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28 April 2025
Dr. David Mozina participated in a workshop entitled “Ritual in Early China” held at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Lingnan University, Hong Kong


28 April 2025
Noga Ganany gives lectures at the University of Edinburgh and Princeton University


23 April 2025
Historian and author Prof Barak Kushner is on a quest to deepen his knowledge of Japan's ramen culture. From postwar noodle stalls to regional ramen, he uncovers how a humble bowl became a global icon.


17 April 2025
Dr Elizabeth Monier was presented with the Gulf Studies Journal Article Award earlier this year at the GSS Opening Ceremony.


16 April 2025
Christina Phillips joins AMES as new The His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said Professor of Modern Arabic Studies


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An engrossing history of ancient Chinese philosophy and culture from an eminent Cambridge expert. 

We are often told that the twenty-first century is bound to become China's century. Never before has Chinese culture been so physically, digitally, economically or aesthetically present in everyday Western life. But how much do we really know about its origins and key beliefs? How did the ancient Chinese think about the world?