Baithak بیٹھک is our Centre’s Blog, where academics can come together and share their insights on Asian history. Baithak means a meeting in Urdu, and we hope to engage with students and academics on South Asia through this page.
The Climate Emergency and the Inadequacy of the Historical Nation State
Markus Daechsel for the Historians for History Blog In this post written for and published on the Historians for History blog, Markus Daechsel reflects on the recently concluded COP27, providing a view from a South Asian – specifically Pakistani – perspective. Pakistan suffered devastating floods in the summer of 2022, and its impact continues to be…
Keep readingSindh: Real and Imagined
Sarah Ansari for Sindhi Culture Foundation Listen to Prof Sarah Ansari in conversation with Prof Rita Kothari about the real and imagined homeland of Sindh. ‘Doorway to Sindh’ is a webinar series featuring scholars and historians as they discuss Sindhi culture and history. Presented by Aruna Madnani, featuring notable guests and speakers. For more information,…
Making Cane Furniture in Taiwan
Weipin Tsai The Yellow Rotang Palm (Calamus jenkinsianus) is a common plant in Taiwan. Also known as rattan or cane palm, it grows widely all over Taiwan, from 300 metres altitude to 2,000 metres, often in a thicket alongside bamboo and other varieties of plants. For indigenous people in the 19th and early 20th century,…
‘Have I done enough for Japan today?’: the showcase of Japan in the Japan-British Exhibition of 1910
Shahmima Akhtar International exhibitions, world’s fairs, expositions all refer to the vivid spectacles of display, performance and entertainment that gripped the world in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Cities, nations, and countries each took turn in hosting these grand displays with fairs held in London, Dublin, New York, Paris, Brussels, and more. These displays usually…
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