Philip Wenzel Khyl

NIAS is delighted to share the news of welcoming a new Assistant Director. 

Philip Wenzel Kyhl has been appointed as Assistant Director of the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies from February 1. He holds an MA in China Studies from the University of Aarhus and has spent 9 years working in China for various companies, including the Danish-Chinese Chamber of Commerce and establishing a subsidiary company in China for Albatros Travel. After relocating back to Denmark he has worked in different roles helping companies and tourism organisations enter the Chinese market. 
 
We asked Philip for a comment on his first week at NIAS:
“I am very excited to have joined NIAS – an institute that I first heard of many years back during my time at university. It’s a pleasure to join a team of dedicated scholars and colleagues here at the office and I look forward to explore solutions to the challenges that we are facing. 
I have been very warmly welcomed by everyone here at the NIAS office as well as the NNC partners that I have meet on Zoom.
So thank you all for bidding me welcome, I look forward to working with you!”

Warm welcome to Philip and we look forward to working with you!

CPP Futures 

NIAS is delighted to invite to the second online lecture of the "Cambodia Seminar Series" organized in collaboration with the New York Southeast Asia Network (NYSEAN). In this seminar, Astrid Norén-Nilsson, Senior lecturer at the Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies at Lund University and Neil Loughlin, Lecturer in Comparative Politics at City, University of London will discuss their articles from a recent special issue of Contemporary Southeast Asia with Director of NIAS, Duncan McCargo. 

Find more information on the event and register here.

Time and date: 14.00  - 15.30pm (CET), Friday 25 February 2022
Organizer: Nordic Institute of Asian Studies,  New York Southeast Asia Network 

Citizen Designs: City-Making and Democracy in Northeastern Thailand

What does it mean to design democratic cities and democratic citizens in a time of mass urbanization and volatile political transformation? The organizers of the TS4 Seminar Series, NIAS, Sydney Southeast Asia Centre (SSEAC) and the New York Southeast Asia Network (NYSEAN) are delighted to announce Dr. Eli Elinoff, Victoria University of Wellington presenting an ethnographic account of the citizenship struggles and political engagements of residents living alongside the main state railway running through the city of Khon Kaen, in Northeast Thailand.
 

Find more information on the event and register here. 
Please note, due to different time zones this event will be held across two dates.
For Central European time, this webinar takes place at 2am (CET). 
It is possible, to follow the recording later on SSEAC's youtube channel.

Time and date: 02.00  - 03.30am (CET), Friday 11 February 2022
Organizer: Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, Sydney Southeast Asia Centre, New York Southeast Asia Network 

Generation Asia Conference 2022 

NIAS and the Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Institute for Foreign Languages at the University of Iceland are inviting proposals for the “Generation Asia – 2022 Nordic NIAS Council Conference". The main conference will take place on 22-24 August 2022, and the Ph.D. workshop will follow on 25-26 August. 

About the conference:

How is generational change transforming society, culture and politics across Asia? Does a creative, iconoclastic Generation Z pose a major challenge to traditional hierarchies and values? What is the impact of demographic change in countries with a rapidly aging population? Is there something we can learn from Asian traditions of intergenerational exchange? These and many other intriguing questions arise from the theme of the 2022 NNC conference.

As always, we welcome papers and panels on all aspects of Asian studies, not limited to the conference theme, from across the humanities and social science. 
 

Confirmed keynote speakers:

• Carol Gluck, George Sansom Professor of History, Columbia University
• Chelsea Szendi Schieder, Professor, Faculty of Economics, Aoyama Gakuin University
   

Proposal types:

• Main conference: panel or individual abstracts
• Ph.D. workshop: individual abstracts 
   

About proposals:

• Conference proposals should include a title, 150 word abstract and information about the participant(s). Please follow the instructions on the conference page, that you can visit here.
• In order to participate in a PhD workshop, you should present a paper based on one chapter of your thesis. You need to submit a title, an abstract (should not exceed 300 words) outlining your PhD topic, as well as a CV, a cover letter explaining which year you are in the PhD programme, and a recommendation letter from your supervisor. If accepted you will need to submit a full paper of 6,000 to 10,000 words, one month before the conference.

Please contact gen.asia@outlook.com for any other questions.

Deadline: Thursday, 10 March 2022
Organizer: Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Institute for Foreign Languages at the University of Iceland

The Anthropology of Food and Food Sovereignty in Southeast Asia

Postdoctoral Researcher at NIAS and the Department of Political Science Terese Gagnon is giving an online open lecture at Lund University on "The Anthropology of Food and Food Sovereignty in Southeast Asia". 

Terese will present an overview of the Anthropology of Food and Food Sovereignty and hand out specific examples from her own research in the Mae La refugee camp in Thailand. 

Find more information on the event and register here.

Time and date: 16.00  - 18.00pm (CET), Thursday 17 February 2022
Organizer:  Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies at Lund University

Reflections on Academic Writing Process

Postdoctoral Researcher at NIAS and the Department of Political Science Van Tran recently conducted a workshop series with the Inya Institute, a higher learning institute based in Yangon, Myanmar. 

She has reflected on the academic writing workshop in their 2022 winter newsletter here. Visit the newsletter, and read upon Van's words on p. 13. 

For more information about her work, see Van's website or follow her on Twitter!  

2022 Book Prize Nominations

We're delighted to announce our nominations for this years EuroSEAS conference taking place in Paris from 28 June - 01 July 2022. 

We're very much looking forward to the conference and are working to ensure that our Southeast Asia books and those of our partners are exhibited at the conference. 

Find an overview of our nominations below and visit our webshop, if this has sparked your interest!  

𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐒𝐄𝐀𝐒 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐞: 

NIAS Press also nominated Chris Chaplin's book 'Salafism and the State' for the 2022 Clifford Geertz Prize in the Anthropology of Religion handed out by the Society for Anthropology of Religion, a section of the American Anthropological Association.

Mother Language: Global, Regional, and Linguistic Perspectives

The Centre for Global South Asian Studies and the Asian Dynamics Initiative (ADI) at the University of Copenhagen invite to the first seminar of the spring 2022 semester on the International Mother Language Day. Under the aegis of UNESCO since 2000, International Mother Language Day has celebrated languages and linguistic diversity across the world. In 2022, the theme is “Using technology for multilingual learning: Challenges and opportunities” which addresses how technology can be harnessed to promote learning for all. H.E. Mr M. Allama Siddiki, Ambassador of Bangladesh to Denmark will open the discussion with his remarks. The seminar will take place on South Campus,10-3-28 (3rd floor meeting room). 

Find more information on the event and register here. 

Time and date: 14.00  - 15.30am (CET), Monday 21 February 2022
Organizer:  Centre of Global South Asian Studies, Asian Dynamics Initiative at the University of Copenhagen

Social Justice and the Middleman Minority State: "Wokeness" and the Problem of the "Third Generation

The Stockholm Center for Global Asia together with the Department of Social Anthropology invites to this seminar with Jacob Hjortsberg, PhD student at the University of Bergen presenting ideas for future research building upon his doctoral thesis "Middleman Minority Nation: Globalization and Social Democracy in Singapore". The event will take place on Zoom. 

Find more information on the event here.

Time and date: 15.00  - 16.30pm (CET), Monday 14 February 2022
Organizer:  Stockholm Center for Global Asia, Department of Social Anthropology at Stockholm University

Green Transition: Nordic and Korean Strategies for Sustainable Finance

The Institute for Security and Development Policy (ISDP) invites to this webinar on Nordic and Korean Strategies for Sustainable Finance.The Nordics and South Korea, as global leaders in the green energy transition with large-scale commitments to the greening of developing nations, are at the very center of this conversation. They can not only learn from each other’s experiences but also leverage their advantages to initiate Europe-Asia cooperation on green energy transition. The ISDP is therefore delighted to bring together five experts from both the public and private spheres to this webinar to facilitate knowledge sharing and discussions about sustainable finance and the green transition.

Find more information on the event and register here.

Time and date: 09.00  - 10.40am (CET), Monday 14 February 2022
Organizer:  Institute for Security and Development Policy

Autocratization in South Asia 

The Stockholm Center for Global Asia invites to this seminar with Sten Widmalm, Professor in Political Science at the Department of Government, Uppsala University presenting his new book Autocratization in South Asia (Routledge, 2021). The book is the first broad overview to describe and explain ongoing trends of autocratization in South Asia, demonstrating that drivers of political change also work across boundaries. The seminar will take place on Stockholm University Campus. 

Find more information on the event here and register by 15 February 2022 to asianstudies@su.se. 

Time and date: 15.00  - 16.30pm (CET), Wednesday 16 February 2022
Organizer:  Stockholm Center for Global Asia, Stockholm University 

The World in the Casino: Contract, Model and Exhibition in three Asian cities 

The Stockholm Center for Global Asia in collaboration with the Stockholm Center for Organizational Research (SCORE) invites to this webinar with Kah-Wee Lee, Associate Professor, National University of Singapore (NUS) looking at the "state-concessionaire" relationship across three sites - the contract, the model and the exhibition as the center of the casino industry has relocated from Las Vegas to three cities in Asia-Pacific, namely Singapore, Macau and Manila (Philippines). 

Find more information on the event here.

Time and date: 10.00  - 11.30am (CET), Thursday 17 February 2022
Organizer:  Stockholm Center for Global Asia and Stockholm Center for Organizational Research, Stockholm University

Bangladesh at 50 

The Centre for Development and the Environment at the University of Oslo invites to this festive event on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Bangladesh's independence taking place at Litteraturhuset in Oslo. A panel of experts will discuss Bangladesh’s internal political and economic dynamics, its interactions with foreign economies, as well as development cooperation with Norway. The seminar is followed by a cultural performance by the Lund International Tagore Choir.

Find more information on the event and register here.

Time and date: 18.00  - 20.00pm (CET), Monday 21 February 2022
Organizer: Centre for Development and the Environment at the University of Oslo 

Norway-China Relations

The Department of Foreign Languages at the University of Bergen invites to this digital guest lecture with Marc Lanteigne, The Arctic University of Norway (Tromsø) on  "Geopolitical Competitions in Europe’s Far North". The guest lecture will be digital, and is open for everyone who are interested.

Find more information on the event and register here. 

Time and date: 16.30  - 18.00pm (CET), Monday 21 February 2022
Organizer: Department of Foreign Languages, University of Bergen

China-GDR Relations from 1949 to1989

The Centre for Asian Studies at the Stockholm School of Economics invites to this seminar with Dr. Axel Berkofsky, Associate Professor at the University of Pavia and Senior Associate Research Fellow at the Milan-based Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale (ISPI). In this seminar, Axel Berkofsky will present his book China-GDR Relations from 1949 to 1989. The book provides an in-depth analysis of the relations between China and the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1949 to 1989.

Find more information on the event here.

Time and date: 10.00  - 11.00am (CET), Wednesday 23 February 2022
Register here.
Organizer: Center for Asian Studies at the Stockholm School of Economics

The Chinese Communist Party as a Global Force

The Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies at Lund University invites to this open lecture with Frank N. Pieke, Professor of Modern China Studies at the Leiden Asia Centre, Leiden University. Frank N. Pieke will present his paper investigating China’s presence abroad from the perspective of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), asking how the Party attempts to prime itself for the challenges posed by China’s globalization and the rising superpower competition with the U.S. 

Find more information on the event and register here.

Time and date: 16.15  - 18.00pm (CET), Wednesday 09 March 2022
Organizer: Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies at Lund University

New In Focus Blog entry by former SUPRA student 

We're delighted to hear the news about our current SUPRA student Preethi Amaresh writing an entry for our In Focus Blog on the Asia Portal. Preethi engages with the question: "How is Fourth Industrial Revolution changing Indian economy?". 

Preethi is currently a Doctoral Scholar of International Relations from the Geneva School of Diplomacy. Read the whole blog entry here.