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The Icelandic Centre for Asian Studies was formally founded on 16 December 2005 by the University of Akureyri and the University of Iceland. As the name of the Centre suggests, its role is to initiate and coordinate research and education concerning the Asian region. Until the foundation of ASIS, there has been no particular venue to conduct Asian research and studies in Iceland, which has had the unfortunate consequence that the region has gained scarce attention by Iceland-based scholars. A seminal task of ASIS is to change this fact. Asia is not as distant from Iceland as it used to be. Globalization and the ease and speed of modern transportation and communication brings the region straight into our own backyard – or ours into theirs. The chief mission of ASIS is to promote understanding of the Asian region among Icelandic scholars, professionals and public in order to be better capable of taking care of our ever-expanding, increasingly common backyard. One of the Centre’s first and most important projects is to plan and coordinate the two universities’ mutual B.A. programme in East-Asian studies. The programme, which will formally commence in 2007, will combine the Japanese minor currently offered at the University of Iceland and the courses in Chinese studies launched by the University of Akureyri in the spring semester of 2006. Visiting lecturers from neighbouring Scandinavian and European universities will complement these courses to make the first programme in East-Asian studies in Iceland a strong and attractive one. The contact person at the Icelandic Centre for Asian Studies is Geir Sigurdsson, Director. E-mail: geirs@unak.is, Phone: (+354) 4608574 Researchers: Geir Sigurðsson (b. 1969) has a PhD from the University of Hawaii. He focuses in particular on Chinese philosophy, Chinese religions and education in contemporary China. Homepage: http://stefania.unak.is/stefania/strammi.asp?starfsm=geirsig His most recent publications are “‘Initiating While not Proceeding to the End’: A Confucian Response to Indoctrination” (forthcoming in Educations and Their Purposes: A Philosophical Dialogue Among Cultures, 2007) and “Broadening the Way: On Commensurability Between Derrida’s philosophy and Chinese Philosophical Narratives” (in Icelandic, with Ralph Weber, in Hugur, Journal of the Icelandic Philosophical Society 17, 2005). Jóhann Páll Árnason (b. 1940) has recently retired from his professorship at the Latrobe University in Sydney, Australia, and taken recidency in Akureyri, Iceland. He has written extensively on the transformation of Japan throughout modernity. His publications include Japanese Encounters with Postmodernity (1996), The Peripheral Centre: Essays on Japanese History and Civilizations (2002), Eurasian Transformations, Tenth to Thirteenth Centuries: Crystallizations, Divergences, Renaissances (with Bjorn Wittrock, 2003) and Civilizations in Dispute: Historical Questions and Theoretical Traditions (2004).
http://www.hug.hi.is/page/asiuver
Keywords: Asia Area Studies, Iceland, Nordic Perspective, Research Institute,
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The Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies is concerned with those cultures, languages, religions and societies that lie outside Western Europe and North America. The focus is thus on current affairs in the parts of the world where the 21st century's economic and cultural conflicts have been highlighted - but in a historical perspective that stretches all the way back to the prehistoric hunters and gatherers, the very first village communities and the formation of the prehistoric civilisations of the Middle East, Asia and America. The department's research and teaching take as their point of departure regional and local phenomena as well as more general, comparative studies across cultures and borders. The programmes are based on linguistic and historical competences, and each culture is studied on its own terms and with its own language in a cross-cultural environment because cultures and societies cannot be desribed or understood as isolated entities. One of the core aspects of the department's efforts is the work to ensure that regional processes are seen in a broader, cross-cultural perspective. The cross-cultural perspective not only comprises academic challenges but also the potential for new insights into current conflicts in a globalised world. Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies Faculty of Humanities University of Copenhagen Snorresgade 17-19, DK-2300 København S Contact: Administration tors@hum.ku.dk Phone: +45 35328900 Library Kontakt: Merete Pedersen merped@hum.ku.dk Tlf.: +45 35328830
http://english.tors.ku.dk/
Keywords: Asia Area Studies, Denmark, Libraries, Nordic Perspective, Research Institute,
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The Graduate School of Contemporary Asian Studies is a multidisciplinary graduate school open to all doctoral canditates in Finland focusing on East and Southeast Asian topics in their research. The School's mission is to offer young doctoral candidates high level postgraduate education, to furnish Finnish academics for the international research careers, and to create a new research tradition of contemporary Asian studies in Finland. The work is based on the Finnish academic values and the expertise in the current Asian and Western intellectual discource.
http://www.asianet.fi/GSAS/gsas_about.html
Keywords: Asia Area Studies, Education, Finland, Higher education, Nordic Perspective, Research Institute,
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The aim of the Finnish University Network for Asian Studies is to promote education, research and personal exchange on and to Asia in Finnish Universities. The Network is coordinated at the University of Turku, Centre for East Asian Studies, CEAS.
http://www.asianet.fi/asianet/english/home.html
Keywords: Asia Area Studies, East Asia, Finland, Networks, Nordic Perspective, Southeast Asia,
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Kulturstudier er et privat selskap som drives av en gruppe samfunnsvitere og humanister med bakgrunn fra Universitetet i Oslo. Siden starten i 1997 har vi arrangert utenlandsstudier for norske studenter ved våre studiesentre rundt om i verden. Kulturstudier samarbeider tett med universiteter og høyskoler i Norge og på studiestedene. Våre undervisningsopplegg gir studiepoeng fra norske universiteter og høyskoler og kvalifiserer til støtte fra Lånekassen. Kulturstudiers uavhengige posisjon gjør det mulig for oss å rekruttere de beste forelesere og seminarlærere fra hele landet. Vi er svært stolte av vår dyktige undervisningsstab som hvert semester sikrer at du som student får maksimalt utbytte av dine studier. Kulturstudier disponerer vakre studiesentre i Vietnam, India og Nicaragua med en samlet kapasitet på ca 180 studenter per semester. Alle studiesentrene er lokalisert i mellomstore byer som vi har valgt ut med henblikk på blant annet infrastruktur, trygghet, kulturell interesse og bademuligheter. Disse stedene er vår drøm gått i oppfyllelse. Her har vi administrativt personale som gjør sitt beste for å legge til rette for at ditt studieopphold skal bli interessant, morsomt og faglig utbytterikt. Ditt semester i utlandet: India, Nicaragua eller Vietnam Et semester med norske universitets- og høyskolestudier i India, Vietnam eller Nicaragua varer i 10 eller 12 uker, og foregår ved våre studiesentre på strendene utenfor Pondicherry i Sør-India, Hoi An i Vietnam og Léon i Nicaragua. Du kan velge mellom høst og vår, eller begge deler. Alle studiene gir full uttelling i studiepoeng fra norske universiteter og høyskoler, og kvalifiserer til støtte fra Lånekassen. Dette er din mulighet til å lære en ny kultur å kjenne. Velg utdannelse som gir deg mye i tillegg til boklig lærdom!
http://www.kulturstudier.no/
Keywords: Asia Area Studies, Nordic Perspective, Norway, Research Institute,
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Welcome to the Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies! The Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies was established in 1996 with the aim of stimulating research and education focused upon East and South-East Asia, particularly in the fields of the social sciences, economics and the humanities. NNC co-owner and founding partner
http://www.ace.lu.se/
Keywords: Asia Area Studies, Libraries, Nordic Perspective, Research Institute, Sweden,
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Institutional cooperation is a central activity area at Noragric, closely linked to research and education. Noragric has agreements with more than 30 partners in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe. Most of these are with universities; some are with civil society organisations, research foundations and public institutions. Library: Dept. of International Environment and Development Studies, Noragric Contact: Ingeborg Brandtzæg / Liv Ellingsen Phone: 64 96 53 35 Opening hours: 8.00-3.45 (winter); 8.00-3.00 (summer). Staffed Monday through Friday. Visitors address: Høgskoletunet 3, Tivoli, ground floor. IN ASIA: - Tribhuvan University, Institute of Forestry, Pokhara, Nepal - Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (AKRSP), Northern Territory in Pakistan - University of Peshawar, Pakistan - University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka - Eastern University, Sri Lanka Contacts with university partners in the South, NGOs (both in the South and North), ministries and others, also contribute towards linking UMB with the international society.
http://www.umb.no
Keywords: Agricultural science and education, Agriculture, Asia Area Studies, Libraries, Nordic Perspective, Norway, Research Institute,
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The Nordic Centre in India, NCI, is a consortium of leading universities and research institutions in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. It was established in 2001 with the objective to facilitate cooperation in research and higher education between the Nordic countries and India. Through academic exchange NCI seeks to strengthen Indo-Nordic ties and understanding. The main office is located at Uppsala University in Sweden. We have a local office in Delhi, through which we can offer assistance to researchers, students and visiting Nordic delegations and groups, for example, in arranging meetings, organising lectures, seminars and conferences, following-up on research applications and establishing contacts with Indian universities and government offices. NCI runs a small guesthouse where scholars and representatives of member institutions can be hosted for both shorter and longer periods of stay. The guesthouse has become a popular meeting place for Nordic researchers. NCI is collaborating with Indian counterparts in organising a wide range of courses for Nordic students. In co-operation with the University of Hyderabad we offer a four-week summer course on "Contemporary India" as well as the opportunity for students to spend a full a semester in Hyderabad. We have similar arrangements with a number of other Indian universities and research institutions. NCI is also exploring ways of offering Indian students the possibility to study in the Nordic countries, as well as participating in courses arranged by us in India. We further hope to establish a research network through which Indian and Nordic scholars can collaborate on projects of mutual interest. The organisational structure of NCI consists of a General Assembly, with representatives from all member institutions, and a Board with five members plus substitutes. NCI is formally recognised by the Indian Government.
http://www.nci.uu.se/
Keywords: Asia Area Studies, Denmark, Finland, India, Nordic Perspective, Norway, Research Institute, South Asia, Sweden,
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Located at the prestigious Fudan University, the Nordic Centre provides a meeting place for Nordic and Chinese scholars and students. The Centre regularly arranges joint Nordic-Chinese conferences, workshops, courses and open lectures on a wide variety of topics. The Nordic Centre was started as a joint project between Fudan University and 14 Universities from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden in 1995. Professor Chen Yinzhang (Director of the Fudan University Foreign Affairs Office) has been the Executive Director of the Centre since it's opening in 1995. The Centre has a Nordic Coordinator who is in charge of the daily operations at the Centre and facilitates the contact with the Nordic member Universities. Each year the Nordic Centre hosts and co-organizes a number of different activities including workshops, seminars and conferences. In addition, the Nordic Centre also hosts a large number of open lectures with topics ranging from "The Faeroese Independence Process", "Alva Myrdahl and the 'Modern Project' in Sweden", to "Globalization of the Welfare State" and "Sanction and Human Rights" Below you can find a list with examples of seminars, workshops and conferences.
http://www3.lu.se/nc/index.html
Keywords: Asia Area Studies, China, Denmark, East Asia, Finland, In Focus, In Focus 2008, In Focus 2008 Week 28, Networks, Nordic Perspective, Norway, Shanghai, Sweden,
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Member of NNC Satsning på samarbete med Asien Den ekonomiska utvecklingen har skiftat fokus från väst till öst. Följaktligen arbetar KTH för att öka samarbetet med länder i Asien. KTH har byggt upp ett gediget forskningssamarbete med Kina, där man inom det övergripande kompetenscentret KTH - China Centre of Excellence har grundat flera gemensamma forskningscentra inom olika områden, såsom fotonik, nanoelektronik, industriell ekologi och molekylärelektronik. I samarbete med Chalmers och KI har KTH öppnat lokala kontor, Sino-Swedish centres, vid två av Kinas ledande universitet; Peking University i Beijing och Fudan University in Shanghai. Kontorens uppgift är att ge stöd till forskare och annan universitetspersonal som besöker Kina, samt att sprida information om universitetens utbildning och forskning i Kina. Under 2005 tecknades avtal med statliga Chinese Scholarship Council, CSC, om att årligen ta emot 70 studerande från Kina, främst på doktorandnivå. KTH har påbörjat ett projekt på uppdrag av Higher Education Commission (HEC) i Pakistan, som innebär uppbyggnad av ett tekniskt universitet i Sialkot utanför Islamabad. * Läs mer om Pakistan-projektet Under 2005 etablerade National University of Singapore, NUS, sitt första europeiska Overseas College vid KTH. Samarbetet fokuserar på entreprenörskap och innebär att studenterna från NUS kombinerar praktik på ett tillväxtföretag med kurser vid Stockholm School of Entrepreneurship (SSES). I gengäld har KTH tillsammans med KI öppnat ett lokalkontor på NUS i Singapore KTH har ett avtal med Indian Natural Science Academy, med fokus på bioteknik och ekosystemteknik. Avtal om studentutbyte har slutits med Indian Institute of Technology i Bombay, Delhi och Roorkee samt med Indian Institute of Science i Bangalore.
http://www.kth.se
Keywords: Asia Area Studies, China, East Asia, Education, General references, Higher education, Libraries, Nordic Perspective, Research, Research Institute, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Sweden,
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