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Traditional Arts of South Asia: Continuity in Contemporary Practice & Patronage | Crispin Branfoot
Jul15

Traditional Arts of South Asia: Continuity in Contemporary Practice & Patronage | Crispin Branfoot

Crispin Branfoot, editor of the book, Traditional Arts of South Asia: Continuity in Contemporary Practice & Patronage, introduces key topics and authors in this ground breaking new publication, published by Saffron: What are the proper subjects for a study of the arts of India? If we were so bold as to define ‘the canon’ of South Asian art, even when the very idea of the canon has been subjected to so much deserved criticism,...

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Jamil Naqsh & Najmi Sura: An Epic Romance
Jun06

Jamil Naqsh & Najmi Sura: An Epic Romance

The first thing to consider about Jamil Naqsh & Najmi Sura: An Epic Romance, the exhibition at London’s Albemarle Gallery (5-28 June 2014) is how long it has taken this joint show to materialise, writes SAJID RIZVI. Neither Naqsh nor Sura are spring chicken and while Naqsh has accumulated fame and fortune his lifetime muse Sura has practiced her art virtually in purdah. Previous appearances of her art have occurred more...

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BOOK REVIEW: Lost Generation: Luo Zhenyu, Qing Loyalists and the Formation of Modern Chinese Culture
Nov03

BOOK REVIEW: Lost Generation: Luo Zhenyu, Qing Loyalists and the Formation of Modern Chinese Culture

YANG CHIA-LING and RODERICK WHITFIELD, eds, Lost Generation: Luo Zhenyu, Qing Loyalists and the Formation of Modern Chinese Culture. London: Saffron Books, 2012. 312pp.  ISBN 978-1-872843-57-7. Review by TIM BARRETT | You may buy this book here Until less than a generation ago the name of Luo Zhenyu was known to virtually everyone working on pre-modern China – certainly those working on early and medieval China. In some respects his...

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Korean Tense and Aspect in Narrative Discourse, by EunHee Lee
Oct28

Korean Tense and Aspect in Narrative Discourse, by EunHee Lee

Korean Tense and aspect in Narrative Discourse, by EunHee Lee (ISBN-10 1872843433 / ISBN-13 978187284343) is number six in Saffron Korean Linguistics Series. View digital version. Korean Tense and aspect in Narrative Discourse argues for a discourse-based treatment of the temporal and aspectual categories in Korean through the quantitative analysis of corpus data, providing a systematic semantic analysis of those categories using a...

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China Institute launched at SOAS

The University of London School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) has launched a China Institute, a response to the growing interest in the East Asian country and its numerous facets that offer opportunities for new research. The institute cited more than 40 affiliated academics working across the various SOAS departments who are involved with “interdisciplinary, critically informed research and teaching on China.”...

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Book Review: Pakistan’s imperilled vistas

A poignant image of Skardu on the cover of Pakistan: Glimpses of Vistas, History and Culture invokes a serene and tranquil place that sadly this northern town in Gilgit-Baltistan is no more, as frequent news of mayhem iin and around the area testities, writes SHIRLEY JOSEPH. Competing practitioners of violence, visited upon the area by the cross-border Taliban to the US-led drone operators have ensured this tragic transformation of...

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