An Impeccable Spy: Richard Sorge, Stalin’s Master Agent
Owen Matthews 21 October 2020
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China’s Good War: How World War II is Shaping a New Nationalism
Click here to register Chinese leaders once tried to suppress memories of their nation’s brutal experience during World War II. Now they celebrate the “victory”-a key foundation of China’s rising nationalism. For most of its history, the People’s Republic of China limited public discussion of the war against Japan. It was an experience of victimization-and…
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China’s Good War: How World War II is Shaping a New Nationalism – Professor Rana Mitter
Click here to register Chinese leaders once tried to suppress memories of their nation’s brutal experience during World War II. Now they celebrate the “victory”-a key foundation of China’s rising nationalism. For most of its history, the People’s Republic of China limited public discussion of the war against Japan. It was an experience of victimization-and…
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The Asian University for Women: Supporting a Gender Agenda
Click here to register The Asian University for Women (AUW) was established in 2008 in Chittagong, Bangladesh, to provide women drawn from diverse social, economic and language backgrounds with opportunities to become critical thinkers and ethical leaders in their home communities. The AUW already has a significant record of achievement, but it needs help and…
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Asia’s Newest Flashpoint? The China-India Line of Actual Control – Michael Kugelman
Click here to register A long, tense, and deadly border spat in the region of Ladakh has plunged India-China relations to their lowest point in decades. Michael Kugelman will explain what may have caused the current border crisis, consider possible endgames, and discuss the implications of the crisis for the bilateral relationship and regional and…
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The Grammar of Violence along the India/Pakistan Border: a Data-Driven Story – Dr Rudra Chaudhuri
Exceptionally, this event is open only to members of the RSAA. If you are a current member, please click here to register. If you not a current member and would like to participate in this webinar, then please go to our Membership page to join and then return here to register. Dr Rudra Chauduri is the…
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The Russian Conquest of Central Asia and the Myth of the “Great Game”
Click here to register The Russian conquest of Central Asia was the 19th century’s most dramatic and successful example of European imperial expansion, adding 1.5 million square miles of territory and at least 6 million people – most of them Muslims – to the Tsar’s domains. However its historiography has been blighted by a number of…
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The Russian Conquest of Central Asia and the Myth of the “Great Game”- Dr Alexander Morrison
Click here to register The Russian conquest of Central Asia was the 19th century’s most dramatic and successful example of European imperial expansion, adding 1.5 million square miles of territory and at least 6 million people – most of them Muslims – to the Tsar’s domains. However its historiography has been blighted by a number of…
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Our Bodies Their Battlefield – Christina Lamb, 25 June, 18.00
Click here to register We are delighted to be able to host this event jointly with the Shute Festival. Chrsitna Lamb’s book is the first major account to address the scale of sexual assault in modern conflict, which exposes the unheard stories of women in war zones with unfailing care and humanity. Samantha Knights QC will be in…
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Our Bodies Their Battlefield: What War Does to Women – Christina Lamb
We are delighted to be able to host this webinar jointly with the Shute Festival – click here to register Chrsitna Lamb’s book is the first major account to address the scale of sexual assault in modern conflict, which exposes the unheard stories of women in war zones with unfailing care and humanity. Samantha Knights QC will…
