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Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

 
25 October 2023
Prof Zhao gave a presentation in Chinese concerning the details of his new nationally-funded project concerning the history of CCP propaganda materials: 「日本所蔵中国共産党のプロパガンダ史料の収集と研究(1921-1945)」


20 October 2023
The forum, held jointly with the Centre for Geopolitics and the Peace and Democracy Institute of Korea University covered issues including international cooperation for North Korea’s denuclearization, effective measures to enhance human rights in North Korea, sustainable strategies for unification, and the role of the international community in promoting long-term peace and prosperity on the Korean Peninsula.


18 October 2023
The University of Cambridge will be hosting the Fourth Biennial Arabic Language Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Conference on Thursday, 18th April, 2024. Registration for the conference is now open.


18 October 2023
Noga Ganany recently gave two talks on religion and literature in late imperial China: at the Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (Inalco), Paris and Université Paris Cité.


17 October 2023
Elizabeth Monier was a panellist at a roundtable on Friday, 13th October, for an event hosted by the Cambridge Centre for Geopolitics, entitled “The Changing Geopolitics of the Middle East and the Prospects for Peace”.


09 October 2023
Next month sees the debut of a new seminar series which features talks on writing and publishing in the Buddhist tradition and in related religious and cultural spheres. Lectures in this series offer insights into the various ways in which writing and printing has been shaping Buddhism, as well as the multifaceted impact of Buddhism on book culture in East Asia, past, present, and future. All talks will take place at the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge. Registration is not required. The lectures are free and open to scholars, students, and the public.


05 October 2023
The Making of the Angry Chinese: Colonial Gaze, Anti-Colonial Sentiments, and the Rise of Chinese Nationalism


03 October 2023
The Korean Studies section at the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies is excited to welcome the first awardee of the Yang Won Sun Foundation Postgraduate Studentship.


28 September 2023
Professor Kushner's new book: The Geography of Injustice: East Asia's Battle between Memory and History will be published soon


13 September 2023
Mahbod Ghafari gave presentations to appreciative audiences of staff, students and the public at the Department of Oriental Studies, Yerevan State University (YSU) on "Iranian Cinema from Birth to New Wave" and "Iranian Cinema from New Wave to the Present Day".


23 August 2023
ジェンダーへの理解を深めることは、今後ビジネスで成功を収めるには不可欠 (Businesses must understand gender issues to succeed)


31 July 2023
The Pathology of Defeat: Japan’s Early Postwar Search for a War Narrative


31 July 2023
The roundtable essay, 'Roundtable One Region, Multiple Strategies: How Countries Are Approaching the Indo-Pacific' published in National Bureau of Asian Research Journal's Asia Policy, Volume 18, Number 3 (July 2023) will be free to download for a short time.


13 July 2023
John Nilsson-Wright contributes to article in the Korea JoongAng Daily Newspaper


07 June 2023
Elizabeth Monier has contributed on this subject to the SEPAD project "Spatialising Securitisation In The Middle East"