Visit by Anna Lindstedt Ambassador of Sweden to China and Mongolia, Alumni Homecoming Weekend, and Focus Asia
October and November offer a range of events at the Centre. We are pleased to welcome Ambassador Anna Lindstedt on 12 October who will talk about China's environmental policies and climate strategy. On 20 October the Centre is participating in the alumni homecoming event that is part of Lund University's 350 anniversary celebrations. We are happy to welcome back alumni Niall Duggan, Elinor Lumbang, and Sune Petersen who will share their experiences with current and former students. In October we are also organising yet another Focus Asia event that this year addresses financial inclusion and microcredits in Asia.
At its recent board meeting the Centre adopted a strategic plan that outlines its priorities and goals for the coming two years and builds on Lund University's strategic plan. The Centre aims to continue its work to develop cutting-edge research and strengthen its national and international contacts. We also hope to welcome more visiting researchers from East and South-East Asia in the future. You can read the strategic plan here.
With best wishes Marina
LU 350 Jubilee events - Alumni Homecoming Weekend
Asian Studies - a career for the future!
On 20 October we are happy to welcome back alumni Niall Duggan, Elinor Lumbang, and Sune Petersen who will share their experiences with current and former students.
After their talks we will offer coffee and snacks (or as we say in Sweden, fika!)
Book Launch for the China Story Yearbook 2016: Control
Join us for a discussion with Jane Golley about the China Story Yearbook 2016: Control, recently published open access by ANU Press. The book launch will be followed by an open discussion and attendees will receive a free copy of the book.
Financial Inclusion in Asia: Discourse and Discontent
This symposium seeks to critically interrogate the concept of ‘financial inclusion’ as a new metric of success for the global microfinance movement, with a particular focus on what this inclusion means for people, economies and processes of (under)development at the local level.
Small Loans, Big Problems: How the World Was Seduced and Betrayed by the Microcredit Model
Open Lecture by Milford Bateman, freelance consultant on local economic development, a Visiting Professor of Economics at Juraj Dobrila University of Pula, Croatia, and an Adjunct Professor of Development Studies at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, Canada.
Rule of law assistance in an authoritarian regime: intermediary actors in Myanmar’s transition
Open lecture with Kristina Simion, School of Regulation and Global Governance, College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University Read more
16 November
The Lost Kingdom
Open lecture by Ming-Ye Rawnsley on Taiwanese film and screening of the documentary film "The Lost Kingdom" Read more
20 November
The Look of Silence
Screening of the film "The Look of Silence" and presentation of a study of the audiences' reactions in different countries including Sweden and Japan Read more
