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Asia In Focus Issue 8 is out now!
Asia in Focus is a peer-reviewed OA journal published online twice a year by NIAS – Nordic Institute of Asian Studies. NIAS is a Nordic research and service institute focusing on Asia’s modern transformations. The focal point of the journal is the modern Asian societies viewed from the standpoints of social sciences and humanities. The geographical focus is the Asian countries from Central Asia to Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand.
Asia in Focus was initiated by NIAS to provide Master and PhD students with a widely accessible and transnational forum to publish their findings. The journal accepts submissions (academic articles, academic essays, book reviews) to students from all European institutions of higher education.
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CFP Asia and Africa in Transition Conference 2021
 In light of the current situation and global coronavirus concern, the conference has been postponed from October 2020 to 28-30 June 2021.
In 2021, the annual ADI conference and the annual NNC conference will join forces with a number of globally oriented networks and centres at the University of Copenhagen.
Linkages between Asia and Africa have a transformative impact across the globe in areas ranging from economic development, health care, climate to politics and entertainment. This conference places Asia-Africa engagement as a focal point but also explores the diverse transitions that are occurring within each continent.
Keynote Speakers:
- Ching Kwan Lee, Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles
- Jonathan Rigg, Professor and Chair in Human Geography at the University of Bristol
- Reiner Klingholz, Former Director of Berlin Institute for Population and Development
We invite abstracts for paper presentations addressing one of the panels listed here.
Your submission should include:
- Name, affiliation, short bio
- Abstract including title (up to 250 words)
- Intended panel
We also invite full panel proposals on Asia – Africa related themes. Your submission should include:
- Name, affiliation and contact details of convener/contact person
- Title and description of panel (up to 250 words)
- Name and affiliation of 3-4 presenters in the panel, title of their presentations and abstracts (each up to 250 words)
New deadline for submitting abstracts: 31 January 2021
Proposals should be submitted via email to asia-africa-2020@ku.dk
New conference dates: 28–30 June 2021
All information available here.
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NEWS FROM NIAS PRESS
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 Everyday Justice in Myanmar:
Informal Resolutions and State Evasion in a Time of Contested Transition
Edited by Helene Maria Kyed
- First book to explore how ordinary people in Myanmar access justice and resolve disputes
- Based on a unique collection of ethnographic studies
- Explores the wider dynamics of state making, identity politics and authority-making in a society in contested transition.
More information here.
In conversation with NIAS Director Duncan McCargo, Kyed shares her insights on the project behind the book, justice, and informal resolutions in Myanmar in an episode of the Nordic Asia Podcast available here.
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 Upcoming title:
The Rise and Fall of a Thai Political Party
By Duncan McCargo and Anyarat Chattharakul
- First book to examine the most interesting new force to emerge in Thailand’s politics for two decades
- Based on exclusive interviews with party leaders and a wide range of Thai-language sources
- Explores the wider dynamics of political leadership, party formation and voter behavior in a society where popular participation has been largely suppressed since the 2014 military coup
More information here.
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 Upcoming title:
Fishers, Monks and Cadres
Navigating State, Religion and the South China Sea in Central Vietnam
By Edyta Roszko
- A remarkable and detailed study, long in preparation and extremely timely in its arrival
- Portrays a once-peripheral area in central Vietnam now at the centre of a global struggle for sovereignty, influence and control in the South China Sea
- An ethnographically important study breaking out from the usual focus on urban or agrarian Vietnam.
More information here.
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ONLINE ACTIVITIES
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Virtual Book Launch: Brand New Nation by Ravinder Kaur
ADI arranges this virtual book launch of Ravinder Kaur’s Brand New Nation – Capitalist Dreams and Nationalist Designs in Twenty-First-Century India. At Stanford University Press it is applauded as "The first book that examines India's mega-publicity campaigns to theorize the global transformation of the nation-state into an attractive investment destination. "
Speakers
Satish Deshpande (Delhi)
Thomas Blom Hansen (Stanford)
Ravinder Kaur (Copenhagen)
Saloni Mathur (UCLA)
William Mazzarella (Chicago)
Sumathi Ramaswamy (Duke)
Srirupa Roy (Göttingen)
Date: 27 August 2020
Time: 16:00 – 17:00 (CEST/Copenhagen Time)
Organizer: ADI - Asian Dynamics Initiative
Register here.
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Virtual Book Launch: South Asian Sovereignty - The Conundrum of Worldly Power
South Asia’s history and especially India’s twentieth-century emergence as the world’s largest democracy have made the subcontinent a critical arena for thinking about how transformations and continuities in conceptions of sovereignty provide a vital frame for tracking shifts in political order. This edited volume deals with themes such as sovereignty, kingship, ideas of popular sovereignty, democracy, rule of law, courts, and political authority in the context of India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan.
Program:
- Introduction by editor David Gilmartin, North Carolina State University
- Comments by Duncan McCargo, NIAS, and Alp Eren Topal, University of Oslo
- Q&A session chaired by editor Pamela Price, University of Oslo
Date: Thursday 3 September,
Time: 16:00-17:15 (CEST/Copenhagen Time)
Organizers: NIAS and Asianettverket
Sign up for the event here to get a Zoom link prior to the event.
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Virtual Book Talk: Overcoming Isolationism - Japan's Leadership in East Asian Security Multilateralism
In the wake of the Cold War, Japan suddenly reversed years of steadfast opposition to security cooperation with its neighbors. Long isolated and opposed to multilateral agreements, Japan proposed East Asia's first multilateral security forum in the early 1990s, emerging as a regional leader. What led to this surprising and sudden change of position?Overcoming Isolationism explores this question and offers a corrective to the misperception that Japan's security strategy is reactive to US pressure and unresponsive to its neighbors.Register below to receive Zoom link by email prior to the event:
Date: Wednesday 23 September,
Time: 17:00-18:00 (CEST/Copenhagen Time)
Organizers: Asianettverket
Read more here
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DEADLINES
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CfA: Postdoctoral Research Fellow at University of Oslo
Applicants are invited for a 2 year position as Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Social Sciences and Global Health to be based at the Department of Community Medicine and Global Health, University of Oslo. The position is dedicated to a new research project entitled From Asia to Africa: Antibiotic Trajectories across the India Ocean The project follows the production, regulation and export of antibiotics from China and India, across the ocean, to its circulation and consumption in Tanzania.
The Postdoctoral fellow will be investigating the production and export of antibiotics and active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) in China and their subsequent export to India and Africa, analyzing policy, regulation and trade documents in Chinese language, and, if possible, conducting two shorter fieldworks in South China.
Deadline: 15 September 2020
Further information regarding the position is available here.
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CfP: Ethical Pluralism and Intercultural Information Ethics in Asian Contexts
The early 1990s and the Internet’s rise as an engine of globalization forced a central task upon emerging Intercultural Information Ethics (IIE): how to conceptualize and implement a global information and computing ethics conjoining (quasi-) universal ethical norms and principles with a robust defense of local, culturally variable identities and practices?
The Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia (JCEA) invites abstracts for their next special issue, Vol 20, no 1.
Deadline for abstracts: 1 September 2020
Find the full call here
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Have you seen our new ‘Nordic Asia Online’ section on the AsiaPortal?
It contains the latest Asia-related podcasts, webinars and blog posts from NIAS and its NNC members. Don't hesitate to contact us if you've heard about even more blogs and podcasts to include!
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