On 11/3/2026, Look at Me! – Yonezu Tomoko and the Politics of Intersectionality in Post-war Japan, with Dr Anna-Viktoria Vittinghoff University of Sheffield, 16:15, Room 1.06, 50 George Sq #asianstudiesseminars #japan #postwar #japanesestudies #intersectionality #inpersonseminar #allwelcome

Coming up tomorrow 4 March 2026

Next up in our #AsianStudiesSeminarSeries, #Multiculturalism in #SouthKorea – Racialization of Migrants and Migrant Culture, with Dr Jihyun Choi from @uniofnottingham.bsky.social , 16.15 on 4/3/2026, Room 1.06, 50 George Square #allwelcome#inpersonseminar

Plus an extra #guestlecture for flexible learning week…Professor Michel Hockx of Notre Dame University will be speaking on The Regulation of #Literature in #ModernChina on Friday, 20 February, from 2-4 pm at 50 George Square, Room G.06. #inperson #allwelcome

Our next #asianstudiesseminar is on 11/2/26 at 16:15 in Room 1.06, 50 George Sq. with Dr Taeyoung Kim of Loughborough University. #Culturalpolicies in the era of the #Koreanwave - the South Korean government’s instrumentalisation of #popularculture #inpersonseminars #allwelcome

#hotoffthepress Congratulations 🎉to Drs Chris Perkins & Ferran de Vargas on their new book📚 #PoliticalThought & #JapansNewLeftMovement More here: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/political...

Our next #asianstudiesseminar is on 28/1/26 in Room LG.06, 40 George Square The Beginnings of Modern Drama: Literature and the Stage in Early Twentieth Century Korea Dr Owen Stampton, University of Sheffield

Here are the full details of speakers and topics for this semester’s #asianstudiesseminars

A Happy New Year to our followers! We are pleased to announce our first Asian Studies Seminar for 2026, #Sofas & #Politics in #SocialistChina, with Dr Jennifer Altehenger of Merton College, Oxford, coming up on 21/01/26 at Rm LG.06, 40GS. #inpersonseminar #allwelcome #asianstudiesseminars #chinese

Join Japan Society of Scotland in person or online for a guest lecture by @aaronwmoore.bsky.social See the photo for details. please register for your free ticket here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dreams-fro...

Japan poised to get first female PM after Sanae Takaichi wins ruling party leadership | Japan | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Welcome @jfecuk.bsky.social as you #jointheconversation 🦋🤗

Prime Minister Ishiba closed his Hiroshima memorial speech by quoting a poem by Shoda Shinoe. It was published in 1947, in defiance of US Occupation authorities, who banned such poems. At the time Shoda believed her act could have resulted in imprisonment or the death penalty.

For those interested in kintsugi and Buddhist repair in art and ritual, I'm doing a few events at the Edinburgh International Book Festival @edincollegeofart.bsky.social @asianstudiesed.bsky.social Lecture on Buddhist Repair, Spiegeltent, 17 Aug 10:30 www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival...

On of the best Japan related jokes of all time, nearly impossible to top.

Bowl with Stamped Decoration https://clevelandart.org/art/1921.678

From #valentinesday to #bastilleday Printed, “3D” copy has finally arrived 👀📖🤗 #genderfluidity in #japaneseartsandculture

give way to the new day. #street #photography #morning

Researchers! Are you a fox 🦊 or a hedgehog 🦔? In this episode of Beyond the Books, Beth talks to self-professed fox-type, Dr Xuelei Huang. From cinema to smells, they dive into the softer side of history and cultural cosmopolitism in Republican China. Full episode: youtu.be/lrl234hkIZo

Upcoming lecture by Dr. Seth Jacobowitz @iashedinburgh.bsky.social on forensics and detective fiction, linking Britain / Scotland and Japan: www.iash.ed.ac.uk/event/dr-set... #detectivefiction @uoe-llc.bsky.social @asianstudiesed.bsky.social

Welcome to @dgb-asianstudies.bsky.social 👋

📚 Forthcoming Series: Short Introductions to Korean Studies (SIKS) Peer-reviewed, research-based, and Open Access. Covers #Koreanhistory, #politics, #society & #culture. Supported by AKSE. Proposals welcome. More: brill.com/page/forthco... #KoreanStudies #OpenAccess @degruyterbrill.bsky.social

Now available in Open Access! 🔓 Chinese Families Upside Down: Intergenerational Dynamics and Neo-Familism in the Early 21st Century by Yunxiang Yan Download it here for free: brill.com/display/titl... @degruyterbrill.bsky.social

'Fine Day in May' - Kotozuka Eiichi, ca. 1950s. #JapaneseArt

A fine afternoon for our hanami yesterday 🌸😎🍱 #hanami #blossom #arthursseat #themeadows #maytime #花見　#花見

Repatriation of Ainu ancestral remains - yesterday the journey home began #readmore below: www.ed.ac.uk/news/2025/un...

May Day listening for #KoreanStudies #koreanempire #inourtime

Folks researching modern Japan: 3,700+ items of the Prange Collection’s Censored Newspaper Articles, items issued by the Civil Censorship Detachment 民間検閲支隊 (1945–1952), are now available (no login!) via NDL’s digital collections! More info: prangecollection.wordpress.com/2025/02/09/a... #NDLOutreach

Christ bearing his cross (1975) by Sadao Watanabe. 十字架を負うキリスト(1975年)。渡辺禎雄作品。 @sadaohanga.bsky.social #sadaowatanabe #渡辺禎雄 #民芸 #型絵染 #合羽摺 #四旬節 #사순절 #lent #veertigdagentijd #quadragesima #Fastenzeit #cuaresma #careme #聖金曜日 #goedevrijdag #goodfriday #karfreitag #vendredisaint #viernessanto

Scottish RME teachers: Buddhism Discovery Day: 12 June, 10am-2.30pm University of Edinburgh Includes Q&A with Thai Buddhist monk, meditation with Zen Buddhist priest, Buddhist Studies taster lectures, and Treasure Hunt for Buddhist art at National Museum of Scotland. Contact [email protected]

Video clip from Dr Youngmi Kim’s recent interview about the South Korean president’s removal from office: www.itv.com/watch/news/s...

Urgent petition to protect authors’ livelihoods from the unlicensed use of their work in AI training - please sign and share!

Today! Join our final #asianstudiesseminar for this academic year Extraordinary Lives: Illustrated Hagiographies in Ming Book Culture, with Noga Ganany, University of Cambridge. LG08, 40 George Sq, 4-6pm. #inpersonseminar #allwelcome #chinesestudies #hagiography

Congratulations to Jess Polito, winner of theIndividual Presentation Category of the 20th annual UK-wide Japanese Speech Contest for University Students 🇯🇵💬🎉

We’re pleased to share details of the rescheduled talk in our 2024-2025 #AsianStudiesSeminar Series, titled “When Japanese Noh is not in Japanese: Intercultural Noh in English, French and Spanish,” with Dr Ashley Thorpe. 4 pm 26/3/2025 at LG.08, 40 George Square. #allwelcome #inpersonseminar

Every so often Hong Kong offers up an architectural gem - shophouse at #18 Ship Street, Wan Chai

Come by Digital Humanities Japan today at 12:15! Share your latest project and network with colleagues! #AAS2025

'We must not let advanced linguistic and cultural skills slip away out of a misinformed sense that technology will solve all our problems or that colonialism’s legacy will always fatally undermine efforts to promote better transnational understanding'

New poster for tomorrow’s talk, which has been relocated to Room LG10, 40 George Square. #japanesestudies #kabuki #genderstudies #theatrestudies #inpersonseminar #allwelcome

Today I try to give you SOME sense of who all these people are: torikae.baya.moe/blog/digress...

Shinkansen carriage given over to dog lovers today on the run between Tokyo and Osaka. Usually, dogs must be kept inside a pet carrier, but JR Tokai ran a わんわんエクスプレス ("Bow Wow Express") as a trial. www.sankei.com/article/2025...

Happy International Women's Day! Today, we celebrate the amazing achievements of women past and present - including the remarkable Chrystal Macmillan, the namesake of our School building. Read more about Chrystal Macmillan on our website: buff.ly/P3xgqy4 #IWD2025

Our next #asianstudiesseminar Transcending the Traditional: Developments in Contemporary Kabuki, with Dr Helen Parker Project Room, 50 George Square Wednesday 12 March, 4-6 pm #japanesestudies #kabuki #genderstudies #theatrestudies #inpersonseminar #allwelcome

Our free and open access online resource, the Chinese Religious Text Authority 宗教書籍規範索引, has just passed 5000 entries! Each provides users with detailed bibliographic information about a text, often with a link to a digitized edition. crta.info/wiki/Main_Page

Coming up this Thursday 6/3/25 in the #ScottishCentreforKoreanStudies Distinguished Lecture Series: Britain and The #DPRK with James Hoare OBE. 5-6:30pm, Lecture Theatre B, 40 George Sq. #allwelcome #inpersonseminar

Early spring weather in George Square Gardens last week 🌳🌤️In line with the colour of the sky we are pleased to report that we now have a link from our Asian Studies website inviting visitors to join us here on #BlueSky 🦋 #asianstudies #chinese #japanese #korean #eastasianstudies #jointheconversation