Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution
Description
The course pays attention to historical and contemporary developments in four Asian countries (China, Japan, Korea (North and South) and Indonesia) and discusses the societies of Asia at both macro and micro levels. The examples, which are related to international relations/foreign policy, development aid, gender relations/gender equality, population policy, non-governmental organizing or democracy, will illustrate the complex realities of each country’s societies and thereby help us gain a better understanding of how they function.
The course consists of 14 weeks with 2 hours of teaching each week. In-class sessions will constitute a mixture of lectures, discussions and mandatory student presentations. Instructors are researchers from NIAS, the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies. Guest lectures will be incorporated when possible. The last class provides a summary perspective on the issues covered in the course.