Lecturer (equiv. Assistant Professor) in Music @SOAS, author of TANGO IN JAPAN, UHP (2025). Tango violinist.
Joined July 2015
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My book, Tango in Japan: Cosmopolitanism beyond the West, is published today from the University of Hawai'i Press! @UHPRESSNEWS Check out more from:
uhpress.hawaii.edu/title/tan…
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Dr Yuiko Asaba considers the question “Why do Japanese people love tango so much?” in an article based on Dr Asaba’s seminar paper presented at the Oxford Latin American History Seminar last term. Read the full article here: lac.web.ox.ac.uk/article/lac…
lac.ox.ac.uk/article/lac-for…
Grateful for the very kind invitation by the @LACOxford to contribute an article about my book "Tango in Japan: Cosmopolitanism Beyond the West" (@UHPRESSNEWS 2025), on their LAC Forum. If interested, please do check out the article from the link!
Next week on Thursday 22 May, I'll be giving a talk, based on my new book, at the History Seminar jointly organised by the Latin American Centre Oxford and the
@NissanOxford. Anyone interested do join in! Information from below.
lac.ox.ac.uk/event/main-semi…
Beautiful tango dancers, Ryo & Hazuki, featured on the cover of my book, *Tango in Japan: Cosmopolitanism Beyond the West*, and the photographer Tokiko san, who took this brilliant cover photo! Thank you so much for purchasing the book from Japan!! #tango #TangoInJapan
Thank you very much for hosting a book launch event yesterday for my new book, Tango in Japan: Cosmopolitanism Beyond the West ! @DaiwaFoundation
Yesterday evening, we had the pleasure of having a book launch event, ‘Tango in Japan: Cosmopolitanism Beyond the West’. Huge thanks to Dr Asaba (@AsabaYuiko) for introducing us to the world of Tango in Japan and for the wonderful violin performance! 🎻
Grateful for this event 🙏 Do join me if you can! ☺️
[Book Launch] Tango in Japan: Cosmopolitanism Beyond the West
Wednesday 5 March, 6 pm
In this event, Dr Yuiko Asaba (@AsabaYuiko) will introduce her book, 'Tango in Japan: Cosmopolitanism Beyond the West'.
To learn more and book your place:
dajf.org.uk/event/tango-in-j…
What a beautiful moment, bumping into Sir @Bryn_Terfel on my way back from work today!!
Thrilled and honoured that my EU MSCA-funded research project, which became the basis of my forthcoming book, was selected for publication as an article on the EU website! @HorizonEU @CORDIS_EU
cordis.europa.eu/article/id/…
Today! At the #SEM2024 on the panel with the wonderful Sydney Hutchinson, Ketty Wong , and Kirsty Bennett, I'm looking forward to presenting my paper "Tango in Japan: Rethinking the “East Asia” – “Latin America” Nexus"
some pics from the Performance Fayre organised by the Music Department @SOAS last Friday!
Absolutely loved our Global Records panel at the @royalmusical Conference today, with the wonderful @sodasinfonie , @elaine_m_kelly , and Peter McMurray!
Job alert: Graduate Teaching Assistants / Teaching Fellows at SOAS!
Openings for Music PhD students to support the modules, "Theory & Method in Ethnomusicology" and "Music Business" (UG) at SOAS. Closing date 5 September! vacancies.soas.ac.uk/job/601…
ICTMD MEA Symposium @MINPAKUofficial in Osaka☺️ Our “Global Turns in Music Study In/As/For Asia” Roundtable completed!
What a fabulous conference at the @NTHU_TAIWAN organised by Professors Shen Diau-Long and Alexander Cannon! Grateful for this opportunity and invitation to participate in such stimulating dialogues. Lovely to meet new colleagues and to re-connect with such lovely people!
in Taiwan for the Global Turns of Music Study In/As/For Asia Conference! Conference details from here: globalturnsofmusicstudyin-as…
