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CFP: Copenhagen South Asia Workshop 2012
2012-05-14
Call for Papers for the 4th annual Copenhagen South Asia Workshop. This year's workshop is entitled "Worlds of South Asia" and will take place on 17th September 2012. Deadline for submitting abstract and CV: 5 June 2012.
India designs its own image as global power
2012-05-01
New research by Ravinder Kaur from the Dept. of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies shows the processes through which a brand new identity for the Indian nation is manufactured.
NIAS - CNREC collaboration
2012-02-20
NIAS - Nordic Institute of Asian Studies signs collaboration agreement with the new China National Renewable Energy Center.
Southern Medicine for Southern People: Vietnamese Medicine in the Making
2012-02-08
Ayo Wahlberg, Dept. of Anthropology, has co-edited the newly published book "Southern Medicine for Southern People: Vietnamese Medicine in the Making" with Laurence Monnais and C. Michele Thompson.
Manpreet Janeja - New ADI Assistant Professor
2012-02-08
Manpreet Janeja joined the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies on 1 February 2012 as an ADI assistant professor in South Asian Studies.
Dazzling images do not a shining nation make
2012-02-08
Ravinder Kaur, Associate Professor, Dept. of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies has an Op-Ed in The Hindu, 5 February 2012.
Summer school: The Rise of China in Domestic, Regional and Global Contexts
2012-01-12
The Department of Political Science is organizing a summer school on "The Rise of China" from 1-10 August 2012. Application deadline: 1 May 2012
Two new research projects on China
2011-12-09
Camilla T. N. Sørensen, Political Science, receives funding for the post doc project "What kind of world power will China be? Answers from the Chinese debate" and Susanne Bregnbæk, Anthropology, for the post doc project "An Exploration of the Religious Lives of Young Chinese Christians in Beijing".
New ADI Assistant Professor
2011-11-02
Luisa Steur has been appointed ADI Assistant Professor at the Department of Anthropology and will take up the position on 1 January 2012.
New book by Frida Hastrup
2011-09-06
"Weathering the world - Recovery in the Wake of the Tsunami in a Tamil Fishing Village" by Frida Hastrup, Dept. of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen.
DERG report makes headlines in Vietnam
2011-08-22
The recently completed research report “Characteristics of the Vietnamese Rural Economy: Evidence from a 2010 Rural Household Survey in 12 Provinces of Vietnam” has now been launched.
Not Quite Shamans
2011-08-16
"Not Quite Shamans - Spirit Worlds and Political Lives in Northern Mongolia".
New book by Morten Axel Pedersen, Associate Professor, Anthropolgy, University of Copenhagen,
New ADI Professor
2011-02-21
ADI and the Dept. of Anthropology are pleased to welcome Professor Oscar Salemink on board. Follow the link to read an introduction to his research.
World History Workshop
2011-02-10
The SAXO Institute launches a new initiative: "World History Workshop" - an academic forum for the exchange of ideas among students and scholars of the humanities and social sciences with an interest in world history.
ADI postdoc receives elite scientist award
2010-12-21
Postdoc, PhD Ayo Wahlberg from the Department of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen has received the elite scientist award "Sapere Aude: DFF-Ung Eliteforsker 2010".
ADI receives funding
2010-06-18
ADI has been awarded funding for the conference 'Asian Diversity in
a Global Context' in November 2010 from The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, The Danish Council for Independent Research | Humanities (FKK) and The EAC Foundation (ØK's Almennyttige Fond).
Asian Dynamics Initiative joins EastAsiaNet
2010-02-23
EastAsiaNet is a network of leading European research based universities, primarily with a social-science focus on East Asia, but reaching out to other relevant disciplines as well.
New research programme on India
2010-01-13
Ravinder Kaur, Dept. for Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, has been awarded DKK 3.9 million for a collective research project entitled "Nation in Motion: Globalization, Development and Governance in 'New' India".
ADI Lunch Lectures
2010-01-08
This semester introduces the ADI lunch lecture series. Once a month there will be an open lecture on an Asia related topic. The first lecture is on 17 February.
New publication
2009-12-03
Postdoc Ayo Wahlberg and postdoc Susanne Bauer have edited a new book entitled Contested Categories.
Climate Negotiation in China
2009-12-01
Jørgen Delman, Professor in Chinese Studies, has written a blog on Climate Negotiation in China on the Asiaportal. On 8 December he will speak on the topic at the ADI/ NIAS Climate Seminar .
Centre of Global South Asian Studies
2009-11-04
The Centre of Global South Asian Studies, Dept. for Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, is a new trans-disciplinary research centre that facilitates research and teaching on India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka at the University of Copenhagen.
New academic staff under ADI
2009-09-24
The process of hiring academic staff under ADI is not yet finalized, but most of the positions have now been filled.
Power to Danish-Chinese nano-cooperation
2009-06-11
The Danish National Research Foundation has awarded 15 million kroner to a new Danish-Chinese research centre for molecular nano-electronics.
ADI - New Structure
2009-06-04
ADI continues to be led by a steering committee, but from now on the primary responsibility for academic development will lay with an academic panel of researchers working on Asia.
New director at NIAS
2009-06-02
Geir Helgesen has been appointed new director at NIAS - Nordic Institute of Asian Studies.
New professor in China studies
2009-03-18
On 1 February 2009, Jørgen Delman took up a new position as professor in China Studies at the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies (ToRS) at the University of Copenhagen.
Funding 2009
2008-12-02
The ADI Steering Group has reviewed the applications for financial support for Asia related activities in 2009. Of the 17 received applications, 6 were awarded worth DKK 175,000 in total.
New Asia focus at the University of Copenhagen
2008-07-21
The University of Copenhagen has decided to launch Asian Dynamics Initiative, a new interdisciplinary Asia focus based in the Faculties of Humanities and Social Sciences.