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Asian History
Buddhist Materiality
Fabio Rambelli discusses the ways in which Buddhism has conceived of, and dealt with, material objects ranging from the…
Korea Between Empires
Andre Schmid discusses the development of a Korean national consciousness. Focusing on two critical periods in Korean history,…
Playing War: Children and the Paradoxes of Modern Militarism in Japan
Sabine Frühstück discusses the intersection of children/childhood with war/military, rethinking the very foundations of modern militarism. Image courtesy…
Past Forward
Kyung Moon Hwang discusses features of Korean history that illuminate current issues and pressing concerns, including recent political upheavals,…
Imagining Afghanistan
Nivi Manchanda uncovers and critically explores Anglophone practices of knowledge cultivation and representational strategies, and argues that Afghanistan…
Chinese Workers in World War One France
Paul Bailey, Durham University, is a specialist in the social and cultural history of modern China. His research interests…
A new type of revolution: socialist thought in India
Although it is often said that early postcolonial India was socialist, scholars have tended to take this term…
Mapping China’s Growth and Development in the Long Run
China’s long-term experience showcases the two fundamentals in growth and development: efficiency and equality. Kent Deng discusses China’s…
Understanding the imaginary war
Benjamin Ziemann offers a fresh interpretation of the Cold War as an imaginary war, a conflict that had…
Women’s everyday lives during the Song Dynasty
Man Xu, Tufts University, explores the complexities of elite and non-elite women’s everyday lives during the Song Dynasty,…
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