Lene Sønderby Bech and Zhang Chun from our China Studies program met for the third time with Chinese teachers from other European universities to continue discussions on the ChinGram project, which aims to construct a database of Chinese grammar available in six European languages.
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On September 17th, we celebrated language diversity at the Global Languages Day event at DOKK1. The day included insightful talks and an engaging roundtable discussion highlighting similarities and differences among languages and regions around the world.
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Our China Studies program recently organized a guest lecture titled “The Media’s Simple Narratives about a Complex Continent” with Philip Róin, Asia correspondent for DR.
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17 September was Mid-Autumn Festival, one of the most important holidays in China. As is tradition, our China Studies program held an event where students had a chance to learn more about the history and traditions of the holiday, and try some Chinese moon cakes, which are traditionally eaten during Mid-Autumn Festival.
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On 11 September, Professor Ding Dou from China’s prestigious Peking University gave a guest lecture here at Aarhus University on trade relations between China and the European Union. Professor Ding gave an overview of the magnitude and importance of China-EU trade, as well as some of the challenges that can cause frictions in the relationship.
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Workshop III 23-24 May 2024 Oslo The third workshop took place in Oslo on 23-24 May 2024. Here we reflected on the development of the project so far and provided further feedback on drafts using the NAJS Conference format: Each participant had submitted a draft to be read by all other participants, and then
Aarhus University hosts NAJS Conference 2024 Nordic Association for the Study of Contemporary Japanese Society Last month, our Japan Studies Program organized the 18th NAJS Conference here in Aarhus. The conference featured a total of 29 papers on such diverse topics as architecture, drug smuggling, international relations, gender, economics and more. We had participants coming
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Chinese teachers from six European universities met in Berlin for further discussions on developing an online platform for teaching Chinese grammar.
The Global Studies department held the workshop “The Practice of Climate Governance: Negotiating the Bridgetown Initiative in Global Institutions” for MA students.
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Ana Paulla Braga Mattos wrote a post on Lingoblog.dk for World Portuguese Language Day on 5 May, reflecting on the history of the spread of Portuguese – both in the countries where it is spoken officially but also in terms of its influence on other languages – and its current status.
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