By Irene Tortorella, Korean Language Cataloguer Once upon a time there was in Korea a genre of popular fiction called yukchŏn sosŏl (novels at the price of 6 chŏn) that attracted readers from every social class. The introduction of the movable type printing press technology from the West lead to a mass-production of cheap and easy-to-carry novels that spread from the late 19th century on. In light of the growth
The ASAUK Fage & Oliver Monograph Prize (Inaugural Award) The African Studies Association UK (ASAUK) invites publishers to nominate titles for the Fage & Oliver Prize. The ASAUK presents the Fage & OIiver Prize to the author of an outstanding original scholarly work published on Africa during the preceding 2 years. John Donnelly Fage (1921-2002) and Roland Oliver (1923-2014) were pioneers of British African Studies. After a decade teaching in
The following free webinars are being provided by the UK Data Service in October/November 2015: Webinar: Introduction to the UK Data Service – 6 October 2015, 3pm Webinar: Key data: International macrodata – 8 October 2015, 2pm Webinar: Finding and accessing data in the UK Data Service – 14 October 2015, 3pm Webinar: Getting started with secondary data – 22 October 2015, 3pm Online seminar: Data sources for research students – 28 October 2015, 3pm
To celebrate the launch of the Autumn issue of ArtReview Asia, there will be a screening of IN THE NAME OF GOD (1992), a feature film by Indian filmmaker Anand Patwardhan. Gaining Patwardhan international acclaim as well as controversy, the film traces the progressive rise of Hindu fundamentalism in India in the 1980s and 1990s, and the resulting wave of religious violence that spread throughout the country (read more here). This
All the events organised by the King’s India Institute are free. RSVP is not needed unless mentioned on the event listing. Events in September 2015 Uski Roti ‘His Bread’ (1969, dir. Mani Kaul, Hindi with English subtitles) Indian Modernisms film series at The Tagore Centre for Global Thought Date: 21 September 2015 Venue: Anatomy Lecture Theatre (K6.29), Strand Campus, London Time: 6.30-9pm Our first screening in the Indian Modernisms series.
Comparative and thematic Modernities, memory and mutations: Grace Davie and the study of religion / edited by Abby Day, Mia Lövheim Religion in hip hop: mapping the new terrain in the US / edited by Monica R. Miller, Anthony B. Pinn, Bernard “Bun B” Freeman; preface by Michael Eric Dyson. – Religion and power: no logos without mythos / David Martin, London School of Economics, UK Buddhism The Buddha pill:
Comparative and thematic Essaying the past: how to read, write, and think about history / Jim Cullen. –[2 edn] [also available as an e-book] Using film as a source / Sian Barber Controversial history education in Asian contexts / edited by Mark Baildon, Loh Kah Seng, Ivy Maria Lim, Gül Inanç, and Junaidah Jaffar– China and Tibet Japanese Taiwan: colonial rule and its contested legacy / edited by Andrew D.
Ancient Near Eastern Civilisations A history of the ancient Near East ca. 3000-323 BC [3rd edition] / Marc Van De Mieroop Das Charisma der Könige. Zur Konzeption des altorientalischen Königtums im Hinblick auf Urartu / Julia Linke. Die neuassyrische und spätbabylonische Glyptik aus Tall Šēḫ Ḥamad / von Anja Fügert. Mari, ni Est, ni Ouest : (Supplément Syria II) The third tablet of the itkalzi ritual / Stefano de Martino,
