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Chinese, Japanese and Korean studies in the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures at the University of Edinburgh llc.ed.ac.uk/asian-studies

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Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh @asianstudiesed.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Our next #asianstudiesseminar: Japan's Agrarian Modernity in Brazil by Seth Jacobowitz, University of São Paulo. 21-10-26 from 16:15 at 40 George Square, Room LG.11 Newington, Edinburgh EH8 9JX. #inpersonseminar #allwelcome #Japan #Brazil #agrarianmodernity
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Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh @asianstudiesed.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Here’s the lineup for this academic year’s #AsianStudiesSeminarSeries A second poster will be circulated in January 2027 with updated room locations. Events are in person, free, and open to the public. No prior registration is necessary. #ChineseStudies #JapaneseStudies #KoreanStudies #allwelcome
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Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh @asianstudiesed.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Welcome to all our new students, and welcome back to those returning #asianstudies #chinese #japanese #korean
Bunting in pink and white with the letters “welcome” decorating the gardens on campus. Students walking by on their way to classes and activities.
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Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh @asianstudiesed.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
So excited that Tanaka Denjirō & musicians of the Tanaka School are coming to Edinburgh in August with a specially curated series of live concerts and talks. Join us on 7 August for Celebrating Kabuki Music - full details and registration at: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/celebratin...
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Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh @asianstudiesed.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Forthcoming guest lectures at the Scottish Centre for Korean Studies later this week
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Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh @asianstudiesed.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Update with the new link
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Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh @asianstudiesed.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Visit the Japan Forum Blog — short reads on Japan, drawn from the latest research: www.bajs.org.uk/japan-forum-...
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Blog - bajs
Short, accessible pieces on Japan drawn from the latest academic research. Free to read on the BAJS website.
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Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh @asianstudiesed.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Check out the new blog from Japan Forum - short, accessible pieces drawn from new research, free to read and written for anyone with an interest in Japan. Whether you're a researcher, a student, a journalist, or just curious about Japan, there's something here for you. bajs.org.uk/blog
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Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh @asianstudiesed.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Scottish Parliament elections in the news in Taiwan #scottishparliament #msp #scottishliberaldemocrats #liberalinternational www.cna.com.tw/news/aipl/20...
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英國地方選舉周怡霈當選蘇格蘭議會議員 台灣人首例【專訪】 | 政治 | 中央社 CNA
英國7日舉行地方選舉,包括全面改選蘇格蘭議會,總計129席。新一屆議員將於14日議會開議時宣誓就職,其中有一位台灣人,她是來自蘇格蘭東北部亞伯丁郡的周怡霈,是首位出身台灣的蘇格蘭議會議員。
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Helen Parker (she/her/hers) @hseparker.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Excited and honoured to be contributing to the Nissan Institute Seminar Series next week (7 May 2026). Please join us if you are in Oxford on that day #kabuki #globalkabuki #onnagata #japanesetheatre #japanesestudies #歌舞伎 #女方 #世界の歌舞伎 www.nissan.ox.ac.uk/event/nissan...
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Nissan Seminar: Helen Parker (Edinburgh), 'Global Kabuki and the World of Onnagata'
The talk examines Japanese and global perspectives on gender performance in contemporary professional kabuki.
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Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh @asianstudiesed.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Our next #asianstudiesseminar Travel Writing and Travel Reading in Contemporary China, with Dr Pamela Hunt of the University of St Andrews, Wednesday 18 March 2026 at 16:15 in the Project Room (Room 1.06), 50 George Square. #inpersonseminar #allwelcome
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Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh @asianstudiesed.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
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
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Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh @asianstudiesed.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Coming up tomorrow 4 March 2026
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Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh @asianstudiesed.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
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
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Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh @asianstudiesed.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
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
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Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh @asianstudiesed.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
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
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Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh @asianstudiesed.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
#hotoffthepress Congratulations 🎉to Drs Chris Perkins & Ferran de Vargas on their new book📚 #PoliticalThought & #JapansNewLeftMovement More here: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/political...
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Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh @asianstudiesed.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
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
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Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh @asianstudiesed.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Here are the full details of speakers and topics for this semester’s #asianstudiesseminars
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Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh @asianstudiesed.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
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
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Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh @asianstudiesed.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
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...
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Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh @asianstudiesed.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
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Charlie Richmond (Gyro Gearloose) 311.3ppm 🇨🇦🇬🇧☮️⚛️🇺🇦🌈🦋 @charlierichmond.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Japan poised to get first female PM after Sanae Takaichi wins ruling party leadership | Japan | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
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Japan poised to get first female PM after Sanae Takaichi wins ruling party leadership
Margaret Thatcher admirer beat her more moderate rival to become leader of Liberal Democratic party
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Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh @asianstudiesed.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Welcome @jfecuk.bsky.social as you #jointheconversation 🦋🤗
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Jeffrey J. Hall @mrjeffu.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
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.
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Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh @asianstudiesed.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
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Oppenheimer: Noh Theatre in the Nuclear Age
80 years after the destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Allan Marett’s Noh play inspired by the "father of the atomic bomb" is being performed in Japan.
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Halle O'Neal @halleoneal.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
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...
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Dr. Wes Robertson @scriptingjapan.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
On of the best Japan related jokes of all time, nearly impossible to top.
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CMA: Korean Art @cmakorean.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Bowl with Stamped Decoration clevelandart.org/art/1921.678
To create the linear patterns visible on this bowl the potter quickly carved the design into the dark clay body. He then applied white clay slip with a brush over this general area. After the slip settled into the linear grooves, he wiped the surface excess away (although he "missed" an area near the parallel horizontal neck bands), leaving a whitish line. A greenish celadon glaze was then applied over the bowl. Punch'ong decorative techniques were a response to medieval Korean society's need for greater numbers of attractive, inexpensive housewares.
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Helen Parker (she/her/hers) @hseparker.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
From #valentinesday to #bastilleday Printed, “3D” copy has finally arrived 👀📖🤗 #genderfluidity in #japaneseartsandculture
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JocelynH @jocelynhphoto.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
give way to the new day. #street #photography #morning
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Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh @asianstudiesed.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
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Kabuki to Make Debut at U.K.’s Biggest Japan Festival
<p>Intricate costumes, bold makeup, stunning sets — the distinct characteristics of Japanese kabuki theater have become recognizable worldwide. With the artform having been showcased the world over, S...
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School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures (LLC) @uoe-llc.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
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
Quote from the podcast episode Beyond The Books Series 3 Episode 3. It says I'm interested in the soft side of history: cultural artifacts...Quote from the podcast episode Beyond The Books Series 3 Episode 3. It follows on from the first image and says... common people, even as tiny as smells. But they are never trivial.Quote from the podcast episode Beyond The Books Series 3 Episode 3. It follows on from the first image and says... They can tell a lot about politics and social change.
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Aaron William Moore @aaronwmoore.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
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
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Dr Seth Jacobowitz: "The Forensic Turn in Modern Britain and Japan: Criminology, the Human Sciences, and Detective Fiction" | IASH
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Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh @asianstudiesed.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Welcome to @dgb-asianstudies.bsky.social 👋
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De Gruyter Brill Asian Studies @dgb-asianstudies.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
📚 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
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De Gruyter Brill Asian Studies @dgb-asianstudies.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
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
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Ginny Tapley Takemori @ginnytkmr.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
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curious ordinary @curiousordinary.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
'Fine Day in May' - Kotozuka Eiichi, ca. 1950s. #JapaneseArt
Carp streamers fly in a clear blue sky above houses. Two children can be seen in the street below.
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Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh @asianstudiesed.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
A fine afternoon for our hanami yesterday 🌸😎🍱 #hanami #blossom #arthursseat #themeadows #maytime #花見 #花見
Trees in blossom, with university buildings in the background A group of students gathered for a picnic under trees in blossomPeople walking along a path lined with trees, some of them in blossomA view of Arthur’s Seat with gorse in blossom, from the Meadows, where people are sitting under trees with pink and white blossom and playing games.
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Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh @asianstudiesed.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Repatriation of Ainu ancestral remains - yesterday the journey home began #readmore below: www.ed.ac.uk/news/2025/un...
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University returns ancestral remains to Ainu people in Japan
The University has repatriated the skulls of three Indigenous Ainu people back to their community in Japan.
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Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh @asianstudiesed.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
May Day listening for #KoreanStudies #koreanempire #inourtime
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NCC (北米日本研究資料調整協議会) @nccjapaninfo.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
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
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SadaoHanga @sadaohanga.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
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
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Halle O'Neal @halleoneal.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
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 halle.oneal@ed.ac.uk
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Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh @asianstudiesed.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Video clip from Dr Youngmi Kim’s recent interview about the South Korean president’s removal from office: www.itv.com/watch/news/s...
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Ginny Tapley Takemori @ginnytkmr.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Urgent petition to protect authors’ livelihoods from the unlicensed use of their work in AI training - please sign and share!
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Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh @asianstudiesed.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
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
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Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh @asianstudiesed.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Congratulations to Jess Polito, winner of theIndividual Presentation Category of the 20th annual UK-wide Japanese Speech Contest for University Students 🇯🇵💬🎉
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Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh @asianstudiesed.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
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
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