Asia House: Recent Episodes
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Asia House: Connecting – Informing – Engaging
Alec Ash and Rob Schmitz, two writers with books recently published on China, discussed the dreams of ordinary Chinese people at a literature event held at Asia House. In 'Street of Eternal Happiness: Big City Dreams Along a Shanghai Road', Rob Schmitz followed a series of people who live on the same street as he does in Shanghai. In Alec Ash’s book 'Wish Lanterns: Young Lives in New China' he coveres young Chinese born between 1985 and 1990. #china #modernchina #xijinping #literatureonchina #asianliterature #asiahouse
What can be made of recent events in Turkey where a coup attempt was stopped by people on the streets? Asia House welcomed acclaimed writer Kaya Genç, who currently lives in Istanbul, to give his thoughts on this question. Genç is in conversation with Rachael Jolley, editor of Index on Censorship magazine, and also discusses his forthcoming book 'Under the Shadow: Rage and Revolution in Modern Turkey'. #Turkey #literature
Preti Taneja, Jonathan Tel and Mahesh Rao discuss their short stories during the Asia House Bagri Foundation Literature Festival. #asia #india #china #asiahouse #literature #literaturefestival #asianliterature #maheshrao
Middle Eastern cuisine, once shorthand for chicken kebab, is today more likely to provoke references to zatar and pomegranate. What has brought about this tidal change and how can we understand the UK and indeed the Middle East through what we eat?
Sarit Packer and Itamar Srulovich, the two chefs of London restaurant Honey & Co., offer answers to these questions.
MiddleEast #food #foodie #foodies #Israel #TelAviv
The family – traditionally at the centre of life across most of Asia – is changing. New lifestyles are emerging across the region as people get married later, stay single longer or do not marry at all. What do these new patterns mean for women? A panel comprising Ramita Navai, author of City of Lies: Love, Sex, Death and the search for truth in Tehran, Elif Shafak, author of Honour and The Forty Rules of Love, and playwright Sharmila Chauhan of Born Again, The Husbands and 10 Women, discussed these issues. Chairing the panel is Radhika Sanghani, author and women’s writer at The Telegraph. #feminism #feminist #women #womensrights #turkey #iran #tehran #asia #elifshafak #honour #turkey
A host of prominent writers and artists from Pakistan discuss the country’s dynamic contemporary art scene, amongst the most exciting in South Asia. Renowned curator, artist and teacher Salima Hashmi is in conversation with novelist Kamila Shamsie, art historian, critic and curator Virginia Whiles, and artists Faiza Butt and Naiza Khan. The panel address how socio-political issues are being identified and expressed through art.
This was part of the launch of a new book called The Eye Still Seeks. Edited by Salima Hashmi.
Pakistan #southasia #art #artist #literature #lahore #biennale #contemporaryart #mosque #faisalmosque
Asia House Film Festival artistic director Jasper Sharp presented an illustrated overview of the life and work of Anna May Wong, the first Chinese-American movie star and the first Asian American actress to gain international recognition, at Asia House. #AsiaHouse #AnnaMayWong #Hollywood #Chinatown #Chinese #American #ChineseAmerican #cinema #movies
Listen to Ruth Iversen Rollitt in conversation with Pamela Kember, Head of Arts and Learning, Asia House, about her book, Iversen: Architect of Ipoh and Modern Malaya. #Malaysia #Architecture #ArchDaily #Architect #Ipoh #Malaya #Iversen #Penang #KualaLumpur
Young Filipino artist Nicole Coson, who works in London and graduated from Central Saint Martins, discusses with Jeppe Ugelvig, how she tries to escape eurocentrism in her practice. #philippines #filipino #eurocentrism #asiahouse #centralsaintmartins #art #artist #chinese
Dr Elizabeth Darling, a Reader in Architectural History in the Department of History, Philosophy & Religion at Oxford Brookes University, explains, in a talk at Asia House, how Japan influenced the Danish architect Wells Coates OBE. #japan #japanese #architecture #architect #wellscoates
Writer, broadcaster and practising psychotherapist Lucy Beresford discusses her recently published novel 'Invisible Threads, a moving tale about women in India' with Bidisha, a British writer and BBC broadcaster specialising in human rights, international affairs and the arts and culture.
Invisible Threads, while fictional, features elements of her experiences in India. It follows the story of Sara, a therapist, who always thought her husband Mike had died in Afghanistan, but learns he was actually killed in India, which leads her to a clinic in New Delhi. Once in India Sara is dazzled by the country’s culture and its people. At the clinic, she grows close both to her patient Pritti and a bewitching, low-caste driver named Hemant. Yet Sara finds herself increasingly appalled at the treatment of women in this country of old traditions and new opportunities, where so much remains shocking or forbidden. As Sara inches towards the truth about Mike’s death and their marriage, and becomes entangled in the dark side of Delhi, she is thrust into a reality of India few Westerners ever see.
India #women #womensrights #India #booktalk #InvisibleThreads #readwomen #writerslife
To mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, Al Jazeera journalist Barnaby Phillips gave a fascinating talk on his critically acclaimed book 'Another Man’s War: The Story of a Burma Boy in Britain’s Forgotten African Army.'
Burma #Myanmar #WWII #army #military #nonfiction #booktalk #africa #asia
Associate Director of International Programmes for the United Arab Emirates’ Sharjah Art Foundation Judith Greer speaks about the shift in global art centres from the West to the Middle East and Asia. #art #AsiaHouse #Asia #Asianart
Dubai-based designer Khalid Shafar and author and researcher Dr Sandra Piesik gave a talk on Arish or palm leaf architecture at Asia House to coincide with Shafar's 'The Nomad' exhibition at Chelsea College of Art. The talk and installation were part of Shubbak 2015. #Dubai #architecture #UAE #AbuDhabi #Arish #sustainability
Talking about her memoir 'The Girl with Seven Names' (published 2 July 2015), North Korean defector Hyeonseo Lee provides extraordinary insights into the lives of North Koreans on top of telling her own incredible story. #NorthKorea #SouthKorea #Korea #Koreanliterature
Award-winning photographer and cultural anthropologist Jo Farrell discusses her project 'Living History' which celebrates the lives of some of the last remaining women with bound feet in China. Farrell is in conversation with Pamela Kember, Head of Arts and Learning at Asia House.
China #BoundFeet #photography #photographer #women #discussion #talk #podcast
An illustrious panel of storytellers and experts offer their opinion on the role of classic stories in 2015 through pitches to the audience. Professional Indian storytellers Seema Anand and Vayu Naidu talk through the relevance of classic stories, focusing on those from Asia with Literature Programme Manager at the British Council Bhavit Mehta.
Storytelling #Literature #Culture #Stories #Fairytale
One of the world's finest authors Amitav Ghosh spoke about the final book in his Ibis trilogy, Flood of Fire, during the 2015 Asia House Bagri Foundation Literature Festival. He was in conversation with Bhavit Mehta, Literature Programme Manager at the British Counci. #AmitavGhosh #AsiaHouse #FloodofFire #Indianliterature #OpiumWars #China #India #migration #indenture #19thcentury #literaturefestival #BagriFoundation
Three prominent writers offer their perspectives on love across divides. On the panel is Turkey’s bestselling female author, Elif Shafak, Jennifer Klinec, author of 'The Temporary Bride', an autobiographical account of her marriage to an Iranian man, and Mirza Waheed, author of 'The Book of Gold Leaves'. Chairing the event is Sameer Rahim, Arts and Books Editor at Prospect Magazine. #love #literature #culture #AHLIT15
Listen to Pakistan-born British poet Imtiaz Dharker read from her new collection 'Over the Moon' for which she was awarded The Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry 2014. Leeds-born Vidyan Ravinthiran, whose parents are Sri Lankan, reads poems from 'Grun-tu-molani', his debut of beautiful and captivating poetry inspired by his Sri Lankan roots. Writer and critic and Cambridge academic Preti Taneja is chairing the event and will take you through the depths of the poems selected – what they mean and how they came to write them. #AHLIT15 #spokenword #poetry
Listen to one of South Korea’s most eminent authors, Hwang Sok-yong, speak about his life and work with award-winning cultural journalist and critic Maya Jaggi. #Korea #literature #AHLIT15 #culture #literature #author
Two of Singapore’s most celebrated writers, Audrey Chin and Amanda Lee Koe, joined Literature Festival Manager Jemimah Steinfeld for a talk about pushing boundaries through literature.
Singapore #Literature #culture #AHLIT15 #Bold #Brave #Curious
Nick Holdstock, author of 'China’s Forgotten People', offers his perspective on Xinjiang. Holdstock is in conversation with Ablimit Baki Elterish, who is originally from Xinjiang and teaches Chinese language at University of Manchester and conducts research on Xinjiang Studies including aspects of the Silk Road. Chairing the event is Michael Dillon, who has written several critically acclaimed books on the region. #SilkRoad #China #Xinjiang #literature #culture
Jeff Koehler speaks about his book 'Darjeeling: The Colorful History and Precarious Fate of the World's Greatest Tea' at the Asia House Bagri Foundation Literature Festival 2015. #AsiaHouse #literature #literaturefestival #Asia #India #Darjeeling #tea #books #writing #nonfiction #fiction
For centuries Nepal has observed a unique tradition; a little girl is chosen as a Goddess to watch over the country until she reaches puberty. Isabella Tree has spent years investigating the tradition and has written about it in her new book 'The Living Goddess', the subject of this recent talk at Asia House. #AHLIT15 #culture #Nepal #Goddess #nonfiction #Asia
Elizabeth Pisani talks about her book 'Indonesia etc: Exploring the Improbable Nation' and her complicated relationship with Indonesia, a country she has conducted a stormy love affair with for over 25 years. #Indonesia #literature #nonfiction #culture #AHLIT15
How much does the Vietnam War still dominate current discourse and writing on Vietnam? Three writers, Quan Barry, Uyen Luu and Lucy Cruickshanks, debate this issue. #AHLIT15 #Vietnam #literature #culture
Canadian journalist Heidi Kingstone arrived in Kabul in 2007 looking for answers about what life is really like in the city. In this talk, Heidi talks about her debut book, 'Dispatches from the Kabul Café'. #literature #culture #AHLIT15 #Kabul
British-Chinese author Xue Xinran launched her latest book 'Buy me the Sky' at the Opening Night of the Asia House Bagri Foundation Literature Fetsival 2015. Here she is in conversation with Isabel Hilton, founder and editor of chinadialogue.net.
Alexander Monro, author of 'The Paper Trail' joined us at Asia House to discuss how paper, a technology invented in China more than two millennia ago, ended up reaching Europe and facilitated both the Renaissance and the Reformation despite most intellectuals of the day barely paying it any attention.
literature #festival #culture #china #asia #digital
British Asian journalist and presenter Anita Anand spoke about her first book 'Sophia: Princess, Suffragette, Revolutionary' at Asia House as part of a pre-Festival event before the Asia House Bagri Foundation Literature Festival 2015. #literature #India #Indianliterature #Asia #Asianliterature #AsiaHouse #AHLIT15 #AnitaAnand #BBC
Indian author Anuradha Roy spoke with the Guardian and Observer books editor at the launch of her book Sleeping on Jupiter at Asia House, which was a pre-Festival event ahead of the Asia House Bagri Foundation Literature Festival 2015.
AnuradhaRoy #AHLIT15 #Guardian #AsiaHouse #Literaturefestival #Indianliterature #Asianliterature #BagriFoundation
36-year-old Bidisha talks about her new book Asylum and Exile: The Hidden Voices of London, refugees, race and her career to date.
Listen to the percussionist in NoName Trio Ali Nourbakhsh playing the 'daf' or Persian drum at Asia House on 20 November, 2014. #Iranian and world music fusion #jazz band NoName Trio performed live at Asia House in London.
Iranian and world music fusion jazz band NoName Trio performed live at Asia House in London on 20 November 2014. Listen to part of their performance here.
Ho Ching, the Executive Director and Chief Executive of Singapore sovereign wealth fund Temasek, received the prestigious Asia House Asian Business Leaders Award. The head of the S$223 billion global investment company told a glittering dinner attended by over 250 senior business leaders, politicians, diplomats and opinion formers how Temasek’s development was shaped by Singapore’s post-colonial drive for survival, prosperity and sustainability.
Singaporean artist Chua Boon Kee is in conversation with David Tse to discuss his new sculpture for Chinatown, London. Chua Boon Kee was selected from a shortlist to create a new landmark sculpture for Chinatown, based on the theme of sustainability. His calligraphy inspired work 'Flowing' will be unveiled in Chinatown, London on 18 September 2014, to coincide with the Mid-Autumn Festival.
ASEAN Secretary-General Le Luong Minh gave the keynote speech at the ASEAN Insights Conference, as part of the #ASEANfocus14 series of events at Asia House.
Heathrow CEO John Holland-Kaye gave a speech at Asia House on 10 July, 2014 to launch the Rising Cities of Asia publication. The series of guides, produced by Asia House, with the support of Heathrow, offer useful insights on six lesser known Asian cities that offer untapped potential to British businesses.
Kumiko Mendl is a performer and founder of the 'A Thousand Cranes' theatre company which produces vibrant theatre inspired by stories from Japan and Europe which celebrate and unite the two differing cultures. Here she is interviewed by two of the Asia House Young Reporters during the Asia House Bagri Foundation Literature Festival. #FAL14
Storyteller Debbie Guneratne spoke to the Asia House Young Reporters (aged 12-14) during the Asia House Bagri Foundation Literature Festival. The Reporters had media training and then reported from the Festival Family days to produce an online magazine called Rising Sun - you can read it on the Asia House website. #FAL14
The renowned Indian economist gave a speech on his new book 'An Uncertain Glory: India and its contradictions' and what India has failed to learn from the Asian experience, followed by a lively Q+A session at Asia House on 30 June 2014.
An exclusive interview with Nobel Laureate and eminent Indian economist Amartya Sen at Asia House ahead of a networking reception held with him on 30 June, 2014.
Mirabelle Lý Eliot won the Yan-kit So Award to research her vegetarian Vietnamese cookbook. Here she returns to Asia House to discuss her findings with food writer and broadcaster Fuchsia Dunlop. The Yan-kit So Award for Asian Food Writers was established to assist first time cookery writers who are interested in writing about Asian cuisine.
To commemorate the centenary of the Great War, Lord Parekh talks about India's often overlooked contribution to the Great War at the Asia House Bagri Foundation Literature Festival. #FAL14 #WW1centenary
Peter Popham author of 'The Lady and the Peacock', a biography of Aung San Suu Kyi, takes a look at what has happened politically, socially and economically since the election in Burma. From the Asia House Bagri Foundation Literature Festival 2014. #FAL14
Thai author Tew Bunnag talks about his UK debut novel 'Curtain of Rain' with Adrienne Loftus-Parkins as part of the Extra Words at the Asia House Bagri Foundation Festival of Asian Literature #FAL14
Sex is entwined with religion, tradition, gender and politics across Asia. Our panel examined the region's social landscape through this lens and explored the Festival theme Changing Values across Asia. Shereen el Feki author of 'Sex and the Citadel', Sally Howard author of 'The Kama Sutra Diaries' joined Moni Mohsin 'The Diary of a Social Butterfly' for the discussion at the Asia House Bagri Foundation Literature Festival 2014 #FAL14
Have developments in digital technology brought a greater freedom of communication for writers in Asia or do they face restrictions in new forms? The debate was led by Jo Glanville, English PEN and the panel included Giles Ji Ungpakorn, Thai political activist and blogger, Gus Hosein, Privacy International and Gigi Alford, Freedom House. From the Asia House Bagri Foundation Literature Festival 2014. #FAL14
John Keay's 'Midnight's Descendants: South Asia from Partition to Present Day' is the first history of South Asia as a whole. He discusses his work at the Asia House Bagri Foundation Festival of Asian Literature 2014 #FAL14
Nepalese Indian author Prajwal Parajuly discusses his debut novel 'Land Where I Flee' with Adrienne Loftus-Parkins at the Asia House Bagri Foundation Literature Festival 2014. #FAL14
Writer Sathnam Sanghera dissects the evolution of British Asian comedy since 'Goodness Gracious Me', with stand-up comedian Shazia Mirza, producer and writer Anil Gupta and Head of Development at BBC Comedy Saurabh Kakkar at the Asia House Bagri Foundation Literature Festival.
John Everard, author of 'Only Beautiful, Please: A British Diplomat in North Korea' and British Ambassador to North Korea talks to Paul French, author of 'North Korea: State of Paranoia' and Charles Scanlon, BBC's East Asia Editor. The event was part of the 2014 Asia House Bagri Foundation Literature Festival. #FAL14
Award-winning Pakistani author of 'Burnt Shadows' Kamila Shamsie discusses her latest novel 'A God in Every Stone' with Arifa Akbar, Literary Editor of The Independent at the Asia House Bagri Foundation Literature Festival 2014. #FAL14
Former policeman turned writer Omar Shahid Hamid discusses his debut novel 'The Prisoner', a thriller set in Karachi. He is in conversation with Adrienne Loftus-Parkins at the Asia House Bagri Foundation Literature Festival 2014. #FAL14
Brigid Keenan, author of 'Diplomatic Baggage' talks about her latest book 'Packing Up - Further Adventures of a Trailing Spouse' with Claire Artmitsead, Literary Editor of The Guardian at the Asia House Bagri Foundation Literature Festival 2014. #FAL14
To coincide with the Indian general election, we explored ‘Why India Votes’. Dr Mukulika Banerjee, author of 'Why India Votes' and Patrick French, author of 'India: A Portrait' joined Salil Tripathi. This was part of the Asia House Bagri Foundation Literature Festival 2014 - #FAL14
Hanif Kureishi, best-selling author of 'The Buddha of Suburbia', discusses his latest novel, 'The Last Word' with BBC broadcaster Razia Iqbal at the Opening Night of the Asia House Bagri Foundation Literature Festival 2014. #FAL14
The Asia House Bagri Foundation Literature Festival's pre-fest event featured Kyung-sook Shin, author of 'Please Look After Mother', Krys Lee, 'Drifting House' and Qaisra Shahraz, 'Revolt', discussing the impact of political and other separations. #FAL14
Yiyun Li, author of 'Kinder than Solitude' and Tash Aw author of 'Five Star Billionaire' are in conversation with Claire Armitstead, Literary editor of The Guardian. They discuss Changing Values across Asia, at the Asia House Bagri Foundation Literature Festival 2014 - #FAL14
Our Farsi teacher Anil teaches us some greetings for Nowruz. This was from our Open Your Eyes to Asian Languages initiative - a series of Asian Language taster workshops, find out more here: http://bit.ly/1lS4mCY
Anyone can get involved and #LearnALanguage.
We talk to some of the participants on our 'Open Your Eyes to Asian Languages' workshops. Created by Asia House and the British Council the workshops are designed to give young people the opportunity to try a new Asian language. We find out why they wanted to try learning Chinese, Japanese and Korean and they talk about what they have learned so far. Anyone can #LearnALanguage - find out more about the next workshops on our website.
Pamela Kember and Rowan Kennedy from Asia House and the British Council introduce Open Your Eyes to Asian Languages, our workshops that provide a series of free taster language lessons. They discuss why the project is so important and how learning a language could open many doors. #LearnALanguage
We were joined by local school children for an exciting morning of Lunar New Year activities including a traditional Chinese Lion Dance and music - hear them wishing you a Happy New Year! #LearnALanguage
The Financial Times (FT) Asia Editor David Pilling is in conversation with Gideon Rachman, chief foreign affairs commentator at the FT. The duo speak about contemporary Japan, the Senkaku Islands dispute, Abenomics and Pilling's book.
Bad decisions, corruption and political paralysis are holding back India’s growth but things are likely to change at the 2014 parliamentary election.
That was the consensus at the Reimagining India: Unlocking the Potential of Asia’s Next Superpower UK book launch, held at Asia House this week.
Jung Chang, author of 'Wild Swans' speaks at Asia House about her latest research on Empress Dowager Cixi.
Sorry for the poor sound quality on this one - the talk is too good for us to keep it to ourselves.
With a thorough overview of New Zealand's focus on Asia and UK-NZ-Asia relations, hear John Key's address recorded on 20 September at Asia House in London
Recorded live at Asia House.
"There is nothing better to understand the value of freedom than the history of the People's Republic of China"
Frank Dikötter is the author of 'The Tragedy of Liberation' and 'Mao's Great Famine'.
Panel discussion with Salil Tripathi, Frances Harrison, Julia Farrington and John Kampfner moderated by Mishal Hussain. Part of the Festival of Asian Literature #FAL13
AsiaTrade Panel 3 with Swaha Pattainaik, EMEA Financial Markets Editor, Thomson Reuters; Prof Chris Dixon, Head of Asia, Global Policy Institute; HE Pasan Teparak, Ambassador of Thailand; Bridget Walsh, Partner & Head of Greater China Business Services, Ernst & Young
Recorded at the Asia House conference "Asia Trade - shaping the 21st Century" supported by HSBC
Panelists share their views on trade with the Economist's "Banyan"columnist, Simon Long
Lord Green, Minister of State for Trade & Investment on trade in Asia, and insights from his trip to ASEAN over the last two weeks.
ASEAN #Asiatrade #LdGreenSEA
James Emmett, Global Head of Trade Receivables Finance, HSBC gives a detailed introduction to Asian trade during the Asia Trade conference #Asiatrade
Themes of the Restless Ribeiro exhibition - a quick introduction to the extraordinary artwork in the Asia House summer exhibition. Listen as curator Katriana Hazell describes the themes of the exhibition - ideal as an audio introduction for visitors to the Asia House gallery.
Tan Twan Eng, author of 'The Garden of Evening Mists', which was shortlisted for the Man-Brooker Prize, discusses his novel and career at the closing night of the Asia House Festival of Asian Literature #FAL13
James Byrne and Htien Lin read Thitsar Ni’s poem Redundant Sentences in Burmese and English – part of the Festival of Asian Literature Burma Day James Byrne and Htien Lin read Thitsar Ni’s poem Redundant Sentences in Burmese and English – part of the Festival of Asian Literature
Lecture on imperial ceramics of the northern and southern Song dynasties given by Dr Stacey Pierson, SOAS with Beth McKillop, V&A.
Part of a series on the Treasures of the National Palace Museum, Taipei supported by the Ministry of Culture, Taiwan.
Extract from Nixi Cura's talk on Guiseppe Castiglione: Jesuit Painter to the Qing Emporers
Full recording of our art lecture by Nixi Cura, Christie's Education, London, on this Jesuit artist's impact on Qing dynasty art.
Part of the Treasures of the National Palace Museum, Taipei series supported by Ministry of Culture, Taiwan.
From the Festival of Asian Literature discussion "British Asian Culture: Doomed to be 'uncool'?" featuring Radio 1's Nihal; Bobbie Friction; Siddartha Bose and Ravinder Bhogal #FAL13
Part of the Festival of Asian Literature discussion on British Asian culture. Is it doomed to be "uncool"? Extract from a great discussion #FAL13
One half of the dynamic Pyle brothers duo describing giving up his banking background and travelling with his brother around China on a motorbike. What an adventure! Part of the Festival of Asian Literature #FAL13
Part of the Festival of Asian Literature #FAL13
Nadeem Aslam in conversation with Homa Khaleeli making securing a book deal seem oh-so-easy (when you're as talented a writer as he is, it probably IS that easy)
In his latest offering ‘Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan’, Dalrymple sheds fresh light on a nineteenth century military campaign brushed under the rug of history – the first Anglo-Afghan war of 1839.
Panel 2 Explores growth trends and investment risks in Asian economies.
With speakers: Christine Shields, Country Risk Research function within Global Research at Standard Chartered Bank. Romen Bose is Deputy Head of Asia Forecasting at Exclusive Analysis. Srikanth Iyengar is Global Sales Head for Strategic Global Sourcing at Infosys.
Moderated by Margaret Doyle, Head of Financial Services Insight for Deloitte in the UK.
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Panel 1 examines geopolitical risks and the policy implications of tackling growth challenges in the pan-Asian region over the course of 2013.
Speakers include HE T Jasudasen, Singaporean High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. Danny Quah, Kuwait Professor of Economics and International Development at the London School of Economics. Neil Crompton is the Director of Afghanistan and South Asia at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Moderated by Margaret Doyle, Head of Financial Services Insight for Deloitte in the UK.
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Keynote speaker at our Asia Risk Outlook Signature Conference, Gerard Lyons, Chief Economic Advisor to the Mayor of London, examines Asia’s place in the global economy, looking at the challenges ahead in securing real and flourishing growth.
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Business briefing with David Pitt-Watson, former Chair, Hermes Focus Asset Management Gavin Stewart, Investment Propositions Director, Insurance within Lloyds Banking Group Susannah Nicklin, UK Liaison, Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) Amanda Feldman, Engagement Manager, Volans
Listen to how one of China's greatest emperors left his mark on this magnificent neolithic jade
Listen to Malcolm's entire lecture on the Treasures of the Palace Museum in Taipei
Catch the next in the series at Asia House in January http://asiahouse.org/exhibitions-and-events/detail?id=231
Financial Regulation in Asia looked at the likely impacts of financial regulation, both internal and imposed by G20 countries, on Asian economies. Experts shared their perspectives on macroeconomic policy, structural and institutional innovations, regional integration and financial reform.
Listen to the second part of our conference - speakers discussing the impact of regulation on India, China, Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
In partnership with the MyVoice mentoring programme we welcomed 6 young reporters between the ages of 14-16 at Asia House during the Festival of Asian Literature. Young Reporter Veronica interviews author Marina Warner.
Read the Festival reports from the Young Journalists: http://asiahouse.org/news-and-analysis?category=10
In partnership with the MyVoice mentoring programme we welcomed 6 young reporters between the ages of 14-16 at Asia House during the Festival of Asian Literature. Hear our Young Reporter Edis’s interview with writer and presenter Hardeep Singh Kohli.
Read Edis’s festival report at http://asiahouse.org/news-and-analysis/detail?id=56
Aung San Suu Kyi and Sonia Gandhi are two of the most powerful women in the world. Yet their power is a paradox in Asia, where women compose half of the population but are so poorly represented in policy-making bodies.
The authors of new biographies of these powerful political women discuss their political development and records, the sacrifices they've made, what the future holds for them, and look at other female politicians throughout Asia, both dynastic and non-dynastic. They are in conversation with Mukulika Banerjee, of LSE, whose in-depth study of democracy in India was outlined in the BBC documentary 'Sacred Elections: Lessons From the World's Biggest Democracy' and with Jane Macartney of The Times.
Oil and pipelines are among the most important driving forces of international politics in this century. With energy demand soaring in industrialising Asia, and the resurgence of great power rivalries, the politics and practicalities of oil become central to a proper understanding of world affairs. Often new energy supply routes fall across political fault-lines, as in the case of India and Pakistan, or lie at the heart of politics itself, as in Iraq.
In his groundbreaking book, Kandiyoti takes us along pipeline networks, from Kandahar to the Caspian basin in China, and shows us how they form the foundation of the new geopolitical order. Muttitt's gripping and far-reaching investigation looks behind the scenes of the occupation of Iraq to answer one of the war's most pressing questions: what is happening to Iraq's oil and how will instability in the region affect our future?
In conversation with Ritula Shah, presenter of BBC's World Tonight and Saturday PM.
Since the epic the Ramayana, Sri Lanka has given the world a wealth of stories and literature.
Three of the country's best contemporary writers look at Sri Lankan writing at home and abroad. Romesh Gunesekera introduces his new historical romance set in Mauritius. Roshi Fernando's debut collection of short stories gives identity to immigrants carving out new lives in a sometimes hostile Britain. Winner of the prestigious DSC Prize for South Asian Literature, Chinaman is the great Sri Lankan cricket novel, by Shehan Karunitilaka.
Persian poetry is famed for the richness of its heritage, with many classical poets such as Rumi and Hafez read internationally. But little is known about how contemporary Persian-language poets enrich and enliven the tradition today.
Reza Mohammadi is one of the most exciting of a new generation of Afghan poets to have emerged since the demise of Taliban control. Azita Ghahreman is one of the foremost female Iranian poets of her generation. Their work is read in translation by Laird and Dooley, two of the most renowned English language poets today, with Julia Bird of the Poetry Translation Centre moderating.
Part of the Festival of Asian Literature 2012, Paul French and Mischa Glenny discuss Midnight in Peking - French's book investigating the murder of Pamela Werner, the teenage daughter of the city's former British consul Edward Werner in a 1930s Peking. His investigation unveils an undercover sex cult, heroin addicts and disappearing brothels, as well as the the truth behind the crime - a truth more disturbing than anyone could imagine.
In The Food of the Grand Trunk Road Hardeep Singh Kohli takes an entertaining look at the food, culture and traditions that have sprung up along the Grand Trunk Road (Asia's longest and oldest road, travelling from Bengal, across north India, into Pakistan and up to Afghanistan).
Hardeep Singh Kohli is a writer and radio and television presenter. His most recent venture has been his one-man show 'The Nearly Naked Chef', a mixture of stand-up comedy and cookery, which won critical acclaim at the Edinburgh Festival.
Kwasi Kwarteng looks at the British Empire from inception to demise, questioning the nature of its glory and cataloguing both the inadequacies of its ideals and the short-termism of its actions in Iraq, Kashmir, Burma and Hong Kong.
Celebrated author William Dalrymple reads from his award-winning book The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty, Delhi, 1857, accompanied by North Indian vocalist Vidya Shah. This evocative evening celebrates the bygone era of India's last Mughals, bringing to life a world of emperors, poets, courtesans, politics, bayonets, intrigue and love through word and music.
Two internationally acclaimed authors Marina Warner and Hanan al Shaykh discuss how the Arabian Nights' magic created a poetic, yet modern parable of knowledge and power, and how profoundly it is still inscribed in the way we think today. Moderated by Erica Wagner, the literary editor of The Times.
Arranged marriages, mangos and love affairs with feudal and colonial masters - none of these are the face of contemporary Pan-Asian Fiction.
Today the scene is often darker, with novels whose characters have just left prison, plot to overthrow corrupt governments, escape the horrors of genocide or search for their place in exile. The fictional face of Asia has transformed.
Set in an Indian village modelled on a real open prison of murderers, The Village is a story about manipulation and personal morality, about how truly frail our moral judgement can be. Dogs at the Perimeter journeys from present day Canada to a Cambodia ruled by the brutal Khmer Rouge, where people are seized in the night and the horrors of war are unspeakable. Our Lady Alice of Bhatti takes a lighter, wittier look at thwarted ambitions and love in unlikely places set in the febrile streets of downtown Karachi.
Mohammed Hanif, Madeline Thien, Kim Thuy and Nikita Lalwani are speaking with Claire Armitstead, Literary Editor of the Guardian.
Ahdaf Soueif and Paul Mason, BBC Newsnight Economics Editor, discuss the causes and consequences of the Arab Spring and the influence it could have on the trouble spots of Asia. With Iranian journalist/author Kamin Mohamadi and Mishal Husain, who reported on Arab Spring for BBC.