UCD-led Indonesian Gamelan Orchestra Releases Album
The orchestra is directed by UCD Assistant Professor of Composition and Performance Dr. Peter Moran. The performers on the album include UCD staff members Prof. Jaime Jones, Dr. Donal Fullam, Dr. Anika Babel and Prof. Denis Shields. The ensemble was originally formed in UCD by Dr. Peter Moran and Prof. Jaime Jones before the group moved into the NCH.
This album has been released to mark the 10th Anniversary since His Royal Highness the Sultan of Yogyakarta in Java presented the National Concert Hall with a unique collection of gamelan instruments as a gift to the Irish people in a traditional gamelan naming ceremony in 2014. News of the CD launch has been reported in national (opens in a new window)media (opens in a new window)outlets in Indonesia.
Byron Wallen features on an original composition by Dr. Moran entitled "Embat". This work was originally written for the NCH Gamelan's inaugural concert during the sultan's visit, but it has been rearranged with Byron Wallen on trumpet especially for this release.
To accompany the album, Dr. Moran has written a 44-page booklet, detailing the history of the instruments and the ensemble, from its roots in UCD to the building of the instruments and the sultan's royal visit, including stories of the orchestra's later concerts in Ireland and in Java, and the Indonesian reaction to those concerts.
The album is available for (opens in a new window)streaming and download, and a limited-edition 10th-Anniversary Commemorative CD is also (opens in a new window)available from Bandcamp.
Centre Welcomes Visiting Fellow Alessia Paolillo
The UCD Centre for Asia-Pacific Research is happy to welcome Alessia Paolillo as a visiting fellow for the Autumn 2023 trimester. Alessia is a Ph.D. candidate in Civilizations of Asia and Africa at Sapienza University of Rome. She researches on political language and its uses in Chinese foreign policy. You can read more about Alessia and her work (opens in a new window)here.
Alex Dukalskis Participates in Roundtable on China-Russia Relations after the Invasion of Ukraine at Malmo University
This roundtable discussed the history, dynamics and current developments of relations between China and Russia, focusing on both political leaders and ordinary citizens, and from the perspectives of historians, anthropologists, and political scientists.
- Dr. Alexander Dukalskis, School of Politics and International Relations, University College Dublin
- Professor Bo Petersson, Dept. of Global Political Studies, RUCARR, Malmö University
- Dr. Ed Pulford, Modern Languages and Cultures, University of Manchester
- Professor Marina Svensson, Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, Lund University (moderator)
Details: https://mau.se/en/calendar/roundtable-on-russia-china-relations/
Porscha Fermanis Gives Talk at University of Warsaw
Professor Porscha Fermanis of the UCD School of English, Drama and Film recently delivered an invited in-person talk on "Time, Capital and Settler Colonialism” at the
"As Time Goes By" conference at the University of Warsaw. Thanks to Prof. Iwona Kurtz (Institute of Polish Culture), Prof. Sven Oliver Müller (Universität Tübingen), and dr hab. Małgorzata Litwinowicz (Institute of Polish Culture) for the invitation.
If you want to read more about Porscha's research project "SouthHem", see her project blog and website, which lists recent publications including those on Southeast Asia and the Asia-Pacific world: https://southhem.org and https://www.ucd.ie/southhem/.
Maika Nguyen Reflects on her Recent Trip to Vietnam
Maika Nguyen, an Irish Research Council-funded Ph.D. student in French & Francophone Studies, went on a teaching and research trip to Vietnam in July 2022. During her trip she visited the University of Social Sciences and Humanities (USSH), which is part of Vietnam National University in Hanoi, conducted research, and presented a paper titled ‘The Lens of Home: Memory and Identity in Vietnamese Migrant Literature’.
You can read more about her experiences here: Nguyen Vietnam Trip 2022
Steffen Rimner Gives Invited Talk at Columbia University
Centre steering committee member Steffen Rimner, Assistant Professor in the History of International Affairs and Ad Astra Fellow, recently delivered an invited in-person lecture on "Japanese Anti-Racism and its Global Expansion in the Wake of World War I" at the Columbia University Seminar on Modern Japan, thanks to Dr Sarah Kovner (@sarah_kovner), Chair and Senior Research Scholar, Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia (@ColumbiaSIPA) and Dr Tatiana Linkhoeva (@linkhoeva), Assistant Professor of Modern Japanese History at New York University.
If you want to read more on Steffen's project, check out his article in the Journal of the British Academy: (opens in a new window)https://www.thebritishacademy.
photo credit: Charlotte May