The Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies (ICAS) at Temple University, Japan Campus cordially invites you to the following evening lecture on Tuesday, November 19, 2019. All ICAS events are held in English, open to the public, and admission is free unless otherwise noted.

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- ICAS Event -
Book Talk: The Politics of Religion, Nationalism, and Identity in Asia
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Date: Tuesday, November 19, 2019
Time: 7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. (doors open at 7:00 p.m.)
Venue: Temple University, Japan Campus, 1F Parliament
1-14-29 Taishido, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo (see access map here.)
Speaker: Jeff Kingston, Professor of History and Director of Asian Studies at Temple University Japan Campus
Moderator: Robert Dujarric, ICAS Director
Admission: Free. Open to the public
Language: English
RSVP: icas@tuj.temple.edu
* RSVP is encouraged, but not required.

Overview:
Please join us for a conversation between the author and Robert Dujarric with a Q&A session on The Politics of Religion, Nationalism, and Identity in Asia (Rowman & Littlefield, 2019).

This comprehensive book provides a comparative analysis of religious nationalism in contemporary, globalized Asia. Exploring the nexus of religion, identity, and nationalism, Jeff Kingston assesses similarities and differences across the region, focusing on how religious sentiments influence how people embrace nationalism and with what consequences.

Who could have imagined Buddhist monks inciting violence and intolerance or setting themselves on fire? Or pious vigilantes beheading atheist bloggers? Or clerics defeating and jailing powerful politicians on blasphemy allegations? And, what explains why one million Uighur Muslims are locked up in China? Examining the causes and consequences of these varied phenomena and what they portend, Kingston casts a sobering light on the prospects of the Asian Century.

Speaker:
Jeff Kingston is Professor of History and Director of Asian Studies at Temple University Japan Campus. He is most recently the author of The Politics of Religion, Nationalism, and Identity in Asia (Rowman & Littlefield, 2019) and Japan (Polity Press 2019). He also edited Press Freedom in Contemporary Japan (Routledge 2017), Nationalisms in Asia Reconsidered (2016), Critical Issues in Contemporary Japan (2014) and Natural Disaster and Nuclear Crisis (2012), and authored Nationalism in Asia: A History Since 1945 (2017).