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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Mark Philip Stadler is a PhD student in the field of Southeast Asian Studies at the University of Copenhagen and a visiting PhD student at the Centre between 14 January to 15 April. Mark's PhD project is about urban poor activism in Jakarta - that is activism by and for the urban poor - and how the activists struggle

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/visiting-phd-student-centre - 2026-09-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The board's task is to promote the strategic work at the Centre and stimulate interdisciplinary collaboration across the faculties. The board consist of (in alphabetical order)Tobias Axelsson, senior lecturer at the Department of Economic History, Lund UniversityStefan Brehm, senior lecturer at the CentreAstrid Norén

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/centres-new-strategic-board-has-been-appointed-board-joint-faculties-humanities-and-theology - 2026-09-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies is co-organising the 12th Annual Nordic NIAS Council Conference and PhD Course 2-6 December 2019 to be held in Lund. Deadline for submitting abstracts is 7 June.Read more about the conference and course here (pdf) and on the conference website www.digitalasia2019.com

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/digital-asia-conference-call-papers - 2026-09-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Applications are now open for a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in Japan’s and/or Korea’s contemporary society at the Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, Lund University. Starting date 15 August 2019 or as per agreement.The person employed is expected to work independently but should also cooperate with oth

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/applications-open-postdoctoral-fellowship - 2026-09-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Debate article published in Dagens Nyheter An article arguing for the need for more focus on Asian studies in Sweden was just been published in Dagens Nyheter and Marina Svensson, Director here at the Centre, is one of the authors. The article is only available in Swedish.Read the full article here  

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/poor-knowledge-asian-societies-sweden - 2026-09-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Paul O'Shea has published a chapter in a new book entitled Japan's Future and a New Meiji Transformation. The title of the chapter is "Learning from Okinawa’s geopolitical history: how easing the burden of the bases makes good geopolitical sense".The chapter examines the contemporary geopolitical challenges facing Oki

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/new-publication-okinawa-and-east-asian-geopolitics - 2026-09-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. We are happy to announce that 'Dog Days', the 2018 edition of the Made in China Yearbook, is finally out! This book traces the latest developments in Chinese society through a collection of 50 original essays on labour, civil society, and human rights in China and beyond, penned by leading scholars and practitioners f

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/made-china-yearbook-2018-now-published - 2026-09-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Centre invites Swedish and Nordic Ph.D. students with a focus on East and South-East Asia to spend 1 month at the Centre during the fall of 2019. We are able to pay for accommodation at the University Guest House for one month for up to two PhD candidates who needs housing, and will in addition provide office spac

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/calls-visiting-phd-students-1 - 2026-09-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Marina Svensson has together with Eva Pils, Kings College London, published an article in The Conversation. The article deals with the situation for academic freedom in China and global responsibilities. It covers some recent cases and discuss what scholars, professional associations, and universities can do to uphold

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/safeguarding-academic-freedom - 2026-09-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Marina Svensson has published a book chapter entitled “Human Rights and the Internet in China: New Frontiers and Challenges” The chapter is published in the Handbook on Human Rights in China, edited by Sarah Biddulph and Joshua Rosenzweig (Edward Elgar 2019). The handbook provides an important analysis of rights in Ch

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/human-rights-and-internet-china - 2026-09-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology has approved the establishment of a new Ph.D. programme in East and South-East Asian Studies. It will be the first such programme in Sweden.Application for Ph.D. candidates will open in early 2020.

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/centre-start-phd-programme-east-and-south-east-asian-studies - 2026-09-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Dr Astrid Norén-Nilsson has co-guest edited a special issue on Social Movements in Cambodia in the Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs. Main text: The special journal issue assesses the role of contemporary social movements in negotiating change in relations between the Cambodian state and its citizens. Dr Astr

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/social-movements-cambodia-special-journal-issue - 2026-09-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Stefan Brehm and Jesper Svensson published an article on the impact of Chinese environmental model cities on best practice diffusion in Asia Pacific Journal of Regional Science. The article analyses the impact of the ‘environmental protection model city program’ on promoting best practice in urban environmental govern

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/are-environmental-model-cities-good-examples - 2026-09-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Centre invites Ph.D. students with a focus on East and South-East Asia to spend one month at the Centre during the spring of 2020. We are able to pay for accommodation at the University Guest House for one month for up to four PhD candidates who needs housing, and will in addition provide office space, access to t

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/calls-visiting-phd-students-2 - 2026-09-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On 21 November, Dr Astrid Norén-Nilsson gave a talk at the Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre, London School of Economics. Dr Norén-Nilsson spoke on processes of elite formation within Cambodian civil society today as well as patterns of interaction between civil society elites and other elites, building on ongoing r

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/seminar-civil-society-elites-and-cambodian-civil-society-today - 2026-09-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Nicholas Loubere's book "Development on Loan: Microcredit and Marginalisation in Rural China" has been published open access by Amsterdam University Press. Key to China's plans to promote rural development is the de-marginalisation of the countryside through the incorporation of rural areas into the urban-based market

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/new-book-microcredit-and-development-rural-china-published - 2026-09-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The placement of the position is to be divided between the Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies and the Division of Human Rights. The candidate needs to have written a Ph.D. thesis with a focus on some aspect of Human Rights in East and South-East Asia. Very good and documented knowledge of English is required

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/applications-open-two-year-appointment-postdoc-human-rights-east-and-south-east-asia - 2026-09-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The programme is four-year long (240 credits) and combines courses (60 credits) with a thesis (180 credits). East and South-East Asian Studies is an interdisciplinary subject that focuses on present-day socio-political issues and developments and can include a range of topics concerning phenomena and processes in the

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/two-fully-funded-phd-positions-east-and-south-east-asian-studies - 2026-09-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Marina Svensson has published an article entitled “Chinese universities: restrictions on academic freedom and global implications.” The article is included in the volume China: Shifting Power and Human Rights Diplomacy edited by David Ismangil, Karen van der Schaaf and Stijn Deklerck, and published by Amnesty Internat

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/new-publication-academic-freedom-china - 2026-09-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The travel group Ggumtle Airplane recently ‘landed’ at Lund University to discuss core values in education and their relation to wider values in society with the students at the Centre of East and South-East Asian Studies. On the 16th of January 2020, the Centre of East and Southeast Asian Studies of Lund University h

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/visit-south-korea-opened-discussion-core-values-swedish-education-system - 2026-09-19