Call for Applications for the IKSU Field Study Trip to South Korea and Poster Exhibition Call for Applications for the IKSU Field Study Trip to South Korea and Poster Exhibition We are recruiting 20 students for the field study trip to South Korea and the following poster...
Asia Pacific Studies Graduate selected as a ALT in the JET Programme. Graduate of our Asia Pacific Studies course, Grace Varty, has been selected as a Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) in Japanese schools as part of the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme. Congratulations Grace! Read about...
Prof Niki Alsford featured in Taipei Times Our Director for the Institute for the Study of the Asia Pacific, Prof Niki Alsford, has been featured in Taipei Times in a published article on the book launch of 'Taiwan’s Contemporary Indigenous Peoples' organised by the School of Oriental...
UCLan APS Scholarship Discussion Join us on the 8th December 2021 for our UCLan APS Scholarship Discussion. In this you will hear from funders and previous recipients of scholarships, study abroad opportunities and work placements available to students of UCLan. These discussions include but are not limited...
Guest Talk with Szu-Nuo Chou: The human consequences and structural social changes during after the Chinese civil war: a feminist perspective What was the ideal future that the ordinary people imagined and expected after the breakdown of the Chinese empire? What was accomplished, and how did ordinary people...
IKSU Annual International Conference: Korean Politics and International Relations at Crossroads: Past, Present and the Future University of Central Lancashire, UK, 7-8 January 2022 * This event will be held both online (via MS TEAMS) and offline. This conference is open to all. To attend the conference, please register by...
Call for Artists: Climate Change in the Asia Pacific DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 21 December 2021 From the 5th to the 26th of February 2022 the Centre of Austronesian Studies (COAST), based within the Institute for the Study of the Asia Pacific (ISAP) at the University of Central...
Fighting against Climate Change?: Contemplating Taiwan's contradictory narratives on Climate Change and it's Pacific ally Tuvalu. Join us on the 27th October for a Guest Seminar with Dr Jess Marinaccio and Mr Niuone Eliuta. As noted in previous research, one potential way Taiwan can develop international soft...
Publication by Prof Niki Alsford: 'North Korea’s costly COVID response is pushing Kim Jong-un to play political games' Our Director for the Institute for the Study of the Asia Pacific and reader in Asia Pacific Studies, Professor Niki Alsford, has published a new article, 'North Korea’s costly...
IKSU-NorITS Book Launch: Assessing the Landscape of Taiwan and Korean Studies in Comparison Join us for the IKSU Book Launch of 'Assessing the Landscape of Taiwan and Korean Studies in Comparison' on the 13th October 2021, with editors, Prof Niki Alsford and Dr Sojin Lim. About the...