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SUMMARY:Japan Series: Professor Jennifer Coates - Studying Japan from the UK: New Challenges and Historical Precedents
DESCRIPTION:This illustrated talk reflects on the past\, present and future of Japanese Studies in the UK; the antecedents of the field\, its strengths and challenges\, and its place in our fast-changing globalised world. As many countries around the world turn inwards to prioritise national concerns and domestic politics\, Japan remains an object of fascination for students\, researchers\, and the general public. From the mystical ‘Japan’ located just west of Laputa in Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels (1726) to the ‘Japan’ of geisha in rickshaws captured by the Lumière brothers’ cameramen (1897)\, and from the opponent of World War II to the exciting exoticism of ‘Japan’ as holiday destination\, our engagement with ideas about ‘Japan’ has shaped not only the UK understanding of Japan\, but also the UK itself. Connecting the history of the study of Japan to contemporary research on its impact on the UK\, this talk demonstrates the value of learning about Japan. \n  \nAbout the Speaker \nJennifer Coates is Professor of Japanese Studies at the School of East Asian Studies\, University of Sheffield and Honorary Secretary of the British Association of Japanese Studies. Her books include Making Icons: Repetition and the Female Image in Japanese Cinema\, 1945-1964 (2016)\, Film Viewing in Postwar Japan\, 1945-1968: An Ethnographic Study (2022)\, and co-edited volumes War Memory and East Asian Conflicts\, 1930–1945\, Japanese Visual Media: Politicizing the Screen and The Routledge Companion to Gender and Japanese Culture.
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/event/japan-series-professor-jennifer-coates-studying-japan-from-the-uk-new-challenges-and-historical-precedents/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Nicolas Revire - Charting Dvāravatī: The Making of an Early Buddhist Polity in Central Thailand
DESCRIPTION:This lecture explores the intellectual foundations of Dvāravatī studies and the making of an early Buddhist polity in central Thailand during the mid-to-late first millennium CE. It highlights the pivotal roles of Prince Damrong Rajanubhab (1862–1943) and Professor George Cœdès (1886–1969)\, whose historical and epigraphic work shaped modern understandings of Dvāravatī as a Theravāda Buddhist culture with Old Mon\, Sanskrit\, and Pali influences. Beginning with the 19th-century rediscovery of sites like Nakhon Pathom\, the talk traces how their scholarship framed Dvāravatī in both historical\, and cultural terms. It also considers the legacy of their work in the writings of later scholars and Orientalists such as Horace Geoffrey Quaritch Wales (1900–1981)\, Pierre Dupont (1908–1955)\, Jean Boisselier (1912–1996)\, or Piriya Krairiksh (b. 1942)\, whose contributions continue to shape debates on early Southeast Asian religion\, language\, and state formation. \nBorn in France\, Nicolas Revire holds a doctoral degree from Paris\, specializing in Hindu-Buddhist art of early Southeast Asia\, particularly pre-modern Thailand. As a senior research fellow at the Art Institute of Chicago\, he brings expertise from two decades of teaching and research in Bangkok. The speaker has published extensively on the subject and is currently the managing editor of the Journal of the Siam Society.
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/event/nicolas-revire-charting-dvaravati-the-making-of-an-early-buddhist-polity-in-central-thailand/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:(Japan Series) Benedetta Lomi - The Lives and Afterlives of Buddhist Icons: Deactivation and Reactivation Rituals in Medieval Japan
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URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/event/japan-series-benedetta-lomi-the-lives-and-afterlives-of-buddhist-icons-deactivation-and-reactivation-rituals-in-medieval-japan/
LOCATION:The Courtauld\, Vernon Square\, Penton Rise\, London\, WC1X 9EW\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Library Committee
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URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/event/library-committee-10/
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SUMMARY:Events and House
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URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/event/events-and-house-2/
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SUMMARY:Finance and Investments
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URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/event/finance-and-investments/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250925T183000
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SUMMARY:Alexandra Buhler - Relations between Zoroastrians in India and Iran: the role of the British and the impact of the ‘Great Game’
DESCRIPTION:This talk will draw on the research Alexandra Buhler conducted for her recent book\, Zoroastrianism in India and Iran: Persians\, Parsis and the Flowering of Political Identity\, which examines the cultural\, religious\, and political ties between the Zoroastrian communities of Iran and India during the late Qajar and early Pahlavi periods. In particular\, she will focus on the role played by the British in encouraging strong relations between the two Zoroastrian communities and on the geo- political factors that motivated them to do so. \nTowards the end of the nineteenth century\, the rivalry between Britain and Russia over Iran led the British to attempt to utilise their positive relations with the Parsis\, Zoroastrians in India\, to establish strategic ties with Zoroastrians in Iran. Additionally\, the British supported efforts being made by Parsis to reconnect with their co- religionists and with their ancient homeland. \nDiplomatic relations between Britain and Russia underwent a significant development with the signing of the Anglo-Russian Convention in August 1907. She will assess the extent to which the tripartite relations between the British\, Zoroastrians in Iran\, and Parsis were affected by the convention in the following months and years.
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/event/alexandra-buhler-relations-between-zoroastrians-in-india-and-iran-the-role-of-the-british-and-the-impact-of-the-great-game/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
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