CfA: NIAS SUPRA Programme

Calling all students writing either an MA or PhD thesis on Asia-related topics!

Come and engage with the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies through our most important, free of cost student service: the SUPRA programme.

Tap on our expert information and rich resources and help share Asia-related expertise across the Nordic region. The four-week programme is designed to develop PhD and MA students’ theses through supervision, peer review and academic feedback. The recipients also receive an introduction to NIAS LINC’s digital resources and receive sessions on how to further their academic careers through public presentations, podcasts, publishing and social media.

More specifically, the programme includes:

• Individual academic mentoring

• Feedback sessions on your thesis work

• Thorough introduction to the AsiaPortal resources

• Sessions on publishing in academia

• Sessions on career development and how to create an academic presence online

• Opportunity to create an academic podcast

NB: The programme is open to all students writing their MA or PhD thesis on any Asia-related topic, but applicants from NNC institutions will be prioritized.

Find more information and the application form here.

What previous SUPRA students have said about the SUPRA programme:

“The SUPRA programme has helped me to broaden my approach. I am glad to be part of the prestigious SUPRA programme and I look forward to my future research in the following SUPRA topic. I am thankful to NIAS staff, post-doc scholars … for mentoring me throughout the programme.”

(SUPRA-alumni, February, 2022)

“Thank you for the opportunity. Four weeks with NIAS got me so inspired to keep on doing what I am doing. To be able to meet and connect with amazingly talented scholars is one of the best things in the programme.”

(SUPRA-alumni, May, 2021)

“The NIAS Librarian has been extraordinarily supportive in helping me locate a source I was not able to find. And she found it in Cambridge!”

(SUPRA-alumni, February, 2022)