Nordic Perspectives - Your Nordic view on Asia

An international conference on climate change from an Asian perspective.

Program
16:00 - Welcoming remarks:
-Prof. Taciana Fisac, Director of the Centre for East Asian Studies
16:15 - "China and Climate Change after Copenhagen"
Prof. Jørgen Delman, Copenhagen University
17:00 - "Legal Responses to Climate Change: An East Asian Approach"
Prof. Jae-Hyup Lee, Seoul National University
17:45 - Coffee Break
18:15 - "The Impact of East Asian Energy Needs and Policies on Climate Change"
Profs. Emilio Menéndez and Manuel Ruiz, Autonomous University of Madrid
19:00 - Concluding remarks - Prof. Mario Esteban, CEAO

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Foredrag i Dansk-Kinesisk Forening af mag.scient. Ing-Britt Christiansen

Ing-Britt Christiansen er antropolog. Ved lidt af et tilfælde fik hun i 2004 – som 60årig – muligheden for at komme til Kina. I knap et år var hun lærer i provinsen Xinjiang i det nordvestlige Kina. Hun underviste i engelsk, først et semester i en mellemskole, derefter et semester på et universitet for lærerstuderende. I foredraget vil hun fortælle om samværet med elever og lærere, om undervisningen, om folks hverdag og om tilværelsen som udenlandsk lærer.

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The 2010 NTNU seminar will focus on an important commonality between Norway and Japan, their status as world class shipping powers. It will focus on two types of maritime ties: cooperation in ship technology development in the context of shipping ties in cargo services, ship certification, etc, and cooperation in sea-lane security and expansion.

This year's seminar will include the following highlights:

• An overview of Norwegian and Japanese cooperation in ship technology and commercial shipping links.

• Norwegian and Japanese research and development of low/zero CO2 emission ships using renewable energy, and other means.

• Potential for cooperation between Norway, Japan, and also China in securing the Sea Lanes of Communication (SLOCs) from piracy and other threats.

• Will a new and much shorter Arctic Sea route between Japan and Europe via Norway soon open up?

• Whither whaling in Norway and Japan?

Registration deadline: 12 March

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Erica Bornstein is Assistant Professor in Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA. She has a PhD from the University of California, Irvine. Bornstein has done extensive research in the areas of philanthropy, charity and humanitarianism, development, human rights, NGOs, political anthropology, and religion, and she has fieldwork experience from southern Africa and India. Bornstein is the author of 'The Spirit of Development. Protestant NGOs, Morality and Economics in Zimbabwe.' (Stanford University Press, 2005), and 'Disquieting Gifts: An Ethnography of Humanitarianism in New Delhi.' (Stanford University Press, forthcoming).

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Seminar held by Dr Apichai W. Shipper Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Southern California, USA

In Japan, foreigners are viewed as temporary workers while in Sweden as free and equal future citizens. The immigration control approach in Japan creates hierarchical categories of foreigners based on the purity of bloodline and the profession / occupation. Japanese policymakers do not view a foreigner as a complete person unless s/he marries a Japanese national, which may then result in the birth of a Japanese offspring (i.e. someone with Japanese blood).

In contrast, the Swedish immigration policy respects ethnic differences relatively more its efforts to create an egalitarian, multicultural society. Therefore, the Swedish concept of the person allows for a foreigner to become a citizen or complete person in an easier and more transparent manner than in Japan.

RSVP no later than March 15

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Asia Research Centre (ARC) invites to a guest lecture by Yogendra Yadav, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi

India presents us with a paradox of the co-existence of democracy and poverty, specifically the continued existence of electoral democracy with popular participation along with mass poverty. The paradox is not trivial: we have good reasons to be surprised about it. Making sense of this paradox takes us to the explanatory framework that may shed light on the mechanism that makes this paradoxical co-existence possible. The framework may also enable us to do a little more: understand the changes over time and differences across the various states in the relationship of democracy with poverty.

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Guest lecture by Dr. Harald Conrad School of East Asian Studies, University of Sheffield

The key argument this lecture will develop is that in the field of Japanese occupational pensions we cannot witness changes that point to a convergence towards approaches that characterize the provision of occupational pensions in liberal market economies, with the US and the UK as the two major representatives.

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Open lecture with Professor Yogendra Yadav, Senior Fellow, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, New Delhi.

India presents us with a paradox of the co-existence of democracy and poverty,
specifically the continued existence of electoral democracy with popular participation
along with mass poverty. The paradox is not trivial: we have good reasons to be surprised about it. Making sense of this paradox takes us to the explanatory framework that may shed light on the mechanism that makes this paradoxical co-existence possible. The framework may also enable us to do a little more: understand the changes over time and differences across the various states in the relationship of democracy with poverty.

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In this conference, we explore differences of civil society formation across the world. Furthermore, we look at the implications such differences have for the ways people strive to achieve political change, especially in the context of present late neoliberal era. What are the consequences for democratization? How can actors wanting to promote democratic change - as activists or through development cooperation - best form their work in these different contexts?

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The 12th Focus Asia brings leading scholars in law & society from around the world. This one-day conference of public lectures focuses on the rule of law in Asia.

At the Focus Asia, we share our knowledge and experiences in global legal transplants in Asia. We also discuss the processes and factors in which Asian societies are being transformed to rule-of-law societies where law becomes a social infrastructure.

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Foredrag i Dansk-Kinesisk Forening af rejseleder m.m. Peter Porskjær

Når nye dynastier kom til magten i Kina, blev det styrtede dynastis bygningsværker ofte fuldstændigt ødelagt, og nye bygninger og paladser blev rejst. Men den arkitektoniske stil og byplanlægningen var stort set den samme. Denne tilstand er nu brat ved at forsvinde. Især indenfor de sidste cirka ti år har byen skiftet karakter. Hutong-områderne er næsten forsvundet, og i stedet skyder højhuse, indkøbscentre og prestigebyggerier op overalt. Og byen er blevet gennemskåret og omkranset af et enormt system af motorveje.

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For this workshop, organised by CISCA, we invite original empirical and theoretical contributions focussing on the mechanisms, politics as well as histories of two processes of social in- and exclusion – often occurring simultaneously.

The processes of in- and exclusion can be studied in a number of contexts, including (but not limited to):
• Castes and the caste system.
• Socio-religious identities.
• Democratic institutions and economic constraints.

Deadline for submission of abstracts: 25th of March

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Foredrag i Dansk-Kinesisk Forening af forfatteren Henning Høeg Hansen

På Det Kongelige Bibliotek i København står en kopi af en kinesisk sten med inskriptioner – den såkaldte "Nestorianer-sten". Med udgangspunkt i denne stens historie, fortæller Henning Høeg Hansen denne aften om, hvor lidt vi gennem tiderne har vidst om Kina, og hvordan vi heller ikke gjorde det lettere for os selv ved på den ene side at kigge på Kina gennem egne fordomme og på den anden side hele tiden insisterede på at skabe et "Kina" i vores eget billede.

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The international conference Globalizing South Asia brings scholars from different fields together to analyze cultural, economic, political and environmental connections in South Asia. How does the history of South Asias translocal connections help us understand present day globalization? How are global political, economic, and environmental processes impacting South Asia and what are the local responses? What kind of cultural dynamism does the increase in translocal connections produce?

They invite contributions which take into account the broader context of local issues concerning culture and society in globalizing South Asia, both empirically and theoretically.

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The conference is organised for the second time by SASNET and it welcomes all Master Students, Doctoral Students, Postdoctoral Researchers and other junior scholars affiliated with Universities in the Nordic countries who focus on South Asia in their research studies.

This year's topics in focus are Interdisciplinary research, Field Work and Ethics, as well as Academic Career (Publishing, Teaching, Networking).

The deadline to register is 30 April 2010

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The 8th Nordic Association of Japanese and Korean Studies (NAJAKS) conference will be held on August 19-21, 2010 in Helsinki, Finland.
The theme is Bridging Japan and Korea, and keynote speaker is Professor Seungsook Moon, Vassar College, USA.

Deadline for abstract: March 10th, 2010

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The Gendering Asia Conference is the 4th conference held by the Gendering Asia Network and is open to students and scholars working primarily within the postdisciplinary field of gender studies, and also to those whose main focus is not gender, but who include a gender perspective in the study of Asia. It is part of the larger ADI conference titled "Asian Diversity in a Global Context", 11-13 November 2010.

Conference themes:

• Effects of gendered Asia
• Gendered processes constructing Asia
• How does the application of gender theory make a difference to the knowledge we construct of Asia?

The conference will include keynote speeches by Thu-Huong Nguyen-vo and Penny van Esterik(tentative) and paper presentation sessions.

Deadline for submitting abstract: 1 March 2010

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The opening day of the conference will be a public event with invited keynote speakers. The following two days will be made up of 10-12 parallel panels and workshops under the common theme of the dynamics of diversity in Asia. The goal is to generate deeper and fuller insights into the political, social, cultural and economic changes facing Asia in the 21st century. Finally, PhD students will have the opportunity to participate in an intensive PhD course over two days from 14-15 November.

Studies of Asia have a long tradition at the University of Copenhagen. 2010 celebrates the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Asia Section. In continuation of its commitment to Asian Studies, the University of Copenhagen in 2008 launched the "Asian Dynamics Initiative" (ADI) - an interdisciplinary research priority area based in the Faculties of Humanities and Social Sciences. ADI aims at expanding research and teaching on Asia as well as strengthening the university's global networks in studies of Asia.

Deadline for submitting abstract: 1 March 2010

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