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Life after NIAS: A Conversation on the Closure of the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies

2023.12.01

In December 2023, more than five decades of institutionalized Nordic collaboration in the field of…
Sauna Culture In Japan

2023.11.17

In 2020, Finland’s sauna culture was added to the List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of…
Understanding Narendra Modi: The Poetry of a Populist Leader

2023.11.03

Why do politicians write poems? And what does a politician’s poetry tell us about their…
Cleric, Cadre, Businessman: China's Development Strategy in Sri Lanka

2023.10.20

What do harbors have to do with Buddhism? Join us in exploring China's fascinating use of religio…
India, Asia, and the Global South

2023.10.06

How should we understand the emergence of the Global South as a political actor? What is the role…
Globalisation and Glocalisation of Bubble Tea

2023.09.29

Bubble tea, also known as pearl milk tea, boba or tapioca milk tea is a popular drink in Asia.…
The Political Life of Memory - Birsa Munda in Contemporary India

2023.09.22

How do affective sites such as memorials and statues produce political visions, emotions, and…
Development and Migration in Contemporary Asia

2023.09.18

Is migration good or bad for development? How does migration affect those who leave and those who…
Victims, Perpetrators and Professionals

2023.09.09

The Representation of Women in Chinese Crime Films
Digital Repression in Thailand

2023.09.01

How serious an issue is digital repression in Thailand? Who is behind it? And what effects does it…
Journalism History in Macau: A Abelha da China in its 200 Years

2023.08.25

How did the first newspaper in Macau come into being? What was the first foreign language newspaper…
Civil Society Elites: Field Studies from Cambodia and Indonesia

2023.08.18

What does civil society look like in Indonesia and Cambodia, and who are civil society elites? In…
Of Peninsulas and Archipelagos: The Landscape of Translation in Southeast Asia

2023.08.11

What does a map of Southeast Asia as a pegasus have to do with translation and Southeast Asia? How…
Cause Lawyering and Human Rights in Indonesia

2023.08.04

Why have issues of human rights become so contentious in Indonesia, 25 years after the much-heralde…
India's Development Diplomacy and Soft Power in Africa

2023.07.28

In this episode, Kenneth King (University of Edinburgh) & Meera Venkatachalam (University of…
Electoral Reform and Democracy in Malaysia

2023.07.21

Why is Malaysia in need of electoral reform? How can we explain recent changes including the…
Ethnicity and Nation-Building in Myanmar

2023.07.14

Did the bloody 1 February 2021 military coup in Myanmar produce an unexpected ‘solidarity dividend’…
Hindu Nationalism and Lower Caste Politics

2023.07.07

Why and how has India’s Hindu nationalist party, the BJP, become so adept at appealing to and…
Afghanistan-Pakistan Relations: A Clash of Identities?

2023.06.30

With Afghanistan once again under Taliban rule and Pakistan reeling under a severe economic and…
Global India: The Pursuit of Influence and Status

2023.06.23

In 2023, India surpassed China in numbers of total population and holds the presidency of the…
Can Thailand Move Forward? A Discussion of the May 2023 Thai Elections

2023.06.16

Why was the May 2023 Thai election such a historic election? What does the surprising Move Forward…
Creating Sustainable Value in Social Enterprises in the Philippines

2023.06.09

Are there ways to tackle pressing social, environmental and economic problems at once? In this…
Recentering Pacific Asia: Regional China and World Order

2023.06.02

The Pacific Rim of Asia – Pacific Asia – is now the world's largest and most cohesive economic…
Neither Friend nor Enemy: Sweden-North Korea Relations

2023.05.26

Welcome to the fourth NIAS-Korea episode. We invite Dr. Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein to discuss…
The Politics of Community Making in New Urban India

2023.05.19

How is urban India changing? And how do communities inhabit and tranform India’s new cities and…
China's Green Consensus

2023.05.12

How has China’s one-party system dealt with the country’s growing environmental issues? And what…
NIAS Press: Riding the Digital Storm

2023.05.05

What is the story behind NIAS Press becoming one of Europe's leading Asian Studies publishers? How…
Aspired Communities, Contested Futures: Long-Term Recovery after the 3.11 Disaster in Japan

2023.04.28

On March 11, 2011, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of northeastern Japan triggering…
The Promise of Multispecies Justice

2023.04.21

Sophie Chao in Conversation with Terese Gagnon. How might we imagine justice in times of ecological…
Slum Tourism and Affective Economy in Delhi, India

2023.04.14

In Delhi, former street children guide visiting tourists around the streets that they used to…