Research newsThe Western world’s perceptions of China are counterproductive is what Prof. Peter Ho will claim in his inaugural lecture on Friday 27 January. Ho believes that the constant stream of inaccurate reports on China is disadvantageous to the Netherlands, when actually a great deal of good is possible.
Adam Łajtar, Jacques van der Vliet, ed. (2011)
‘The study of mundane objects used by ordinary people on a daily basis can play a key role in deepening our understanding of Japanese society. And understanding Japan may just be the way to end the West-centredness which sometimes plagues academia.’ So argues Prof. Katarzyna Cwiertka, Professor of Modern Japan Studies, in her inaugural lecture on 11 November 2011.