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February 2026

Courts at the Crossroads of Social Changes: Reflections from ALSA 2025

/ / China

When South Korea’s Supreme Court recently recognized same-sex couples’ eligibility for certain government welfare benefits, the decision sparked debate well beyond the country’s borders. Around the same time, Japan’s Supreme Court rejected marriage equality claims, while Hong Kong’s Legislative Council overwhelmingly voted down the Same-sex Partnership Registration Bill in its second reading in 2025, despite […]

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Climate Disasters in Pakistan and the Politics of Divine Punishment

/ / Disaster Recovery, Pakistan, Religion

In June 2025 disastrous flooding hit Pakistan once again. Lengthy monsoon rains not only displaced thousands of people and destroyed crops worth millions but also overwhelmed the already confused and fragile local administrations. For many Pakistanis, the scenes felt disturbingly familiar. The catastrophic floods of 2022 had submerged nearly a third of the country, affecting

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Feng Shui and the Everyday Politics of Chinese Rural Cemeteries

/ / Asian Studies Review

This post is based on a recent article published in the Asian Studies Review. The article can be read here and is currently available open access to all readers. Across much of rural China, the cemetery is not a quiet margin of village life. It is a charged frontier where the living negotiate with the dead, where land

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