Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies

The Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology

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the entrance to the Centre. spring flowers in foreground. photo

10 Apr 2025 | News

Internship position at the Centre for fall 2025: now open for applications

Memorial shrine festooned with bas-reliefs of Khmer Rouge atrocities at Wat Somrong Knong. Cambodia. 18.04.2019

7 Apr 2025 | News

New publication: Astrid Norén-Nilsson has published a new article in The Diplomat Magazine

Article on the memory of 17 April 1975

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3 Apr 2025 | News

New publication: Martin Lavička has published a new article in the Hague Journal on the Rule of Law

Focusing on the concept of the rule of law, the article looks at how China employs established legal terms like the rule of law to make itself more understandable to the internatio...

The South Korean Truth Commission holds a press conference at its office in Seoul. Source: South Korean Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

31 Mar 2025 | News

Youngeun Koo Comments for the Washington Post on South Korea's Truth Commission Report on International Adoption

The South Korean Truth and Reconciliation Commission has released findings on human rights violations in international adoption practices, highlighting the state's failures in chil...

Hambantota International Port. Photo

27 Mar 2025 | News

New research: Tabita Rosendal has published a new article in the Journal of Contemporary Asia

Focusing on China's engagement in Sri Lanka's Hambantota International Port, the article investigates how and why narratives related to the Shekou Model are used to “sell” the deve...