Nordic Perspectives - Your Nordic view on Asia

Indonesia beyond the water's edge : managing an archipelagic state / ed. by Robert Cribb and Michele Ford. - Singapore : ISEAS, 2009. - xv, 247 s. : ill. (se-IND-2265)

Indonesia is the world's largest archipelagic state, with more than 18,000 islands and over 7.9 million square kilometres of sea. The marine frontier presents the nation with both economic opportunities and political and strategic challenges. Indonesia has been affected more than most countries in the world by a slow revolution in the management of its waters. Whereas Indonesia's seas were once conceived administratively as little more than the empty space between islands, successive governments have become aware that this view is outmoded. The effective transfer to the seas of regulatory regimes that took shape on land, such as territoriality, has been an enduring challenge to Indonesian governments. This book addresses issues related to maritime boundaries and security, marine safety, inter-island shipping, the development of the archipelagic concept in international law, marine conservation, illegal fishing, and the place of the sea in national and regional identity.

Gender struggles : wage-earning women and male-dominated unions in postwar Japan / Christopher Gerteis. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Asia Center, 2009. - viii, 226 s. (fe-JAP-2220)

Ved Institutt for samanliknande politikk, Det samfunnsvitskaplege fakultet, Universitet i Bergen,er det ledig ei stilling som stipendiat i fire år. 25 % av samla tilsetjingstid er arbeidsplikt knytt til undervisning, rettleiing og anna arbeid ved instituttet.

Stipendet er knytt til program om demokrati og rettsstat med geografisk fokus på Kina. Prosjekt som tematisk fokuserar på utvikling av demokratiske og rettslege institusjonar er særskilt ynskjeleg. Kjennskap til eit kinesisk språk er ynskjeleg, men ikkje naudsynt.

Søknadsfrist: 22. mars 2010

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Solheim skal ha samtalar med toppleiarane i fredsprosessen mellom anna for å drøfte den politiske utviklinga. Fredsprosessen er i ein kritisk fase. Noreg har lenge aktivt støtta opp om arbeidet for fred i landet.

Under reisa vil Solheim òg sjå nærare på norsk bistand til Nepal. Dei seinare åra er norsk bistand til landet trappa opp. Støtte til stabilitet og fredleg, langsiktig utvikling er prioriterte område. Bistanden var på om lag 260 millionar kroner i 2008.

Ein ber presse som ynskjer å delta på heile eller deler av reisa å ta kontakt for ytterlegare informasjon.

Pressekontakt: Informasjonsrådgivar Trine Jøranli Eskedal, e-post: trj@mfa.no, mobil 415 21 639 (med på reisa).

The Library of the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies offers course in using the library's Chinese language resources.

The Course takes place at NIAS Library, Leifsgade 33. 2. Floor

24 March 2010 at 11:00am to 1:00 pm

The courses include an introduction to:

• Literature search in databases; Introduction to the Chinese language databases for locating literature.

Please contact NIAS library Inga-Lill Blomkvist or Jørgen Delman for more information: bib@nias.ku.dk or 35329510

Shen Yun Performing Arts er verdens førende kinesiske danse- og musikkompagni og repræsenterer essensen af Kinas rige autentiske kulturarv - en strålende blanding af skønhed, energi og ynde.

Med hjemsted i New York og uafhængigt af det kinesiske regime søger Shen Yun Performing Arts at bringe nyt liv til den traditionelle kinesiske kultur, samt at give publikum en oplevelse af mageløs skønhed. Kompagniets forestillinger har bevæget og høstet bifald fra publikum i over 90 byer verden over.

Forestillingene i Århus er en del af Shen Yun Performing Arts' verdensturné i 2010 og kan opleves i Musikhuset 2. og 3. april 2010.
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The Department of Anthropology, Copenhagen University invites applications for the position as Full or Fixed-term (5 years) Professor in the Anthropology of Asia.

Application Deadline: 06 April, 2010 at 12.00


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This one-week PhD course (18-24 June 2010) is designed to familiarize the participants with relevant methodological literature on cross-cultural methods and enable them to use the literature as a guideline for their own methodological choices. The participants will understand the difficulties but also the opportunities of conducting cross-cultural research. The participants will receive knowledge, understanding and preparedness to independently develop skills in conducing empirical cross-cultural research.

The participants should be doctoral students or faculty members at Fudan or Shanghai University or any of the member universities of KATAJA or Nordic Centre at Fudan University.

Deadline for submitting applications is: 1 March 2010

For more information and application, please follow the links below

The Danish National Research Foundation (DNRF) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) have agreed on developing and strengthening Danish-Chinese scientific collaboration.

Hereby, the DNRF invites researchers from the Danish universities and other institutions conducting basic research to apply for funding of Danish-Chinese information and communication technology research collaborations.

Application deadline: 21 April 2010

For more information, please follow the link below

Indonesia has long held a special place in debates on development and development policy. International donor agencies such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund have advanced Indonesia as a model for other developing nations.

Under former president Suharto's rule (1966-98), significant economic progress was often highlighted by donor agencies. At the fall of the Suharto regime, Indonesia was not only a developing country; it was also a country struggling to maintain political and national unity. As a consequence, the democratically elected leaders of Indonesia have, since 1998, been faced with formidable challenges to usher the country into democracy – hampered by widespread corruption and chaotic local politics – and make the economy recover to pre-crisis levels.

It is this development process since 1998, the challenges encountered and possible roads into the future that the workshop will focus on.

Aim of the workshop
The aim of the workshop is to gather as many Indonesia scholars and students as possible for a workshop at which current and future research projects can be discussed.

For more information, please follow the link below

This one-week course is designed to give the participating students (master-level) a
general introduction to 'doing business in China'. Focus will be a mixture of hand-on
experiences and academic presentations all related to setting-up and running a foreign
company in China.

Deadline of application is 28 Feb, 2010.

For more information, please follow the links below

Upcoming sabbatical?
Take a look at this!

What we offer is:

• A place to concentrate, a place where relevant information is available and accessible, and a place where Asian affairs make up a normal topic around the lunch table as well as in seminars and workshops. In other words: the perfect place to stay when you need to focus on your research, whether it is to finish a report or writing a scholarly article.
• The offer includes office space and equipment.

What you need to take care of yourself:

• Funding for travel, board and lodging, local transportation, etc.
  

What we shall try to assist you with:

• Finding a room or an apartment in the vicinity of NIAS.
• Applying for funds in your home country or elsewhere.
  

How to proceed, if you want to join the NIAS environment for a while:

• Send us a mail describing your project(s) and a relevant, updated CV.
• Suggested ways of financing the stay.

For more information please contact Project Coordinator Katrine Herold at:
katrine.herold@nias.ku.dk

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

If you are working on a MA or PhD thesis during autumn 2010 and need some inspiration, literature or simply just time to write on your thesis, then NIAS has something to offer: the Nordic Scholarship!

The Nordic Scholarship covers inexpensive travel to Copenhagen, two weeks board and accommodation plus a working place at NIAS! A perfect chance to concentrate on your thesis, have inspirational talks with our researchers or collect material in Northern Europe's most comprehensive Asian studies library.

More information about SUPRA students' experiences at NIAS and practical information as well as application form.

NB: SUPRA scholarships are primarily for students from NNC member institutions.

Deadline for application: 1 June 2010

For more informatio, please contact Erik Svanström, SUPRA student Assistant