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Apply to our Master's Programme in Asian Studies

Application deadline: 15 April 2021
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Covid-19 and the academic year 2020/2021

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Apr

13 April 2021 13:00 to 14:00 | Seminar

Parenting and young children’s education in urban East Asia
20

Apr

20 April 2021 16:00 to 17:30 | Lecture/talk

Seeing, Observing, Thinking: A talk by Chinese Photographer Chen Ronghui

29

Apr

29 April 2021 18:00 to 20:00 | Seminar

Asian Perspectives of Pandemic Past and Present
11

May

11 May 2021 13:00 to 14:30 | Lecture/talk

Visual Empire - Translations and Reproductions: A talk by visual artist Jacqueline Hoàng Nguyễn
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26 Mar 2021 | News

New article on the Chinese digital society

Marina Svensson has published an article in the Journal of Current Chinese Affairs entitled “‘Crazy Jack’ and the ‘Gay CEO’: Visions, Entrepreneurship, and the Chinese State in the New Digital Economy.”
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9 Mar 2021 | News

New article on censorship, academic freedom, and academic publishing in/on China

Since 2017 the international Chinese Studies community has been shocked to discover that many of the major commercial academic publishers have been actively working with the Chinese censors to limit access to ‘politically sensitive’ books and articles within the country in order to maintain access t...
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26 Feb 2021 | News

New publication on internet, reality, and temporal autonomy in China

In The Social Construction of Internet Addiction in China: Youth between Reality and Temporal Autonomy in the Documentary Web Junkie, Annika Pissin addresses issues surrounding the social construction of internet addiction, focusing on conceptualisations of reality, escape, hope, and time.
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17 Feb 2021 | News

New article on academic freedom in China and its global implications

Marina Svensson has written an article on academic freedom in Utrikesmagasinet published by the Swedish Institute of International Affairs.
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22 Jan 2021 | News

New publication: "Property, Citizenship and Invisible Dispossession in Myanmar's Urban Frontier"

Elizabeth Rhoads examines dispossession of religious minorities in a new article on Myanmar.
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