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 basics and requires no prior

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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 Focus is an open access jo

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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 May in Lund     MobilityAp

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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 intern. Two of them were pro

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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. Please note that acceptance

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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 China and beyond, com

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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 modern and contemporary Japan

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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 working on East and South-Ea

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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, allowing them to exchange in

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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, development, and con

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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 this workshop, PhD candid

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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 foreign markets and supp

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The Graduate School held its first annual retreat in Ystad 21-22 September. 13 PhD students from different disciplines and universities attended the retreat as well as 10 senior scholars. At the retreat issues and challenges regarding publications and academic careers were discussed, as well as the PhD students' research and other issues related to contemporary Asian studies.     

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Photo by Glenn Carstens-Peters on Unsplash Application deadline: 13 November During the spring of 2024, two new PhD courses are planned, Asia in the Global Economy and The Craft of Writing and Publishing Peer Reviewed Journal Articles. Please check the links for more information and application forms if you are interested. Application deadline: 13 November. If you are interested but the timing of

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EU in the Volatile Indo-Pacific Region (EUVIP) is coordinated by Palacký University and also includes Lund University, the University of Helsinki and the Catholic University of Louvain. On 17-21 June EUVIP will organise a summer school in Olomouc on the topic Navigating Geostrategic Dynamics in the Indo-Pacific: Focus on Southeast Asia and MyanmarFor more information see the EUVIP website  

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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 sciences. Application dead

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Photo by Christin Hume on Unsplash The course that starts on 26 March and is mainly online apart from a writing retreat on 13-15 May will accept a few more students. If you are interested read the description and submit your application by 20 February.Find out more and apply here 

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Forskare vid Lunds universitet har fått ett anslag på 23 miljoner från den amerikanska hälsomyndigheten NIH. Tillsammans med kollegor i USA och Finland ska de analysera 20 000 avföringsprover från barn. – Målet är att identifiera ett eller flera virus som kan utlösa en eventuell infektion som leder till att man får celiaki. I så fall kan man fundera på om celiaki går att vaccinera bort, säger Dani

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För två år sedan startade POInT-studien i Sverige som ska undersöka om oralt insulin kan förhindra ett insjuknade i typ 1-diabetes. Nu har forskarna fullt fokus på att samla in och förbereda deltagarnas prover för analys. De första resultaten väntas först om några år. – Det ska bli spännande, säger Carina Törn, docent och laboratoriesamordnare på Lunds universitet. Parallellt med arbetet som labor

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Viktig information till dig som ska besöka någon av våra mottagningar. Foto: Pixabay.com Med anledning av de skärpta restirktionerna vill vi informera om att våra studiemottagningar är fortsatt öppna. Vi har dock vidtagit en rad åtgärder:Medarbetare som kan arbetar hemifrånAlla som kommer in på mottagningen ska tvätta händerna vid ankomstenForskningssjuksköterskorna bär munskydd vid provtagningVi

https://www.gppad.lu.se/artikel/med-anledning-av-covid-19 - 2025-09-13