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SUMMARY:(Japan Series) Halle O'Neal - The Weight of Ephemeral Things: Paper\, Memory\, and Women Makers in Medieval Japan
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URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/event/japan-series-halle-oneal-the-weight-of-ephemeral-things-paper-memory-and-women-makers-in-medieval-japan/
LOCATION:The Courtauld\, Vernon Square\, Penton Rise\, London\, WC1X 9EW\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:RAS Lectures & Events
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SUMMARY:Agus Suwignyo - Decolonizing Catholicism in Indonesia: Environmental Education as a Local Movement\, 1950–1990s
DESCRIPTION:This presentation will examine the environmental discourses and activism of the Indonesian Catholic community from the 1950s to 1990s. The community’s interest in environmental issues ranged from the impact of wild animal hunting and disasters such as floods and landslides\, to the threats that arose from industrialisation and the effects of deforestation\, industrial land use\, and household waste. Finally\, this presentation will propose that Indonesian Catholics’ involvement in environmental concerns was an emergent form of “Indonesianization\,” situated in the realities of Indonesia. \n  \nAgus Suwignyo is a Professor in the History of Education in the History Department\, Faculty of Cultural Sciences\, Gadjah Mada University\, Yogyakarta\, Indonesia. He received his doctorate degree from Leiden University in the Netherlands in 2012\, and completed post-doctoral projects in Kyoto University (Japan\, 2014)\, Freiburg University (Germany\, 2014-15)\, the University of Agder (Norway\, 2016)\, and the University of Amsterdam (the Netherlands\, 2019-22). His research interests include social and education history focusing on knowledge production\, decolonisation\, citizenship and state formation. His recent publications include “Higher Education as an Instrument of Decolonisation: The Community Service Programme in Indonesia 1950–1969\,” Asian Studies Review 48(3)\, 2024\, 447–466. \n  \nSimone Gigliotti is a Reader in Holocaust Studies at Royal Holloway\, University of London. While she publishes mainly in the field of Holocaust studies\, she maintains active interests in the history and geography of comparative genocide. She is especially interested in the survival and regeneration of indigenous communities amid industrialisation\, the environmental and socio-economic impacts of climate change\, and resource plunder.
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/event/agus-suwignyo-decolonizing-catholicism-in-indonesia-environmental-education-as-a-local-movement-1950-1990s/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:RAS Lectures & Events
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SUMMARY:Library Committee
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URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/event/library-committee-11/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260212T163000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260212T173000
DTSTAMP:20260316T114404
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SUMMARY:Council Meeting
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URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/event/council-meeting-16/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260212T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260212T200000
DTSTAMP:20260316T114404
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SUMMARY:(Japan Series) Joy Hendry - Doing Field Research in Japan: A Long View
DESCRIPTION:Joy Hendry last year clocked up 50 years since she first travelled to Japan for a year’s field research in her subject of social anthropology. The methods and practice have changed a lot since that time\, but essentially the aims are the same\, namely to understand and explain Japanese ways of thinking and behaving in a variety of contexts. Joy’s talk will lay out these aims in more detail and explain their importance for anyone with an interest in Japan\, illustrating the explanations with examples of her own long-term research over the period in rural Kyushu and seaside Chiba prefecture\, and shorter observations elsewhere. She will also take a glance at the future of the subject\, now very popular in Japan\, both with international scholars and local ones. \n  \nJoy Hendry is professor emerita of Oxford Brookes University\, where she taught for 30 years.She has published 11 books and many articles\, founded the Europe Japan Research Centre and the Japan Anthropology Workshop\, and was awarded an Order of the Rising Sun by the Japanese Emperor in 2017. The 6th edition of her textbook Understanding Japanese Society has just come out\, co-authored with Emma Cook who teaches in Japan.
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/event/japan-series-joy-hendry-tbc-doing-field-research-in-japan-a-long-view/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:(Japan Series) Susan Whitfield - Pilgrimage from Nara to Norwich
DESCRIPTION:This event is hosted by the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures. For more information\, please visit this page: https://www.sainsbury-institute.org/events/pilgrimage-from-nara-to-norwich/ 
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/event/japan-series-susan-whitfield-nara-on-the-silk-road/
LOCATION:SISJAC (Online)\, The Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures\, Norwich\, NR1 4DH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:RAS Lectures & Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260226T183000
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SUMMARY:Paul Wordsworth - Pathways\, Pastoralism\, and Power: What next with understanding historical trade and travel in Central Asia?
DESCRIPTION:The publication of Moving in the Margins: Desert Travel and Power in Medieval Central Asia was intended as a case study to demonstrate some of the complexity inherent in the ways people navigated Central Asian landscapes in the past. Summarised simply\, such a detailed view of travel and movement highlights how erroneous a model of timeless trans-continental Silk Road trade really is\, and the degree to which historical Eurasian connections relied on highly dynamic and volatile small-scale networks. Critiques of Silk Roads/Routes are by now very common\, and recent efforts to communicate Central Asian history and archaeology across the long first millennium CE have taken a more nuanced and enlightened view\, the recent British Museum exhibition being an excellent case in point. The question remains\, however\, in terms of research\, how do we reconcile the popular (and lucrative) Silk Road narrative and the need to better understand real connections of past peoples in the region? Beyond individual case study regions and periods\, how can we move towards a more comprehensive appreciation of the link between economic\, political\, and cultural impact of trade at multiple scales? \nThis brief talk presents some of the issues which arose through the study of the archaeology of the Karakum Desert\, Turkmenistan\, in the preparation of Moving in the Margins. Reviewing the multiple strands of evidence covered in the volume: architecture\, material culture\, and landscapes\, it is possible to scope out alternative views of pathways and routes to those canonised through texts and tradition. In doing so I hope to set an agenda for future research into historical connectivity\, arguing for the importance of investigating the changing roles of connected communities through time. \nPaul Wordsworth \n  \nFree and open to all. No registration needed. Email mb@royalasiaticsociety.org for a link to join online.
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/event/paul-wordsworth/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
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