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8-9 May & 25 November Moral and Political Leadership in Asia  The overall theme for the Focus Asia lectures in spring 2008 was moral and political leadership in Asia. After the tsunami catastrophe in 2004 religious leadership became pivotal and for many individual survivors religion became their lifeline. Two lectures addressed Buddhist leadership in the aftermath of the tsunami in Thailand and in

https://www.ace.lu.se/activities/selected-past-events/focus-asia/focus-asia-2008 - 2025-09-29

16-18 April R&D and technological change in China Research and development has become a global task that is no longer limited to the leading industrialized nations. In recent years China is emerging as a new centre for knowledge production. Between 1995 and 2004 China doubled its R&D expenditures from 0.6% to 1.3% of its GDP and increased its number of researchers by 77%. With a budget of    € 102

https://www.ace.lu.se/activities/selected-past-events/focus-asia/focus-asia-2007 - 2025-09-29

26-27 April & 22-23 November Religious and Social movements in East and South-East AsiaOn 26 April the lectures addressed new developments and research regarding the social and political role of religion in contemporary East and South-East Asian societies. In China and Japan we see a revival of religion and a redefinition of religion as a result of both domestic and global developments. In the Sou

https://www.ace.lu.se/activities/selected-past-events/focus-asia/focus-asia-2006 - 2025-09-29

24-26 May & 23-24 November Hiroshima: Memory and Threat 60 years after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Center for East and South-East Asian Studies, arranged a symposium titled Hiroshima: Memory and Threat at Kulturen (Swedish Museum of the Year 2004) in Lund. An exhibition of drawings by hibakusha, “Drawings from Hiroshima Peace Museum – 60 Years after the Bomb” was also held a

https://www.ace.lu.se/activities/selected-past-events/focus-asia/focus-asia-2005 - 2025-09-29

25-27 May & 25-26 November FOCUS ASIA 25-27 May 2004 The first Focus Asia public lecture series was held in May 2004. The speakers were the leading experts in Europe in their respective fields of research. The lectures covered the entire region from Indonesia to Japan, and dealt with a wide range of timely issues, from new perspectives on Indonesia’s modern history and China’s cultural heritage, t

https://www.ace.lu.se/activities/selected-past-events/focus-asia/focus-asia-2004 - 2025-09-29

In 2004 the Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies started publishing a publication series titled Working Papers in Contemporary Asian Studies. The aim of the series was to provide a forum for new, interdisciplinary research on contemporary Asia. The series included contributions, each between 25 to 50 pages in length, written by researchers active at the Centre, visiting scholars who have p

https://www.ace.lu.se/about-centre/working-papers-contemporary-asian-studies-2004-2017 - 2025-09-29

Food in Asia 15-16 April, 2014 The exciting field of Food Studies embraced and examined the broad topic of food and its importance in various aspects of life. During this XXIst biannual Focus Asia symposium we sought to gain a broader understanding of the role of food in Asian societies by looking at food from different angles. Leading experts explained the multi-layered importance of food, focusi

https://www.ace.lu.se/activities/selected-past-events/focus-asia/focus-asia-2014 - 2025-09-29

The XVIIth Biennial Conference of the European Association for Chinese Studies (EACS) was held at Lund University, Sweden, between 6-10 August 2008.The conference title was ‘China Centre Stage’, reflecting the momentous event that would take place during August 2008 in China, namely the XXIXth Olympic Games. The conference also commemorated the 60th anniversary of the first meeting in Cambridge of

https://www.ace.lu.se/xvii-eacs-conference - 2025-09-29

The Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies  (Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier) focuses on interdisciplinary education and research on contemporary East and South-East Asia. Organizationally the Centre is a section of the Department of History in the Joint Faculties of the Humanities and Theology. The Centre is headed by a director and for its strategic work it also relies on an adviso

https://www.ace.lu.se/about-centre - 2025-09-29

Career prospects and Alumni network As a graduate of the MSc Programme in Asian Studies you have a number of career opportunities available to you after your graduation. Many graduates continue to doctoral studies at universities throughout Europe and beyond. Currently, our graduates are enrolled in doctoral programmes in a wide range of fields including political science, economic history, servic

https://www.ace.lu.se/education/after-your-studies - 2025-09-29

Admission requirements Before you apply please make sure that you read our admission requirements. When to apply Application opens: October 16, 2017Application deadline: January 15, 2018 How to applyApplications should be made online at universityadmissions.se - the national Swedish site for university applications:Direct link to the Masters Programme in Asian Studies in the universityadmissions.s

https://www.ace.lu.se/january-admission-round - 2025-09-29

There are two sets of requirements you must fulfil to enable a successful application for a Masters Programme at Lund University:Basic requirements - English proficiency and a university degreeSpecific requirements - specific entry requirements stipulated by a university and/or department. 1. Basic requirementsAll students applying to Lund University for Master's Programmes taught in English, must

https://www.ace.lu.se/admission-requirements - 2025-09-29

From geopolitics to K-pop, are you curious about what drives East and South-East Asia today? Explore the region’s complexities in a Master’s that puts you at the crossroads of global change within a truly international, interdisciplinary classroom setting. This program provides you with a broad and interdisciplinary understanding of societal development in East and South-East Asia. You begin with

https://www.ace.lu.se/education/about-masters-programme-asian-studies - 2025-09-29

Academic Support CentreThe Academic Support Centre is a  free service open to all students studying courses and programmes conducted in English and provide individual and group consultations, workshops, and seminars on topics in three areas:The academic writing processSpeaking and presentations skillsReading and study skillsTo the Academic Support Centre Reading & Writing DisabilitiesDo you have d

https://www.ace.lu.se/masters-programme-asian-studies/academic-support - 2025-09-29

The following institutions all receive copies of our working papers. EuropeAustriaUniversität WienBelgiumKatholieke Universiteit LeuvenCzech RepublicCharles UniversityDenmarkNordisk Institut for Asienstudier (NIAS)Århus UniversitetFranceÉcole des Hautes Études en Sciences SocialesÉcole française d'Extrême-OrientInstitut des Hautes Études ChinoisesGermanyAlbert-Ludwigs-Universität FreiburgBayerisch

https://www.ace.lu.se/about-centre/publications-centre/list-receiving-institutions - 2025-09-29

The Centre is involved in a wide range of activities. We organise film screenings and host guest lectures and seminars. Most events are held here at the Centre and are open to the general public. Information about upcoming events is published here on the website, on our Facebook page as well as announced via e-mail. Calendar Link to RSS 15 October 2025 15:15 to 17:00 | Lecture/talk CANCELLED Stron

https://www.ace.lu.se/activities - 2025-09-29

Digital information and communication technology (ICT) changes the information flows between society and government in China. There is, nevertheless, disagreement about whether the changes lead towards increased transparency and accountability, or if informal institutions stifle any move in that direction. Research shows how ICT enables citizen empowerment, on the one hand, but amplifies state sur

https://www.ace.lu.se/research-0 - 2025-09-29

Academic achievements (the student workload) at Lund University are measured according to a credit system. 1.5 credits equal approximately one week of full-time studies. Thus, after one semester of successful full-time studies (participating according to requirements and passing the examinations), you will be awarded 30 credits.Courses at the Centre usually consist of 7.5 or 15 credits each. Cours

https://www.ace.lu.se/education/about-programme/outline-programme - 2025-09-29

To go abroad as an exchange student means that you are studying at one of Lund University's partner universities for one semester of your training. Lund University is ranked as one of the top twenty universities in Europe for student exchange and our partner universities are top 100 universities across the globe. As a student in the Master's Programme in Asian Studies, you have the opportunity to

https://www.ace.lu.se/education/about-masters-programme-asian-studies/exchange-studies - 2025-09-29

The national graduate school on ageing and health is led by a board consisting of members from the partner universities. Affiliated PhD students also participate in the board work. The board includes members from the public with an interest in research on ageing and health. Members of the SWEAH board 2025ethel [dot] forsberg [at] me [dot] com (Ethel Forsberg), chairman, ex Director General FORTEla

https://sweah.lu.se/en/about-sweah/sweah-board - 2025-09-29