Raymond Yamamoto and Jacob Hedegaard from our Japan Studies program attended the International Studies Association 2024 Annual Convention in San Francisco in early April, where they presented the preliminary results of their research in connection with the project “Coercive and Emotional Diplomacy in East Asia: Japanese Responses” together with fellow project participants Giulio Pugliese (Oxford University) and Carmina Yu Untalan (Leiden University).
DEPARTMENT NEWS
The event provided an opportunity for collective reflection on Brazil's military dictatorship.
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.
Chinese New Year Celebration 2024: Year of the Dragon On 9 February, staff from our China Studies program arranged an
Teachers from AU Helping to Develop Chinese Grammar Platform in six European languages Zhang Chun and Lene Sønderby Bech from
On 2 February, Jonathan Nilas Puntervold from our Japan Studies program successfully defended his dissertation - “If the Shoe Fits: Yamada Yoshio and the birth of neotraditionalist linguistics in Japan”
BA students Johnni Friis Bovbjerg and Jonas Christensen from our China Studies program participated in ‘Sprogcamp 2024’ in Hjørring this weekend, along with external lecturer Lene Sønderby Bech.
The project “Coercive and Emotional Diplomacy in East Asia: Japanese Responses” held its second workshop online on Friday, the 19th.
Two of our post docs at the Department of Global Studies recently completed their course in university pedagogy, when they presented very insightful posters on two Global Studies courses.
On December 1, we held a lovely julefrokost for our staff at the Department. China Studies did a wonderful job hosting this year, with a dinner full of tasty Chinese dishes.
New figures are showing that graduate unemployment in Denmark is at its lowest level since before the financial crisis! Our Master’s program in International Studies is on par with the national average at only 6%, and our Master’s program in European Studies with only 3.6%!
We had the pleasure of holding our last departmental meeting of the year at Køn - Gender Museum Denmark on December 29.
Brazilian Studies Research Colloquium To start December with a great event, Brazil Studies hosted a wonderful research colloquium on Friday.
On November 28 we held the closing event for “Global Ports and Shipping – A Network Project”. Annette Skovsted Hansen and her team presented all of the wonderful work that they have done on the project over the past few years.
On November 24, we hosted a fascinating book talk by Heather Swanson from the Department of Anthropology here at AU about her new book: “Spawning Modern Fish: Transnational Comparison in the Making of Japanese Salmon”.
On November 22nd, the third semester Japanese Studies students hosted a wonderful cooking event for the purpose of social and cultural exchange. The students invited current exchange students from Japan, as well as their professors and assistant teachers.