2018

17. jan. - 18. jan. 2018

International Conference "China in International Economic Dispute Resolution"

Conference with in-depth analyses of China’s contemporary policies and involvement in trade, investment, commercial and energy disputes.

30. jan. 2018, kl. 12.30-13.30

Asia brown bag talk: Lai Sze Tso

Lai Sze Tso on "Using innovative technologies to improve personal and community health" with China as a case-study.

31. jan. 2018, kl. 14.00-15.30

Comparative perspectives on the transformation of religious space in China

Public event with professor Fan Lizhu and Chen Na of Fudan University, who will each be giving a lecture on the transformation of religious space in China.

6. febr. 2018, 11

India's Role in Asia-Pacific and the World

Centre of Global South Asian Studies and Dept of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies are pleased to invite you to a talk by Mr. Ajit Gupte, Ambassador of India to Denmark.

8. febr. 2018, kl. 12.30-13.30

Death in the Philippines: corruption, drugs and contraception

Asia brown bag talk by Steffen Jensen, DIGNITY and Dept. of Culture and Global Studies, Aalborg University and Astrid Krabbe Trolle, Dept. of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, UCPH

16. febr. 2018, kl. 13.00-17.00

Fake News/Bullshit in Time and Space

Seminar addressing themes of ‘fake news’ and ‘bullshit’ from a range of different disciplinary angles, as well as cultural and regional-historical perspectives

23. febr. 2018, kl. 11.00

How India Became Democratic

Public talk by Dr Ornit Shani, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Asian Studies, University of Haifa. Emerging Worlds Series organized by Centre of Global South Asian Studies (time changed to 11:00)

23. febr. 2018, kl. 13.30-17.30

Japan Alumni and Researcher Assembly 2018

The assembly aims to promote networking within the Japan-related research communities in Denmark, and to provide a forum for Danish and Japanese researchers, business people and students to meet, discuss new ideas, and to promote Japan-related research and student scholarships.

23. febr. 2018, kl. 15.15

From Logogram to Phonogram: A Sumero-Japanese Comparison

Public guest lecture by Dr. Fumi Karahashi from Ancient Oriental Studies, Chuo University, Tokyo.

27. febr. 2018, kl. 16.00-17.30

Energy- and Geopolitics in China and USA

Public lecture by Professor Jørgen Ørstrøm Møller organized by ThinkChina, the Danish Foreign Policy Society and the Centre for Military Studies.

28. febr. 2018, kl. 13.30-15.00

The New Geopolitics of Gas

Guest lecture by Dr Agnia Grigas. In her critically acclaimed book The New Geopolitics of Natural Gas, Dr Grigas argues that we are in the midst of an energy revolution. How does this new reality influence the strategic relations amongst the US, the EU, Russia and China?

2. marts 2018, kl. 10.15-12.00

Surveilled, re-educated and assimilated on the New Silk Road. China’s continued Muslim Challenge in Xinjiang

Public talk by Ildikó Bellér-Hann and Rune Steenberg. The talk will provide an insight into the current state of affairs in Xinjiang against a historical backdrop and address the extreme difficulties faced by local people in everyday life.

6. marts 2018, kl. 15.00-17.00

Asymmetric Parity and the Allison Trap

Guest lecture with professor Brantly Womack, University of Virginia on the asymmetric rivalry of the U.S. and China, and his concept of the "Allison Trap".

7. marts 2018, kl. 15.00-17.00

ChinaTalk: The Silk Road Trap - How China Damages Europe's Position in the Global Order

ThinkChina and Centre for Military Studies at University of Copenhagen invite you to a ChinaTalk by Jonathan Holslag, on the Belt and Road Initiative and its consequenses for Europe's position in the global order.

8. marts 2018, kl. 15.00-17.00

ChinaTalk: China and the Re-Centering of Asia

ThinkChina and the Department of Political Science are pleased to invite you to a ChinaTalk with Professor Brantly Womack, University of Virginia.

14. marts 2018, kl. 10.00-12.00

Beastly Identification: separating out innocent from murderous big cats in South Asia

Public talk by Nayanika Mathur, Associate Professor in the Anthropology of South Asia, University of Oxford. Emerging Worlds Series organized by Centre of Global South Asian Studies.

16. marts 2018, kl. 15.00-17.00

Film screening of 'My Father's House' and Q&A with filmmaker Zhao Dayong

ThinkChina presents the Chinese filmmaker, Zhao Dayong, who will be screening the movie "My Fathers House", which offers a rare glimpse into an immigrant African community in China. 

19. marts 2018, kl. 18.00

Japan’s Gay Empire: Wartime Militarism and Sex Tourism on the Korean Peninsula

Talk by Dr. Todd A. Henry (UCSD), Associate Professor, Modern Korean/East Asian History, Director, Program in Transnational Korean Studies

21. marts 2018, kl. 10.30

The Nomos of World Literature

Public lecture by Prof. Aamir Mufti, University of California, Los Angeles.
Note: location change to meeting room 4th floor.

3. april 2018, kl. 19.00

Alverdens Nomader - Dansk Nomadeforskning gennem 120 år

Det Kongelige Danske Geografiske Selskab inviterer til åbent foredrag med seniorforsker Ida Nicolaisen.

5. april - 14. april 2018

Food, Health and Philosophy in East and West

PhD course organised in China. For PhD students and R&D professionals interested in food, health and the under-lying cultural, philosophical and scientific reasons for specific health views.

16. april 2018, kl. 10.30-12.30

Public lecture: Public Hermeneutics

Exploring public hermeneutics - a joint event between ThinkChina.dk and the Department of Media, Cognition and Communication, UCPH

16. april - 17. april 2018

Gender and gender equality in 'welfare solutions' and 'entrepreneurship and business'

Workshop in Shanghai at the Nordic Centre Fudan, Fudan University. Deadline for abstract submission: 19 February

19. april 2018, kl. 15.30-17.30

CANCELLED! North Korea: Between Threats, War and Media Spectacle

CANCELLED

20. april 2018, kl. 10.15-18.00

Beyond the Postcolonial?

At this seminar we set out to explore a set of themes that can provide a unifying framework or backbone for a new global history of the pre-industrial and pre-colonial world.

20. april 2018, kl. 14.00-17.00

Global Transformations of Time in the Nineteenth Century

Public guest lecture by Sebastian Conrad (Freie Universität Berlin), author of What is Global History?

23. april 2018, kl. 9.30

Cultural Capital and the Rise of Pop Culture in South Korea

Reading by Dr. Shin Dong Kim (Professor of Media and Communication, Hallym University).

25. april 2018, kl. 12.30-13.30

Asia Brown Bag Talk: Nis Grünberg

Join us for a brown bag talk by Nis Grünberg, CBS,  on "The political economy of SOEs: National Champions or socialist institutions?"

26. april - 27. april 2018

Dissertation workshop: Ethnography of connections

Dissertation workshop that critically addresses a number of questions related to the study of connections in a world forever on the move.

1. maj 2018, kl. 11.00

Masculinity and Hindu Nationalism in India - Two Perspectives

Double lecture session in the Emerging Worlds Series on Masculinity and Hindu Nationalism in India with Sikata Banerjee and Atreyee Sen.

7. maj 2018, kl. 14.00-16.00

Gay Identity and Tongzhi Activism in Postsocialist China

Launch of Hongwei Bao’s new book on queer China, the first book to look at gay identity and queer activism in the People’s Republic of China from a cultural studies perspective.

7. maj - 8. maj 2018

Multilingualism

Seminar with researchers from the Multilingual Learning Center,  Fudan University in Shanghai and the Centre for Internationalisation and Parallel Language, University of Copenhagen

8. maj 2018, kl. 16.30-17.30

Book Release: Women, Gender, and Research. Chinese and Nordic Perspectives

Reception to celebrate the release of the book "Women, Gender, and Research. Chinese and Nordic Perspectives".

15. maj 2018, kl. 14.15-16.00

ChinaTalks: The Return of Bipolarity in World Politics: China, the United States and Geostructural Realism

ThinkChina and the Centre for Military Studies at University of Copenhagen invite you to a talk by Øystein Tunsjø, Professor of International Relations, Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies.

16. maj 2018, kl. 13.30-15.30

Inauguration of the Taiwan Resource Center for Chinese Studies (TRCCS)

The official opening of the Taiwan Resource Center for Chinese Studies (TRCCS) will take place at the TORS Centre of Knowledge, Department of Cross-cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen, Denmark on Wednesday on 16 May.

18. maj 2018, kl. 16.00

Riding on the back of the tiger?

Lecture by Dr. Sabine Burghart (Lecturer, Centre for East Asian Studies, University of Turku, Finland).

22. maj 2018, kl. 11.00-13.00

Witnessing Death: Photographing the Philippine Drug War

Public lecture by Vicente L. Rafael, Professor of History, University of Washington.

22. maj 2018, kl. 14.30-17.30

Roundtable discussion with Vicente Rafael

Roundtable discussion with Vicente Rafael, Professor of History at the University of Washington.

23. maj 2018, kl. 12.30-13.30

Sacred Cetaceans: Comparing Whale Worship in Vietnam and Japan

Asia brown bag talk by Aike Rots, Associate Professor in Contemporary Japan Studies at the Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages, University of Oslo.

24. maj 2018, kl. 9.30-10.45

Happiness and the good life in Japan

Prof. Dr. Wolfram Manzenreiter, University of Vienna, will give the keynote address at the 14th NAJS Conference held at University of Copenhagen.

24. maj - 25. maj 2018

NAJS Conference 2018

The Fourteenth Annual Conference organized by the Nordic Association for the Study of Contemporary Japanese Society (NAJS) will take place at the University of Copenhagen on 24-25 May.

24. maj - 25. maj 2018

Value, Values and Religion in the Contemporary World (workshop)

Workshop on the resurgence of interest in theories of value and religion.

7. juni 2018, kl. 9.00-18.00

Immigrant Integration in Law and Policy - The Role of Public Entities and Private Enterprise

International conference which will discuss approaches to immigrant integration in different national settings.

14. juni 2018, kl. 14.30-16.30

ChinaTalks: Shan-shui City – Exploring Sustainable Urban Development in China

ThinkChina and the Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, are pleased to invite you to a ChinaTalks lecture by Professor Hu Jie on Sustainable Urban Development in China.

18. juni 2018, kl. 11.00-12.00

Hermann Kreutzman - Pamirian Crossroads and impacts of the New Silk Road Initiative

Professor Dr Hermann Kreutzmann, Chair of Human Geography, Department of Geography, Freie Universität Berlin, will give his keynote address entitled: "Pamirian Crossroads and impacts of the New Silk Road Initiative" as part of the 10th annual ADI Conference held at University of Copenhagen.

18. juni - 20. juni 2018

ADI Conference 2018

Join us for the 10th annual, international ADI conference. Keynote speeches by Professor Dr Hermann Kreutzmann, Freie Universität Berlin, and Professor Ran Wei, University of South Carolina as well as panels on a wide range of themes.

19. juni 2018, kl. 16.00-17.00

Ran Wei: A Clash of Cultures? The Cultural Influence of Smartphones and Mobile Devices in Confucian Asia

Ran Wei, Gonzales Brothers Professor of Journalism, School of Journalism and Mass Communications, University of South Carolina, will give his keynote address entitled: "A Clash of Cultures? The Cultural Influence of Smartphones and Mobile Devices in Confucian Asia", as part of the 10th annual ADI Conference held at University of Copenhagen.

20. aug. - 22. aug. 2018

Changing Global Hierarchies of Value? Museums, artifacts, frames, and flows

International Conference arranged by the University of Copenhagen and The National Museum of Denmark, 20 - 22 August 2018.

27. aug. 2018, kl. 15.30-17.00

ChinaTalk and Panel Debate: AIIB – Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

The Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ThinkChina and the University of Copenhagen invite you to this AIIB event featuring AIIB's Danish treasurer, Mr. Søren Elbech, as the main speaker. 

27. aug. 2018, kl. 17.00-18.30

Hierarchies of Misery in Rodrigo Duterte’s Philippines

Public guest lecture by Nicole Curato, Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance, University of Canberra.

29. aug. 2018, kl. 15.00-16.00

CNARC Roundtable

Egill Þór Níelsson, Nordic coordinator of CNARC, the China-Nordic Arctic Research Centre in Shanghai, will present news and views on the China - Nordic Arctic cooperation at this roundtable at NIAS.

3. sept. 2018, kl. 12.30-13.30

China's International Development Cooperation

Dr Yuan Zheng will deliver this lunch talk presentation to provide an overview of the global trends in development cooperation, as well as UNDP’s approaches to facilitate effectiveness of China’s “going-out”.

3. sept. - 5. sept. 2018

Global Citizenship Education Network

Global Citizenship Education Network: a 3 day workshop at University of Copenhagen.

7. sept. 2018, kl. 16.00

India Files: Four Futures - India-Denmark Relations in the 21st Century

The first of a series of public events about the future prospects of the India-Denmark bilateral relations. The expert panel sets focus on four futures in the intertwined arenas of commerce, culture, people and politics that lie ahead.

13. sept. 2018, kl. 15.00-16.30

Inter-Korean and Kim-Trump Summits and the Future of the Korean Divide

NIAS invites you to join a public guest lecture by  Professor Key-Young Son, Korea University

14. sept. 2018, kl. 14.00-17.00

Tomas Skov Lauridsen defends his PhD thesis at the Department of Political Science

Tomas Skov Lauridsen defends his PhD thesis "Bad Banking with Chinese Characteristics: Financialized Political Capitalism in China"

17. sept. - 18. sept. 2018

Coastal Communities and Disaster: Perspectives from Asia

Disaster Workshop on the JSPS project “Local Knowledge and Disaster Risk Reduction Research in Regional Agriculture and Fisheries Reconstruction in Tsunami Affected Areas” with international disasters specialists and scholars.

18. sept. 2018, kl. 17.00

The forgotten secret of Japanese books

Denmark-Japan Society, Dansk Bibliofilklub and JapanSessions, ADI invite you to a public guest lecture by Professor Peter Kornicki from the University of Cambridge.

21. sept. 2018, kl. 10.00

Monsters in Korean Film

Lecture by Dr. Ji-Yoon An from Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen

26. sept. 2018, kl. 15.15-17.00

Nagayo Sensai: The Japanese Pioneer of Primary Health Care and His Eureka Moments

Public talk by Eimi Watanabe on "Nagayo Sensai: The Japanese Pioneer of Primary Health Care and His Eureka Moments" at the Faculty Library of Social Sciences.

2. okt. 2018, kl. 11.00

South Asia Lectures: Religious Nationalism, Populism, and Democracy in India

Public talk by Dr. Uday Chandra, Georgetown University, Doha, Qatar, on Religious Nationalism, Populism, and Democracy in India.

3. okt. 2018, kl. 15.00-17.00

North Korea: Between Threats, War and Media Spectacle

At this event ToRS’ researchers present how North Korea is perceived in China, India, Japan, Russia and South Korea. The event is open to everyone, but registration is required.

5. okt. 2018, kl. 9.00-17.00

Middle-class on the Move: Chinese family, gender and culture

At this seminar a distinguished group of scholars will reflect on the making of the Chinese middle-class in conceptual terms as well as the meanings and significances of the middle-class in contemporary China. 

8. okt. 2018, kl. 9.30-11.30

Science diplomacy and imperiled collaborative research during 5-years of diplomatic freeze between Norway and China

Prof. Tone Bleie addresses the challenges of science diplomacy and research cooperation between Norwegian and Tibetan institutions and scholars during the diplomatic freeze between Norway and China.

8. okt. 2018, kl. 13.30-15.30

Emerging Worlds: The Pricing of Progress

Public talk and discussion: "The Pricing of Progress: Economic Indicators and the Capitalization of American Life" by Dr. Eli Cook, University of Haifa.

8. okt. - 11. okt. 2018

Transnational Custodianship of Cultural Heritage in the 21st Century

Working meeting and workshop on transnational custodianship of cultural heritage from Asia and Africa.

24. okt. 2018, kl. 10.15

Science Fiction in Korea

Guest lecture by Dr. Dennis Wuerthner from  Ruhr-Universität Bochum.

26. okt. 2018, kl. 12.30-13.30

Talk by M. Jae Moon, professor in Public Administration

The Department of Political Science at UCPH will host a talk by M. Jae Moon, professor in Public Administration, Yonsei University, in cooperation with CBS.

29. okt. 2018, kl. 10.00-12.30

Seminar on welfare state regimes in East and West

Seminar at the Department of Sociology with presentations by  Chan-Ung Park, Professor of Sociology at Yonsei University, and scholars from UCPH.

29. okt. 2018, kl. 14.15-15.30

The effects of parental leave on career interruption of female workers in Korea

Public NIAS-ADI talk by Prof. Chan-Ung Park from the Department of Sociology, Yonsei University.

30. okt. 2018, kl. 13.15-15.00

CEHA seminar: Social Network Organization of Health

NEW VENUE - Yoosik Youm, Professor of Sociology, Yonsei University will introduce the ‘Korean Social Life, Health, and Aging Project’ (KSHAP) and selected research results. 

31. okt. 2018, kl. 9.00-11.30

Workshop: How do we map social networks and how can we ’say stuff’ about the qualities and forms of relations within them?

A joint workshop between the Copenhagen Centre for Social Data Science (SODAS), University of Copenhagen & Department of Sociology, and Yonsei University.

1. nov. 2018, kl. 11.30-12.30

Insights from Asian Development Bank

Presentation by Tomoyuki Kimura, ADB’s Director General of the Strategy, Policy and Review Department

2. nov. 2018, kl. 10.15

The Empire of Crime: Criminalistic Fantasy of Modernity in Detective Fiction in Colonial Korea

Seminar by Dr. Jooyeon Rhee from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

5. nov. - 9. nov. 2018

11th Annual NIAS Conference and PhD Course: Asia on the Move

The 11th annual NNC Conference and PhD Course, will take place in the High North venue UiT-The Arctic University of Norway in Tromsø.

12. nov. 2018, kl. 15.00-16.30

ChinaTalks: Europe within China's Belt and Road: Superhighway or Diverging Lanes?

Dr Marc Lanteigne will give a public lecture on Europe's position within the Belt and Road Initiative. The lecture is moderated by Andreas Bøje Forsby.

14. nov. 2018, kl. 12.30-13.30

Hyperstructures: Re-thinking large-scale infrastructure development in Highland Asian borderlands

Lunch talk by Galen Murton, Assistant Professor, James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia

15. nov. 2018, kl. 16.30-18.00

Debat: Har vi brug for flere babyer?

Debatarrangement om konsekvenserne af lavfertilitet i Danmark, Kina og verdenen. Panelister: Pernille Fenger, Sisse Marie Welling, Søren Ziebe, Ayo Wahlberg, Antropologi, Københavns Universitet. Moderator: Trine Grönlund

23. nov. 2018

A Century of International Relations: The Politics of Crisis, Uncertainty, and Disorder

First Copenhagen-Tokyo IARU Conference in International Relations. Participation by invitation only.

27. nov. 2018, kl. 12.30-13.30

The Socialist Tower of Babel in 1950s China

Lunch talk by  Lorraine Wong, Lecturer in Chinese Studies at the Department of Languages and Cultures, University of Otago, New Zealand. Wong is currently a guest researcher at NIAS.

28. nov. 2018, kl. 12.30

Peace-Building on the Korean Peninsula and the Role of EU

Lunch talk by by Jae-Seung Lee, Professor & Jean Monnet Chair, Korea University.

30. nov. 2018, kl. 9.30

Andreas Kim Taegŏn (1821-1846): The Clandestine Life and Heroic Afterlife of the First Korean Catholic Priest

Public lecture by Dr Pierre-Emmanuel Roux, Paris Diderot University,  on Andreas Kim Taegŏn - the First Korean Catholic Priest.

3. dec. 2018, kl. 11.00-12.30

ADI Workshop: Digital Korean Studies

Workshop on Digital Korean studies with Junho Lee & Theodore Jun Yoo, Yonsei University, and Barbara Wall, Dept. of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies UCPH.

6. dec. 2018, kl. 9.00-12.00

Middle class on the move - Lifestyle, Gender, and Culture in Contemporary China

The workshop takes place in Beijing and is the 3^rd and last in a workshop series of three.  

6. dec. 2018, kl. 9.30-15.30

Contested Narratives in Islamic Central Asia

Workshop to mark the 10^th anniversary of ADI and as part of the project “Between Homogenization and Fragmentation” funded by Velux Fonden.

7. dec. 2018, kl. 10.00-12.00

Reading Group Seminar on Giovanni Arrighi: The Long Twentieth Century

The Critical Studies of Capitalist Transformation (CSCT) network is pleased to invite you to a reading group seminar at the Centre for Global South-Asian Studies, Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies on Giovanni Arrighi: The Long Twentieth Century. Money, Power and the Origins of our Times.

7. dec. 2018, 13

Heritage and Threat symposium, exhibition and magazine launch

Final symposium on Heritage and Threat (HeAT) and opening exhibition of Conflict and Culture and launch of the magazine Conflict and Culture.

13. dec. 2018, kl. 10.30-11.30

Studying Chinese Politics with Professor David Shambaugh

Workshop with Professor David Shambaugh: "How has the field of study of Chinese politics evolved in the West during the seventy years of the People’s Republic of China?"

13. dec. 2018, kl. 12.00-13.30

Predicting China with Professor David Shambaugh

Luncheon discussion with Professor Shambaugh on continuity and change in China. 

13. dec. 2018, kl. 17.00-19.00

ChinaTalks: The Evolution of Chinese Leaders’ Styles: From Mao to Xi Jinping

Professor David Shambaugh will discuss the leaders' distinctiveness and continuities over time, and how each leader has affected the Chinese Communist Party as an institution and the PRC as a nation. 

14. dec. 2018, kl. 12.30-13.30

Facing the Challenges of Ethical Communication Across Differences in Disciplines, Cultures and Class: The Case of Bile Duct Cancer in the Mekhong Delta

Lunch talk by Prof. Rachel Harrison, SOAS