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We are delighted to welcome Dr. Minyoung Kim, who will contribute to Korean Studies teaching and research at the Centre. NEST (Nordic–Lund Emerging Scholars Teaching Programme in Korean Studies) supports early-career Korea-focused scholars by providing opportunities to develop teaching experience and strengthen research networks across the Nordic region.Our first NEST Scholar has just arrived and

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/introducing-our-first-nest-scholar-dr-minyoung-kim - 2026-09-11

New article by Kimhean Hok in East Asia Forum The article assesses emerging state reforms and key development trends in Cambodia, examining how recent infrastructure and digital initiatives reflect shifting approaches to economic governance and state capacity, as well as the opportunities and constraints these changes pose for the country’s longer-term development trajectory.Focusing on projects s

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/cambodias-2025-and-beyond - 2026-09-11

New article by Elizabeth Rhoads, co-authored with Natalie Brinham, Kathy Win, and Nan Tinilar Win The article examines bordering via bureaucratic violence in Myanmar in relation to civil documentation. It categorizes bureaucratic encounters into five modalities of bureaucratic violence: deferred citizenship and higher evidentiary burdens; negative discretion in administrative decision-making; dena

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/modalities-bureaucratic-violence-bordering-civil-documentation-myanmar - 2026-09-11

On Tuesday, 27 January, Chontida Auikool 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 the Free Aceh Mov

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/chontida-auikool-has-received-her-doctorate-degree - 2026-09-11

East and South-East Asian Studies is an interdisciplinary subject that focuses on contemporary phenomena and processes in the region as a whole as well as in individual countries. The subject integrates theoretical and methodological perspectives from area studies with different disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. Application deadline March 1, 2026. Announcement and applicationCaref

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/centre-announces-1-fully-funded-phd-position-east-and-south-east-asian-studies - 2026-09-11

Panama's decision exemplifies increasing pressure exerted by the US on Latin American countries, and could spell trouble for Beijing's strategic interests in the region Last week, Tabita Rosendal spoke with France 24 about Panama’s decision to revoke CK Hutchison’s port concessions in Balboa and Cristobal. She explained that the move reflects growing pressure from the Trump administration and fits

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/tabita-rosendal-was-interviewed-france-24-about-panamas-decision-revoke-ck-hutchisons-port - 2026-09-11

Our PhD candidate Gina Song Lopez has recently published her article titled “Going Plant-Forward? Dietary Publics and Plant-Based Lifestyle Advocacy in Contemporary China” in Asian Studies Review. The article discusses China’s growing vegan, vegetarian, and flexitarian ‘dietary publics’ across online and offline foodscapes. The study combines digital food studies with onsite fieldwork, and foregro

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/going-plant-forward-china - 2026-09-11

Ranil Wickremesinghe, who was President of Sri Lanka from 2022 to 2024, utilized Buddhist diplomacy to ensure his political legitimacy and longevity - similarly to other Sri Lankan leaders of state Tabita Rosendal has published a new open‑access book chapter in Figures of Buddhist Diplomacy in Modern Asia, edited by Jack Meng‑Tat Chia, examining Ranil Wickremesinghe’s use of Buddhist diplomacy. Th

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/tabita-rosendal-has-published-new-open-access-book-chapter-buddhist-diplomacy-former-sri-lankan - 2026-09-11

Researcher Dr. Elizabeth Rhoads was recently interviewed in Nature about her work with Myanmar students and educational providers in displacement. The Pilot Capstone Project led by Lund University and housed at the Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies is an international consortium including University of Toronto, Northern Illinois University, University of Montana, and Palacky University

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/centres-outreach-program-myanmar-students-impacted-conflict-and-displacement-highlighted-nature - 2026-09-11

On Monday, 23 March, Gina (Chih-Lan) Song Lopez successfully defended her dissertation "Foodscapes of Civil Society: Veg*n advocacy and sustainability transitions in the Sino-cultural sphere" This dissertation is about social change ‘and’, ‘with’, as well as ‘through’ food. It examines the rise and expansion of novel approaches to veganism and plant-based lifestyles in the Sino-cultural sphere by

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/gina-chih-lan-song-lopez-has-received-her-doctorate-degree - 2026-09-11

Lund University is recruiting an Assistant Professor (Associate Senior Lecturer) within the Lund University Programme for Global Excellence. The position will be placed within one of five sustainability themes in the humanities or theology. One of the themes is Governance, Justice and Sustainable Futures (PDF, new tab), placed at the Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies.The application dea

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/assistant-professor-southeast-asian-studies-specialising-governance-justice-and-sustainable-futures - 2026-09-11

In a new Critical Asian Studies article, Kimhean Hok uncovers reform patterns that have significantly strengthened Cambodia’s administrative state while reinforcing authoritarian rule. In the article, Kimhean Hok argues that Cambodia should no longer be understood simply as a system with a strong ruling party and a weak state. Instead, he shows that the country has undergone what he calls a “techn

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/new-open-access-article-technocracy-cambodian-politics - 2026-09-11

New research project on "Struggles for Peace in a Changing World Order: Insights from the Thai-Cambodian border" Astrid Norén-Nilsson has received a grant from Formas (Swedish Research Council for Sustainable Development) for the 4-year project "Struggles for Peace in a Changing World Order: Insights from the Thai-Cambodian border" (2026-2030). With Robin Biddulph (Gothenburg University) and Mun M

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/astrid-noren-nilsson-receives-formas-grant - 2026-09-11

We are incredibly proud to celebrate Gina, Chontida and Tabita, who on Friday 29 May were conferred their doctoral degrees at Lund University’s annual ceremony in Lund Cathedral. This long-standing academic tradition marks the occasion when new doctors receive their doctoral insignia, including the hat or laurel wreath, in recognition of their achievements. The ceremony is known as promotion in Sw

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/celebrating-our-three-new-doctors - 2026-09-11

In this article in Communist and Post-Communist Studies, co-written by Marina Svensson and Martin Lavicka, the background to and implications of China’s 2024 Patriotic Education Law (PEL) is examined. The article argues that the PEL exemplifies the CCP’s strategy of legitimizing authoritarian governance through law while tightening ideological control over youth, religious institutions, families,

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/open-access-article-patriotic-education-china - 2026-09-11

För den som arbetspendlar mellan Danmark och Sverige har Öresundsavtalet uppdaterats från och med den 1 januari 2025. Mer information finns på dessa webbplatser:Öresundsavtalet | Rättslig vägledning | SkatteverketDet nya Öresundsavtalet 2025 - Öresunddirekt.seLäs mer om distansarbete

https://www.hr-webben.lu.se/artikel/kannedom-uppdaterat-oresundsavtal - 2026-09-11

I samband med de mycket tragiska skolskjutningen i Örebro kommer här en påminnelse om de säkerhetsåtgärder som finns vid Lunds universitet.Vid akuta pågående händelserVid alla akuta pågående händelser ska man ringa 112. Det är också viktigt att följa de instruktioner man får vid en uppkommen händelse och polisens uppmaningar. Rutiner och informationDet finns rutiner och mer information om stöd i e

https://www.hr-webben.lu.se/artikel/med-anledning-av-skjutningarna-i-orebro - 2026-09-11

Behöver ni en föreläsning, workshop eller ett längre program inom ledarskap, förändringsledning, grupputveckling eller arbetsmiljö till er verksamhet?  Universitetets nya ramavtal inom management och coaching har en stark och gedigen plattform sprängfylld av kompetens inom en rad olika ämnen. Nu får ni i verksamheterna möjlighet att träffa de upphandlade leverantörerna.  Ramavtalet utgår från fem

https://www.hr-webben.lu.se/artikel/oppet-hus-20-mars-mot-universitetets-nya-upphandlade-leverantorer-inom-ledarutveckling - 2026-09-11

Med start den 22 april erbjuds universitetets chefer och ledare en ny utbildning i samtalsteknik. Utbildningen är huvudsakligen ett stöd i chefernas roll som arbetsgivare och ledare. Utbildningen ger chefer och ledare konkreta verktyg för att genomföra olika typer av medarbetarsamtal och en förståelse för hur verktygen kopplar an till den flora av samtal som chefer och ledare hanterar.  Utbildning

https://www.hr-webben.lu.se/artikel/ny-utbildning-i-samtalsteknik-chefer - 2026-09-11

Det finns nu åter möjlighet att ansöka om medel för insatser som syftar till att förebygga diskriminering och främja lika villkor och jämställdhet. Sista ansökningsdag för lika villkorsmedel är den 31 mars 2025. Universitetet avsätter även medel för att främja en jämnare könsfördelning bland universitetets professorer. Sista dag för ansökan av medel för finansiering av tidsbegränsad anställning av

https://www.hr-webben.lu.se/artikel/dags-att-soka-medel-lika-villkor - 2026-09-11