7th Annual NNC Conference

THE POWER OF KNOWLEDGE: ASIA AND THE WEST

The conference and PhD Course are co-organized by Negot in Chinese/Institute of Design and Communication at University of Southern Denmark and NIAS - Nordic Institute of Asian Studies.

Registration 4 November, Conference 5-6 November, PhD Course 7-8 November

As the movement of thoughts from East to West seems to increase, it is high time to realize the opportunities of a multipolar world and seriously consider all existing human experiences and knowledge systems. The present conference and PhD workshop will limit itself to Western and Asian experiences, in an effort of bringing the two into a creative and fruitful dialogue. In light of this, area studies and the different disciplines need to come together and share insights and identify theoretical and methodological approaches that might strike a reasonable balance between universal concerns and particular cultural understandings.

The following keynote speakers will inspire our proceedings.

  • Nandita Chaudhary, Associated Professor, Lady Irwin College, Delhi University
  • Boaventura de Sousa Santos, Professor of Sociology at the School of Economics, University of Coimbra (Portugal) (TBC)
  • Incheol Choi, Director of Center for Happiness Studies of Seoul National University (TBC)

More keynote speakers will be announced later.
Commentators at the PhD course will be announced later.