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European Association for Chinese Studies Summer School 2023: Situating Global China. 23rd–25th August 2023. Application deadline 16th June. The rapid globalisation of Chinese capital has great implications for political, societal, and economic systems around the world in the 21st century. Chinese investments, patterns of migration, and the integration of Chinese firms into foreign markets and supp
The Graduate School held its first annual retreat in Ystad 21-22 September. 13 PhD students from different disciplines and universities attended the retreat as well as 10 senior scholars. At the retreat issues and challenges regarding publications and academic careers were discussed, as well as the PhD students' research and other issues related to contemporary Asian studies.
https://www.graduateschoolasianstudies.lu.se/article/graduate-school-retreat - 2026-11-01
Application deadline: 13 November During the spring of 2024, two new PhD courses are planned, Asia in the Global Economy and The Craft of Writing and Publishing Peer Reviewed Journal Articles . Please check the links for more information and application forms if you are interested. Application deadline: 13 November. If you are interested but the timing of the course doesn't work, please drop us an
EU in the Volatile Indo-Pacific Region (EUVIP) is coordinated by Palacký University and also includes Lund University, the University of Helsinki and the Catholic University of Louvain. On 17-21 June EUVIP will organise a summer school in Olomouc on the topic Navigating Geostrategic Dynamics in the Indo-Pacific: Focus on Southeast Asia and Myanmar For more information see the EUVIP website
https://www.graduateschoolasianstudies.lu.se/article/summer-school-news - 2026-11-01
The Centre announces 1-2 fully funded PhD positions. East and South-East Asian Studies is an interdisciplinary subject that focuses on contemporary phenomena and processes in the region as a whole as well as in individual countries. The subject integrates theoretical and methodological perspectives from area studies with different disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. Application dead
https://www.graduateschoolasianstudies.lu.se/article/1-2-fully-funded-phd-positions-east-and-south-east-asian-studies - 2026-11-01
The course that starts on 26 March and is mainly online apart from a writing retreat on 13-15 May will accept a few more students. If you are interested read the description and submit your application by 20 February. Find out more and apply here
UNESCO has added the unique archive of 500 in-depth interviews with Holocaust survivors to the Memory of the World Register. It recognises the Ravensbrück Archive as an example of a cultural heritage of great value to humanity. The University Library manages this documentary heritage and keeps the archive protected and digitally accessible to all. On 10 April, UNESCO decided to add the Ravensbrück
https://www.ub.lu.se/en/article/ravensbruck-archive-receives-memory-world-status - 2026-11-01
The building that houses the University Library has been named the most beautiful in Lund and Sweden several times. After the renovation, we hope you feel that the inside of the building harmonises with the outside. See a glimpse of how it turned out here. The University Library boasts a stunning exterior. But the inside may not have been as impressive as the outside. We addressed this in the reno
https://www.ub.lu.se/en/article/renovated-library-awaits-you-autumn - 2026-11-01
The University Library is releasing a new search system for digitised card catalogues. Are you looking for royal decrees, occasional poetry, school books, or older newspapers? Then the search system will help you find them. We will digitise more card catalogues and add them as soon as we are ready. You can now use the Digitised card catalogues search system to find and request material. Feel free
https://www.ub.lu.se/en/article/new-search-system-card-catalogues - 2026-11-01
The libraries at Lund University are launching a new search system, making searching easier. LUBcat and LUBsearch will close on 1 October, and the new search tool Finn will replace them. With the shift to a single search system, the libraries aim to make it easier for students, staff, and other users. Finn helps you find all the books, journals, articles, and databases at Lund University. You can
https://www.ub.lu.se/en/article/searching-becomes-easier-finn - 2026-11-01
Through its extensive digitisation of older card catalogues, Lund University Library has made an unexpected discovery: a copy of astronomer Copernicus' famous work from the 16th century, which presents the theory that the Earth revolves around the Sun. The discovery was made possible thanks to the new full-text search in Catalogue-1957, which makes the library's older material much more accessible
https://www.ub.lu.se/en/article/digitisation-card-catalogues-led-unexpected-discovery-university-library - 2026-11-01
We are so proud of our colleagues Håkan Håkansson and Tomasz Lesniak. Their work to make the Ravensbrück archive's testimonies from the Holocaust freely available to everyone led UNESCO to recognise the archive as a world memory last year. Now they are receiving an award from the university for their solid work. The Ravensbrück Archive is a collection of 500 in-depth interviews with survivors of N
https://www.ub.lu.se/en/article/university-administrative-award-recognises-work-ravensbruck-archive - 2026-11-01
A sensational book discovery, forbidden ideas and Lund’s most beloved student tradition come together in the University Library’s new exhibition. On 8 May, ‘Freedom of Thought – from Copernicus to the Celestial Carnival’ opens – an exhibition that brings together science, satire and academic freedom in a highly topical narrative. It all started with an unexpected find in a depository. The Universi
https://www.ub.lu.se/en/article/banned-science-carnival-satire-new-exhibition-university-library - 2026-11-01
With the objective of digitising Swedish printed material from the 1400s to modern times, a collaboration has been established between the National Library of Sweden and the five university libraries in Lund, Gothenburg, Stockholm, Uppsala, and Umeå. The undertaking lays the basis of a long-term digitisation undertaking. The material included in the digitisation comprises books, newspapers, magazi
https://www.ub.lu.se/en/article/national-library-collaboration-will-digitise-swedish-printed-material - 2026-11-01
We are renovating the inside of the building next year, making room for more and better study spaces. By 2025, functional and beautiful study spaces will be available for you. Starting this year, Akademiska Hus will renovate the building's many windows. A work that will continue next year. The preliminary start for renovating Lund University Library's interior is February 2024. We will renovate th
https://www.ub.lu.se/en/article/more-functional-and-beautiful-study-environment-lund-university-library - 2026-11-01
Do you know that we are renovating next year, making room for more and better study spaces? The coming year will be noisy with few study spaces. Studying at UB will be inconvenient during the renovation, but the result will be worth it. During the Christmas holidays, we close UB and move upstairs. In January, we welcome you to floor three. The library will operate there during the renovation. Entr
https://www.ub.lu.se/en/article/prepare-year-limited-study-spaces - 2026-11-01
Lund University is proposing changes to clarify how its operations in Helsingborg are strategically managed. The reason for this is that it is not always clear at present who is responsible for what, and that there is sometimes overlap between different parts of the organisation. Responsibility for education and research remains with the faculties. Here you will find the latest updates on the chan
https://www.ch.lu.se/en/internal/article/management-and-governance-helsingborg - 2026-11-01
We expect a change in labour legislation that comes into force on 1 October this year. What is happening in the autumn is that general fixed-term employment, which is all fixed-term employment including hourly, but not temporary employment, disappears as a form of employment and is replaced by special fixed-term employment (Särskild visstidsanställning – SÄVA). The new preferential right requires
https://www.biology.lu.se/internal/article/labor-legislation-will-change-autumn - 2026-11-01
Finally! We are now (almost) at the execution phase of the ventilation project in the Ecology building! Years of planning and discovering that “nobody thought of this” have hopefully prepared us as much as possible for what is going to happen. So what will actually happen? The entire ventilation system at the Ecology building attic will be exchanged for a new one! Half this summer, and the other h
https://www.biology.lu.se/internal/article/renovation-ventilation-ecology-building - 2026-11-01
The basis of the legislation is that permanent employment becomes an even stronger norm and fixed-term employment is more quickly converted to permanent employment. The time is 1 year of fixed-term employment instead of the previous 2 years and is counted retroactively from the first of March this year. What do the new rules mean for our various employment types? General fixed-term employment (ALV
https://www.biology.lu.se/internal/article/new-employment-rules-come-force-first-october - 2026-11-01
