Director Pierre Földes will be Trinity Centre for Literary & Cultural Translation at 5:30pm today, 2 March, to discuss his adaptation of Murakami's 'Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman' into an animated feature film. All welcome and admission is free. Booking essential: eventbrite.com/e/542895473977

Our 7th festival takes place from 30 March to 2 April at the Irish Film Institute Irish Film Institute #eaffi ifi.ie/eaffi-2023/ 🎬 9 films 🎤 special guest Kōji Fukada in attendance 🗓 masterclass on Saturday 1 April 🎟 tickets available now via IFI, see link below

Excited to announce that Dr Nathaniel Sims (CRLAO-CNRS) will be giving a talk on Rma, a member of the Trans-Himalayan language family next Wed 22 March, 4-5pm: A roadmap to reconstructing proto-Rma (at Trinity College Dublin, Arts Building, Room 4073) tcd.ie/Asian/events/

Join us this Friday 31 March, 4-5pm! Hannes Fellner (University of Vienna) : 名不正，則言不順– Language contact in the borderlands of the Western Regions (at Trinity Long Room Hub, Galbraith Room) tcd.ie/Asian/events/

We have two exciting talks next week! Wed 12 April, 4-5pm: Lingzi Zhuang (University of Toronto Mississauga) - A preliminary “mix-ology” of messy Tibetan verb paradigms (at the Trinity Long Room Hub, Galbraith Room) tcd.ie/Asian/events/

And on Thursday 13 April, 6:30-7:30pm: Sojin Lim (University of Central Lancashire) - International Aid and Sustainable Development in North Korea (at Trinity College Dublin, Arts Building, Room 4047) tcd.ie/Asian/events/

TCAS is excited to host historian Tristan Brown (MIT), who will be giving two lectures at TCD this May. Join us on Thursday 11 May, 4-5pm: Laws of the Land: Fengshui and the State in Qing Dynasty China (6th floor Arts Building, TRiSS Seminar Room) tcd.ie/Asian/events/

Stay tuned for Tristan Brown’s (MIT) second lecture at TCD on Islam in China. Tuesday 16 May, 4-5pm: - The Unlikely Audiences of a Muslim King’s Shrine in China (at Trinity Long Room Hub, Neill Lecture Theatre) tcd.ie/Asian/events/

Great to see this recommendation here for our MPhil in Applied Linguistics!

Join editor Bruce Fulton for the launch of this collection of short stories by some of Korea's greatest writers, including Pak Wanso, O Chonghui and Cho Chongnae, and contemporary writers such as P'yon Hyeyong, Han Yujoo and Kim Aeran. All are welcome, booking is essential.

Dr Jonathan KS Chiu, Trinity medical alumnus from the class of 1966 and his wife Dr Margaret Sau-Sheung Ip have kindly established a scholarship fund to support students from China and Hong Kong to come to Trinity to enroll on the MPhil in Chinese Studies over the next 5 years.

Scholarships will be awarded on a competitive basis to students who are not in receipt of any other external financial support. More details on the application process will be posted on the TCAS website in the coming weeks. TCAS is grateful to Dr Chiu and Dr Ip for their support.

All are welcome here - to learn or to teach. Well done #teamtrinity on #worldrefugeeday.

Join us next Tuesday 26 Sept, 4-5:30pm: Muhammad Zakaria (Independent researcher) - The Historical Development of Causative/Applicative and Middle Constructions in Southeastern and Southwestern Kuki-Chin (at TRiSS Seminar Room, Arts Building, sixth floor) tcd.ie/Asian/events/

Time to find your Tribe! Soaking up the vibrant buzzy atmosphere here @trinitycollegedublin during Freshers' Week in Front Square, where all the student societies are on show!

Another fascinating talk next week! Join us Thursday 28 Sept, 5-6pm: William Marotti (UCLA) - The Performance of Police and the Theater of Protest, from Japan 1968 to BLM  (at TRiSS Seminar Room, Arts Building, sixth floor) tcd.ie/Asian/events/  Photo credit: Ishiguro Kenji

TrinityAsianStudies Trinity College Dublin Global - this may be of interest!

At the Irish Film Institute tomorrow, Thurs, 8:30 pm: free and very important documentary about Uyghur refugees from Xinjiang.