By filippa [dot] jonsson [at] thm [dot] lu [dot] se (Filippa Jonsson) - published 9 December 2024 Oscar Eriksson Furunes, light blue. Photo: Loc Vo. Malmö Art Academy alumni Oscar Eriksson Furunes is currently showing the exhibition Setting the Tone of the Exhibition – The Anatomy of Exhibition Openings at Malmö Art Museum.The exhibition had its opening on December 6, and the exhibition is on disp

https://www.khm.lu.se/en/article/alumni-oscar-eriksson-furunes-currently-exhibiting-malmo-konstmuseum - 2025-05-05

Published 29 January 2025 Group exhibition at Gammel strand 30.01.25 – 04.05.25

https://www.khm.lu.se/en/article/alumni-stella-sieber-just-kids - 2025-05-05

Published 4 April 2023 Application is now open for a tenure track position as assistant professor (called associate senior lecturer in the Swedish system) in Contemporary Korean Society. The Centre for East and South-East Asia is excited to expand its staff with an expert on contemporary Korea. The new colleague will be part of a vibrant community of scholars focusing on China, Japan, Cambodia, My

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/tenure-track-position-contemporary-korean-society - 2025-05-05

Published 17 April 2023 Astrid Norén-Nilsson has published an article on Cambodia in Southeast Asian Affairs 2023. The article examines political developments in Cambodia over 2022. Southeast Asian Affairs, published by ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute, is an annual review of significant trends and developments in the region.  Link to Southeast Asian Affairs 2023

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/new-publication-cambodian-politics-0 - 2025-05-05

Published 26 April 2023 Paul O’Shea has published a new article on the policy and politics of the Tokyo Olympics in the journal Contemporary Japan, co-authored with Sebastian Maslow The article examines the policy and politics of the Games, considering the attribution of 'success' and 'failure' to the Olympics across a range of issues, actors, and narratives. Reviewing their economic, public healt

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/20202021-tokyo-olympics-does-japan-get-gold-medal-or-wooden-spoon - 2025-05-05

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,

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/application-now-open-doctoral-course-ideologies-east-and-south-east-asia-legacies-and-contemporary - 2025-05-05

Published 4 May 2023 Astrid Norén-Nilsson has published an article on Cambodia's 2023 election in The Diplomat The article examines the significance of Cambodia's upcoming general election which will take place in July. The Diplomat website

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/article-cambodian-election - 2025-05-05

Published 15 May 2023 23rd–25th August 2023. European Association for Chinese Studies Summer School 2023: Situating Global China. 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 foreign markets and supply chains

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/european-association-chinese-studies-summer-school-2023-call-applications - 2025-05-05

Published 23 May 2023 Astrid Norén-Nilsson has co-edited a volume on civil society elites in Cambodia and Indonesia with Amalinda Savirani and Anders Uhlin. Kimhean Hok has co-authored a chapter in the volume. This innovative volume is the first systematic study of civil society elites in Southeast Asia (and indeed anywhere in the world). Spanning two previously separate areas of research – civil

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/new-book-civil-society-elites - 2025-05-05

Published 6 July 2023 Photo by Marina Svesson Marina Svensson has published an article on “Chinese Youth and the Communist Party of China: Cultivating a Loyal Generation through Ideological and Political Education” in a special issue of the journal China: An International Journal. The issue is open access. The article addresses ideological and political education at the university level. It provid

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/new-article-growing-emphasis-ideological-and-political-education-chinese-universities-and-communist - 2025-05-05

Published 16 August 2023 The Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies warmly welcomes you to the Perspective Asia Lecture Series, a platform for scholars and experts from various fields to share their critical insights on the issues, emerging trends, and historical interconnections in the dynamic East and Southeast Asian region. From land issues to queer research methods, the series will cover

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/new-lecture-series - 2025-05-05

Published 24 August 2023 In a new episode of the Nordic Asia Podcast, editors of "Civil Society Elites. Field Studies from Cambodia and Indonesia", Astrid Norén-Nilsson, Amalinda Savirani and Anders Uhlin, discuss their newly published volume. In this podcast, editors of the recently published NIAS Press edited volume "Civil Society Elites. Field Studies from Cambodia and Indonesia", Astrid Norén-

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/podcast-civil-society-elites - 2025-05-05

Published 8 September 2023 Image generated by open.ai Marina Svensson has published a new article on “Chinese Youth: Domestic Issues and Transnational Developments”. The article is published in a special issue of Baltic Worlds that deals with youth and authoritarian values in Russia, Belarus, China and different Central Asian countries. You will find the special issue here and Marina's article her

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/chinese-youth-domestic-issue-and-transnational-developments - 2025-05-05

Published 19 September 2023 Listen to our PhD candidate Gina Song Lopez discuss the nuances of veganism and plant-based food advocacy in Taiwan and China. In a recent episode of Our Hen House, an animal advocacy podcast, Gina had a chance to talk to co-host Mariann Sullivan (Adjunct Professor, Cornell Law School) about her doctoral research project. She discussed the distinct history and socio-cul

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/podcast-feature-veganism-sino-cultural-sphere - 2025-05-05

Published 10 October 2023 Paul O'Shea was recently interviewed about his contributions to the Conversation, and asked to give advice for researchers considering using the platform. The Conversation is a politically independent news site where researchers from member universities write popular science news articles, analyses, and opinion pieces within their areas of expertise, with the support of a

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/conversation-interview-lunds-most-read-author - 2025-05-05

Published 30 October 2023 On October 17-18, China’s Belt and Road Initiative celebrated its 10-year anniversary at the third Belt and Road Forum in Beijing. How successful has the initiative been so far? Tabita Rosendal, PhD student at the Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, was invited to evaluate the Belt and Road Initiative’s first ten years on “Orientering Udsyn”, a program on Danish

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/interview-tabita-rosendal-discusses-first-10-years-chinas-belt-and-road-initiative-danish-state - 2025-05-05

Published 24 November 2023 Screenshot from euvip-project.com website The Centre is joining the Horizon Europe Programme, Twinning Call, EU in the Volatile Indo-Pacific Region (EUVIP). The programme is coordinated by Palacký University, and also includes the University of Helsinki and the Catholic University of Louvain. The project analyzes the evolving relationships among major powers and their im

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/centre-joining-eu-funded-project - 2025-05-05

Published 18 December 2023 Xi Jinping. Image made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain China’s Belt and Road Initiative recently celebrated its 10th anniversary. How has the initiative fared in the Global South? Tabita Rosendal, PhD student at the Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, was interviewed by leading Danish newspaper Politiken during her recent fi

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/interview-tabita-rosendal-evaluates-chinas-efforts-sri-lanka-under-belt-and-road-initiative-danish - 2025-05-05

Published 10 January 2024 Macario Lacbawan and Youngeun Koo The Centre is welcoming two new staff in 2024. Dr Macario Lacbawan who got his PhD in anthropology at Uppsala University will start a three-year postdoctoral position funded by the Swedish Research Council on 1 February. His research project addresses how the development of smart cities impacts the Aeta indigenous community in the Philipp

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/welcoming-new-staff-centre - 2025-05-05

Published 15 January 2024 The Centre announces 1-2 fully funded PhD positions. East and South-East Asian Studies is an interdisciplinary subject that focuses on contemporary phenomena and processes in the region as a whole as well as in individual countries. The subject integrates theoretical and methodological perspectives from area studies with different disciplines in the humanities and social

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/1-2-fully-funded-phd-positions-east-and-south-east-asian-studies - 2025-05-05