Perspective Asia Lecture Series
Welcome 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.
Join us this spring for a thought-provoking seminar series on critical Asian Studies issues.
Engage with expert insights, learn, and shape the conversation on Asia's complex challenges and their global impact.
Location: The open lectures usually take place in the Asia Library (Sölvegatan 18B, 223 62 Lund) or on Zoom
Schedule Spring Semester 2026
4 February, 15:15-17:00, Asia Library
Mourning, Resistance, and Festivity: “Disaster Generation” and Protest Affect in South Korea
Speaker: Dr. Minyoung Kim, NEST (Nordic–Lund Emerging Scholars Teaching Program in Korean Studies) Scholar at the Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, Lund University. She is currently a lecturer at Yonsei University
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10 February, 10:15-12:00, LUX Building, Room LUXB336
The Politics of History in Today’s China: Legacies of the Late Empire
Speaker: Professor Mark Elliott, Harvard University
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11 February, 13:15-15:00, Asia Library
Engineering Compliance: China’s Authoritarian Approach to AI Governance
Speaker: Dr. Daniel Sprick, Research Associate at the Chair of Chinese Legal Culture at the University of Cologne
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18 February, 15:15-17:00, Asia Library
Empire’s Squatters? Towards a Critique of Land, Law and the Coloniality of Dispossession in Malaysia
Speaker: Kia Meng Boon, Postdoc at the University of Copenhagen
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4 March, 15:15-17:00, Asia Library
Salvage fish: Commodification of fisheries last resort
Speaker: Associate Professor Alin Kadfak, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)
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13 April, 10:00-12:00, Zoom
Understanding China: Identities, Worldviews, and Strategic Ambitions in the Indo-Pacific
Speaker: Professor Kai He, Griffith University, Australia
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29 April, 15:15-17:00, Asia Library
China, Law and Development in Cambodia
Speaker: Sokphea Young
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