The intersection between religion and politics is of interest to many scholars. J.Barton Scott’s work entitled “Spiritual Despots: Modern Hinduism and the Genealogies of Self-Rule” captures this topic. In this book, Scott examines the role […]
Home to a population of 1.7 billion and an average economic growth rate of 6% over the past decade, South Asia is one of the fastest growing regions of the world. While most countries within […]
On 15 March 2017, Synergy: The Journal of Contemporary Asian Studies hosted a panel discussion titled “Resettlement of North Koreans in South Korea”. This event was co-sponsored by the Centre for the Study of Korea, Asian […]
Abstract This article debunks the simplistic assumptions of the Pacific War being a battle between good and evil by examining the hypocritical ideologies and practices of the Western empires and Japanese Empire respectively. On the one hand, while Western […]
The University of Toronto hosts an annual lecture series as part of their annual Southeast Asia Seminar Series – Lecture in the Arts, Histories, Literatures and Religions of Burma. This year’s talk focused on the […]
On February 8, 2017, the Munk School of Global Affairs hosted a book release for “Curative Violence,” written by Eujeung Kim, Assistant Professor of Syracuse University’s Department of Women and Gender Studies and Disability Studies. […]
Abstract The Cultural Revolution is widely considered to be a time when cultural life in China was dark and stagnant, with nothing but the eight model operas. In particular, orthodox historical interpretations see the era […]
Synergy Lecture South Korea has long promoted a sense of ethnic and cultural homogeneity, but the macro economic and political changes and a substantial increase in the numbers of immigrants, both non-ethnic Koreans and ethnic […]
Abstract This paper is an analysis of the Korean Wave and scholarly reaction to it. Specifically, the work asks “which domestic factors account for the popularity of Korean pop culture internationally, and why are these […]
Abstract As China endeavors to set the terms of global governance, it is important for the country to preserve its economic stability as well as maintain robust ties with Third world nations. It is in […]
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