A version of SLURP: a social and culinary history of ramen-japan’s favorite noodle soup, Barak Kushner’s book on the history of ramen originally published by Brill in 2012 (paperback 2014) is now out in a Japanese translation as 『ラーメンの歴史学―ホットな国民食からクールな世界食へ』バラク・クシュナー (著), 幾島 幸子 (翻訳) Those who read the language might enjoy this version as well. Bon appetit! Akashi Shoten website Asahi Shimbun … More SLURP in Japanese!
On Monday 14th May Professor Arthur Stockwin, Emeritus Professor and former Director of the Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies at Oxford University gave a talk as part of the East Asia Seminar Series. To read Professor Stockwin’s full talk please click here Bio: Arthur Stockwin was born in Birmingham, holds a BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics … More “A Retrospect on the Abe Government: what went before, what it is trying to do, and what comes after” Arthur Stockwin seminar 14 May 2018
Over a week in May scholars and graduate students from China, Japan and the UK gathered at Cambridge University to share their most recent research on the history of war crimes trials and the postwar in East Asia. Topics covered the KMT war crimes trials, the CCP trials, the political ramifications of both sets of … More Chinese Archives and Digital Website Production Conference, 1 – 4 May 2018
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