Nordic Perspectives - Your Nordic view on Asia

Position as doctoral research fellowship (post code 1017) within Buddhist studies is available at the Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages (IKOS).

The successful candidate is expected to study aspects of Buddhism as transmitted, interpreted and practiced in East and/or South Asia. The candidate’s doctoral project should affiliate with research on Buddhism at IKOS. The fellowship is open to projects from a wide range of disciplinary and methodological approaches, such as religious studies, anthropology, literature, philology, and history of ideas. Comparative and/or multidisciplinary projects will be considered positively.

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Position as University Lecturer in Chinese at the Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages is available from 1st of January 2011

The position as University Lecturer is a 100 percent teaching position without research duties. A part of the position (25 percent) is, however, set aside for professional and academic development and administrative work.

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I henhold til samarbejdsaftale med Japan Society for the Promotion of Science(JSPS) kan danske forskere søge om tilskud til rejse- og opholdsudgifter til forskningsophold i Japan inden for områderne naturvidenskab, samfundsvidenskab og humaniora.

Ansøgningsfrist: Den 15. oktober 2010 for ophold der finder sted i tidsrummet 1. april 2011 til 31. marts 2012.

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Invitation to attend the 7th IIDS International Conference on Development (New Series) which will be hosted jointly by IIDS Australia and IIMS Calcutta in Calcutta , India during 13 to 18 December 2010.

For details of the Conference Venue, accomodation and panel programmes, please follow the link below

Utställningen pågår 28 augusti-16 januari 2011.

Delar av den världsberömda terrakottaarmén från Kina kommer till Östasiatiska museet i Stockholm hösten 2010. Utställningen blir unik eftersom den visas i en mycket spektakulär miljö, samtidigt som den också innehåller nyare fynd från andra liknande gravplatser.

Utställningen är öppen: mån-sön kl 10-20 (stängt 24-25/12, 31/12-1/1). Biljettpris: 150 kr per person, t o m 19 år fritt (bokning krävs).

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The International House of Japan and the National Diet Library of Japan are jointly launching The Japan Specialist Workshop 2011 (Access to the Culture and Society of Contemporary Japan) with a grant from the Japan Foundation, in which selected specialists will be invited to attend a series of workshops, including an individual field survey in the Tokyo metropolitan area. The dates are 14-21 February 2011.

Successful applicants will be granted round trip airfare and accomodation.

Deadline: Thursday, September 30, 2010

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• Finished your Ph.D. within the social sciences in an Asian related topic?
• Looking for an opportunity to continue your research?
• Searching for a special place to concentrate on this?

NIAS is now open for applications from young scholars, preferably from the Nordic countries and especially from our Nordic NIAS Council (NNC) member institutions, who need time and freedom to concentrate on developing their post-doc projects. With excellent library facilities, a modern publishing unit, and research staff dealing with different aspects of modern Asia, you can hardly find a more suitable or inspiring working place.

This year various activities at NIAS are being embraced and coordinated within a single overarching agenda under the research program Mapping the Mental Landscapes of Eurasia. This program seeks to go beyond studies of individual countries and culture to focus on the relations between agents, agencies, countries and cultures. We therefore particularly welcome applicants whose projects could clearly contribute to this program. More information about the program can be found at: http://nias.ku.dk/research/themes/

The post-doc stipend offer includes a two-month stay at NIAS on a salary according to present Danish university standards. We do not provide housing, but will assist in directing your way to accommodation.

Certain conditions apply:

• Recipients of a NIAS introductory stipend have to commit themselves, while at NIAS, to write an application for long term research funding (minimum 2 years)
• Project funding must include a 25% institutional overhead for NIAS
• Applicants granted funding are expected to carry out their project research at NIAS. If they wish to continue an affiliation with their home institute, an arrangement will be negotiated so the candidate can divide his/her time between the relevant institutions.

Interested? Here is how to proceed:

• E-mail us a short draft (max. 3 pp) of your research proposal.
• Attach an updated CV and a copy of your Ph.D. diploma.
• Add two references that we can contact.

Three stipend periods are vacant in 2010:

• First stipend is to start between 15-31 May and continue for 2 months. Deadline for applications is 30 April 2010.
• Next stipend is for 1 September–31 October. Deadline for applications is 2 August 2010.
• Final stipend is for 1 October–30 November. Deadline for applications is 1 September 2010.

Applications will be evaluated by the NIAS research staff in collaboration with representatives from the Nordic NIAS Council.
For more information please contact Project Coordinator Katrine Herold at katrine.herold@nias.ku.dk