Jon L. Pitt, "Botanical Imagination:  Rethinking Plants in Modern Japan" (Cornell UP, 2025)

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Evan N. Dawley, "Taiwan: A People′s History" (Reaktion Books, 2026)

While most English-language histories of Taiwan focus on its geopolitical role, Taiwan: A People’s History (Reaktion, 2026) by Dr. Evan N. Dawley centres on the people of Taiwan themselves and explores how they have formed a unique polity, telling the story of the Indigenous Taiw ...  Afficher plus

Patrick Noonan, "Age of Disaffection: The Aesthetic Critique of Politics in 1960s Japan" (Columbia UP, 2025)

The 1960s in Japan have long been understood as a period of radical political engagement. But as political movements from Old Left Communism to New Left revolts appeared to fail in their efforts to revolutionize Japanese society, artists and intellectuals came to reject the ideal ...  Afficher plus

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Afsar Mohammad, "An Evening with a Sufi" (Red River, 2022)
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Salah Elmur | Discover Arab Artists – The Misk Art Library Podcast
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This episode of The Misk Art Library Podcast brings Sudanese painter Salah Elmur who talks about memory, imagination, and artistic identity. Elmur reflects on his Sudanese upbringing, his dreamlike paintings, and his reluctance to label himself as an artist. He explores how memor ...  Afficher plus