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Ritu Gairola Khanduri, author of Caricaturing Culture in India (2014), examines the work of R. K. Laxman in the first of three posts.
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Hiroshima (Nagasaki) and the politics of commemoration In 1962 a young Jewish American psychiatrist by the name of Robert Lifton visited the Hiroshima Peace Museum. Lifton described his visit to the museum in a letter to his friend David Riesman as follows: “I had seen many such pictures before … but somehow seeing these pictures in Hiroshima was entirely different […]
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If you enjoyed Diana Lary's post last Wednesday, read on for a longer excerpt from her book China's Civil War about how WWII shaped Chinese society.
Read MoreDiana Lary, the author of China's Civil War, reveals how the end of World War II left China in devastation.
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In this excerpt from Justice in Asia and the Pacific Region, 1945-1952, Yuma Totani explores the impacts of WWII as the Allied powers brought war crimes trials against the Japanese. The pursuit of justice shed new light on war in the Philippines.
Read MoreThis week will mark the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The American bombings effectively ended the Second World War, killed over 100,000 people, and raised complicated questions about nuclear weapons and the limits of war. In an excerpt from his book The Most Controversial Decision, Wilson D. Miscamble explores the complicated legacy of those events.
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If you've been enjoying our recent posts on Chopsticks, you'll remember that the rise of those ubiquitous utensils owes a lot to the prominence of rice. The new book Rice: Global Networks and New Histories has more insights to offer about the popular grain that shaped ancient and modern cuisine.
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Did you know that we have wheat to thank for the rise of chopsticks? Q. Edward Wang, the author of Chopsticks, takes you on a global culinary journey.
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