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Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

 
11 September 2025
On Tuesday, September 8, Professor Nilsson-Wright, at the invitation of the Japanese Embassy in London, met a political delegation from the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (立憲民主党) for an extended discussion about populism, foreign policy and alliance relations with the United States.


09 September 2025
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announced his resignation at the weekend. Prof Nilsson-Wright offers analysis of the PM's decision and likely candidates for the role.


08 September 2025
Dr Jing Liao, Associate Professor of Fudan University (China), visited Cambridge within the frame of the 2025 Fudan-Cambridge exchange programme.


04 September 2025
The 2-part TV documentary, made with Jiangsu media in China, follows Professor Kushner as he conducts research in the UK, China and Japan into military tribunals following the end of the second world war in East Asia.


03 September 2025
The piece discusses historical narratives surrounding the Second World War in Japan and China as we mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the war in Asia.


02 September 2025
Professor Peleg delivered the keynote address at the University of International Business and Economics Summer School in Beijing this July.


27 August 2025
PhD student Maria Gajewska comments on an early medieval stucco Christian cross discovered at an excavation she leads near Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates.


27 August 2025
Professor Yaron Peleg has written a new piece for The Conversation blog.


18 August 2025
International Conference in Honor of the 80th Anniversary of the Liberation of Korea, The Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Seoul, Korea, August 5, 2025.


18 August 2025
『不正義的地理學: 二戰後東亞的記憶戰爭與歷史裂痕』(張毅瑄譯), 貓頭鷹出版, 2025.


04 August 2025
Professor Nilsson-Wright discussed former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's recent visit to Seoul & trilateral relations with Washington on 'Within The Frame', Arirang News' daily in-depth analysis segment.


18 July 2025
Congratulations to Professor Kushner on being elected to the fellowship of the British Academy


17 July 2025
Dr Young's interview features as part of a piece on the growing popularity of Japanese fiction in translation.


23 June 2025
Professor Barak Kushner gave this talk at the Rethinking Empires and Trans-Imperial History Conference at Ewha Woman’s University, Seoul, Korea, 19 June 2025.


20 June 2025
Dr Elizabeth Monier, Assistant Professor of Modern Arabic Studies at the University of Cambridge, was interviewed by Bloomberg TV on 20 June.