Category: Humanities – History/Historiography
Hybrid Aesthetics in Khai Dinh’s Court Architecture (1916–1925): Cultural Modernization and East–West Encounter in Early 20th-Century Vietnam
This study explores the hybrid aesthetics embodied in the court architecture under Emperor Khai Dinh (1916–1925) as a distinctive expression …
The Wooden Clogs in Shishuo Xinyu: Everyday Use, Gracious Bearing, and Official Seclusion
In A New Account of the Tales of the World (Shishuo Xinyu), the footwear described as wooden clogs appears eight …
Revisiting Perceptions of Colonial Burma
Orwell’s 1934 novel “Burmese Days” is based on his time as a constable in the Imperial Indian Police. The book …
The History of Debt Enforcement in Thai Society
This study traces the evolution of debt enforcement in Thai legal history and argues that cultural norms, moral expectations, and …
The Changing Residential Districts of Lagos: How the past has created the present and what can be done about it
The position of Lagos as Nigeria’s economic centre was entrenched in its colonial past. This legacy continues to influence its …
The Great Global Acceleration of 1890-1914: Eça de Queirós, Imperialist Power and the Far East
This research analyzes the Far-Eastern scripture of the Portuguese writer Eça de Queirós (1845-1900), one of the controversial and acclaimed …
(Re)imagining and (Re)negotiating the Taiwanese Sense of Self: “The Taipei Experience” in the Post Taiwan New Cinema
Since the Emergence of the Post Taiwan New Cinema, advocates of the Taiwanese New Cinema’s recuperation of “The Taiwanese Experience” …