Research on Asia in the Nordic region
E-Resources
Find the information you need for your research on Asia in our collection of databases, journals, newspapers and selected websites. If your institution is an NNC partner, you have access to e-books from NIAS Press and specialized databases for research on Asia.
Nordic Perspectives
Keep up to date with academic news and events in the Nordic region, find Nordic research publications and networks, and check out upcoming research themes in our online journal by Nordic early career researchers.
Asia In Focus
The Asia in Focus journal is published online twice a year by NIAS – Nordic Institute of Asian Studies. NIAS is a Nordic research and service institute focusing on Asia’s modern transformations.
Upcoming Events from Nordic Perspectives
CfA: University Lecturer in Chinese Language
October 28, 2021
The Faculty of Humanities at the University of Turku invites applications for the position of University Lecturer in Chinese Language in the School of Languages and Translation Studies. The position will be filled on a fixed-term basis for the period [...]
Gendering Transformations: Feminist Knowledge Production and Trans/national Activist Engagement Conference
October 28, 2021 - 08:30-October 31, 2021 - 10:30
The Gendering Transformations: Feminist Knowledge Production and Trans/national Activist Engagement is also the 7th Sino-Nordic Gender Studies Network Conference and focuses on the strategies for and complexities in feminist transformative practices at local, regional, national and transnational levels. Critical engagements [...]
Webinar: Anti-Nuclear Movement in the Post-Fukushima Japan: Structures, Mobilization and Framing
October 28, 2021 - 11:00-13:00
The Centre for East Asian Studies (CEAS, UTU) warmly invites you to the following online event: Abstract: The anti-nuclear movement in Japan after the Asia-Pacific War has been very dynamic, changing its nature and focus with the fluctuations in the [...]
Online Lecture: “ROC’s Nation Building in Taiwan”
October 28, 2021 - 11:30-13:00
There is a consensus among historians that it was the Korean War that triggered US intervention in the Taiwan Strait which in turn led to the signing of the Mutual Defence Treaty between the US and the ROC in 1954. [...]
Webinar: (Re)Contextualizing the Đông Dương Buddhist Art Gallery at the Museum of Cham Sculpture In Da Nang
October 28, 2021 - 13:00-15:00
Description: Constructed in 875 CE under the reign of Indravarman II, the Đông Dương Monastery was once the largest Buddhist site of the Champa kingdoms. Excavations conducted by the École française d’Extrême-Orient in the early 20th century unearthed numerous Buddhist [...]
Taiwan Resource Center for Chinese Studies (TRCCS)
On 16 may the Taiwan Resource Center for Chinese Studies (TRCCS) was officially inaugurated at the TORS Center of Knowledge at the Southern Campus of the University of Copenhagen. TRCCS is the result of a cooperation agreement between the National Central Library of Taiwan (NCL) on the one hand and Department of Cross-cultural and Regional Studies (ToRS) together with NIAS Library on the other hand.
The agreement includes a TRCCS book collection with titles from Taiwan which will available for Nordic users via inter-library loan, a number of e-resources, as well as exchange of information on new publications, and assistance for academic or professional events outside Taiwan.
The establishment of the first TRCCS represents a major strengthening on the information side for studies on Taiwan and Chinese studies, especially classic studies, in the Nordic countries.