Tokyo 2020: Korea & Japanese Nationalism Join us on the 3rd February for ISAP UCLan's first postgraduate-led event for 2021! A Roundtable discussion on Korea's perspective of the postponed Tokyo Olympics. Including a range of participants from different academic disciplines: Professor Niki Alsford Professor in Asia Pacific...
Taiwan: New decade, old challenges? In the last years, Taiwan has been on the spotlight for several reasons: its advanced democracy has been seen as a model in a region still threatened by authoritarian governments. Furthermore, its quick response to the challenges brought by Covid-19 has...
Biden to pursue ‘traditional diplomacy’ with North Korea – and a different agenda to Trump Dr Sojin Lim, co-director for the Institute of Korean Studies (IKSU) at The University of Central Lancashire - UCLan, was interviewed for a piece with Redaction Politics on Biden's agenda with...
Kimchi clash: South Korea accuses China of cultural and culinary appropriation Dr Sojin Lim, co-director for the Institute of Korean Studies (IKSU) at The University of Central Lancashire - UCLan, featured in an interview on DW News Asia about China's claim to the provenance of Kimchi. Watch...
Dr Sojin Lim on China's claim to kimchi's provenance at BBC World Service. Our Co-director for the International Institute of Korean Studies (IKSU) at The University of Central Lancashire (UCLan), Dr Sojin Lim, spoke on BBC World Service at 2:50pm today about the recent debate over China's...
A slippery slope. The Dongsha Incident – A bad omen of Chinese moves to marginalize Taiwan Our Chair of the North England Policy Centre for the Asia Pacific (NEPCAP), Dr Moises de Souza, has has published another piece with Dr Dean Karalekas, Associate Editor of Strategic Vision...
Kim Jong-un Faces a Bleak North Korean Economy—Just as Joe Biden Is Taking Over Our Co-Director of the International Institute of Korean Studies (IKSU), Dr Sojin Lim, has published a new article on the North Korean Economy in the wake of President-elect Joe Biden presidency: "Kim Jong-un...
Our Lecturer in Asia Pacific Studies, Dr Bill Mihalopoulos, produced a Podcast with Professor Jennifer Ho - "Anti-Asian Racism, Black Lives Matter, and CCOVID 19 Dr Bill Mihalopoulos, Chief Editor of Japan Forum and lecturer for Asia Pacific Studies at UCLan spoke with Professor Jennifer Ho...
The American Society for Theatre Research (ASTR) 2020 Awards have awarded Prof Niki Alsford We are pleased to announce our Head of Asia Pacific Institutes, Prof Niki Alsford, has been named as one of the winners of the American Society for Theatre Research (ASTR) 2020 Awards...
Post US Election Analysis: Implications for the Asia Pacific With such a close showdown between Trump and Biden in the US Elections, join us at our Post US Election Analysis roundtable to discuss the implications of the US Election outcome on the Asia Pacific. Including a...