Welcome to the website of the Modern East Asia Research Centre (MEARC), a research centre situated at the Leiden Institute for Area Studies (LIAS) at Leiden University.
On this page you will find our most recent news items and public event announcements. Previous news listings can be found on our 'News' page. For a list of our upcoming and past events, please visit our 'Events' page.
On this page you will find our most recent news items and public event announcements. Previous news listings can be found on our 'News' page. For a list of our upcoming and past events, please visit our 'Events' page.
News and Events
19 April 2012
The Netherlands is home to a variety of disciplinary engagement with contemporary China, often providing diverse outlooks on similar topics. The National Student Conference on Contemporary China aims to bring together excellent students in this growing field for a day of panel presentations, discussion, and networking. Topics presented and discussed will be loosely related to one of two broad themes: (1) Governance in China and (2) Global China. [more...]
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National Student Conference on Contemporary China
The National Student Conference on Contemporary China aims to provide excellent students of contemporary China with a platform to share and discuss recent scholarly work. This peer-based one-day conference offers the opportunity to meet with your field, to see excellent work in progress, and to receive quality feedback on your own work.The Netherlands is home to a variety of disciplinary engagement with contemporary China, often providing diverse outlooks on similar topics. The National Student Conference on Contemporary China aims to bring together excellent students in this growing field for a day of panel presentations, discussion, and networking. Topics presented and discussed will be loosely related to one of two broad themes: (1) Governance in China and (2) Global China. [more...]
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- Thursday 24 May 2012. 10.00 - 18.00 at Leiden University.
- The conference currently invites paper proposals. Graduation theses and other work in progress are especially welcome. Abstracts (250-300 words) can be sent to studentsonchina@gmail.com by April 27. In your email, please also include your name, institutional affiliation, department, contact information, as well as a brief motivational statement.
3 April 2012
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Please note that there are a limited number of places available for audience participants. For this reason, participants are required to register by sending an e-mail to Esther Truijen.
Workshop "Alter/native Imagi/nations"
The tragic events of March 11, 2011 have urged contemporary societies around the world to reflect on their future directions. Against the backdrop of a perceived lack of such alternatives to the present and to global capitalism, this workshop aims to discuss the potentials Japanese media may have for radical imagination. This means both to search for signs of such visions, and to take seriously the potentials and limitations that “media as space” and “space as media” might have for political alternatives and the “imaginary” and “community,” beyond established fields and methodologies. At the same time, the focus on “Japan” as an overarching theme and space itself demands careful reflection on the role that the nation, or rather the imagi(ned)nation, plays and can play in scholarly work. Gathering young scholars from different disciplines and at different locations, this workshop hopes to provide a forum for critical discussions of a variety of phenomena related to media, Japan, and the imagination. With Leiden and Tokyo as main geographical locations connected via multiple channels, the workshop is further dedicated to the idea of media practice as a crucial part of academic work, and will foreground technology as a facilitator of a new type of discourse. [more...]Details:
- Friday 13 April 10:00 - 15:00 at East Asian Library Green Room, Arsenaalstraat 1, Leiden
- Saturday 14 April 10:00 - 15:00 at Leiden University College, The Hague, Boardroom (manor 0.1) Lange Voorhout 44, The Hague.
Please note that there are a limited number of places available for audience participants. For this reason, participants are required to register by sending an e-mail to Esther Truijen.
13 February 2012
Details: Friday 30 March and Saturday 31 March at Leiden University and Leiden University College, The Hague.
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OSIPP/MEARC conference
This conference assembles a range of leading European scholars in the international relations of East Asia to rethink how order is understood and constructed in the East Asian region. In particular, participants will be critically engaging with the concept of ‘multi-lineal order’. A detailed program will be posted on the MEARC website soon. There are a limited number of places available for audience participants. For this reason, it is necessary to register before Friday 23 March 2011 by filling in the following form.Details: Friday 30 March and Saturday 31 March at Leiden University and Leiden University College, The Hague.
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1 February 2012
Details: 8 February, 11.00-13.00 in room 1.11 of Gravensteen 1, Leiden
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8 February lecture 'South Korean National Identity and Changing Perceptions on North Korea and Korean Unification'
South Korean national identity has witnessed substantial changes in recent years, driven in no small measure by changing perceptions of North Korea and the question of Korean unification. The main purpose of this lecture is to examine these changing perceptions and attitudes toward North Korea and Korean unification by analyzing and comparing public survey data on national identity conducted in 2005 and 2010 respectively. Dr. Nae-Young Lee (Director, Asiatic Research Center, Korea University) will discuss his thoughts on attitudes, unification and subsequently theoretical and policy implications, based on this survey.Details: 8 February, 11.00-13.00 in room 1.11 of Gravensteen 1, Leiden
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6 December 2011
Details: 27 January 2012 in Leiden
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Conference: Asia's Century: Prejudices, Perceptions and Perspective
MEARC would like to invite you to the inaugural address by its new Director and Chair of Chinese Economy and Development, Professor Peter Ho. Together with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Academic China Meeting (ACO; see www.aco-nl.org), MEARC will host the conference “Asia’s Century: Prejudices, Perceptions and Perspectives.” As the conference is hosted as the ministry’s Ambassadors’ Conference, we can - without exception - welcome the attendance of all ambassadors of The NetherlandsDetails: 27 January 2012 in Leiden
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1 July 2011
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China travelgrants available
MEARC is happy to announce the availability of two Student Scholarships for 2011-2012 and one Staff Fellowship funded out of MEARC co-director Professor Peter Ho's Ford Project 'The Grazing Ban in China's Northwest: Assessing Grassland Policies for Sustainability and Herders' Livelihood'. These scholarships and fellowship will be made available to cover international travel.[more...]
LIAS / LEIDEN UNIVERSITY
MEARC is part of the Leiden Institute for Area Studies (LIAS) at Leiden University.
LIAS has as its aim the advancement of Area Studies at Leiden University and in the wider academic community, with emphatic attention to the relevance of education and research for society at large. [more about LIAS...]
LIAS has as its aim the advancement of Area Studies at Leiden University and in the wider academic community, with emphatic attention to the relevance of education and research for society at large. [more about LIAS...]
STRATEGY DOCUMENT
On January 27 2012, MEARC presented its new strategy document for the years 2012-2016 at the Asia's Century: Prejudices, Perceptions and Perspectives conference. Read the document [here].
