International History of East Asia Seminar

The International History of East Asia Seminar for Michaelmas Term 2025 will be held over four sessions (Weeks 5, 6, 7, and 8) on Wednesdays at 5pm in-person at the Lucina Ho Room (1/F) at the University of Oxford China Centre.

We are a seminar on East Asian international history supported by the University of Oxford China Centre. All convenors are current graduate students or early career researchers. We host regular talks by graduate students and researchers in order to facilitate academic dialogue among scholars based in the UK, Europe, as well as those from the other regions of the world.

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Contact us at iheaoxseminar@gmail.com
Type: Seminar Series
Series organisers: Pak Hei (Patrick) Hao (University of Oxford), Simon Lam (University of Oxford), Weihan Sun (University of Oxford), Ivi Fung (University of Oxford), Zhang Ning (University of Oxford), Zhou Fang (University of Oxford)
Timing: 5pm on Wednesday (Weeks 5, 6, 7, and 8) at the Lucina Ho Room (1/F) at the University of Oxford China Centre
Web Address: https://en-gb.facebook.com/OxIHEAS/

Talks:

Wednesday 12 November 2025

Forgotten Currents and Kitchen Tables: The Tales of the Subaltern
Date: 12 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker s: Samuel Ramapuram (Goethe University), Ying Yue (Tsinghua University)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Lucina Ho Room (1/F), University of Oxford China Centre
Organisers: Zhou Fang (University of Oxford), Zhang Ning (University of Oxford), Ivi Fung (University of Oxford), Weihan Sun (University of Oxford), Simon Lam (University of Oxford), Pak Hei (Patrick) Hao (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Pak Hei (Patrick) Hao (University of Oxford), Simon Lam (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 19 November 2025

Revolutionary Aesthetics and Affective Politics in Maoist East Asia
Date: 19 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker s: Harry Chi Hang CHO (Chinese University of Hong Kong), Sijie Ren (University of Bristol)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Lucina Ho Room (1/F), University of Oxford China Centre
Organisers: Zhou Fang (University of Oxford), Zhang Ning (University of Oxford), Ivi Fung (University of Oxford), Weihan Sun (University of Oxford), Simon Lam (University of Oxford), Pak Hei (Patrick) Hao (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Zhang Ning (University of Oxford), Ivi Fung (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 26 November 2025

Embodied Objects: Vaginal Technologies and Missionary Collections in East Asia
Date: 26 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker s: Ruoyu Jia (Durham University), Yoo Jin Choi (University of Delaware)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Lucina Ho Room (1/F), University of Oxford China Centre
Organisers: Zhou Fang (University of Oxford), Zhang Ning (University of Oxford), Ivi Fung (University of Oxford), Weihan Sun (University of Oxford), Simon Lam (University of Oxford), Pak Hei (Patrick) Hao (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Ivi Fung (University of Oxford), Weihan Sun (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 3 December 2025

Peripheral Voices: Local Identity Formation and Alternative Politics in Imperial Japan
Date: 3 December 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker s: Toma-Jin Morikawa-Fouquet (University of Oxford), DONG Zi’ang (Hokkaido University)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Lucina Ho Room (1/F), University of Oxford China Centre
Organisers: Zhou Fang (University of Oxford), Zhang Ning (University of Oxford), Ivi Fung (University of Oxford), Weihan Sun (University of Oxford), Simon Lam (University of Oxford), Pak Hei (Patrick) Hao (University of Oxford)
Host: Zhou Fang (University of Oxford)

Editors: Laura Spence, Belinda Clark, Pak Hei Hao