van Walt van Praag's guest appearances

van Walt van Praag

New Books in East Asian Studies

The San Francisco Experience

Tibet Talks

Bill Gates

Kamala Harris

Sharon Salzberg

Rick Hanson

Larry Diamond

Alfred Hitchcock

Phillipa Chong

Michael Berry

Ilhan Omar

Michael Douglas

Jeffrey Wasserstrom

Louisa Lim

Ian Johnson

Gene Luen Yang

Steve McQueen

OwlTail

Amsterdam, the capital of The Netherlands, with a population of 870,000 is a cosmopolitan city known for its artistic heritage, commerce, 165 canals, and the legacy of its' 17th and 18th Century Golden Age. City resident Marcel shares with us his impressions and insights of his hometown, Amsterdam.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/james-herlihy/message

Amsterdam, the capital of The Netherlands, with a population of 870,000 is a cosmopolitan city known for its artistic heritage, commerce, 165 canals, and the legacy of its' 17th and 18th Century Golden Age. City resident Marcel shares with us his impressions and insights of his hometown, Amsterdam.--- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://anchor.fm/james-herlihy/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://anchor.fm/james-herlihy/message</a>

My Hometown: Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Talking with Marcel van Walt van Praag

Ellen Bork

The new book “Tibet Brief 20/20” by Michael van Walt van Praag and Miek Boltjes is a call to action for governments to rethink their stance on Tibet.

ICT Board Member Ellen Bork with Michael van Walt van Praag

Chinggis Khan

With thorny topics in Asian international relations, sovereignty, territory and borders in the news more or less daily, understanding what is at stake in this vitally important region, and why there are so many disagreements here, has never been more important. But while it is widely known that ‘modern’ bounded sovereign statehood is a pretty new and a historically contingent phenomenon in much of the world, the afterlives of the political orders that came before this are usually less appreciated.Timothy Brook, Michael van Walt van Praag and Miek Boltjes’ part co-edited, part co-authored book Sacred Mandates: Asian International Relations since Chinggis Khan (University of Chicago Press, 2018) thus fills a vital gap. Multidisciplinary and vast in scope, this uniquely structured volume presents writing from the junctures of history, international relations, international law and many other adjacent subject areas, arguing forcefully and in rich detail for the relevance of longstanding Mongolian, Tibetan, Chinese, Manchu and other political practices to the contemporary world. Appreciating the enduring relevance of layered, relational and non-exclusive ties which dominated this part of Asia before the arrival of Euro-derived political ‘modernity’ may help us see what is afoot when the Chinese Communist Party intercedes in matters of Buddhist reincarnation. Still more optimistically, such an understanding may also help to resolve some of the globe’s most intractable and consequential conflicts.Ed Pulford is a postdoctoral researcher at the Slavic-Eurasian Research Center, Hokkaido University. His research focuses on friendships and histories between the Chinese, Korean and Russian worlds, and northeast Asian indigenous groups.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/east-asian-studies

With thorny topics in Asian international relations, sovereignty, territory and borders in the news more or less daily, understanding what is at stake in this vitally important region, and why there are so many disagreements here, has never been more important. But while it is widely known that ‘modern’ bounded sovereign statehood is a pretty new and a historically contingent phenomenon in much of the world, the afterlives of the political orders that came before this are usually less appreciated.<a href="http://www.history.ubc.ca/people/tim-brook" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Timothy Brook</a>, <a href="https://www.kreddha.org/about-kreddha/who-we-are#michael" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Michael van Walt van Praag</a> and <a href="https://www.kreddha.org/about-kreddha/who-we-are#miek" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Miek Boltjes</a>’ part co-edited, part co-authored book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/022656276X/?tag=newbooinhis-20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sacred Mandates: Asian International Relations since Chinggis Khan</a> (University of Chicago Press, 2018) thus fills a vital gap. Multidisciplinary and vast in scope, this uniquely structured volume presents writing from the junctures of history, international relations, international law and many other adjacent subject areas, arguing forcefully and in rich detail for the relevance of longstanding Mongolian, Tibetan, Chinese, Manchu and other political practices to the contemporary world. Appreciating the enduring relevance of layered, relational and non-exclusive ties which dominated this part of Asia before the arrival of Euro-derived political ‘modernity’ may help us see what is afoot when the Chinese Communist Party intercedes in matters of Buddhist reincarnation. Still more optimistically, such an understanding may also help to resolve some of the globe’s most intractable and consequential conflicts.<a href="https://global.oup.com/academic/product/mirrorlands-9781787381384?prevSortField=8&amp;sortField=8&amp;start=0&amp;resultsPerPage=60&amp;view=Standard&amp;prevNumResPerPage=60&amp;lang=en&amp;cc=us" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ed Pulford</a> is a postdoctoral researcher at the Slavic-Eurasian Research Center, Hokkaido University. His research focuses on friendships and histories between the Chinese, Korean and Russian worlds, and northeast Asian indigenous groups. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>Support our show by becoming a premium member! <a href="https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/east-asian-studies" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/east-asian-studies</a>

T. Brook, M. van Walt van Praag, M. Boltjes, "Sacred Mandates: Asian International Relations since Chinggis Khan" (U Chicago Press, 2018)