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… it is about the political-cultural and economic changes in medieval Central Asia that gave birth to one of the key … study the early modern era, and they think that the medieval era is not very important. But studying the early … societies and dynasties, both in terms of architecture and power consolidation. What Yale resources have been especially …

… expand the revenue base of the Bengal Presidency. In the medieval vernacular literature, such as the Mangal Kavya , … driven development projects such as the Rampal thermal power plant proposed jointly by India and Bangladesh. Also, …

… Shepherd’s teaching and research interests focus on modern Japan and its colonial empire, with an emphasis on the … expansion, urban growth, and movement of peoples between Japan and Korea. Her current book project, Cities into Empire: Fukuoka, Pusan, and Japan’s Imperial Urbanization 1876-1953, focuses on two …

… Shepherd’s teaching and research interests focus on modern Japan and its colonial empire, with an emphasis on the … expansion, urban growth, and movement of peoples between Japan and Korea. Her current book project, Cities into Empire: Fukuoka, Pusan, and Japan’s Imperial Urbanization 1876-1953, focuses on two …

… Matthew Perry’s expedition to open trade relations with Japan in the early 1850s. Less well known is that on the … southern Africa’s Cape Colony, Dutch Java, Spanish Manila, Japan, and the British ports of Singapore, Hong Kong, and …

… Muslim Lands, Jewish-Christian relations, and the Jews in medieval and early modern Europe and the Muslim … He has written Piety and Society: The Jewish Pietists of Medieval Germany (E. J. Brill, 1981), which was a finalist … Rituals of Childhood: Jewish Culture and Acculturation in Medieval Europe , which was published by Yale University …

… Few modern institutions have had more lasting influence on Japan’s political, social and cultural life than NHK, the … of The Politics of Public Broadcasting in Britain and Japan: the BBC and NHK Compared (Routledge, 2023). Dr. … Social Sciences at the University of Tokyo, and the U.S - Japan Relations Program at Harvard University. He has served …

… Peter Biller, University of York, U.K.: The “Black” in Medieval European Scientific Discussions of Regions & Peoples … Session 3: John Hunwick, Northwestern University: Medieval and Later Arab Views of Blacks James Sweet, Florida …

… Dash of Mifune: Rashomon and More (Part II) A WIFE’S HEART Japan, 1956 Directed by Mikio Naruse Starring Toshirō Mifune, … Hideko Takamine, Keiju Kobayashi 35mm print courtesy Japan Foundation. Approx. 98 min. Introduction by Aaron …

… Dash of Mifune: Rashomon and More (Part II) A WIFE’S HEART Japan, 1956 Directed by Mikio Naruse Starring Toshirō Mifune, … Hideko Takamine, Keiju Kobayashi 35mm print courtesy Japan Foundation. Approx. 98 min. Introduction by Aaron …

… authorship on process, and on the tangible traces of medieval hands at work, I suggest an understanding of the … contingent on a material textuality.   Department: Medieval Studies   Fields of Interest: Medieval historiography (11th-13th centuries), philosophy of …

… of moving images and the influence of American cinema For Japan, World War I has been described as a fire on the other … melodramatic and documentary films were produced in Japan during the fall of Qingdao and the Nikolayevsk … non-fiction—were imported and regularly screened across Japan. In this lecture, I first introduce the types of films …