AR Davis Memorial Lecture: Prof Li Narangoa on Depiction of Mongol invasions of Japan

[Olivier Krischer]

Dear colleagues, 

I'm pleased to share information on the upcoming annual A.R. Davis Memorial lecture, on behalf of hosts, the Australian Society for Asian Humanities. 

regards,

Olivier 

Wed 5 Nov (5:00-6:30pm) @ University of Sydney

"Legends in Stone and Story: The Mongol Invasions in Japan’s Memoryscape"

- Professor Li Narangoa (ANU)

More info & Registration:

https://events.humanitix.com/legends-in-stone-and-story-the-mongol-invasions-in-japan-s-memoryscape

The 2025 Davis lecture is coming up on Wednesday November 5, at 5pm-6.30pm. You can attend the lecture live at the University of Sydney's New Law Lounge Room (details in the link below), or register for the online broadcast (ditto). Either way, please do register for the event!

This year's lecture will be delivered by Professor Li Narangoa, Professor of Asian History at the ANU, on a particularly exciting topic that will be of broad interest to anyone concerned with memory studies, and transnational encounters in myth and history: "Legends in Stone and Story: The Mongol Invasions in Japan’s Memoryscape"

Li Narangoa is Professor of Asian History at The Australian National University and founding director of the ANU Mongolia Research Institute. Her research spans modern Japanese and Mongolian history, memory, and cultural encounters across Asia.

This event is also available online. Register here: https://tinyurl.com/ARDavis2025

Organised by the Australian Society for Asian Humanities, supported by Japanese Studies at the University of Sydney. The A. R. Davis Memorial Lecture is held annually to commemorate A. R. Davis, Professor of Oriental Studies at the University of Sydney and an important scholar for Asian Studies in post-war Australia.

Image: Utagawa (Gountei) Sadahide, "Defeat of the Mongols in the Western Sea", 1863.