Asia in Focus

28/05/2019

! ! ! ! ! ASIA IN FOCUS ISSUE 7 - OUT NOW ! ! ! ! !

We are very pleased to announce the publication of Asia in Focus Issue 7!!

Read about issues in modern Asia regarding international relations, gaming, science fiction literature and business leadership among millenials, and a critical book review of Bryan Van Norden's "Taking Back Philosophy - A Multicultural Manefesto"

P.S. We are currently updating our website, so please access the full issue and the individual articles via https://tidsskrift.dk/asiainfocus/issue/view/8287

09/04/2019

! ! ! ! ! EXTENDED DEADLINE ! ! ! ! ! !

We are pleased to announce that there is still an opportunity to submit a manuscript to be published in Issue 8. We have extended the deadline to 5 MAY 2019.

We look forward to receiving your submission via www.tidsskrift.dk/asiainfocus

04/03/2019

! ! ! ! CALL FOR PAPERS ! ! !

DEADLINE: 5 April

We welcome manuscripts written by Master and PhD students from EUROEAN institutes of higher education:

Academic articles and academic essays (1350 - 3800 words)
Book reviews (1000 words)

Please register as an author and submit your review via www.tidsskrift.dk/asiainfocus

Open access peer-reviewed journal on modern Asia

15/01/2019

HELLO! WE ARE RECRUITING ! ! !

Are you looking for a dynamic short term student position for FEBRUARY and MARCH 2019?

Asia in Focus is looking for a student assistant - we'd love you to stay longer than two months, if you can!! ... see the full job description below and get in touch ASAP!!

15/01/2019

HELLO!!

Are you looking for a dynamic short term student position for FEBRUARY and MARCH 2019?

Asia in Focus is looking for a student assistant - we'd love you to stay longer than two months, if you can!! ... see the full job description below and get in touch ASAP!!

Asia in Focus is a peer-reviewed journal published online
twice a year by NIAS – Nordic Institute of Asian Studies.
The focal point of the journal is modern Asian societies
viewed from the standpoints of social science and
humanities.

As a part of our team from 07-01-2019 you will be:

Developing a marketing stragety
Developing marketing materials
Typesetting the individual journal issues
Completing ad hoc tasks
.. and you:
Are a super-user of InDesign
Have solid experience with webdesign and WordPress
Have energy, enthusiasm and a strong sense of pride in
your work
Are comfortable and adept at completing tasks efficiently
when working both in a team and independently

Take a look at our website www.asiainfocus.dk and get
in touch if you like what you see.

Send your CV and a short motivated cover letter to Nicol
Savinetti, [email protected] by 29-10-2018

15/10/2018

Hello! We have been experiencing technical issues at Asia in Focus which has meant limited access to email. We expect the issues to be resolved shortly.

Thank you for your submissions and other inquiries. We shall get back to you by the end of the week.

Best
Asia in Focus Team

11/10/2018

! ! ! ! Our web address is www.asiainfocus.dk ! ! ! !

(in the pdf for the Call for Papers a .com address was accidentally inserted)

We look forward to receiving your submissions for publication in Issue 7.

! ! ! DEADLINE is next week, 15 October ! ! !

A Nordic Journal on Asia

03/09/2018

Good Morning!

! ! ! ! WE ARE RECRUITING ! ! ! !

Please send us your application ([email protected]) to join our Editorial Committee before 30 September 2018.

See the full job advertisment below, and share with others who may be interested in joining our team.

Have a great week!

30/08/2018

Hello!

If you did not have time to finish your paper for submission in August, you are in luck! We are have a second CALL FOR PAPERS for publication in Issue 7. See below and check all of the details on our website:

WWW.ASIAINFOCUS.DK

10/07/2018

! ! ! ! ! ASIA IN FOCUS ISSUE 6 IS OUT NOW ! ! ! ! !

We are pleased to share with you Issue 6 of Asia in Focus!

Read online or download a pdf of the entire journal or the individual manuscripts at www.asiainfocus.dk
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We recently made an exciting change by opening the journal up to submissions from scholars across Europe. We look forward to receiving increasing numbers for Issue 7! In the current issue we publish authors of different nationalities studying and researching in Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Germany.

Issue 6 starts with a look at historical events from the 19th century in Japan, with John Hennessey doing a reevaluation of William Wheeler’s Work for the Kaitakushi, the Japanese government agency responsible for the settlement of the northern island of Hokkaido, through a postcolonial lens. In the second chapter, Deirdre Sneep takes us into the 20th century with an analysis of the history of the smartphone. She sheds light on the dominant techno-orientalist narrative which almost entirely overlooks the historical achievements and contribution of technologies originating in Japan. We then make a shift to look at contemporary social and institutional change. Firstly, Nhung Lu Rots’ examines how domestic and global food anxieties impact sustainable pangasius production in an analysis of the aftermath of the 2016 marine disaster in Vietnam. Secondly, we return to Japan for Christer Kold Lindholm’s analysis of economic inequality in Japan between the 1880s and the early 2000s reveals how policies designed to promote growth, which neglect redistribution, constitute a weak and disjointed approach to development in which growth may even lead to deeper socio-economic inequalities. The issue closes with Karin Hongsaton Zackari’s critical review of Tyrell Haberkorn’s In Plain Sight: Impunity and Human Rights in Thailand.

Enjoy the read and we hope you a enjoy a wonderful summer!

All the best
Asia in Focus Editorial Committee
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Asia In Focus will take a holiday until 15 August.
Remember the submission DEADLINE for the Call for papers for Issue 7 is *** 17 August 2018 ***.

You are always welcome to contact us with questions and comments at [email protected].

A Nordic Journal on Asia

17/05/2018

CALL FOR PAPERS for Issue 7 is now out!!

DEADLINE: 17 August 2018

Remember to read the guidlines for submission AND the style guide carefully before you submit. We look forward to reading your work!!

A Nordic Journal on Asia

22/03/2018

We are very excited to share that we have an Open Call for Themed Sections!! Please see the call below and get in touch if you have any questions.

15/02/2018

**ASIA IN FOCUS ISSUE 5 IS OUT***

In the first paper Therese Boje Mortensen necessarily puts international human rights conventions into a local context, and questions the normative acceptance of ‘institutions as a last resort’ when it comes to children in rural India. Staying in India, Wennström then reminds us, importantly, of the value of combining qualitative and quantitative methods in the field of land cover change studies. Birgitte Egeskov Jensen then takes us to China for a crucial discussion of social citizenship and how it continues to be strongly determined by the hukou system which, she argues, further consolidates rural people’s self-image as ‘undeserving’. In the final article, we turn to literature – Barabas uses concepts from q***r theory and Confucian philosophy to succinctly examine the main character’s approach to the relationships in his life.

ENJOY THE READ!!

http://www.asiainfocus.dk/

A Nordic Journal on Asia

15/11/2017

NEW DEADLINE FOR THE CALL FOR PAPERS!!!

*** 1 FEBRUARY 2018 ***

CALL FOR PAPERS now EUROPE-WIDE

We are pleased to announce that Asia in Focus is now open to submissions from Masters and PhD students from all institutes of higher education in EUROPE.

For publication in Issue 6, please submit your approx. 3500 word academic essay or article, or 1000 word book review to [email protected] AFTER reading the guidelines at www.asiainfocus.dk/call-for-papers.

Please feel free to download the call and share it with your networks.

We look forward to receiving your submissions!

03/11/2017

CALL FOR PAPERS now EUROPE-WIDE (deadline 1 FEBRUARY 2018)

We are pleased to announce that Asia in Focus is now open to submissions from Masters and PhD students from all institutes of higher education in EUROPE.

For publication in Issue 6, please submit your approx. 3500 word academic essay or article, or 1000 word book review to [email protected] AFTER reading the guidelines at www.asiainfocus.dk/call-for-papers.

Please feel free to download the call and share it with your networks.

We look forward to receiving your submissions!

22/09/2017

Hello!
We are recruiting new members to our Editorial Committee. See the call below or on our website: http://www.asiainfocus.dk/about/call-for-editors/ and spread the word!

23/06/2017

Very happy to share the latest issue of Asia in Focus with you!!

As well as two articles and two book reviews, the Editorial Committee shares some insights into the pros and pros of publishing with Asia in Focus, some of the challenges we face with the submissions we receive, and the delights of being part of the journal and carrying out the work we do.

Download the individual papers and/or the entire issue, or read online ...

A Nordic Journal on Asia

22/05/2017

STUDENTS AND FACULTY IN DENMARK: An opportunity to exhibit you images of Asia at the Social Science Faculty Library in Copenhagen in conjunction with the Asia Dynamics Initiative 2017 Conference, ASIA IN CIRCULATIONS ... DEADLINE 5 June!