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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 fall for a thought-provoking seminar series on critical Asian studies issues. Explore the political economy of the Rohingya genocide, the subaltern construction of American hegemony in East Asia, Indonesia's haunting anti-communist purge, the dynamics of Chinese-managed workplaces in Ethiopia, and the transformation of Korea's DMZ from a war zone to a symbol of peace. 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 Fall Semester 2024 


8 October 15:15-17:00, Asia Library

The Political Economy of the Protracted Rohingya Genocide

Elliott Prasse-Freeman - Assistant Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at the National University of Singapore

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22 October 15:15-17:00, Asia Library
 
Re-framing hegemony: Mindanao, Okinawa, and American preponderance in East Asia 

Carmina Untalan - Postdoctoral Researcher at the Instituto de História Contemporânea (IHC), Universidade NOVA de Lisboa

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29 October 15:15-17:00, Asia Library

Ghosts, Dreams, and Hauntings: Reconciling Indonesia’s 1965-66 Anti-Communist Violence. 

Grace Leksana - Assistant professor in Indonesian History at Utrecht University

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5 November 15:15-17:00, Asia Library

Strategic miscommunication at Chinese-managed workplaces in Ethiopia

Miriam Driessen - Lecturer in social anthropology at the University of Oxford

More information here
 

26 November 18:00-20:00, Zoom 

The event is organised in cooperation with the Graduate School in Asian Studies

Making Peace with Nature: Ecological Encounters along the Korean DMZ

Eleana Kim - Professor of Anthropology and Asian American Studies at the University of California, Irvine.

More information here
 

 

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