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Launch of New Website
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NIAS new website can be found online now
The old website had to be retired, and in order to retain our longstanding address nias.ku.dk, we were obliged to move the site over to the main University of Copenhagen server. We are very grateful to our fabulous student assistants Anna Brueckner Johansen and Susanne Boelt Kristiansen, who did most of the considerable work required to relocate and revise our pages.
We hope you like our new look and we welcome any comments or suggestions.
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EVENTS
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Of Harems and Eunuchs: Theravada Buddhist Courts of Mainland Southeast Asia in Comparative Perspective
TS4 Webinar
We are delighted to announce the launch of our first webinar in the TS4 series, in which Professor Katherine A. Bowie (University of Wisconsin-Madison) takes us into the world of harems in the Theravada Buddhist courts of mainland Southeast Asia. In the seminar, Bowie considers ways in which the harems of the Theravada Buddhist courts differed from those of the Chinese, Mughal and Ottoman empires, highlighting differences in the power of court women, the regulation of sexuality, the rules of succession, the selection of queens, and the role of eunuchs.
Unlike Europe, Asian courts were characterized by the presence of harems whose members ranged from empresses to eunuchs. Once the focus of prurient interests, recent scholarship on harems has increasingly highlighted their complex roles in ensuring the continuation of dynasties over time and forming political linkages, both within and across empires. These studies have typically focused on specific courts. However a comparative perspective reveals that the structure of harems varied widely and that its members were embedded in very different networks of power.
Find more information about the TS4 webinar and upcoming events here.
Time and date: 4pm (CET), Thursday September 16th 2021
Please register here.
Organizers: The Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS), the Sydney Southeast Asia Centre (SSEAC) and the New York Southeast Asia Network (NYSEAN)
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"Sick Man of East Asia" in the collective memory of Modern China
Online Talk
The National Central Library Taiwan invites for this online talk taking place in the framework of the “Taiwan Lecture on Chinese Studies". The webex lecture aims to explore the historical significance of the term “Sick Man of East Asia” in the construction of modern Chinese national identity and is presented by Jui-sung Yang, Professor at the Department of History, National Chengchi University Taiwan.
Find more information about the event here.
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The Ethics of Affect: Lines and Life in a Tokyo Neighborhood
Stockholm Seminar
In the 94th Stockholm Seminar on Japan, Patrick W. Galbraith will present his new book: The Ethics of Affect: Lines and Life in a Tokyo Neighborhood. This book examines how manga/anime-style characters trigger affect in interactions and relations with their creators and users, who draw and negotiate lines between fiction and reality.
Find out more information about the event here.
Time and date: 2pm - 3pm (CET), Wednesday September 22nd, 2021
Please register here.
Organizer: Stockholm School of Economics (and partners)
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Chinese Perspectives on Taiwan and Colonial Expansion in the Ming and Qing Dynasties
Virtual Book Launch
In this talk, hosted by the University of Helsinki, Leigh Jenco surveys the background intellectual contexts that made encounters with otherness–in Taiwan and elsewhere–thinkable for Chinese travelers and literati in the late Ming and early Qing. Leigh Jenco is a Professor of Political Theory and teaches at the London School of Economics.
Find out more information about the event here.
Time and date: 11.15pm - 12.45pm (CET), Friday September 24th, 2021
Please register here.
Organizer: University of Helsinki
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Asian Ecocinema in the Anthropocene
Online Talk
The Centre for East and Southeast Asian Studies at Lund University invites to this webinar with Kiu-wai Chu, Assistant Professor in Environmental Humanities/ Chinese Studies, School of Humanities, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. The presentation aims to offer a quick introduction to ecocinema studies in global Asian contexts.
Find out more information about the event here,
Time and date: 10am-12pm (CET), Friday September 24th 2021
Please register for the event here.
Organizer: Lund University
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Do Not Split Asia
Film Screening
The Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) invites to join them for a film screening of the Ander's Hammers Oscar nominated film "Do Not Split" on the protests in Hong Kong. The film will be followed by a conversation between Anders Hammer and PRIO researchers.
Find more information about the event here.
Time and date: 6pm - 8pm (CET), Monday September 27th, 2021
Location: Vega Scene, Hausmanns gate 28, Oslo
Organizer: Peace Research Institute Oslo
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NEWS FROM NIAS PRESS
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Book Launch
Chris Chaplin, author of ’Salafism and the State’, that NIAS Press  published
a few months ago, is having a book launch on the 23rd of September. It is an online event hosted by The Alwaleed Centre at the University of Edinburgh. Chaired by Dr Siti Sarah Muwahidah and joined by Professor Noorhaidi Hasan, this event discusses Chris Chaplin’s work.
To register for the book launch, click here.
Time and Date: 2pm - 3.30pm (CET), Thursday September 23rd, 2021
Organizer: Alwaleed Centre, University of Edinburgh
The Nordic Asia Podcast is also publishing a new episode with Chris Chaplin on on the 17th of September. You can listen to the podcast on the New Books Network, Spotify or on your usual podcast app.
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CALLS
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CfA: Grant Programme of the Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz and Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin invites international researchers to apply for a research grant in 2022 within the framework of the Grant Programme of the Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz. The scholarships are available for research in Berlin with the extensive collections of Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, such as the holdings of the East Asia Department and CrossAsia, as well as those of other SPK institutions.
Read more about the call here.
Deadline: Thurdsay September 30th, 2021
Organizer: Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz
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CfA: University Lecturer in Chinese Language
The Faculty of Humanities at the University of Turku invites applications for the position of University Lecturer in Chinese Language in the School of Languages and Translation Studies. The position will be filled on a fixed-term basis for the period of 1 March 2022 - 31 July 2024.
Read more about the call here.
Deadline: Thursday, October, 28th 2021
Organizer: University of Turku
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NORDIC ASIA PODCAST
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New episodes in the #NordicAsiaPodcast
 Looking for a listening experience full of researchers' insights on Asia? Try the Nordic Asia Podcast, co-hosted by NIAS, CEAS, ASIANETTVERKET and Forum for Asian Studies. Since the last NIAS Update, we've released the following episodes:
Give it a listen on your favorite podcast streaming platform or find it here.
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