Economic and social rights in Bangladesh

A roundtable event hosted by the Institute for Asia and Pacific Studies, in association with the Centre for the Study of Social and Global Justice and the Human Rights Law Centre.

Tags: Andreas Bieler, Bangladesh, Centre for the Study of Social and Global Justice, Economic rights, Human Rights Law Centre, Ibitsam Ahmed, Institute of Asia and Pacific Studies, Katrina Peake, Sara Hossain, Social rights

My Pure Land

A screening of Oscar-nominated film My Pure Land, followed by a Q and A with the Director.

Tags: Centre for the Study of Social and Global Justice, film, Institute of Asia and Pacific Studies, My Pure Land, Professor Katharine Adeney, Sarmad Masud

MADE. The Play

Brett Lee Roberts, Artistic Director of Target Theatre Company, presents ‘MADE. The Play’ to the Institute of Asia and Pacific Studies.

Tags: Institute of Asia and Pacific Studies, MADE, Play, Target Theatre Company, theatre

Cacophony and coalescence: Cold War public diplomacy and the rise of the ‘Tiers-Monde’

During the first half of the Cold War, the superpowers endeavored mightily to “win hearts and minds” abroad through what came to be called public diplomacy. We will be joined by Jason C Parker, Texas A and M University for this lecture.

Tags: Cold War, Department of American and Canadian Studies, Institute of Asia and Pacific Studies, superpowers

Australia, Brexit and the rise of Asia

The Australian High Commissioner, the Hon. Alexander Downer AC is visiting the University to deliver a lecture on the topic of Australia, Brexit and the rise of Asia. Presented by the Institute of Asia and Pacific Studies.

Tags: Asia, Australia, Brexit, EU referendum, Institute of Asia and Pacific Studies, politics

Song of the Reed – screening and discussion

The Taiwan Studies Programme and Institute of Asia and Pacific Studies present a screening of the documentary Song of the Reed, followed by a roundtable discussion. Song of the Reed is a Taiwanese documentary produced by the Taipei Women’s Rescue Foundation and directed by Wu Hsiu-Ching, chronicling the later years of Taiwanese women who were forced into sexual slavery during World War II.

Tags: film, history, Institute of Asia and Pacific Studies, screening, Taiwan, Taiwan Studies Programme, Vienna Centre for Taiwan Studies, World War Two

Violence against women in India: is ‘culture’ the culprit, or structure?

The Institute of Asia and Pacific Studies presents the annual Tomlinson Memorial Lecture for 2015/16. Kavita Krishnan, Secretary of the All India Progressive Women’s Association, will speak on ‘Violence against women in India: is ‘culture’ the culprit, or structure?’

6pm, Thursday 3 March

Tags: All India Progressive Women's Association, culture, India, Institute of Asia and Pacific Studies, International Women's Day 2016, Tomlinson Memorial Lecture, women