We cordially invite you to GAS Lecture Series on February 9 (Mon), 2026. This event is held both online and in person. Please register using the form below.   Date and time: February 9 (Mon), 2026, 11:00-12:30 (JST)   Venue: Conference Room 1 (304), Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, UTokyo; Online (Zoom)    Title: The Politics of Social Classification: Youth (青年) Categories in South Korea   Speaker: Sungi Kim, HK Research Professor, Global China Research Institute, Pukyong National University   Moderator: Jiyoon Kim, Assistant Professor, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, UTokyo   Abstract: This lecture explores the cultural politics of socially constructed classificatory systems by using youth categories in South Korea as an analytical lens. It focuses on three interrelated issues. First, it examines […]

Time: 16:00–18:00, February 16 (Monday), 2026   Venue: Main Conference Room (3F), Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, The University of Tokyo   Title: The Role of Climate in the History of the Mongol Conquest   Speaker: Nicola Di Cosmo (Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton/ Slavic and Eurasian Research Center, Hokkaido University)   Language: English   Moderator: Khohchahar E. Chuluu (Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, The University of Tokyo)   Registration: https://forms.gle/WgEgFQ4HJuxeuzbj9   Organizer: Asian Law and History research team, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, The University of Tokyo Co-organizer: JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) “Climate Changes, Plagues and Wars: The ‘Crisis of the Fourteenth Century’ in […]