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Mats Jerkeman will take over as LUCC coordinator next year (1 March 2024) when Sophia Zackrisson's 3-year term of office as coordinator ends. It is the Dean of Faculty of Medicine that decide about the LUCC coordinator within LUCC after an internal nomination procedure.
https://www.lucc.lu.se/internal/article/new-lucc-coordinator-start-1-march-2024 - 2026-11-01
Pamela Buchwald (left) is new member of LUCC executive group, starting 1 January 2024. She is also new Scientific Director of Skåne University Hospital Comprehensive Cancer Centre (SUHCCC) replacing Lisa Rydén. We have also new LUCC board members from last year - PhD student representative Juliane Albrecht (upper middle) and Carina Bernardo (right) representing Future Faculty. We also have a new c
https://www.lucc.lu.se/internal/article/new-members-lucc-board-and-executive-group - 2026-11-01
The best cancer thesis of the year 2023 is Communication about serious illness as a relational process by Mattias Tranberg with the following motivation: "The work by Mattias Tranberg provides novel knowledge to improve clinical cancer care from a holistic viewpoint with focus on the relationship between health care staff and seriously ill patients ". The price sum for this year's thesis is SEK
https://www.lucc.lu.se/internal/article/best-phd-thesis-cancer-year-2023 - 2026-11-01
New organisation in the management and new board members. We have reorganized the management within LUCC and also got new members plus a new vice coordinator since the beginning of the year. The former board and the executive group have been merged to an operational board. This will streamline the organization and adapt it to current needs. The current members of the Board and Scientific Advisory
https://www.lucc.lu.se/internal/article/reorganisation-lucc-management - 2026-11-01
Meet the new guest professor at Lund University Cancer Centre (LUCC) Mary Beth Terry from Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, US. Mary Beth Terry was recently employed as guest professor at Lund University Cancer Centre from March 2025 until 2028. She will be working 10% of full time and her employment is supported by LUCC and Mrs Berta Kamprad Foundation. She recently visited Lun
https://www.lucc.lu.se/internal/article/meet-new-guest-professor-cancer-epidemiology-and-prevention - 2026-11-01
Interested in spending a couple of days in Sigtuna to write together with peers in a beautiful environment and discuss your writing with senior scholars? The retreat takes place at Stora Brännbo Konferens och Hotel and starts in the late afternoon on the 13th of May and ends in the afternoon of the 15th of May. The graduate school will pay for your travel and the stay at the retreat. Deadline to
https://www.graduateschoolasianstudies.lu.se/article/writing-retreat-may - 2026-11-01
Want to stay up-to-date on Asian affairs and research in the Nordics and beyond? Tune in to the Nordic Asia Podcast! The Nordic Asia Podcast is a collaboration between the following academic partners: Asia Centre, University of Tartu (Estonia) , Asian Studies, University of Helsinki (Finland), Centre for Asian Studies , Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania), Centre for East Asian Studies, Unive
New deadline 15 April. At this workshop, led by Altitude Meetings, and co-organised with the Graduate School in History, you will get practical advice in a workshop format on how to become a better speaker. The workshop takes place on 22 May at Stadshallen in Lund See here for more information
Application deadline: 13 June, 2024 During the fall of 2024, we will give the PhD course Critical Perspectives on East and South-East Asian Studies . The course is given part-time during the fall semester with some in-person events in Lund. Please check the link for more information and application form if you are interested. PhD students focusing on East and South-East Asia, currently enrolled i
The 2024 annual retreat will be held 6-8 November in Sigtuna at Sigtunastiftelsen. The application deadline is 25 September. At this event we will discuss the need for knowledge on East and South-East Asia among Swedish and international institutions, and career possibilities in and experiences from these institutions. We will also have a grant writing session. PhD students in their final year an
https://www.graduateschoolasianstudies.lu.se/article/application-annual-retreat-application-now-closed - 2026-11-01
We are pleased to announce that applications are now open for two workshops taking place in fall 2024. Podcast Production Workshop, 24-25 October 2024 This one-and-a-half-day workshop in October covers all essential aspects of podcast production, from concept development and recording to post-launch engagement. It is a hands-on, interactive workshop that starts from the basics and requires no prio
https://www.graduateschoolasianstudies.lu.se/article/upcoming-workshops-application-now-closed - 2026-11-01
The open-access journal for early career scholars in Asian Studies Asia in Focus has opened for paper submissions. Submission deadline: November 30th. We are happy to announce a call for papers for the next issue of the Asia in Focus journal—published by the Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, Lund University—with a planned publication date in spring. Asia in Focus is an open access j
https://www.graduateschoolasianstudies.lu.se/article/open-call-papers-asia-focus-issue-no-11 - 2026-11-01
Deadline to apply: 29 November 2024. For Spring 2025 you can apply for: PhD Courses Asia in the Global Economy 4 Credits, 20 January to 20 February 2025 Research ethics and fieldwork in an authoritarian context 3 credits, 27-28 February 2025 Workshops Visual methods and art-based research in the social science s 17-18 March in Lund Presentation skills and public speaking 8 May in Lund
The Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies together with the Graduate School in Asian Studies have recently produced three episodes of the Nordic Asia Podcast. The episodes deal with academic freedom issues in Thailand, China and the Indo-Pacific, as well as a Tibetan filmmaker. The episodes were hosted and produced by several of the Centre's PhD students and our intern. Two of them were pro
https://www.graduateschoolasianstudies.lu.se/article/nordic-asia-podcasts - 2026-11-01
PhD students who are enrolled in the Graduate School in Asian Studies and at a Swedish university, and who specialise in East or Southeast Asia, are invited to apply for a mobility opportunity at one of our partner institutions during the autumn term of 2025. Visitors to Lund are welcome during the period 10 November to 12 December. The deadline to apply is 1 September. Please note that acceptanc
https://www.graduateschoolasianstudies.lu.se/article/applications-are-now-being-accepted-fall-2025-phd-mobility - 2026-11-01
Joanne Kuai (Karlstad University) and Tabita Rosendal (Lund University) have successfully defended their PhD dissertations. On Friday, 30 May, Joanne Kuai successfully defended her dissertation “AI, News, and the State: Reinstitutionalising Journalism in Global China’s Algorithmic Age” at Karlstad University. This dissertation that dives into how AI is reshaping journalism in China and beyond, co
https://www.graduateschoolasianstudies.lu.se/article/two-new-doctorates - 2026-11-01
PhD students who are enrolled in the Graduate School in Asian Studies and at a Swedish university, and who specialise in East or Southeast Asia, are invited to apply for a mobility opportunity at one of our partner institutions during the spring term of 2026. The deadline to apply is 1 December 2025. Please note that acceptance and time period depend on availability of accommodation. Visit this pa
https://www.graduateschoolasianstudies.lu.se/article/applications-are-now-being-accepted-spring-2026-phd-mobility - 2026-11-01
Interested to learn more about AI and jounalism in China and music and Mongolian identity? Listen to two PhD projects hosted by Ning Ao, PhD candidate at the Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies. In the first episode Ning Ao discusses AI and journalism with Joanne Kuai, who recently finished her PhD at Karlstad University and now is a Research Fellow in the School of Media and Communicati
https://www.graduateschoolasianstudies.lu.se/article/two-new-episodes-nordic-asia-podcast - 2026-11-01
Interested to learn more about Kyoto? Listen to two podcasts hosted by Julia Olsson, PhD candidate at the Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies. In the first episode Julia talks with Dr. Chiara Rita Napolitano, a Postdoctoral Researcher at Kyoto University, on Japanese traditional urban dwellings, known as "machiya" (町家), and the attached concept of "seikatsu bunka" (生活文化, culture of everyd
https://www.graduateschoolasianstudies.lu.se/article/two-new-episodes-nordic-asia-podcast-0 - 2026-11-01
On Tuesday, 27 January, Chontida Auikool (Lund University) successfully defended her dissertation "Aceh Chinese Negotiated Belonging: Memory, Place, and Identity" This dissertation focuses on Aceh Chinese’s lived experiences in Aceh, an Indonesian province marked by repeated violence and major social changes. These include the 1965–1966 anti-communist mass killings, the protracted conflict between
https://www.graduateschoolasianstudies.lu.se/article/chontida-auikool-has-received-her-doctorate-degree - 2026-11-01
