TANGO IN JAPAN: Cosmopolitanism Beyond the West
Dr. Yuiko Asaba is a Lecturer (equiv. Assistant Professor) in Music at SOAS University of London. In her research, she examines aspects of migration, maritime history and globalisation surrounding popular music between Latin America and Asia. Yuiko is the author of the monograph, Tango in Japan: Cosmopolitanism Beyond the West, and has published articles including in the East Asian Journal of Popular Culture and the Cambridge Companion to Tango. Funded by the European Commission, Yuiko is currently developing her next book on Japanese Tango performers in Manchuria and Shanghai, 1930s-1940s, and co-editing a volume on the Asia-Latin America musical relations. Yuiko is also a Tango violinist and has worked as a member of the Orquesta Nacional de Música Argentina “Juan de Dios Filiberto” in Argentina, and Tango Orchestra Astrorico in Japan.
Date: 22 May 2025, 17:00
Venue: Main Seminar Room, Latin American Centre, 1 Church Walk, Oxford and Zoom
Speaker: Dr Yuiko Asaba (SOAS)
Organising department: Latin American Centre
Booking required?: Recommended
Booking url: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/lb3zuv5yTte8tl8yfNijKQ
Audience: Public
Editor: Robin Nicholson