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Izzy (Elizabeth Rhoads) has received a Starting Grant within development research from the Swedish Research Council to lead a four-year collaborative research project on new forms of statelessness and displacement in Myanmar.
https://www.ace.lu.se/article/congratulations-izzy-who-has-received-research-grant - 2026-05-15
New Danish article by Tabita Rosendal in Kinabladet In this Danish article, Tabita Rosendal provides an overview of China's use of Buddhist diplomacy in Sri Lanka, arguing that the CCP is utilizing Buddhist strategic narratives in order to pave the way for the Belt and Road Initiative's (BRI) smooth implementation. She summarizes the BRI's progress in Sri Lanka, China's use of Buddhist diplomacy,
https://www.ace.lu.se/article/kinas-buddhistiske-diplomati-i-sri-lanka - 2026-05-15
The Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies at Lund University has received funding from the Swedish Research Council to establish a Graduate School in Asian Studies. The graduate school is a collaboration with the Stockholm Center for Global Asia at Stockholm University, and the Center for Asian Studies at Stockholm School of Economics. Additional partners are the Department of Languages an
https://www.ace.lu.se/article/graduate-school-asian-studies - 2026-05-15
Izzy Rhoads has a new article published in Citizenship Studies on the legal history and contemporary impacts of Myanmar’s citizenship regime. Since the late colonial period, Myanmar has experienced heated debates over notions of belonging, including belonging as inscribed through citizenship status. The article traces the historical evolution of Myanmar’s postcolonial citizenship regime and how no
https://www.ace.lu.se/article/new-article-citizenship-myanmar-published - 2026-05-15
Two workshops were organized in Phnom Penh on 8 December and in Jakarta on 13 December to discuss research findings with civil society activists The workshops concluded the Swedish Research Council-funded project "New Perspectives on Civil Society in Cambodia and Indonesia" which brought together researchers from Lund University, Universitas Gadjah Mada, and the Cambodia Development Resource Insti
https://www.ace.lu.se/article/workshops-civil-society-cambodia-and-indonesia - 2026-05-15
Benjamin Davies has co-authored a report on Sweden’s relationship with Taiwan. The report has been published by the Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI) and Swedish National China Centre. This report (in Swedish), co-written with Viking Bohman, describes the history of Taiwan and its foreign relations, with a focus on Sweden’s relations with the contested territory. Using governmental a
https://www.ace.lu.se/article/report-swedens-relationship-taiwan-released - 2026-05-15
Astrid Norén-Nilsson has assessed Cambodia's political and social trends of the past year for East Asia Forum. The article is part of the annual EAF Year in Review series, in which country experts assess the trends of the past year that are likely to affect the year in prospect. The full article on the East Asia Forum website
https://www.ace.lu.se/article/year-review-article-cambodia-2022 - 2026-05-15
Astrid Norén-Nilsson has published a chapter on civil society leadership in the Routledge Handbook of Civil and Uncivil Society in Southeast Asia. The chapter examines how civil society leadership has been addressed in key debates on civil society in Southeast Asia, and provides suggestions for how these debates can benefit from advancing the research agenda on civil society elites. It appears in
https://www.ace.lu.se/article/new-publication-civil-society-leadership-southeast-asia - 2026-05-15
The Centre for East and Southeast Asian studies conducts research and teaching on Asia, and is looking for an intern. The successful candidate will contribute to both research and administration at the Centre and for the in-house journal, Asia in Focus. As part of their internship, the candidate will write an article, with feedback from researchers at the Centre, for submission to Asia in Focus (o
https://www.ace.lu.se/article/internship-position-centre-open-applications-0 - 2026-05-15
For its fourth edition of All My Relations, the Ecocamp transforms into a nomadic experience. This year, we embrace movement—not just as a physical act, but as a metaphor for existence itself. Walking, travelling, and traversing landscapes will be central to our practice, fostering new connections on the move and reflecting on migration, transition, and relational encounters. All My Relations IV i
https://www.thm.lu.se/en/article/call-applications-all-my-relations-iv-ecocamp-nomadic-encounters-september-4-6-2025 - 2026-05-15
The graduating students of the new MA Performing Arts as Critical Practice are working intensively on their final projects this Spring. On April 9 - 16 they invite you all for a preview of what is to come, when they present work-in-progress showings both at Malmö Theatre Academy, Skånes Dansteater and Community Kultur Centrum. This is not their final showings, those will take place in May at Malmö
https://www.thm.lu.se/en/article/ma-work-progress-showings-2025 - 2026-05-15
We are looking for an up-and-coming researcher who wants to conduct pioneering research to take up a position as assistant professor in artistic research and AI. Are you curious about the intersection of artificial intelligence, culture, and societal engagement through storytelling and the arts? At Malmö Theatre Academy, a part of Lund University, you have the opportunity to take the next step tow
https://www.thm.lu.se/en/article/we-are-looking-assistant-professor-artistic-research-and-ai - 2026-05-15
The third issue of Matter Journal is out, with texts from our research collegium on artistic research in theatre and performance. The third issue of Matter brings together texts that explore contemporary performing arts. Tanja Hylling Dier writes about Hjem, a project that shapes place and community through art and participation. Jörgen Dahlqvist examines time as a dramaturgical tool, using the pl
https://www.thm.lu.se/en/article/matter-journal-3 - 2026-05-15
Get to know our MA students who started fall 2025 and will graduate in spring 2027. Elena BinerElena Biner is a Swiss artist living and working in Copenhagen. With a background in visual communication and a strong foundation in storytelling, her practice sits at the intersection of visual arts and performative spaces, specialising in immersive experiences. In her work she blurs the line between re
https://www.thm.lu.se/en/article/presentation-our-master-students-performing-arts-critical-practice-programme - 2026-05-15
We are now announcing the opportunity for project support of up to SEK 150,000 (including overhead costs) to enable artists, artistic researchers and researchers from other scientific disciplines to learn from each other in an open dialogue and exploratory environment. The aim of ArtCollab is to enable artists, artistic researchers, and researchers from other scientific disciplines to learn from
https://www.thm.lu.se/en/article/call-project-funding-artcollab - 2026-05-15
Some years ago, Sven Bjerstedt researched the forgotten Finnish American musician and composer Einar Swan (1903–40) who wrote the immortal song, “When Your Lover Has Gone”. Bjerstedt published an 80-page biography )and participated in one-hour TV and radio documentaries on Einar Swan.Recently, Finland’s former prime minister Esko Aho translated Bjerstedt’s Swan biography into Finnish and included
https://www.thm.lu.se/en/article/finnish-translation-sven-bjerstedts-research-about-composer-einar-swan - 2026-05-15
In November 2025, doctoral students from the Malmö Theater Academy participated in an encounter with researchers in the field of performing arts from around the world.Doctoral students Iury Salustiano Trojaborg and Tanja Hylling Diers from the Theater Academy participated in the three-day meeting for researchers at the beginning of their research careers. The meeting was led by SOL-based researche
https://www.thm.lu.se/en/article/transnational-alliance-researchers-theater-and-performing-arts - 2026-05-15
Lund University has seen a record number of applications for its international recruitment initiative, Global Excellence. Eleni-Ira Panourgia is now joining the Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts as an assistant professor specializing in artificial intelligence (AI).Global Excellence is the university's largest international recruitment initiative to date and aims to strengthen world-leading rese
Sven Bjerstedt, professor of music education at Malmö Theatre Academy, recently published an article in the journal KronoScope. Journal for the Study of Time: “Awareness of Time and Experience of Conscious Mental Processes during Musical Activity”.How may changes in musicians’ experience of time influence their impressions of having conscious intentions during musical activity? In this essay I wil
The annual Sustainability Week in Lund is fast approaching, with a packed programme once again this year. From the Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts, we find music, performance and artistic research in interactive events that aim to do more than simply inform — they aim to move people.Sustainability is a multifaceted field that extends far beyond the natural sciences. The concept also encompasse
https://www.thm.lu.se/en/article/sustainability-you-can-feel-artistic-perspectives-during-sustainability-week-lund - 2026-05-15
