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Monarchy and Sovereignty in Twentieth-Century Asia A Symposium

This workshop explores the changing roles of monarchies in twentieth-century Asia in the evolving international system. The subject is comparative and transnational, looking particularly at the convergences and differences between monarchies in West Asia and East, South and Southeast Asia. Participants explore monarchies both as legal systems of external and internal sovereignty and as embodiments of symbolic power. The main areas of enquiry are the legal codification of monarchical power in new constitutions; nationalism and monarchism; the perception and management of rulers and internal legitimacies. The emphasis is on the interaction of nationalism and religion within monarchical polities in the twentieth century particularly under colonial rule and the Cold War.

Details - https://sites.duke.edu/asianmonarchies/

Contact: Rohini Thakkar