Giorgio Strafella

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Associate Professor and dog dad at the Department of Asian Studies, Palacký University Olomouc https://gstrafella.wordpress.com/

short version of the call for papers for the twentieth annual conference on asian studies, which will take place in Olomouc in November 2026. please check the linked webpage for full details

brutalist staircase of the main building of the university of st.gallen, switzerland

Sticker on a beijing number plate that reads, sorry, novice driver, with the portrait of sailor moon making a cute face

photo artwork by Gao Zhen and Gao Qiang (i.e. Gao Brothers) consisting of a photo of Mao's portrait on Tiananmen Square seen from below

photo of the art installation "cabbage/dream plant" by Hu Xiangdong, consisting of real cabbage and resin sculptures of the plant, arranged in alternation pattern on a patch of land. the resin is pink and, according to he artist, it is meant to resemble jade (but he couldn't afford making them in this material).

Cover of sarah dauncey's 2020 book, disability in contemporary china: citizenship identity and culture (cambridge up)

Zhenwu, the Perfected Warrior, vp 141, ngp

Photo of The Immortal Lü Dongbin with Sword, Vm 146

My bad photo of (Qiu Ying, attr.), Concert in the Palace Garden,
Vm 1532

A detail from Wen Zhengming, attr, Baoshan Island, NG Prague, Vm 5950

Poster for the 18th edition of the Annual Conference on Asian Studies, which will take place in Olomouc on 22 and 23 November, 2024. Includes QR code to the conference website, acas.upol.cz. The theme of this year's conference is "Asian Temporalities: Chronologies, Seasons, Tenses." ACAS is organised by the Department of Asian Studies of Palacky University Olomouc, in the Czech Republic.

Full text of the article from Le Temps, which is paywalled at the link in the post.