Ever wanted to go on placement in Taiwan? UCLan has partnered with Pagoda Projects to introduce a Scholarship for UCLan Students in the School of Humanities, Language and Global Studies. The Programme is open to all students currently studying at UCLan School of Humanities, Languages and...
Prof Niki Alsford Keynote speaker at British Protestant Missionaries to Formosa Conference Our Professor in Asia Pacific Studies, Prof Niki J.P. Alsford, is giving the keynote speech in a conference on British Protestant Missionaries to Formosa. Taking place on the 24–25 September 2020 in the Changhua Christian...
King Sejong Institute Korean Language Programme: New online Language programme to teach Korean Language The King Sejong Institute at the University of Central Lancashire is pleased to announce a new online Language programme to teach Korean Language. The programme will take place over the 2020/21 Semester 1....
Our Head of Asia Pacific Institutes, Prof Niki Alsford and Co-Director for NorITS, Dr Lara Momesso, co-edited a special issue on Taiwan for European Journal of East Asian Studies. Authors in the special issue include our lecturers for Asia Pacific Studies, Dr Ti-Han Chang and Dr...
Prof Niki Alsford, Head of the Asia Pacific Institutes, and Ed Griffith, Lecturer in Asia Pacific Studies, have published a new article on the Hong Kong Security Law in the Conversation UK. Read "China is becoming increasingly assertive – security law in Hong Kong is just...
Why Are Obsessive K-Pop Fans Getting Involved in U.S. Politics? Read our newest publication by Prof Niki Alsford, Head of the Asia Pacific Institutes, on the new ways K-Pop fans are engaging and contributing to changes in politics. Read it on The National Interest. Published 12th July...
Our Lecturer in Asia Pacific Studies, Dr Ti-Han Chang, shared five must-read novels on the environment and Climate Crisis via Conversation UK. Can we learn from the lockdown and move towards a greener future? Read through her recommendations on the conversation here. Published on 9th July 2020...
Professor Niki Alsford, Head of the Asia Pacific Institutes, and Fiona Su, an independent researcher based in Hong Kong, discussed the Chinese National Security Law in Hong Kong, at the New Bloom. Read it here. ...
UCLan scoops mega grant on road to becoming world-leading authority on all things Korean International Institute of Korean Studies (IKSU) at Lancashire Post about its recent achievement related to the postgraduate programme in North Korean Studies and Korean Studies. Read more on the Lancashire Post, here....
A talk about the end of gesture politics between Trump and Kim Jong Un by Dr Sojin Lim was published at the National Interest. Published 15th May 2020 Read it on the National Interest....