion one of the judges voiced dissent, claiming that the justice found at Tokyo was only "the sham employment of a legal process for the satisfaction of a thirst for revenge."
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10 October 2025
East Asian Popular Culture is a vibrant and fast-moving field. Study with us to pioneer a new academic approach and join the dots between past, present and future in the first programme of its kind.
09 October 2025
Professor John Nilsson-Wright talks to Professor Chungin Moon of Yonsei University about the foreign policy of South Korea’s President Lee Jae-myung, and how Seoul is handling its ties with both Tokyo and Washington in the latest episode of the 'Currents' podcast.
08 October 2025
Professor Tina Phillips will chair the judging panel of the twentieth Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation
02 October 2025
Professor Nilsson-Wright's recent essay on Japan at a political crossroads has been published by online platform, Engelsberg Ideas
29 September 2025
On 18-20 September Prof Laura Moretti hosted the International Symposium of The Association for Early Modern Japanese Literature (Nihon kinsei bungaku kai 日本近世文学会).
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