Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia,
The University of Tokyo

Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia,
The University of Tokyo

Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia,
The University of Tokyo

Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia,
The University of Tokyo

Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia,
The University of Tokyo

Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia,
The University of Tokyo

Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia,
The University of Tokyo

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Time: 16:00-18:00, March 26 (Tue.), 2024 Venue: Main Confrence Room (3F), Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia (IASA), The University of Tokyo Title: Sino-Korean Relations after Empire: Landed Property, Agricultural Labor, and Legal Rights of Koreans in Civil War-era Manchuria (1945–1948) Speaker: Claudius Kim (Visiting Fellow of IASA, The University of Tokyo)Claudius (Kyung Yeob) Kim is a Ph.D. Candidate in Modern Korean and Chinese History at Stanford Univeristy, specializing in the transnational history of revolution and diaspora, as well as military and diplomatic histories in modern East Asia. Drawing on multilingual archives from China, Korea, Japan, and the U.S., his dissertation argues that the Chinese and North Korean Revolution was […]

We are pleased to announce that the Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia will be hosting a Tobunken seminar with Dr. Veysel Çolaker from Pamukkale University, Turkey, who has been a visiting researcher of this institute since June of last year. In this seminar, Dr. Çolaker will discuss the functions of the commercial court in Selank (Thessaloniki) in the late Ottoman Empire based on the court records. The language of this seminar is English. Turkish may also be used in the Q&A session. The seminar will be held both in person and online. To register for this event, please fill in the form below.   Date: April 4, 2024, Thu, 3pm–5pm […]

Presenter:  Anne CHENG   Professor, Collège de France Title & Date:  2024 April 18th (Thursday) 14:00 – 16:00 (JPN time)  “The Question of Despotism in the Reception of  Montesquieu’s De l’Esprit des lois in Japan and China” Venue: Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, University of Tokyo, Conference room on the 3rd Floor (* On-site only) Language: English Facilitator: Prof. Takahiro Nakajima (Director, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia) Abstract:One of the most famous quotes from Montesquieu’s De l’Esprit des lois is : “China is thus a despotic state of which the principle is fear”. Before jumping to hasty conclusions driven by the present context, I suggest that we should start with delving […]

Presenter:  Xavier PAULES   Associate Professor, EHESS  (School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, France) Titles & Dates: ・1st Lecture 2024 April 19th (Friday) 14:00-15:30 (JPN time)  “Three-step Games versus Four-step Games:  An Attempt at Categorizing the Supply of Gambling Games of Chance in Late Imperial-Republican China” ・2nd Lecture 2024 April 25th (Thursday) 14:00-15:30 (JPN time)  “New insights on Republican China: Reconsidering the Role of Warlords and Overseas Chinese”   Venue: Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, University of Tokyo, Conference room on the 3rd Floor (* On-site only) Language: English Facilitator: Prof. Takahiro Nakajima (Director, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia)   Abstract: 1st Lecture – One might think it obvious or […]

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