Postgraduate East Asian Studies at the University of Edinburgh

The University of Edinburgh’s department of Asian Studies would like to invite submissions for a new working paper series: New Ideas in East Asian Studies.

The aim of this series is to provide postgraduate students with a venue in which to articulate new theories, methodologies and arguments that have the potential to take research on East Asia in new directions. Interdisciplinary investigations, novel theoretical or methodological approaches, new materials and work that takes a broader regional approach are all encouraged.

http://www.eastasianstudiesedinburgh.org/new-ideas-in-east-asian-studies/

http://www.eastasianstudiesedinburgh.org/events/2017/1/25/vincent-goossaert-professor-at-cole-pratique-des-hautes-tudes-ephe-france-bureaucracy-and-salvation-self-divinization-in-chinese-religious-history

Vincent Goossaert (Professor at École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), France) Bureaucracy and Salvation: Self-divinization in Chinese Religious History Vincent Goossaert (Professor at École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), France) Bureaucracy and Salvation: Self-divinization in Chinese Religious History   Wednesday, January 25, 17:00-19:00 David Hume Tower, LG. 09, University of Edinburgh   Abstract: The earliest Chinese documents show that dead…

http://www.eastasianstudiesedinburgh.org/events/2017/2/1/giulio-pugliese-sino-japanese-power-politics-might-money-and-minds

Giulio Pugliese: Sino-Japanese Power Politics: Might, Money and Minds University of Edinburgh Central Zone, Room TBC Sino-Japanese Power Politics: Might, Money and Minds   The post-2012 standoff over the disputed Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands has unveiled the antagonistic quality to Sino-Japanese relations, with an important addition: a massive information war that has cemen...

http://www.eastasianstudiesedinburgh.org/events/2016/12/2/alexander-jacoby-hirokazu-koreedas-family-values

Alexander Jacoby: Hirokazu Koreeda's Family Values Decades ago, Donald Richie declared that the one subject of the Japanese filmmaker Yasujiro Ozu was the Japanese family and its dissolution. Hirokazu Koreeda, whose work often invokes Ozu in style and theme, focuses with equal attention on the Japanese family, an institution increasingly challenged…

http://www.eastasianstudiesedinburgh.org/events/2016/11/23/joseph-lawson-inter-group-violence-in-upland-southwest-china-1800-1950s-causes-and-meanings

Joseph Lawson: Inter-Group Violence in Upland Southwest China, 1800-1950s: Causes and Meanings Wednesday, November 23, 17:00-19:00 David Hume Tower, LG. 06, University of Edinburgh Abstract: This paper explores group violence in an area of Southwest China that experienced on-going conflicts between 1800 and the late 1950s involving indigenous Yi (Nuosu) peoples, Chinese settler communities, a...

http://www.eastasianstudiesedinburgh.org/news/2016/10/28/the-worlds-toughest-job-meet-the-woman-trying-to-convince-tourists-to-visit-fukushima

The world's toughest job? Meet the woman trying to convince tourists to visit Fukushima Our recent graduate Zoe Vincent, who is currently working in Fukushima after spending time on the JET Programme, has been featured in a recent article in the Telegraph. We are all exceptionally proud of Zoe's achievements and look forward to hearing more about her important work soon!

http://www.eastasianstudiesedinburgh.org/events/2016/10/27/patrick-horgan-obe-what-next-for-international-investment-in-china-and-chinese-investment-in-europe

Patrick Horgan OBE: What Next for International Investment in China, and Chinese Investment in Europe? Thursday 27 October 2016 Registration from 17.30 Talk 18.00 - 20.00 Surgeons Hall, King Khalid Auditorium, 11 Hill Square, Edinburgh EH8 9DS Patrick Horgan is Regional Director North-East Asia for Rolls-Royce based in Beijing. A graduate of Oxford University, and a Mandarin speaker, he began his car...

http://www.eastasianstudiesedinburgh.org/events/2016/11/2/dr-chaohua-wang-chinese-intellectual-life-amid-censorship-and-commercialization

Dr. Chaohua Wang: Chinese Intellectual Life amid Censorship and Commercialization Wednesday, November 2, 17:00-19:00 50 George Square, G.04 Screening Room, University of Edinburgh Abstract: In the last two decades of the twentieth century, Chinese intellectual life was highly energetic and extremely influential in the broad socio-cultural realm. In the new century, however, under...

http://www.eastasianstudiesedinburgh.org/blog/2016/10/17/a-horrifying-comeback

A Horrifying Comeback Japanese horror films became popular during the 1990s with Takeo Nakata’s The Ring (リング、1998) and Takashi Shimizu’s Ju-on (呪怨、2000). Not only were these films visually invigorating and revolutionary for their time, they also directed the audience’s attention to the ignored problem of abused women du...

http://www.eastasianstudiesedinburgh.org/news/2016/10/17/japanese-society-and-culture-students-on-the-mirai-programme

Japanese Society and Culture Students on the MIRAI programme It is my great pleasure to announce that two of our MSc Japanese Society and Culture students, Christina Xenaki and Serena Scateni, have been accepted onto the Government of Japan's MIRAI exchange programme for 2016. The MIRAI programme is a short-term youth exchange scheme set up to invite to Japan...

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Fun Link Friday: Hypnotic gifs of Japanese joinery Studying artisans, I’m a little biased in just how cool I find today’s Fun Link Friday, but a friend passed this link along and I couldn’t resist. de zeen recently posted a series…

The Edinburgh Short Film Festival this year includes a programme by Tokyo Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia, which is one of the largest film festivals in Asia:

http://www.filmhousecinema.com/showing/edinburgh-short-film-festival-oct16/

Edinburgh Short Film Festival presents: Japanese Shorts - Filmhouse Cinema Edinburgh The Edinburgh Short Film Festival opens it's 6th edition at Filmhouse. This year, they're working with Tokyo's Short Shorts Film Festival - one of the largest in Asia, this Academy Awards® accredited festival's patrons include George Lucas! To open the partnership, ESSF are bringing some of the best...