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Ecce Homo: The Male Body in Pain in Japanese World War Two Visual Propaganda

JAPAN STUDIES LUNCHTIME SPEAKERS SERIES, 2024-2025 Graphic depictions of the painful injuries and deaths of soldiers are common in one of the most widely disseminated and widely viewed forms of Japanese mobilization propaganda in World War II: kamishibai (literally, paper plays). The realistic style and vivid colors of the illustrations of kamishibai plays make the […]

How We Mastered Chinese: Tips from Learners

Are you passionate about learning Chinese? Looking for practical tips and strategies to boost your language skills? Join us at our upcoming workshop, “How We Mastered Chinese: Tips from Learners!” This inspiring event is designed for learners like you who want to enhance their Chinese proficiency. Hear from advanced learners as they share their tried-and-tested […]

Framing Asia: Through the Lens of Iranian Women

Screening of acclaimed films Hair (2022) & A Move (2024) followed by a Q&A with directors Samaneh Yadollahi & Elahe Esmaili, & producer Hossein Behboudi Rad, moderated by poet, critic & researcher Leila Sadeghi. This talk is free. Registration is required by January 25, 11:59pm. Questions? Email the student organisers at framingasia@gmail.com Date & Time: […]

Remembering an Erased Past in Iran: The Color Black

The Alireza Ahmadian Lecture in Iranian and Persianate Studies presents: Remembering an Erased Past in Iran: The Color Black on February 1, 2025. In this talk, Beeta Baghoolizadeh will discuss her first book, The Color Black: Enslavement and Erasure in Iran, where she examines constructions of race, particularly Blackness, through enslavement and abolition in the 19th and 20th centuries. […]

Framing Asia: Palestine in Focus

Join us for the second event of the screening series, Framing Asia, organized by graduate students in the Department of Asian Studies. This event includes a screening of two films, followed by a discussion and Q&A section with one of the directors and panelists (all details listed below). Snacks will be provided. Films: Return to […]

Debating Islam at the Court of the Great Mughal

The Alireza Ahmadian Lecture in Iranian and Persianate Studies presents: Debating Islam at the Court of the Great Mughal on February 22, 2025. How did Muslims in early modern South Asia debate what constituted correct Muslim practice? This presentation explores the intersection of politics and piety by examining religious debates around the arrival of a […]