2014

23 Jan. - 24 Jan. 2014

Japanese Photography from the Meiji period

A 2-day seminar about Japanese photography from the Meiji period and its rich cultural historical and artistic significance.

27 Jan. 2014, 16:00-17:30

Guest lecture by Dr. Otsuka Natsuhiko

NIAS invites you to an afternoon with Dr. Otsuka, a Japanese specialist on the Northern Sea Route. The event "Will the Northern Sea Route see a bright tomorrow" is a part of the ongoing NIAS research project "Asia and the Changing Arctic".

31 Jan. 2014, 1 pm (doors will be closed after this time)

PhD defence - Stine Simonsen Puri

Stine Simonsen Puri defends her PhD thesis "Speculation in Fixed Futures - An Ethnography of Betting in between Legal and Illegal Economies at the Delhi Racecourse".

3 Feb. 2014, 15:30-18:00

Global Careers - MSc in Security Risk Management & MSc in Global Development

At this event you will have the chance to get more information about the two new Master's programmes, hear about career opportunities and talk to the teachers from the two programmes.

21 Feb. 2014, 16:00-18:00

Japan's Ise Shrines - Ancient yet New

Public lecture by Svend M. Hvass. The Ise shrines are rebuilt every 20 years, and Svend Hvass has had the privilege of following the many preparations and ceremonies accompanying the 62nd reconstruction.

21 Feb. 2014, 17:00-19:00

Uses and Abuses of Ancient History in South Korea

Korean Studies seminar with Dr Vladimir Tikhonov (박노자) University of Oslo.

4 Mar. 2014, 17:30-19:30

Japan's Emergence as a Musical Power: The Introduction of Western Music in Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Japan

Associate professor Margaret Mehl from Japanese studies at ToRS examines the rise of western style classical music in Japan and the causes of Japan's worldwide influence on classical music today. Registration is required.

7 Mar. 2014, 10:00-12:00

Fieldwork in the Humanities

Presentation by Mark Philip Stadler, PhD fellow, ToRS/ADI: "New Ideologues. The Development of Alternative Political Ideology and its Effects on Social Change in Post-Suharto Indonesia".

7 Mar. 2014, 13:15-14:30

Shinzo Abe and Japan's New Nationalism

Presentation IN DANISH by Asger Røjle Christensen, experienced journalist and writer in the field of Asia, especially Japan.

13 Mar. 2014, 13:15-15:00

The Future of the Left in Southeast Asia

Public guest lecture by Dr Walden Bello, senior analyst of the Bangkok-based institute Focus on the Global South and professor of sociology at the University of the Philippines.

14 Mar. 2014, 17:00-19:00

K-Pop and the foundations of Korean Wave

Korean Studies Seminar with Professor Keith Howard, SOAS University of London.

21 Mar. 2014, 14:00-16:00

The Sacrificial Self - Recasting Renunciation in South Asia

Centre of Global South Asian Studies is pleased to invite you to the Honorary Professor Inaugural Lecture "The Sacrificial Self - Recasting Renunciation in South Asia" by Thomas Blom Hansen.

21 Mar. 2014, 14:00-16:00

The Rise of China's Military Forces: How much is enough?

Conference organised by the Centre for Military Studies. Presentations by analyst Dennis J. Blayko (former senior fellow, National Defense University in Washington D.C.), and Liselotte Odgaard, Royal Danish Defence College. 

21 Mar. 2014, 17:00-19:00

Trade, Sex, and Diplomacy

Boundaries and images of Japan in Chosŏn Korea and boundaries and images of Korea in Tokugawa Japan. Korean Studies Seminar with Dr James B. Lewis, University of Oxford.

24 Mar. 2014, 13:00

Who the Hell Do the Censors Think They Are?

Public guest lecture on Publicity and Censorship in Bombay Cinema by William Mazzarella, Professor of Anthropology and of Social Sciences, University of Chicago.

25 Mar. 2014, 11:00-13:00

Roundtable: Is anyone listening? Authority and authenticity in a fragmented public sphere

Centre of Global South Asian Studies is pleased to invite you to a roundtable with: Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen, Kristin Veel, Nils Holtug, Ravinder Kaur (moderator), Thomas Blom Hansen, William Mazzarella.

25 Mar. 2014, 15:00-17:00

Multiculturalism in Indonesia Today

Public guest lecture with Professor Azyumardi Azra organised jointly by the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia and ADI. NOTE: Change of venue

25 Mar. - 27 Mar. 2014

Designing Robots - Designing Humans

A three-day public seminar on how robots will engage human beings as learners and cultural beings in the future. The first day of the seminar focuses on 'Robots in Japan'. Registration deadline: 21 March.

26 Mar. 2014, 14:15-16:00

China Talks: Professor David Zweig

Staying in Power: Why the Communist Party of China Will Continue to Rule - public guest lecture by Professor David Zweig, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

27 Mar. 2014, 15:00-17:00

Indonesia's Democracy and the Road to Elections 2014

Public debate on the topic of Indonesia's elections in 2014 organised by the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Copenhagen in cooperation with NIAS and NISN. Kindly register by 25 March.

3 Apr. 2014, 13:15-15:00

China and gender group meeting

The China/gender group has researcher and PhD student members from the humanities, law and social sciences faculties, UCPH. The group meets to discuss the work of members and to exchange information on China/gender research related activities.

3 Apr. 2014, 14:15-16:00

China Talks: Anthropologist Vanessa Fong

Paradise Redefined: Transnational Chinese Students and the Quest for Flexible Citizenship in the Developed World - Seminar co-hosted by Dept. of Anthropology, Dept. of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, and ThinkChina.dk

5 Apr. 2014, 9:30-17:00

Sustainability Without Borders? Energy in Asia and the World

An international student conference about Asia’s current and future developments in sustainable energy generation, the manufacturing of goods and how demographic changes and consumer habits may affect these parameters.

8 Apr. 2014, 14:15-16:00

Gender Dynamics of Politics in Asia from a Comparative Perspective

Public guest lecture by Chiharu Takenaka, Professor at the College of Law and Politics, Rikkyo University.

9 Apr. 2014, 13:00-15:00

Human Rights and India's Diversity

Public guest lecture by Susan Vishvanathan, Professor of Sociology, Jawaharlal Nehru University.

25 Apr. 2014, 17:00-19:00

New Perspectives on Korean History: the Role of Elite Descent Groups

Korean Studies Seminar with Professor Martina Deuchler, Professorial Research Associate, SOAS, University of London.

30 Apr. 2014, 14:15-16:00

China Talks: Richard Herd

China Talks: How long can China's economy continue to grow rapidly? Demographic and environmental challenges.

2 May - 3 May 2014

Urban Life Across the Globe - Provincializing 'the Western Metropolis'

The purpose of this mini-seminar is to inspire debates on ways to conduct nuanced and truly global studies of urban culture and politics.

5 May - 7 May 2014

Copenhagen Master Class in Gender and Body Dynamics

Professor Aihwa Ong, UC Berkeley, US, is keynote speaker and main discussant at the first Copenhagen Master Class in Gender and Body Dynamics. The course is composed of two lectures and two dialogue sessions over three days. The lectures are open to the public.

6 May - 7 May 2014

PhD Course: Environmental History and Identity

This PhD workshop is open for all those who are interested in looking at different cultural groups, and situating them within their surrounding landscape, and to rethink and reconceptualise the study of environment and identity. Keynote speaker: Dr Timothy P. Barnard, National University of Singapore.

8 May 2014, 17:00-19:00

South Korean Cinema: Finding Success in the Post-Cinematic Era

Korean Studies Seminar with Professor Kyung Hyun Kim, University of California at Irvine.

8 May - 9 May 2014

PhD seminar and public lectures: Place in the Global South

The PhD seminar aims to examine how everyday practices, political processes and power relations produce places in the Global South. Keynote Lectures (open to the public) by: Ursula Rao, professor, Leipzig University & John Gledhill, professor, University of Manchester.

9 May 2014, 15:00-17:00

Won Il: My compositions and work

Korean Studies Seminar: Won Il, Artistic Director of the National Orchestra of Korea talks about his compositions and work.

9 May 2014, 17:00

PhD Thesis Defence: Jacob Ki Nielsen

Public defence by Jacob Ki Nielsen: Fictions of Kinship: Representations of Multicultural Family-making in the South Korean Cine-and dramascape. Supervisor: Jørgen Delman

12 May 2014, 10:15-12:00

Asian Security Dynamics: Energy Vulnerabilities, Military Capabilities and New Structures of Decision Making

Public guest lecture by Professor Michael Wesley organised in collaboration with the Australian Embassy. Michael Wesley is Professor of National Security and Director of the School of International, Political and Strategic Studies at the Australian National University. Kindly register by 9 May.

12 May 2014, 14:15-16:00

China Talks: Professor David Lampton

Coping with Calamities: China’s Leaders and the Dilemmas of Reform by Professor David Lampton, Director of China Studies at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.

21 May 2014, 13:00-15:30

Confrontation in Asia? The United States, China and its neighbors

The US and China and the managing of the Asian regional order by Prof. Robert Ross, and alliance policies and the Asian regional order by Associate Prof. Wang Dong.

27 May 2014, 12:15-13:30

Confronting caste-based sexual violence in India

Discussion led by Asha Kowtal, the General Secretary of the All India Dalit Women’s Rights Forum, and filmmaker Thenmozhi Soundararajan.

27 May 2014, 13:00

PhD defence by Wenjie Li

Wenjie Li defends her PhD thesis "A Study of Chinese Translations and Interpretations of H.C. Andersen's Tales: History and Influence".

27 May 2014, 15:00-18:30

Public guest lectures: Ideology Post Cold War

Two public guest lectures: Prof. Dr. Vedi Hadiz on Class and Islamic Populism and Dr. Carool Kersten on Indonesian and Islamic Studies.

27 May - 28 May 2014

PhD Seminar: Ideology Post Cold War

Leftism, Political Islam, Authoritarian Nationalism, and its Convergences/Divergences: the Future of Political Ideology in Indonesia and the Global South and its Regionalizations. NEW APPLICATION DEADLINE: 19 May 2014
The panel on 27 May and the guest lecture on 28 May with Prof. Dr. Vedi Hadiz (Murdoch University, Perth) and Dr. Carool Kersten (King's College, London) are open to the public. 

2 June 2014, 15:00-16:30

The 2014 General Elections in India: Results and Consequences

Three India observers and a student of democracy will share their observations and expectations: Rasmus Fonnesbæk Andersen, Jeppe Matzen, Mrutyuanjai Mishra, and Kenneth Bo Nielsen.

10 June 2014, 10:00

The Long Ride Mission arrives at ToRS

How come breast cancer in Asian women has risen sharply during the past decades? Why do Asian women often fail to seek treatment until it is too late? What are the cultural impediments in relation to breast cancer?

11 June 2014, 15:00-17:30

China Talks: Professor Yu Kongjian

China Talks: Sustainable Urbanization in China.

17 June 2014, 12:00-13:00

Asia brown bag lecture: Chunrong Liu

NIAS and ADI invite you to the first of a series of brown bag lectures on Asia. Governing China’s Urbanization by Chunrong Liu, Fudan-European Centre for China Studies

20 June 2014, 17:00

Japanese One Man Comedy Show (Rakugo)

We are proud to present Master Tōgetsuan Hakushu, one of the most popular “rakugo-ka” (rakugo actor) in Japan today.

4 Aug. - 15 Aug. 2014

Summer School: The Chinese Dream

Anthropological Approaches to Understanding Contemporary China. Summer School at the University of Copenhagen (week 32+33) organised by the Dept. of Anthropology and ADI.

14 Aug. 2014, 12:30-13:30

Harmony in Sino-Western Joint Ventures in China: the Role of Guanxi and Constructive Controversy

Lunch lecture at NIAS by Dr. Nancy Chen, Lingnan University, Hong Kong.

25 Aug. 2014, 14:15-16:00

China Talks: Dr. Shen Yifei

"The iFamily: Self, Family and State in the Risk Society" by Dr. Shen Yifei, Department of Sociology, Fudan University.

4 Sept. 2014, 13:00-15:00

Consumer Citizenship, Food Practices and Social Aspirations

Public guest lecture by Amita Baviskar, Institute of Economic Growth, University of Delhi. Organized by the Centre of Global South Asian Studies.

10 Sept. 2014, 13:15-15:00

China Talks: Ou Ning

"Bishan Project: Cultural Production and Social Engineering". Ou Ning, Chinese thinker, artist, editor, and activist will give a talk about Bishan Commune, an art community founded by him in 2010, where artists and intellectuals advocate for ruralism and anarchism.

11 Sept. 2014, 12:00-13:00

Asia brown bag lecture: Anders Blok

NIAS and ADI invite you to another brown bag lecture on Asia. Worlding cities through their climate projects? Urban ecological experiments in Europe and Asia by Anders Blok, Dept. of Sociology.

12 Sept. - 14 Sept. 2014

Cultural Connections Between ancient Mesopotamia and India

Three-day conference on Mesopotamia, the 'land between the rivers'.

16 Sept. 2014, 12:30-14:00

The European Union's Pivot to Asia

Guest lecture at the Centre for European Politics by Professor Philomena Murray from the University of Melbourne.

25 Sept. - 26 Sept. 2014

Southern Futures: Thinking Through Emerging Markets

Two-day workshop that critically traces the idea and the moment of 'emerging markets' within the broader history of the South. Leading international scholars will attend, among others John Comaroff and Jean Comaroff, Achille Mbembe, David Goldberg, and Keith Hart.

30 Sept. 2014, 14:15-16:00

Restless Urban Landscapes in China - China Talk by Dr. Shen Jie

Restless urban landscapes in China - Examining the effects of urbanization and urban lifestyles in post-reform China 

2 Oct. 2014, 12:00-13:00

Asia brown bag lecture: Ayo Wahlberg

NIAS and ADI invite you to a brown bag lecture on Routinising reproductive technologies in China by Ayo Wahlberg from the Department of Anthropology.

3 Oct. 2014, 13:15-15:00

Confucianism to Save the World! China Talk by Dr. Bai Tongdong

Confucianism to save the world! The cultural messages of a rising China, and how a Confucian hybrid regime can address issues that democracies are not structured to  address.

7 Oct. 2014, 10:00-12:00

Caste in Contemporary India by Surinder Singh Jodhka

Centre of Global South Asian Studies is pleased to invite you to a debate seminar to release a new book on Caste in Contemporary India by Surinder Singh Jodhka.

7 Oct. 2014, 14:15-16:00

China Talks: Ding Chun

China Talk on "The New Horizon of China's Socioeconomic Development" by Professor Ding Chun, Fudan University.

8 Oct. 2014, 14:15-16:00

Guest lectures by Daniel A. Bell and Xiao Jialing

Two leading specialists on Chinese affairs, Dr. Daniel A. Bell from Tsinghua University in Beijing and Dr. Xiao Jialing from Fudan University in Shanghai will share their perspectives on China’s new forms of governance and foreign policy process.

13 Oct. - 17 Oct. 2014

8th Annual NNC Conference and PhD Course: A Multitude of Encounters with Asia - Gender Perspectives

The 8th Annual NNC Conference and PhD course will take place from 13-17 October 2014 at the University of Iceland. Deadline for submitting abstracts: 1 June 2014.

21 Oct. 2014, 13:00-15:00

States of Democracy - Some Perspectives from India

Centre for Global South Asian Studies is pleased to invite you to a public lecture by Dr. Aniket Alam.

22 Oct. 2014, 10:45-11:45

Keynote lecture by Prasenjit Duara

As part of the 6th Intl. ADI Conference  Professor Prasenjit Duara will give a keynote lecture entitled Circulatory and Competitive Histories: Temporal Foundations for Cosmopolitan Theory.

22 Oct. 2014, 15:15-16:00

Keynote lecture by Shalini Randeria - cancelled!

Cancelled - As part of the 6th Intl. ADI Conference "Intra-Asian Connections: Interactions, flows, landscapes" Professor Shalini Randeria will give a keynote lecture entitled "Travelling norms and transnational entanglements".

22 Oct. - 24 Oct. 2014

Intra-­Asian Connections: Interactions, Flows, Landscapes

The 6th annual International ADI Conference spans three days and features distinguished keynote speakers as well as interdisciplinary panels emphasizing intra-Asian connections.

23 Oct. 2014, 16:15-17:00

Keynote lecture by Adam T. Smith

As part of the 6th Intl. ADI Conference Intra-Asian Connections: Interactions, flows, landscapes, Professor Adam T. Smith delivers a keynote lecture entitled "Barbarians, Backwaters, and the Civilization Machine: Integration and Interruption Across Asia's Early Bronze Ages."

24 Oct. 2014, 16:15-17:00

Keynote lecture by Willem van Schendel

As part of the 6th Intl. ADI Conference Intra-Asian Connections: Interactions, flows, landscapes Professor Willem van Schendel will be giving a keynote lecture entitled "Mapping Quirky Linkages: Asia beyond the continental straitjacket".

5 Nov. 2014, 15:00-17:00

Lecture on the early Buddhist ideas about "final liberation"

How only Buddhists can stop thinking and get away with it: a theory of ‘the attainment of cessation’ (nirodha-samāpatti) in early Buddhist literature. By Rupert Gethin, University of Bristol

6 Nov. 2014, 14:15-16:00

Monks and milk mothers

Public guest lecture and video screening by Dr Rita Langer, Buddhist Studies, University of Bristol.

6 Nov. - 7 Nov. 2014

PhD course: Comparative Studies in Migration and Memory

Students with varied disciplinary interests from across the humanities and social sciences are welcome to attend. Registration deadline: 3^rd October. Abstract submission deadline: 24 October.

11 Nov. 2014, 13:00

PhD defence by Nikolaj Vendelbo Blichfeldt

Nikolaj Vendelbo Blichfeldt defends his PhD thesis "Making Sense of Climate Change - Encounters with Low-Carbon Life in an Urban Community in China".

12 Nov. 2014, 12:00-13:00

Asia brown bag lecture: Ravinder Kaur

ADI and NIAS invite you to a lunch lecture on Remixing History - Some Notes from Post-Exotic India by Ravinder Kaur from the Dept. of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies.

18 Nov. 2014, 12:00-13:00

Lunch lecture by Dr Atreyee Sen

Lunch lecture by Dr Atreyee Sen, University of Manchester, on Torture and laughter: Political incarceration and the art of performing happiness in an urban Indian prison.

20 Nov. 2014, 13:15-15:00

Yiwu: Arab Supermarket or Global Trading Centre? Perspectives from the Afghan Diaspora

Public guest lecture by Professor Magnus Marsden, University of Sussex, on the significance of the Chinese city Yiwu for the global trade in low-grade commodities.

26 Nov. 2014, 17:00-19:00

Grundtvig's Dream has come true in Korea

Korean Studies Seminar 2014 at Copenhagen University by Ambassador Young-sam Ma, Embassy of the Republic of Korea (Denmark).

28 Nov. 2014, 19:00

Not by Love Alone - The Violin in Japan, 1850-2010

Book launch with lecture and recital by Margaret Mehl, hosted by the Dansk-Japansk Selskab

2 Dec. 2014, 10:15-12:00

Who can be killed with impunity and who cannot be impugned in Thailand

Public guest lecture by Tyrell Haberkorn, Department of Political and Social Change at the School of International, Political, and Strategic Studies, Australian National University.

2 Dec. 2014, 14:00-16:00

State Failure and Civil Society Efforts in Addressing Historical Injustice in Indonesia

Public guest lecture by Dr. Vannessa Hearman, Acting Head of the Department of Indonesian Studies at the University of Sydney, Australia.

5 Dec. 2014, 14:00-16:00

ToRS Urban Studies - Urban Culture Lab

Urban Culture Lab is a cross-faculty, interdisciplinary initiative to map, develop and publicize urban studies at Copenhagen University’s Faculty of Humanities. 

5 Dec. 2014, 8:30-19:30

Financing the future - Analytical and policy challenges in Europe, China and in an interdependent world

International conference in honour of Niels Thygesen "Financing the future - Analytical and policy challenges in Europe, China and in an interdependent world". The conference will bring together academic, central bank and other financial sector economists working in areas of macroeconomics and finance.

10 Dec. 2014, 9:00-16:30

Law and Transitional Society: Chinese and Global Perspective

Conference on the Chinese legal system's response to social transition and the role China plays in the global legal environment.