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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A joint Danish-Ukranian team of four scholars visited Ukraine in the beginning of April to show support and collect materials for a new research project.
Researchers from our Japan Studies program presented some of the preliminary results of the project Coercive and Emotional Diplomacy in East Asia: Japanese Responses at the International Studies Association 2024 Annual Convention in San Francisco in early April.
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The event provided an opportunity for collective reflection on Brazil’s military dictatorship.
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Just before the Easter Break, our second-semester students from the Japan Studies program had a somewhat unorthodox oral exam. In what has become an annual tradition, the students performed roleplays that they had written themselves.
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Chinese New Year Celebration 2024: Year of the Dragon On 9 February, staff from our China Studies program arranged an event with ESN Aarhus and Studenterhus Aarhus to celebrate Chinese New Year. Students got a chance to experience plenty of Chinese New Year traditions, such as writing red couplets expressing good wishes for the coming
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Teachers from AU Helping to Develop Chinese Grammar Platform in six European languages Zhang Chun and Lene Sønderby Bech from our China Studies Program are helping to spearhead a new initiative to elevate the quality of Chinese grammar teaching to European learners by pooling expertise and addressing a demand for accessible digital learning platform and
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