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26 Nov 2025
Two new episodes of the Nordic Asia podcast
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 ...
3 Nov 2025
Applications are now being accepted for the spring 2026 PhD Mobility
4 Jun 2025
Two New Doctorates
Joanne Kuai (Karlstad University) and Tabita Rosendal (Lund University) have successfully defended their PhD dissertations.
26 May 2025
Applications are now being accepted for the fall 2025 PhD Mobility
9 Jan 2025
Nordic Asia Podcasts
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.
12 Nov 2024
Applications are now open for our Spring 2025 courses, workshops, mobility and annual retreat!
Deadline to apply: 29 November 2024.
18 Oct 2024
Open call for papers for Asia in Focus issue no 11
The open-access journal for early career scholars in Asian Studies Asia in Focus has opened for paper submissions. Submission deadline: November 30th.
18 Jun 2024
Upcoming Workshops: Application now closed
We are pleased to announce that applications are now open for two workshops taking place in fall 2024.
28 May 2024
Application for the annual retreat - application now closed
The 2024 annual retreat will be held 6-8 November in Sigtuna at Sigtunastiftelsen. The application deadline is 25 September.
16 May 2024
Applications are now being accepted for our Fall 2024 PhD Mobility and the PhD Course ”Critical Perspectives on East and South-East Asian Studies”
Application deadline: 13 June, 2024
21 Mar 2024
Extended application deadline for the workshop ”Presentation Skills and Public Speaking”
New deadline 15 April.
22 Feb 2024
The Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies and the Graduate School in Asian Studies joins the Nordic Asia Podcast
Want to stay up-to-date on Asian affairs and research in the Nordics and beyond? Tune in to the Nordic Asia Podcast!
19 Jan 2024
Writing Retreat in May
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?
19 Jan 2024
Late applications open for the course The Craft of Writing and Publishing Peer Reviewed Journal Articles
15 Jan 2024
1-2 fully funded PhD positions in East and South-East Asian Studies.
The Centre announces 1-2 fully funded PhD positions. East and South-East Asian Studies is an interdisciplinary subject that focuses on contemporary phenomena and processes in the r...
15 Dec 2023
Summer school news
13 Oct 2023
Applications are now being accepted for our Spring 2024 PhD Mobility and PhD Courses
Application deadline: 13 November
25 Sep 2023
Graduate School Retreat
The Graduate School held its first annual retreat in Ystad 21-22 September.
16 May 2023
European Association for Chinese Studies Summer School 2023 : Call for applications
European Association for Chinese Studies Summer School 2023: Situating Global China. 23rd–25th August 2023. Application deadline 16th June.
10 May 2023
Application now open for the workshop "Preparing for a career outside of academia: Policy writing and research communication"
Application deadline: 6 October