Category: Event Reports
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Event Report “Crisis and the Humanitarian Present: Thinking Through the 2015 Nepal Earthquakes”
On April 25, 2015, Nepal’s Gorhku region was ravaged by a devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake…
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Event Report “Suzhi (素质) Travels: Northeast Asia, China, Africa”
“Suzhi (素质) Travels: Northeast Asia, China, Africa” is a seminar hosted by the Anthropology department…
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Event Report “Urban Theory Goes South: On the Historicity of Space and Urban Imagination in South Asia”
Thomas Blom Hansen, Professor of Anthropology at Stanford University, delivered the 2015 India-Canada Association Lecture…
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Event Report “Kitchen Imperialism: Manchuria and the Making of the Global Soy Market”
As the Chinese idiom goes, 民以食为天 (mín yǐ shí wéi tiān), food is the primary…
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Event Report “Sultans Rising: The Reinvention of Local Identities in Contemporary Indonesia – Elizabeth Pisani”
With more than 17,000 islands in its archipelago, it is no wonder that there exists…
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Event Report “Sacred Mountains Of China With Ryan Pyle”
“Sacred Mountains Of China With Ryan Pyle” was an event hosted by the Asian Institute…
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Event Report “Is the Middle Class a Harbinger of Democracy? Evidence from Southeast Asia”
Since decolonization began in the post-WWII period, democratization has become an increasingly important topic in…
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Event Report “2015-16 Christopher Ondaatje Lecture on South Asian Art, History and Culture”
Partha Chatterjee, Professor of Anthropology and South Asian Studies at Columbia University, delivered the 2015-16…
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Event Report “The Capitalist Unconscious: From Korean Unification to Transnational Korea Book Launch”
“The Capitalist Unconscious: From Korean Unification to Transnational Korea Book Launch” is an event hosted…
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Event Report “Japan Today Conference”
On October 5th, 2015, The Contemporary Asian Studies Student Union had the honour of hosting…
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