Inaugural Sussex Afghanistan Forum
An inaugural event to discuss the pressing issues confronting Afghanistan's development. Registration is required for this event.
Social Movement Learning and Knowledge Production in the Struggle for Peace with Social Justice
Initial reflections from a research project seeking to understand how social movements in conflict affected contexts can build peace & social justice.
Asia Centre PhD Workshop
An all-day workshop of research in process hosted by the Sussex Asia Centre.
Being a Migrant Academic in Japan
Professor Aspinall describes strategies adopted by foreign academics working within the Japanese university system and discusses ethnographic studies.
Ethnicity, Politics and Social Change in Sri Lanka
An all-day workshop hosted by Sussex Asia Centre. Six speakers present their cutting-edge research.
Precarity in transnational marriage in Yiwu
Saheira Sha (University of Sussex): Precarity in transnational marriage in Yiwu: trade, settlement and children's education
Ethnodrama, Sociological Fiction, and Immersive Live Art
Caroline will talk to us about three strands of arts-based research, in the form of ethno-drama, sociological fiction and immersive live art.
Masculinity and marriage in contemporary Afghanistan
The panel explores dynamics of masculinity, marriage, and cross-gender relationships in contemporary Afghanistan and its diasporas.
Fishers without borders? Chinese distant water fisheries and the Maritime Silk Road Initiative
Dr Henryk Alff - Senior Researcher, Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT), Bremen, Germany.
The Prospect for Peace and Pluralism in Afghanistan
A rare opportunity to hear from the former senior political and foreign policy advisor to the chief executive of Afghanistan & ambassador to the USA.
Hierarchy and Imperialism in Late Colonial Indian International Thought
This paper explores the mixed registers of equality and hierarchy that existed within Indian international thought.
The Future of Famine
The nature of famines has shifted. What factors will determine the future of famine?
Not 'The Age of Migration': Declines in Internal Migration (Case Study Japan)
Professor Tony Fielding, SCMR, University of Sussex Title: Not 'The Age of Migration': Declines in Internal Migration (Case Study Japan)
'Inter-Asian Encounters and Contested Moralities in Singapore’s Spaces of Care'
A presentation by Megha Amrith (Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Göttingen, Germany)
Levelling the Playing Field?: Statebuilding and Ethnicity in Afghanistan’s Bamyan Valley
A presentation by Dr Naysan Adlparvar (Postdoctoral Fellow at Yale University’s Anthropology Department)
Panel Discussion - Afghanistan and South Asia - Culture, Commerce and Power
Panellists will put conventional perspectives on South Asian political dynamics in the context of an older and denser set of inter-relationships.
Beyond the Indian Ocean: Inter-Asian Environments from the Hindu Kush to the Himalayas - Future Research Agendas
Joint event with the Centre for World Environmental History – Shah Mahmoud Hanifi; Magnus Marsden; Vinita Damodaran.
Exhibition: From Kabul to Kolkata - Of Memories, Belonging, and Identity 11 Oct - 15 Dec
A photography exhibition by Moska Najib and Nazes Afroz, organised by Sussex Asia Centre and SOAS South Asia Institute.
Vedanta’s Billions: Regulatory Failure, Environment and Human Rights
Launch of report into the excesses of a mining company Vedanta, followed by a discussion of its recent delisting following human rights violations.
Sussex Asia Centre doctoral workshop February 2018
FILM-SCREENING SERIES: MOBILITIES, MIGRATION AND COMMERCE IN ASIA 2017
RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES MASTERCLASS FOR DOCTORAL STUDENTS 2017
USAC AUTUMN TERM SEMINAR SERIES 2016-17: Politics and Society in South Asia
USAC SPRING TERM SEMINAR SERIES 2016-17
Asian Intimacies in Comparative Perspective
Chinoiseri: The Chinese World in the European Mind
Corruption and Integrity Building in Central Asia and Beyond
Higher Education in The Asian Century: Does Expansion Mean Inclusion?
PHD Workshop: New Perspectives of and from Asia
REAL ESTATE SPECULATION AT A FRONTIER OF CAPITALISM
USAC AUTUMN TERM SEMINAR SERIES 2015-16
USAC Scholars Participate in TRODITIES Launch Meeting in Yiwu
USAC scholars participate in TRODITIES workshop held at the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies