2019

11 Jan. 2019, 12:30-13:15

Lunch talk: Getting Published - in English: Empathy and scholarship in the 21st century

David Stuligross will trace the process of getting published in English-language journals and books, emphasizing moments where scholar-authors have the greatest ability to influence a publisher’s decisions, as well as the moments where native Japanese writers might have the greatest difficulties – and how to overcome them.

11 Jan. 2019, 17:00

Necro Citizens - a collective reading with poets Jennifer Kwon Dobbs, Maja Lee Langvad, and Eva Tind

Collective reading with poets Jennifer Kwon Dobbs, Maja Lee Langvad, and Eva Tind. Copies of the book will be sold at the event.

24 Jan. 2019, 15:30-17:00

ChinaTalks: China as (near-) Arctic great power – drivers and perspectives

Public talk by Camilla Tenna Nørup Sørensen from the Institute for Strategy, Royal Danish Defence College (RDDC).

6 Feb. 2019, 15:00-17:00

India Files: Gandhi in Denmark

Reflections, History, Future. In this symposium, we revisit the forgotten connections forged between India and Denmark via Gandhi at the beginning of the 20^th century and reflect how these connections might shape the bilateral relations in the 21^st century.

7 Feb. 2019, 13:00-14:00

Japanese Immigration: A Brief Review & Current Issues

Outline of the development of modern Japanese immigration policy, current immigration-related issues Japan and comparisons to immigration policy and issues in Denmark.

7 Feb. 2019, 15:30-17:00

Stability on the Korean peninsula - How did we get there and will it last?

Public lecture by Liselotte Odgaard, research fellow at the Danish Foreign Policy Society.

20 Feb. 2019, 15:30-17:00

ChinaTalks: China’s international relations and harmonious world

Public talk by Astrid H. M. Nordin, Director of  Lancaster University China Centre and Senior Lecturer at the Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion.

25 Feb. 2019, 16:30-18:00

ChinaTalks: Political Economy and Military Power. Transition to a new power structure: From Globalization to regionalization

Public talk in the ChinaTalks series by Professor Jørgen Ørstrøm Møller. The talk is organized by Think China, Centre for Military Studies, and The Danish Foreign Policy Society.

6 Mar. 2019, 13:15-15:00

JapanSessions: Mikkel Felter

JapanSessions med Mikkel Felter: "Den Onde Censors Guide til den Gode Eksamen"

6 Mar. 2019, 16:00-18:00

Jokowi - to be or not to be?

Public Southeast Asia Policy Briefing: Indonesia, the world’s third largest democracy, elects a new president and parliament.

11 Mar. - 15 Mar. 2019

Nordic Korean Studies Days

Nordic Korean Studies Days is a 5 day intensive Korean Studies course designed to share expertise and cooperation among both teaching faculty and students of Nordic universities.

18 Mar. - 19 Mar. 2019

Workshop: The People's State

Workshop convened by Ravinder Kaur, University of Copenhagen, and Nayanika Mathur, University of Oxford.

20 Mar. 2019, 14:15-16:00

Respect your neighbour as yourself?: Caste in Kerala

Public seminar with Sharika Thiranagama, Dept. of Anthropology, Stanford University as part of the Global Centre of South Asian Studies Seminar Series.

21 Mar. 2019, 14:15-16:00

Seminar: Two perspectives on Japanese foreign policy in East-Asia

Seminar with Prof. Dr. Junya Nishino and Prof. Dr. Tomoki Kamo from Keio University on Japanese foreign policy in East Asia

28 Mar. - 29 Mar. 2019

Workshop: Present Tense, Past Perfect? Narrative constructions of social representations in Central Eurasia

A two-day workshop as part of the research project, “Between homogenization and fragmentation: textual practices as strategies of integration and identity maintenance among the Uyghurs of Xinjiang, China (20th‒21st centuries). By invitation only.

2 Apr. 2019, 13:15

Youngen Koo: The Past and Present of Korean Intercountry Adoption and Scandinavia

Guest lecture by Youngeun Koo, Tuebingen University, on South Korean intercountry adoption and Scandinavia as key receiving societies.

8 Apr. 2019, 12:30-13:30

Brown Bag Talk: From barbarians to minorities to assimilation: The future of China's ethnic minorities

Public talk by Associate Professor Magnus Fiskesjö, Cornell University, on the future of China's ethnic minorities.

10 Apr. - 11 Apr. 2019

Conference: China, Sustainable Development and Economic Policy-Making

This conference brings together experts in law, economics, environmental protection and climate change, political sciences and cultural studies to discuss China's sustainable development.

12 Apr. 2019, 10:00-12:00

Special seminar: China, Sustainable Development, and Economic Policy-making

Seminar with international experts, commenting on most recent developments regarding China, sustainable development and economic policy-making.

24 Apr. 2019, 14:15-16:00

What is really happening in Xinjiang? Historical context, current developments and source criticism

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.

24 Apr. 2019, 16:15-17:45

Belt and Road Initiative with new tracks?

Prof. Pascha: Japan´s multilateral infrastructure initiative: (Not only) a reaction to China and Prof. Jørgen Delman: China's road to a new world order - What is driving the BRI and why?

25 Apr. 2019, 12:30-13:30

Women's Empowerment through Social Safety Nets

Lunch talk with Marvi Memon on the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) in Pakistan.

25 Apr. - 26 Apr. 2019

EastAsiaNet Workshop

ADI at the University of Copenhagen and Copenhagen Business School are the hosts of this year's EastAsiaNet Workshop. Presentations will focus on '"The Good Life" in East Asia' and 'Revisiting the Internationalization of Japan'

29 Apr. 2019, 12:30-13:30

Lunch talk: War on the Cold War – Transitional Justice in Korea

Lunch talk with Sungju Park-Kang, University of Turku, Finland, on the issue of justice for victims of state violence in Korea.

29 Apr. 2019, 14:15-16:00

Between Work and Labor: Interstitial Selves in the Indian Construction Industry

Public seminar with Adam Sargent, School of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University, as part of the Global Centre of South Asian Studies Seminar Series.

2 May 2019, 9:00-16:30

International Conference: A New Crossroad? Sinicization of Christianity in China

The Fudan-European Centre is convening a conference on Christianity in China. All are welcome.

9 May 2019, 11:00-15:00

Internet and Politics in China: Taking stock and moving forward

An interdisciplinary seminar which aims to critically reflect on the current discussion on internet and politics in Greater China.

9 May 2019

Rethinking the Himalayas

2nd Annual Nordic Himalaya Research Network Conference at University of Copenhagen for researchers in the Nordic region and beyond who work on aspects of research related to the Himalaya region, spanning India, Nepal, Bhutan and Tibet.

13 May - 14 May 2019

International Conference: Frontiers of Accumulation

International conference in 2019 at UCPH. Part of the Emerging Worlds program. Organized jointly by the CGSAS, Dept. of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies and ADI

20 May - 22 May 2019

Indological Workshop

The workshop investigates the interplay between two intellectual traditions of ancient and medieval India, Jyotiḥśāstra (the astral sciences) and the Purāṇas (religious texts of encyclopedic nature).

23 May 2019, 16:00-17:30

ChinaTalks: Will China 'forcefully reunify' Taiwan?

ChinaTalk on Taiwan by Professor of Chinese politics Peter Hays Gries, Lee Kai Hung Chair and Director of the Manchester China Institute at the University of Manchester.

24 May 2019, 10:15-12:00

The irony of open borders: Mobility, citizenship and ethnicity in Himalayan South Asia

Public seminar with Sara Shneiderman, Dept. of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, as part of the Global Centre of South Asian Studies Seminar Series. Please note change of time

24 May 2019, 13:00-16:00

The Game of Knowledge

Jacob Schmidt-Madsen defends his PhD thesis.

28 May 2019, 14:00-17:30

Expertise, Labour, and Mobility in Post-Earthquake Reconstruction: Comparisons and Findings from Nepal's 2015 Earthquake

This public seminar presents findings from an international research project investigating the socio-political effects of Nepal’s 2015 earthquakes in dialogue with scholars working on disasters in other areas of the world. Please register by 26 May noon.

18 June 2019, 10:00-11:15

Dagmar Schaefer: Mobilities and histories of knowledge exchange in Eur(ope-)Asia-Africa. Or: Is China ‚Chinese'?

Professor Dr. Dagmar Schaefer,  Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, will give her keynote address "Mobilities and histories of knowledge exchange in Eur(ope-)Asia-Africa. Or: Is China ‚Chinese'?" as part of the 11th annual ADI Conference held at University of Copenhagen.

18 June 2019, 15:45-16:45

Kajri Jain - Gods in the Time of Democracy

Dr. Kajri Jain, Department Associate Professor, Department of Visual Studies, University of Toronto, will give her keynote address entitled: "Gods in the Time of Democracy", as part of the 11th annual ADI Conference held at University of Copenhagen.

18 June - 19 June 2019

ADI Conference 2019

Join us for the 11th annual, international ADI conference. Keynote speeches by Professor Dr. Dagmar Schäfer, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Professor Eric Tagliacozzo, Cornell University and Dr. Kajri Jain, University of Toronto, as well as panels on a wide range of themes.

19 June 2019, 11:15-12:15

Eric Tagliacozzo - How the Indian Ocean Spice Trade Made the World Modern

Professor Eric Tagliacozzo, Professor of History, Cornell University, will give his keynote address "How the Indian Ocean Spice Trade Made the World Modern".

19 June 2019

PhD workshop: The Asian City

As part of the 11th annual ADI conference a PhD workshop exploring The Asian City will be held.

20 June 2019, 13:00-16:00

The Sociology of Morals. Catholic Faith and Generational Identities among Filipino Migrants in Copenhagen, Denmark

Astrid Krabbe Trolle defends her PhD thesis.

24 June - 19 July 2019

IARU Summer Course: Borderland

IARU summer course "Borderland: Critical Approaches to Field Research in the Global South" in Chiang Mai, Thailand organized jointly by University of Copenhagen and UC-Berkeley.

22 Aug. - 23 Aug. 2019

Trading the World: Routes, Resources, Realignments

The final, closing research workshop of the "Emerging Worlds Program".

5 Sept. 2019, 15

Womb-Caves of Mongolia and Wutai Shan (China): A Ritual of Fertility or of Rebirth?

Lecture by Isabelle Charleux, director of researches at CNRS (National Centre for Scientific Research/GSRL (Group Societies, Religions, Laicities)), EPHE-PSL, Paris.

10 Sept. 2019, 10:00-11:00

Shanghai Library presentation at NIAS

Representatives from the Shanghai Library will give a presentation of their national collection of periodicals from the Qing and Republican periods.

10 Sept. 2019, 16:30-18:00

Frauds, fakes and fentanyl - How profits and corruption have driven dangerous medicine in China and beyond its borders

Public talk by award-winning journalist Kathleen McLaughlin organized by ThinkChina. Registration is required.

12 Sept. 2019, 15:30-17:00

Sino-Danish collaboration on energy policies and the critical policy challenges in China’s energy transition

Public seminar with presentations by Xia Jianjun, Tsinghua University and Jørgen Delman, China Studies, University of Copenhagen. Registration is required.

16 Sept. 2019, 12:30-13:30

Why understanding the RSS is important

Seminar with Walter Andersen on his and Shridhar Damle’s co-authored book entitled Messengers of Hindu Nationalism: How the RSS Reshaped India (2018).

17 Sept. 2019, 12:30-13:30

Love, Money and Obligation: Transnational Marriage and Local Complexity

Join us for a brown bag talk by Dr. Patcharin Lapanun from Khon Kaen University, Thailand.

18 Sept. 2019, 15

Kinesiske statsformer og livsformer

Forelæsning 1/3 i efterårets forelæsningsserie Strukturel Dialektik på Saxo Instituttet er v/ Thomas Højrup.

19 Sept. 2019, 9:15

The Green Hills: Environment and Society in Pre-Industrial Korea

Guest lecture by Dr. John Lee, East Asian History, Durham University, on the the environmental history of pre-modern Korea

24 Sept. 2019, 14:15

Project Gongan

To celebrate the 60th anniversary of cultural exchange between Denmark and South Korea,  Jazz Denmark has invited two traditional Korean musicians to start a new musical collaboration between the two countries.

25 Sept. 2019, 13:00-16:00

In the Shadow of Illegality

Public defence of PhD thesis by Bani Gill.

25 Sept. 2019, 14:00-17:00

PhD defence - Xuan Li

Xuan Li, Dept. of Political Science defends her PhD thesis "Youth Policy, Youth Civic Engagement and Youth Civic Culture across Socio-political Settings: Comparing China and Europe"

30 Sept. 2019, 13:30-15:00

China’s Reconnection to Europe via the BRI

Guest lecture by Professor Xiangming Chen, Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut on "China’s Reconnection to Europe via the BRI: The China-Europe Freight Train and its Two-ended Urban and Regional Impacts".

2 Oct. 2019, 14:00

Swords into Bank Shares: Finance, Conflict, and Political Reform in Meiji Japan

Applied Economics Seminar with Kris Mitchener, Santa Clara University arranged by the Department of Economics.

3 Oct. 2019, 15:15-17:00

Cancelled - Enchanted Geography: India in the West African Popular Imagination

Open lecture with David Kofi Amponsah, Department of Africana Studies, University of Pennsylvania

4 Oct. 2019, 9:00-12:00

Seminar: Elderly Care on the Move - Chinese/Danish Perspectives

ThinkChina and the Co-ordination for Gender Research are hosting a half day seminar on ageing societies and elderly care.

7 Oct. 2019, 12:00-13:30

ChinaTalks: China’s propaganda campaign in Sweden, 2018–2019

Public talk by Björn Jerdén, Swedish Institute of International Affairs, on China’s recent propaganda campaign in Sweden.

7 Oct. - 10 Nov. 2019

From Kabul to Kolkata: Of Belonging, Memories and Identity

Photo exhibition by Moska Najib and Nazes Afroz. The exhibition documents the Afghan community or the ‘Kabuliwalas’ of Kolkata and is inspired by Tagore's short story from 1892.  

8 Oct. 2019, 10:00-11:30

Regulating algorithmic news recommendation in non-democracies - the case of Russia

Lecture by Dr Mariëlle Wijermars, Assistant Professor, Maastricht University. This is the first of three lectures in the Frontier Seminar Series: "An interdisciplinary approach to digital threats”.

10 Oct. 2019, 15:15-16:45

Facing the Uyghur Plight

Interview with Uyghur consultant, translator and human rights activist Rushan Abbas.

14 Oct. 2019, 14:00-15:30

Subordinates or Partners: Government-Nonprofit Relationships in Public Service Delivery in China

Guest Lecture by Yijia Jing, Prof. in Public Management and International Relations, Fudan University, 

22 Oct. 2019, 15:00-16:30

The Hong Kong crisis - from local conflict to global challenge

This public seminar explores the political crisis in Hong Kong from multiple perspectives, including its local, regional and global implications.

30 Oct. 2019, 13:00-14:30

The Return of Chen Ching Lin: A Chinese Deserter in the British Raj, 1943-46

India-China Conjunctures lecture by Cao Yin, Associate professor in the Department of History, Tsinghua University.

31 Oct. 2019, 10:00-11:30

ChinaTalks: Wrongful Conviction and Judicial Reform in China

Public talk by He Jiahong, lawyer, writer and professor at Renmin University on causes for wrongful convictions and judicial reform in China. 

1 Nov. 2019, 14:00-15:30

Reconstructing Past Foodways in the Late Epipalaeolithic and Early Neolithic of southwest Asia

Friday Lecture at Archaeology, by Associate Professor Tobias Richter, University of Copenhagen.

1 Nov. 2019, 8:30-18:30

Seminar on Digitalization and Legal Culture: Western and Chinese Perspectives

One-day seminar on digitalization, geopolitics, law and legal culture with keynote presentations by Prof. He Jiahong, Renmin University of China and Dr. Hanne Marie Motzfeldt, University of Copenhagen

6 Nov. 2019, 9:00-13:30

Peace Process on the Korean Peninsula

Seminar organized jointly by NIAS and the Embassy of the Republic of Korea to celebrate 60 years of diplomatic relations between Denmark and the Republic of Korea. All are welcome - registration is required.

12 Nov. 2019, 9:15

Between Tradition and Modernity: Understanding Government Reforms in Late Nineteenth Century Korea

Guest lecture by Dr. Holly Stephens, Japanese and Korean Studies, University of Edinburgh.

13 Nov. 2019, 14:00-17:00

PhD defence: Priya Dershini Parmalingam

"Why litigate? The role of political, bureaucratic and strategic incentives on recourse to trade litigation: Comparing the experiences of Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand in the WTO Dispute Settlement Mechanism"

13 Nov. 2019, 14:00-16:00

Perfect motherhood: Middle-class mothers in urban China

Public guest lecture by Dr. CHEN Meng,  School of Sociology and Political Science, Shanghai University.

18 Nov. 2019, 15:00-16:30

The Significance of the Qing Period for China-India Relations

India-China Conjunctures lecture by Matthew W. Mosca, Associate Professor, University of Washington.

27 Nov. 2019, 13:00-14:30

China's "360-degree" Digital Governance and Information Operation: An update

Talk by Dr. Kingwa Fu, Associate Professor, Hong Kong University. This is the third and final lecture in the Frontier Seminar Series: "An interdisciplinary approach to digital threats”.

28 Nov. 2019, 15:00-16:30

CANCELLED! ChinaTalks: Cold Games - The Emergence of Sino-American Strategic Competition in the Arctic

CANCELLED! Public talk with Marc Lanteigne from Political Science, University of Tromsø: The Arctic University of Norway.

2 Dec. - 6 Dec. 2019

NNC Conference: Digital Asia

"Digital Asia - Cultural, Socio-Economic, and Political Transformations" is the 12th Annual Nordic NIAS Council Conference & PhD Course organized in collaboration with CESEAS, Lund University.

5 Dec. 2019, 15:00-16:30

ChinaTalks: The New Superpower Rivalry between China and the US

ChinaTalks public lecture with Prof. Øystein Tunsjø, Head of the Asia-program at the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies.

6 Dec. - 7 Dec. 2019

Gamejam

Guest talks by Dr. Matti Karhulahti and Dr. Jung Yeop Lee as well as presentations of the Games & Award Ceremony.

9 Dec. 2019, 12:30-13:30

Spring of Hope or Winter of Despair? - Social Democratic movement in Thailand after the 2019 election under the rise of monopoly capital

Lunch talk by Sustarum Thammaboosadee, PhD, College of Interdisciplinary Studies, Thammasat University, Thailand.

11 Dec. 2019, 13:00-14:30

Taking stock of Sino-Nordic relations

Public seminar with a range of perspectives on relations between the Nordic countries and China, exploring different avenues for advancing existing cooperation, while also identifying potential obstacles. 

11 Dec. 2019, 15:15

The Visual Resistance of the Hong Kong Protest Movement: From Post-it Notes to PR Machine

ChinaTalks: Public lecture by Mai Corlin, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Fine Arts, Chinese University of Hong Kong.

12 Dec. 2019, 12:30-13:30

Lunch talk with Mai Corlin

Join us for a lunch talk on the Visual Resistance of the Hong Kong Protest Movement by Mai Corlin, Chinese University of Hong Kong.