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What do bodies have to do with politics and power? In East Asia, quite a lot. This course explores how the bodies of children, women, and families become central to governance, resistance, and social change. This course examines how the body has been a central site of power in twentieth- and twenty-first East Asia. You’ll explore how ideas about gender, sexuality, race, disability, and the nation

https://www.ace.lu.se/education/stand-alone-courses/master-level-courses/cosm54-body-politics-east-asia - 2026-08-01

Social movements and civil society matter. This course explains how social actors emerge, adapt, and challenge power in Asia, giving you insight into the region’s distinct political landscapes and the dynamics of social transformation. This master’s-level course offers an interdisciplinary perspective, linking Asia-focused Area Studies with Social Movement Studies. It examines the development of s

https://www.ace.lu.se/education/stand-alone-courses/master-level-courses/cosm45-social-movements-east-and-south-east-asia - 2026-08-01

OverviewIn 2025, the Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies continued its mission to contribute to and promote research, teaching, and public engagement on Asia. The year was marked by staff changes and new appointments, a strong programme of public lectures and workshops, active participation in university-wide and external research networks, and a broad range of research outputs and outrea

https://www.ace.lu.se/about-centre/work-reports-and-work-plans/centres-work-report-2025 - 2026-08-01

Panel 1: Histories  Between US Empire and Europe: Professional Social Work and South Korean Adoption’s Turn to Europe – Youngeun Koo (Lund University)This paper examines how Europe emerged as a major receiving region for South Korean children in the late 1960s despite the absence of a European colonial relationship and otherwise limited economic, political, and social ties with South Korea. It cen

https://www.ace.lu.se/activities/disrupted-histories-contested-futures-korean-adoption-politics-and-activism-europe/paper-abstracts - 2026-08-01

26-27 April & 22-23 November Religious and Social movements in East and South-East AsiaOn 26 April the lectures addressed new developments and research regarding the social and political role of religion in contemporary East and South-East Asian societies. In China and Japan we see a revival of religion and a redefinition of religion as a result of both domestic and global developments. In the Sou

https://www.ace.lu.se/activities/selected-past-events/focus-asia/focus-asia-2006 - 2026-08-01

Strategy of the Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies 2025-2027 At a time of increasing political polarizations and global challenges, such as climate change and geo-political tensions and wars, there is an urgent need to deepen knowledge about East and Southeast Asian societies at Lund University, in Sweden, and more broadly in Europe. The region is of great interest in and of itself due t

https://www.ace.lu.se/strategic-plan-2025-2027 - 2026-08-01

2026 Dr. Minyoung Kim Dr. Minyoung Kim is currently a lecturer at Yonsei University and earned her PhD in Sociology from the University of California, Irvine, in 2024. Her dissertation, From Personal Grief to Social Action: Bereaved Families’ Activism in Neoliberal South Korea, examines how individuals who have lost family members in disasters gradually become social movement actors, seeking syste

https://www.ace.lu.se/research/early-career-visiting-scholar-korean-studies-nest-programme/nest-scholars - 2026-08-01

24-26 May & 23-24 November Hiroshima: Memory and Threat 60 years after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Center for East and South-East Asian Studies, arranged a symposium titled Hiroshima: Memory and Threat at Kulturen (Swedish Museum of the Year 2004) in Lund. An exhibition of drawings by hibakusha, “Drawings from Hiroshima Peace Museum – 60 Years after the Bomb” was also held a

https://www.ace.lu.se/activities/selected-past-events/focus-asia/focus-asia-2005 - 2026-08-01

The courses are taught online and usually run at a 50% study pace, making it easier to combine with work or other studies. Admission requirementsTo be eligible for admission to our courses at the Bachelor level you must:meet the general admission requirements and have completed higher education studies worth 30 creditshave oral and written language proficiency in English equivalent to English 6/B

https://www.ace.lu.se/education/stand-alone-courses/bachelors-level-stand-alone-courses - 2026-08-01

Admission requirementsTo be eligible for admission to our courses at the Master's level you must:have a degree of Bachelor in social sciences or humanitieshave oral and written language proficiency in English equivalent to English 6/B from a Swedish upper secondary school. COSM23: Contemporary Chinese Society, 15 credits (spring semester)The course examines the major social, political, cultural, a

https://www.ace.lu.se/education/stand-alone-courses/masters-level-stand-alone-courses - 2026-08-01

25-27 May & 25-26 November FOCUS ASIA 25-27 May 2004 The first Focus Asia public lecture series was held in May 2004. The speakers were the leading experts in Europe in their respective fields of research. The lectures covered the entire region from Indonesia to Japan, and dealt with a wide range of timely issues, from new perspectives on Indonesia’s modern history and China’s cultural heritage, t

https://www.ace.lu.se/activities/selected-past-events/focus-asia/focus-asia-2004 - 2026-08-01

Osteoarthritis sometimes affects young adults and is often the result of a previous joint injury. Around 50% of those who suffer a knee injury develop osteoarthritis 15-20 years after the injury. If you are between the ages of 25-35 and have been diagnosed with osteoarthritis (OA), you are definitely not alone. It may be a lot more common for OA to affect adults over the age of 45, but even younge

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/young-osteoarthritis - 2026-08-01

Here you can read stories told by people living with osteoarthritis. Feel free to write to us if you would like to share your experiences of how it is living with osteoarthritis. If you have osteoarthritis, The Arthritis Portal would love to hear your story and share it with our readers! It doesn’t matter how old you are or for how long you have had osteoarthritis. We welcome all kinds of stories,

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/my-oa-story - 2026-08-01

professor, physioterapist Research area: The human being in motion My research is about various aspects of our mobility, such as balance system strategies and physical activity. Since mobility and being able to be physically active are cornerstones for achieving and maintaining good health, my research is also about the interventions that make this possible, such as the Supported Osteoarthritis Se

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/osteoarthritis-research/meet-oa-researchers/eva-ekvall-hansson - 2026-08-01

Below you will find lectures on osteoarthritis from the webinar "När minnet sviktar eller leder gör ont" which was arranged on October 6, 2021, by Lund University and Kockska Stiftelsen in collaboration with The Arthritis Portal and Region Skåne. The lectures are in Swedish but all have English subtitles. See the whole webinar (in Swedish) Subtitles in English coming soon! 

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/osteoarthritis-webinar - 2026-08-01

What we know today about osteoarthritis has come a long way since British doctor John Kent Spender first discussed the term "osteoarthritis" in his article in The Lancet in 1886. The joint disease can however be traced back to the age of the dinosaurs and is thereby one of our oldest known diseases. Today, researchers at Lund University, are amongst those driving osteoarthritis research forward. S

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/osteoarthritis-research - 2026-08-01

Exercising your OA-affected joints is really important  Agneta had long struggled with pain in her right knee, but because she felt she could still manage daily life despite the discomfort, it took a while before she sought medical advice. However, delaying seeking care meant postponing the right treatment, which eventually led to an emergency hospital visit. At the hospital, she underwent an X-ra

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/my-oa-story/my-story-agneta - 2026-08-01

The Arthritis Portal is an initiative by researchers at Lund University with the aim to share accurate and up-to-date information about osteoarthritis including the latest developments in osteoarthritis research. The Arthritis Portal has been made possible to launch thanks to generous contributions from The Foundation for Assistance to the Disabled in southern Sweden (Stiftelsen för bistånd åt rör

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/about-us - 2026-08-01

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What are the symptoms of osteoarthritis? Exercise and osteoarthritis Young with osteoarthritis Do you have healthy knees and want to contribute to osteoarthritis research? Herbal medicines Arthroplasty Diagnosing OA Similar diseases OA after joint injury Truths and myths about osteoarthritis FAQ Like us on Facebook!

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/startpage - 2026-08-01