‘Herbivore boys’ and other fault lines in Japan’s gender crisis
21 February 2013A new book of student research into key areas of gender in modern Japan highlights emerging trends of redefinition between sexes, and the impact on its society.
Out of the ashes of Empire
12 February 2013The new identities and ideologies that emerged in East Asia after the fall of Japan’s Empire have rarely been studied. Now, as the region again becomes a major theatre in world politics, a new project aims to tell that history from the inside.
Identity, trial and retribution: East Asia after World War II
05 November 2012A five-year research project will examine East Asia’s emergence and struggle for self-definition after the fall of the Japanese Empire.
'Noodle-ology': the politics of cuisine
01 May 2008Food history breaks down our understanding of national borders: Barak Kushner is examining how interactions between China and Japan have shaped modern Japanese cuisine.
Tracing the history of modern globalisation in China
01 May 2008A Sino-British project is examining the history of China’s first age of modern globalisation, enabling China and Britain to rediscover their interconnected past.
