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New article by Kimhean Hok in East Asia Forum The article assesses emerging state reforms and key development trends in Cambodia, examining how recent infrastructure and digital initiatives reflect shifting approaches to economic governance and state capacity, as well as the opportunities and constraints these changes pose for the country’s longer-term development trajectory.Focusing on projects s
https://www.ace.lu.se/article/cambodias-2025-and-beyond - 2026-05-13
New article by Elizabeth Rhoads, co-authored with Natalie Brinham, Kathy Win, and Nan Tinilar Win The article examines bordering via bureaucratic violence in Myanmar in relation to civil documentation. It categorizes bureaucratic encounters into five modalities of bureaucratic violence: deferred citizenship and higher evidentiary burdens; negative discretion in administrative decision-making; dena
https://www.ace.lu.se/article/modalities-bureaucratic-violence-bordering-civil-documentation-myanmar - 2026-05-13
On Tuesday, 27 January, Chontida Auikool successfully defended her dissertation "Aceh Chinese Negotiated Belonging: Memory, Place, and Identity" This dissertation focuses on Aceh Chinese’s lived experiences in Aceh, an Indonesian province marked by repeated violence and major social changes. These include the 1965–1966 anti-communist mass killings, the protracted conflict between the Free Aceh Mov
https://www.ace.lu.se/article/chontida-auikool-has-received-her-doctorate-degree - 2026-05-13
East and South-East Asian Studies is an interdisciplinary subject that focuses on contemporary phenomena and processes in the region as a whole as well as in individual countries. The subject integrates theoretical and methodological perspectives from area studies with different disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. Application deadline March 1, 2026. Announcement and applicationCaref
https://www.ace.lu.se/article/centre-announces-1-fully-funded-phd-position-east-and-south-east-asian-studies - 2026-05-13
Panama's decision exemplifies increasing pressure exerted by the US on Latin American countries, and could spell trouble for Beijing's strategic interests in the region Last week, Tabita Rosendal spoke with France 24 about Panama’s decision to revoke CK Hutchison’s port concessions in Balboa and Cristobal. She explained that the move reflects growing pressure from the Trump administration and fits
Our PhD candidate Gina Song Lopez has recently published her article titled “Going Plant-Forward? Dietary Publics and Plant-Based Lifestyle Advocacy in Contemporary China” in Asian Studies Review. The article discusses China’s growing vegan, vegetarian, and flexitarian ‘dietary publics’ across online and offline foodscapes. The study combines digital food studies with onsite fieldwork, and foregro
https://www.ace.lu.se/article/going-plant-forward-china - 2026-05-13
Ranil Wickremesinghe, who was President of Sri Lanka from 2022 to 2024, utilized Buddhist diplomacy to ensure his political legitimacy and longevity - similarly to other Sri Lankan leaders of state Tabita Rosendal has published a new open‑access book chapter in Figures of Buddhist Diplomacy in Modern Asia, edited by Jack Meng‑Tat Chia, examining Ranil Wickremesinghe’s use of Buddhist diplomacy. Th
Researcher Dr. Elizabeth Rhoads was recently interviewed in Nature about her work with Myanmar students and educational providers in displacement. The Pilot Capstone Project led by Lund University and housed at the Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies is an international consortium including University of Toronto, Northern Illinois University, University of Montana, and Palacky University
Application is now open for a tenure track position as assistant professor (called associate senior lecturer in the Swedish system) in Contemporary Korean Society. The Centre for East and South-East Asia is excited to expand its staff with an expert on contemporary Korea. The new colleague will be part of a vibrant community of scholars focusing on China, Japan, Cambodia, Myanmar and Indonesia in
https://www.ace.lu.se/article/tenure-track-position-contemporary-korean-society - 2026-05-13
Astrid Norén-Nilsson has published an article on Cambodia in Southeast Asian Affairs 2023. The article examines political developments in Cambodia over 2022. Southeast Asian Affairs, published by ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute, is an annual review of significant trends and developments in the region. Link to Southeast Asian Affairs 2023
https://www.ace.lu.se/article/new-publication-cambodian-politics-0 - 2026-05-13
Paul O’Shea has published a new article on the policy and politics of the Tokyo Olympics in the journal Contemporary Japan, co-authored with Sebastian Maslow The article examines the policy and politics of the Games, considering the attribution of 'success' and 'failure' to the Olympics across a range of issues, actors, and narratives. Reviewing their economic, public health, soft power, and polit
https://www.ace.lu.se/article/20202021-tokyo-olympics-does-japan-get-gold-medal-or-wooden-spoon - 2026-05-13
Application deadline: 1 June This course explores ideologies as a ubiquitous phenomenon that shapes political, social, and cultural beliefs and practices. It examines how ideologies are formed, translated, and contested across historical periods and different societies in East and South-East Asia. Specific focus is given to nationalism and communism, including their emergence, development, and con
Astrid Norén-Nilsson has published an article on Cambodia's 2023 election in The Diplomat The article examines the significance of Cambodia's upcoming general election which will take place in July. The Diplomat website
https://www.ace.lu.se/article/article-cambodian-election - 2026-05-13
23rd–25th August 2023. European Association for Chinese Studies Summer School 2023: Situating Global China. The rapid globalisation of Chinese capital has great implications for political, societal, and economic systems around the world in the 21st century. Chinese investments, patterns of migration, and the integration of Chinese firms into foreign markets and supply chains globally is contributi
https://www.ace.lu.se/article/european-association-chinese-studies-summer-school-2023-call-applications - 2026-05-13
Astrid Norén-Nilsson has co-edited a volume on civil society elites in Cambodia and Indonesia with Amalinda Savirani and Anders Uhlin. Kimhean Hok has co-authored a chapter in the volume. This innovative volume is the first systematic study of civil society elites in Southeast Asia (and indeed anywhere in the world). Spanning two previously separate areas of research – civil society and elites – i
https://www.ace.lu.se/article/new-book-civil-society-elites - 2026-05-13
Marina Svensson has published an article on “Chinese Youth and the Communist Party of China: Cultivating a Loyal Generation through Ideological and Political Education” in a special issue of the journal China: An International Journal. The issue is open access. The article addresses ideological and political education at the university level. It provides an overview of trends among youth, major po
The Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies warmly welcomes you to the Perspective Asia Lecture Series, a platform for scholars and experts from various fields to share their critical insights on the issues, emerging trends, and historical interconnections in the dynamic East and Southeast Asian region. From land issues to queer research methods, the series will cover a wide range of topics a
https://www.ace.lu.se/article/new-lecture-series - 2026-05-13
In a new episode of the Nordic Asia Podcast, editors of "Civil Society Elites. Field Studies from Cambodia and Indonesia", Astrid Norén-Nilsson, Amalinda Savirani and Anders Uhlin, discuss their newly published volume. In this podcast, editors of the recently published NIAS Press edited volume "Civil Society Elites. Field Studies from Cambodia and Indonesia", Astrid Norén-Nilsson, Amalinda Saviran
https://www.ace.lu.se/article/podcast-civil-society-elites - 2026-05-13
Marina Svensson has published a new article on “Chinese Youth: Domestic Issues and Transnational Developments”. The article is published in a special issue of Baltic Worlds that deals with youth and authoritarian values in Russia, Belarus, China and different Central Asian countries. You will find the special issue here and Marina's article here
https://www.ace.lu.se/article/chinese-youth-domestic-issue-and-transnational-developments - 2026-05-13
Listen to our PhD candidate Gina Song Lopez discuss the nuances of veganism and plant-based food advocacy in Taiwan and China. In a recent episode of Our Hen House, an animal advocacy podcast, Gina had a chance to talk to co-host Mariann Sullivan (Adjunct Professor, Cornell Law School) about her doctoral research project. She discussed the distinct history and socio-cultural context of vegan pract
https://www.ace.lu.se/article/podcast-feature-veganism-sino-cultural-sphere - 2026-05-13
