Asian Dynamics Initiative - ADI

10/04/2025

Roundtable Discussion - Pivot to Asia: Denmark and Trump 2.0

The dramatic withdrawal of Trump’s America from the globalized world economy has shocked allies and foes alike. While the building of borders, economic and political, is not entirely unprecedented in history, what has caused anxiety is the rapid pace and scale of disruption to the long standing economic and security alliances that shaped the early twenty-first century. As old partnerships are tested, nations around the world seek new alliances and assurances. What kind of futures lie ahead especially for small nation-states in a rapidly reconfiguring landscape of world politics? We open this wide-ranging question from the vantage point of Denmark to consider possibilities and challenges that may await, especially in the course of what scholars have called the “pivot to Asia”, the shifting arch of world economy and politics.

Speakers:
- Michael Zilmer-Johns-Johns, Former Ambassador of Denmark to NATO
- Kjeld Erik Brødsgaard, Professor, CBS
- Elena Meyer-Clement, Associate Professor, ToRS UCPH
- Henrik Hansen, Professor, Economics UCPH
- Annika Hvithamar Hvitamar, ToRS UCPH
- Ravinder Kaur, Professor, ToRS UCPH

TORS Global Development Network - University of Copenhagen Copenhagen Business School Det Udenrigspolitiske Selskab

10/03/2025

🔔 Deadline reminder for submission to the research workshop “Ethnographies of Energy”! Please share in your network 🔔

📢 CALL FOR PAPERS 📢

We invite early career scholars – PhD and Postdoc – to
join the upcoming workshop "Ethnographies of Energy" May 19-21 2025.

The workshop aims to bring early career scholars – doctoral
and postdoctoral candidates – together with established scholars in several disciplines including area studies, anthropology, political science, development studies, history, geography, and economics.

Deadline: 21st March 2025
Link: https://lnkd.in/diZJQuXQ

The workshop is a part of the “Green Futures: Strategic Partnerships in the Anthropocene” funded by the Danish Council of Independent Research (DFF), and co-funded by the UCPH-India Funding Pool, Asian Dynamics Initiative, and the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen.

Ravinder Kaur Center for Applied Ecological Thinking TORS Swedish South Asian Studies Network - Sasnet Department of Food Science, University of Copenhagen - UCPH FOOD

28/02/2025

📢 CALL FOR PAPERS 📢

We invite early career scholars – PhD and Postdoc – to
join the upcoming workshop "Ethnographies of Energy" May 19-21 2025.

The workshop aims to bring early career scholars – doctoral
and postdoctoral candidates – together with established scholars in several disciplines including area studies, anthropology, political science, development studies, history, geography, and economics.

Deadline: 21st March 2025
Link: https://lnkd.in/diZJQuXQ

The workshop is a part of the “Green Futures: Strategic Partnerships in the Anthropocene” funded by the Danish Council of Independent Research (DFF), and co-funded by the UCPH-India Funding Pool, Asian Dynamics Initiative, and the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen.

Ravinder Kaur Center for Applied Ecological Thinking TORS Swedish South Asian Studies Network - Sasnet Department of Food Science, University of Copenhagen - UCPH FOOD

07/10/2024

🏮Asian Dynamics Initiative invites all to the book launch of: 🏮

“The Road to Empire: The Political Education of Khalsa Sikhs in the Late 1600s” by author and earlier student of UCPH, Satnam Singh.

🗓 09. October 2024
🕝15.00 - 16.30
📍South Campus, room 10-3-28 (TORS Frokoststue)
ℹ️ https://asiandynamics.ku.dk/english/calendar/2024/the-road-to-empire/

From the late seventeenth century to the late eighteenth century, the Sikh community transformed from a relatively insignificant religious minority to an elevated position of kingship and empire. [...] In this book, Satnam Singh argues that the Sikhs’ increasing self-assertion was not simply a reaction to Mughal persecution but also a result of an active program initiated by the Guru to pursue larger visions of scholarship, conquest, and political sovereignty. Using a vast trove of understudied court literature, Singh shows how Sikhs grappled with Indo-Islamic traditions to forge their unique ideas of governance and kingship to establish an independent Sikh polity. The Road to Empire offers an impressive intellectual history of the early modern Sikh world.

Københavns Universitet - University of Copenhagen Det Humanistiske Fakultet, Københavns Universitet, TORS Asiatisk Fagråd på Københavns Universitet Fællesgruppe for Moderne Indien og Sydasienstudier

30/09/2024

Join us for an interesting talk this Wednesday. The talk is open to all and no registration needed.

India in Denmark (Embassy of India, Copenhagen)

26/09/2024

🏮🏮🏮Asia Week, Thursday 26th 🏮🏮🏮
All That Breathes + Q&A w. director

📌 11C.0.08A - Søndre Campus
⏰ 03.00 pm.
🗓 Today
https://asiandynamics.ku.dk/english/calendar/2024/asia-week-2024/

26/09/2024

🏮🏮Asia Week, Thursday 26th 🏮🏮
In one hour we will showcase Shaunak Sen's Oscar-nominated documentary film 'All That Breathes' and afterwards facilitate a Q&A with the director.
📌 11C.0.08A - Søndre Campus
⏰ 03.00 pm.
🗓 Today

All that Breathes:
In one of the world’s most populated cities, two brothers — Nadeem and Saud — devote their lives to the quixotic effort of protecting the black kite, a majestic bird of prey essential to the ecosystem of New Delhi that has been falling from the sky at alarming rates. Amid environmental toxicity and social unrest, the ‘kite brothers’ spend day and night caring for the creatures in their makeshift avian basement hospital.

Director Shaunak Sen (Cities of Sleep) explores the connection between the kites and the brothers who help them return to the skies, offering a mesmerizing chronicle of inter-species coexistence.
https://asiandynamics.ku.dk/english/calendar/2024/asia-week-2024/

26/09/2024

Coming up now on our programme at 10.00 pm ⏰
❗Spaces Beyond Belief: 15A.0.13 ❗ w. Maya Stiller,
🏮Arts of Worldmaking: 11C.0.08A 🏮
https://asiandynamics.ku.dk/english/calendar/2024/asia-week-2024/

25/09/2024

Next up on our programme we have these two lovely students from Asiastudies at UCPH, Bolette Thomsen & Bastian Gautam Wolter Larsen, who will conduct a Q&A with Camilla Sørensen (FAK), Louise Nolle (DTU) and Karin Jakobsen (UCPH) about their professions and background in Asia studies 🏮🌏
📍 11C.0.08A
🕛 12.00 pm.

20/09/2024

In three days we finally kick off this year's Asia Week at Søndre Campus 🌟🌏🎉

Remember to register for the events you want to attend - and read more about them - through the link below:
https://asiandynamics.ku.dk/english/calendar/2024/asia-week-2024/

Here's what you can experience on our programme between the 23-27. September! 🏮🎊

Københavns Universitet - University of Copenhagen Det Humanistiske Fakultet, Københavns Universitet TORS TORS Studie- og Karrierevejledning Asiatisk Fagråd på Københavns Universitet

19/09/2024

Last minute addition to our programme!

On Tuesday the 24th from 12.00-01.30 pm. Katerina Goussarova will give an introduction on 'Japanese Film History: an introduction to Godzilla, Kurosawa and Satoshi Kon'

Remember to register for this event - and many more on our programme - at: https://asiandynamics.ku.dk/english/calendar/2024/asia-week-2024/

Japanese Film History: an introduction to Godzilla, Kurosawa and Satoshi Kon:
"We will explore the visionary works of Akira Kurosawa, whose masterpieces like Seven Samurai and Rashomon revolutionized filmmaking with their innovative storytelling. Dive into the Godzilla phenomenon, which not only birthed the kaiju genre but also reflected post-war anxieties. Finally, experience the imaginative worlds of Satoshi Kon, whose films like Paprika and Perfect Blue blended reality and illusion, influencing both anime and Western filmmakers. Join us to discover how these iconic creations have shaped and influenced cinema both in Japan and around the world!"

Københavns Universitet - University of Copenhagen
Det Humanistiske Fakultet, Københavns Universitet
TORS TORS Studie- og Karrierevejledning

16/09/2024

With just one week to the kick off of Asia Week, we are thrilled to publically announce our final events on our programme - all on the 26th of September!

Full program here: https://asiandynamics.ku.dk/english/calendar/2024/asia-week-2024/

Spaces Beyond Belief (10.00-12.00 - Festsalen, Søndre Campus, UCPH)
Spaces Beyond Belief calls for a considerable expansion of commonly accepted historical narratives about sacred space in pre-modern East Asia. Focusing on late Chosŏn Buddhist temples as a case study, this study proposes an expanded understanding of religious space, highlighting the roles of artisan-monks actively engaged with elite artistic trends.

All That Breathes (15.00-18.00 - Festsalen, Søndre Campus, UCPH)
Two brothers — Nadeem and Saud — devote their lives to the quixotic effort of protecting the black kite, a majestic bird of prey essential to the ecosystem of New Delhi that has been falling from the sky at alarming rates. Osvaar-nominated director, Shaunak Sen (Cities of Sleep) explores the connection between the kites and the brothers who help them return to the skies, offering a mesmerizing chronicle of inter-species coexistence.

Community Based Art Practices in China and Europe: Resilience through Friendships (15.00-18.00 - Tofu collective, Læderstræde 15, KBH K)
In contested spaces, networks and communities become structures of solidarity and creativity. Created through encounters and conversation, they create the possibility to produce stories outside of the political mainstream.

Universitet - University of Copenhagen
Humanistiske Fakultet, Københavns Universitet
TORS Studie- og Karrierevejledning