Published 21 May 2016 Two visiting Indian researchers – Dr V. Sivasubramanian and Professor N Thajuddin, held an appreciated SASNET lecture at Lund University on Monday 23 May 2016, 13.15–14.00. The seminar, organized in collaboration with the Division of Environmental and Energy Systems Studies, Department of Technology and Society at Lund University, was entitled ”Microalgal  Biotechnology and P

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Published 26 May 2016 PhD candidate Andreas Johansson at the Centre for Theology and Religious Studies (CTR), Lund University, defended his doctoral dissertation entitled ”Pragmatic Muslim Politics. The Case of Sri Lanka Muslim Congress” on Friday 27 May 2016, at 10.00. Andreas is also connected to the Department of Cultural Sciences, Linnaeus University in Växjö/Kalmar, and has therefore had doub

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Published 27 September 2021 Photographer Magnus Hjalmarsson is digitising Swedish periodicals. With the objective of digitising Swedish printed material from the 1400s to modern times, a collaboration has been established between the National Library of Sweden and the five university libraries in Lund, Gothenburg, Stockholm, Uppsala, and Umeå. The undertaking lays the basis of a long-term digitisa

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Published 19 January 2024 Stora Brännbo Konferens och Hotel. Photo courtesy of Stora Brännbo Interested in spending a couple of days in Sigtuna to write together with peers in a beautiful environment and discuss your writing with senior scholars? The retreat takes place at Stora Brännbo Konferens och Hotel and starts in the late afternoon on the 13th of May and ends in the afternoon of the 15th of

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Published 22 February 2024 Photo by ConvertKit on Unsplash.com Want to stay up-to-date on Asian affairs and research in the Nordics and beyond? Tune in to the Nordic Asia Podcast! The Nordic Asia Podcast is a collaboration between the following academic partners: Asia Centre, University of Tartu (Estonia), Asian Studies, University of Helsinki (Finland), Centre for Asian Studies, Vytautas Magnus U

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Published 21 March 2024 New deadline 15 April. At this workshop, led by Altitude Meetings, and co-organised with the Graduate School in History, you will get practical advice in a workshop format on how to become a better speaker.The workshop takes place on 22 May at Stadshallen in LundSee here for more information

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Published 16 May 2024 Application deadline: 13 June, 2024 During the fall of 2024, we will give the PhD course Critical Perspectives on East and South-East Asian Studies. The course is given part-time during the fall semester with some in-person events in Lund. Please check the link for more information and application form if you are interested. PhD students focusing on East and South-East Asia,

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Published 28 May 2024 Sigtunastiftelsen. Image from Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. The 2024 annual retreat will be held 6-8 November in Sigtuna at Sigtunastiftelsen. The application deadline is 25 September. At this event we will discuss the need for knowledge on East and South-East Asia among Swedish and international institutions, and career possi

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Published 18 June 2024 We are pleased to announce that applications are now open for two workshops taking place in fall 2024. Podcast Production Workshop, 24-25 October 2024This one-and-a-half-day workshop in October covers all essential aspects of podcast production, from concept development and recording to post-launch engagement. It is a hands-on, interactive workshop that starts from the basic

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Published 18 October 2024 The open-access journal for early career scholars in Asian Studies Asia in Focus has opened for paper submissions. Submission deadline: November 30th. We are happy to announce a call for papers for the next issue of the Asia in Focus journal—published by the Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, Lund University—with a planned publication date in spring.   Asia in

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Published 12 November 2024 Deadline to apply: 29 November 2024. For Spring 2025 you can apply for:PhD CoursesAsia in the Global Economy4 Credits, 20 January to 20 February 2025    Research ethics and fieldwork in an authoritarian context3 credits, 27-28 February 2025 WorkshopsVisual methods and art-based research in the social sciences17-18 March in Lund    Presentation skills and public speaking8

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Published 9 January 2025 The Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies together with the Graduate School in Asian Studies have recently produced three episodes of the Nordic Asia Podcast. The episodes deal with academic freedom issues in Thailand, China and the Indo-Pacific, as well as a Tibetan filmmaker. The episodes were hosted and produced by several of the Centre's PhD students and our int

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Published 26 May 2025 PhD students who are enrolled in the Graduate School in Asian Studies and at a Swedish university, and who specialise in East or Southeast Asia, are invited to apply for a mobility opportunity at one of our partner institutions during the autumn term of 2025.Visitors to Lund are welcome during the period 10 November to 12 December.  The deadline to apply is 1 September. Pleas

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Published 4 June 2025 Joanne Kuai (Karlstad University) and Tabita Rosendal (Lund University) have successfully defended their PhD dissertations. On Friday, 30 May, Joanne Kuai successfully defended her dissertation “AI, News, and the State: Reinstitutionalising Journalism in Global China’s Algorithmic Age” at Karlstad University. This dissertation that dives into how AI is reshaping journalism in

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Published 15 March 2023 Photo by Jezael Melgoza on Unsplash We would like to invite you to the 17th annual conference of the Nordic Association for the Study of Contemporary Japanese Society (NAJS), which will be held at, the European Institute of Japanese Studies, Stockholm School of Economics, 15-16 June 2023. For our 2023 Stockholm conference we invite paper proposals on topics related to moder

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Published 27 March 2023 Application deadline: 15 May PhD students working on East and South-East Asia and enrolled in a Swedish university can now apply to become visiting PhD students in one of the partner institutes in the Graduate School in Asian Students during the fall of 2023. Application deadline: 15 May. See this page for more information as well as the application form.  PhD students work

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Published 19 April 2023 Photo by Fikri Rasyid on Unsplash As a part of the Graduate School in Asian Studies, the PhD workshop on Indonesia aims to bring together the PhD students and scholars working on Indonesia across various disciplines for a meeting at the Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies The workshop is designed to facilitate discussion and cooperation among the participants, allo

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Published 2 May 2023 Application deadline: 1 June This course explores ideologies as a ubiquitous phenomenon that shapes political, social, and cultural beliefs and practices. It examines how ideologies are formed, translated, and contested across historical periods and different societies in East and South-East Asia. Specific focus is given to nationalism and communism, including their emergence,

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Published 10 May 2023 Photo by Ana Bórquez on Unsplash Application deadline: 6 October Researchers are increasingly needed in functions outside of academia, such as in think-tanks, government organizations, and international institutions. This requires PhD candidates to acquire the skill of making research accessible through policy reports and presentations to policymakers and other actors. In thi

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Published 16 May 2023 European Association for Chinese Studies Summer School 2023: Situating Global China. 23rd–25th August 2023. Application deadline 16th June. The rapid globalisation of Chinese capital has great implications for political, societal, and economic systems around the world in the 21st century. Chinese investments, patterns of migration, and the integration of Chinese firms into fo

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