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Honorary Hydén award to alumnus Jacco Visser at Lund University Development Research Day 2015 The Hydén Award is granted annually to mark the best thesis on socio-economic and political issues in low- and middle-income countries, as presented by a Bachelor or Masters level student at Lund University.This year alumnus Jacco Visser who graduated in June this year from the program received an honorar

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/honorary-hyden-award-alumnus-jacco-visser - 2025-10-25

Article (in Swedish) by Marina Svensoon in Kinarapport Marina Svensson has published an article (in Swedish), Chinese Photography: Propaganda, social documentary, and art, that discusses the development of photography in China and some recent photo exhibitions.The article was published in Kinarapport number 3, 2015, and is available here.  

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/chinese-photography-propaganda-social-documentary-and-art - 2025-10-25

In the second issue of "Asia in Focus” (published ny NIAS) articles written by former students John Hennessey and Kees Krul can be found. John Hennessey (who graduated in 2011) has written an article titled "Creating a Colonial Consciousness? Reflections on Audience Reception at the Tokyo Colonization Exposition of 1912” and Kees Krul (who graduated in June this year) has written an article titled

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/articles-alumni-john-hennessey-and-kees-krul - 2025-10-25

A late congratulations to Asian studies alumnus Korakit Choomgrant who was awarded a doctoral degree on August 13, 2015. The title of his dissertation was ”Out of the Closet: An Understanding of ’Queer Heritage' in the Context of Southeast Asia”.Korakit graduated from the Masters Programme in Asian Studies in 2009. He is currently an assistant dean for students affairs and lecturer on the Tourism

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/alumnus-korakit-choomgrant-awarded-doctoral-degree - 2025-10-25

The proceedings from the Focus Asia titled "E-Governance in Asia: Strengthening transparency and accountability?" are now available. 12-13 November 2015 the Centre arranged Focus Asia: E-Governance in Asia: Strengthening transparency and accountability?From a critical perspective the symposium examined the state-of-the-art of e-governance in Asia. The aim was to synthesize knowledge about the chal

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/proceedings-focus-asia - 2025-10-25

60 Students will be selected as delegates to the 2016 United Nations Academic Impact Global Youth Forum, 25-31 July, 2016, where they will create action plans related to the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The students will present these action plans at United Nations Headquarters in New York City. The deadline for essay submission is 31 March 2016. More information is avai

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/many-languages-one-world-essay-contest-2016 - 2025-10-25

The Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, Lund University, is hereby announcing three tenure track positions; Associated Senior Lecturer in the Study of Modern China (application now closed) Associated Senior Lecturer in the Study of Modern Japan (application now closed) Associated Senior Lecturer in the Study of Modern South-East Asia (application now closed) Please follow these instructi

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/tenure-track-positions - 2025-10-25

Three new working papers in the Centre's Working Papers in Contemporary Asian Studies have now been published. Each year a number of theses written by students in our Masters Programme in Asian Studies are selected to be published in our working paper series. Among the students who graduated in 2015 the following theses were selected to be published and are now available as working papers:Japan’s

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/new-working-papers-0 - 2025-10-25

Co-authored by a variety of cross-disciplinary contributors, a diversity of research perspectives and methods is reflected in a unique mixture of conceptual chapters, historical analysis of different societal sectors, and case studies of several EU countries, China and the US. Sustainability and the Political Economy of Welfare is well suited for those who are interested in and study welfare, ecol

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/dr-annika-pissin-co-author-two-chapters-newly-published-book-sustainability-and-political-economy - 2025-10-25

Marina Svensson's article “Connectivity, Engagement and Witnessing on China’s Weibo,” has just been published in Jacques deLisle, Avery Goldstein, and Guobin Yang eds. The Internet, Social Media, and a Changing China , University of Pennsylvania Press (2016). Marina Svensson's article “Connectivity, Engagement and Witnessing on China’s Weibo,” has just been published in Jacques deLisle, Avery Gold

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/new-article-marina-svensson-connectivity-engagement-and-witnessing-chinas-weibo - 2025-10-25

From 23 August to 30 September the Digital China project is hosting Professor Hu Yong. Prof. Hu Yong is a professor of journalism and communication, Peking University, and a leading scholar on the Chinese Internet. During his stay Professor will among other things give a guest lecture. 

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/digital-china-project-hosting-professor-hu-yong - 2025-10-25

Professor Marina Svensson is from 1 October new director of the Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies. Prof. Svensson takes over the role from Professor Roger Greatrex who is now retiring.Prof. Marina Svensson came to the Centre in 2004 and is since 2014 Professor of Modern China Studies. Marina has received research grants from the Swedish Research Council, Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, and t

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/new-director - 2025-10-25

In the forthcoming issue of Pacific Affairs Dr. Astrid Norén-Nilsson will have an article titled "Good Gifts, Bad Gifts and Rights: Cambodian Popular Perceptions and the 2013 Elections” published.  The article explores changing popular conceptions of appropriate models of provision to assess to what extent there has been a growth of a rights-based conscience in Cambodia under the current neo-patri

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/article-dr-astrid-noren-nilsson - 2025-10-25

On 16 November, the Centre gathered 19 scholars at Lund University, including six scholars at the Centre, to discuss their research and possible future collaboration. The Centre has identified some 26 scholars at Lund University, including ph.d students and more senior scholars, but all were not able to attend. The plan is to arrange some further networking meetings in the coming months. The Centr

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/research-day-east-and-south-east-asian-studies - 2025-10-25

On 8 December the Lund Human Rights Research Hub will be launched at the Main Building of Lund University . This collaborative initiative brings together more than 50 researchers from different departments and research centres at Lund University to stimulate cooperation on research, education and dissemination of human rights issues. The Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies is one of the p

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/lund-human-rights-research-hub - 2025-10-25

In the latest issue of Lund University Magasin, Centre Director Marina Svensson talks about the importance of interdisciplinary research about East and South-East Asia. In a period of rapid changes and new developments after Donald Trump was elected president scholars with knowledge about China and Japan will play an increasingly important role.You can read the full article in the Lund University

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/importance-interdisciplinary-research-about-asia - 2025-10-25

In our course Contemporary South Asian Societies we have the pleasure of having one of our former students, Emilija Zabiliute, as a lecturer. Emilija was a student on our masters programme between 2008-2010 and received her PhD from the University of Copenhagen in 2016.  Could you please tell us a bit about yourself?I have started studying South Asia, namely India, since my BA studies in classical

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/meet-alumna-emilija-zabiliute - 2025-10-25

Dr. Nicholas Loubere is one of the co-editors of the book Understanding Global Development Research: Fieldwork Issues, Experiences and Reflections recently published by SAGE. The volume opens up new perspectives on conducting fieldwork in the Global South. Following an interdisciplinary and intergenerational approach, it brings into dialogue reflections on fieldwork experiences by leading scholars

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/book-dr-nicholas-loubere - 2025-10-25

The Centre has recruited three Associate Senior Lecturers working in respectively the fields of contemporary Japan, South-East Asia and China. Paul O’Shea completed his Ph.D. at the University of Sheffield in 2012, and most recently served as a lecturer at Aarhus University between 2013-2016. He focuses on the international relations of East Asia, in particular Japan and its relations with China a

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/three-new-associate-senior-lecturers - 2025-10-25

In the recent issue of the Lund University Research Magazine (Fokus Forskning) with the theme "Is the world becoming a better place?" there is an article about our researcher Astrid Norén-Nilsson and her research on politics in Cambodia. You can read the article here (in English) or here (in Swedish)And you can find our more about Astrid's resarch here on her personal web site 

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/developments-make-research-cambodian-politics-even-more-urgent - 2025-10-25