New Video Material on “Fragrant Frontier”

New Video Material on “Fragrant Frontier”

April 24, 2023
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Annuska Derks, co-editor of Fragrant Frontier: Global Spice Entanglements from the Sino-Vietnamese Uplands, has spearheaded the production of two magnificent videos promising interesting and important material on upland ethnic minority livelihoods. The …

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Rethinking Community in Myanmar with Judith Beyer

Rethinking Community in Myanmar with Judith Beyer

March 31, 2023
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A new podcast interview with Judith Beyer is out! NIAS Press author Judith Beyer joined Postdoctoral Researcher Mai Van Tran in a conversation on her latest book Rethinking Community in Myanmar. Judith and Van talk about the concept of “community”, how …

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Editor-In-Chief Gerald Jackson celebrates 30th anniversary

Editor-In-Chief Gerald Jackson celebrates 30th anniversary

February 1, 2023
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When in January 1993, a bearded New Zealander walked through the doors of the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS) at Leifsgade, no one could have imagined that publishing history was about to be made. Since then, three decades have passed and edit …

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Outlook 2023

Outlook 2023

January 4, 2023
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Four exciting publications are in our pipeline for the upcoming year. Take a look below to see what it’s all about and sign up for the NIAS Newsletter to be informed once the books are out. Jungle Heart of the Khmer RougeHenri Locard challenges the dom …

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Annuska Derks and Jean-François Rousseau with the Nordic Asia Podcast

Annuska Derks and Jean-François Rousseau with the Nordic Asia Podcast

January 3, 2023
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Where do the spices we find in our kitchen cabinets come from? What can we learn from tracing spices and their commodities and how does their trade impact the livelihoods of ethnic minority farmers in the Sino- Vietnamese uplands? Annuska Derks and Jea …

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NIAS Press Books on Laos

NIAS Press Books on Laos

November 15, 2022
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Are you attending the 7th International Conference on Lao Studies from 15 – 17 Nov 22? As one of the main publishers on Lao studies collections, we’ve put together a selection of all our works on the Southeast Asian country. Organised by the Alfred Dea …

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#Insights into the publishing business

#Insights into the publishing business

September 7, 2022
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This week, our dear friend and former colleague Marie Yoshida stopped by our office to pick up her hardcopies of ‘Community Still Matters’. The book is our latest addition to the NIAS Press catalogue, and explores with twenty essays multiple aspects of …

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New Titles in 2022

New Titles in 2022

June 2, 2022
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For the second half of 2022, we’ve got 6 new books in the making. To keep you informed, we’ve put together this outlook for our upcoming publications. Previous Next June 2022 Community Still Matters.Uyghur Culture and Society in Central Asian Context e …

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Recent NIAS Press Books on Thai Studies

Recent NIAS Press Books on Thai Studies

April 21, 2022
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For visitors in Thailand or other parts of Southeast Asia, you can also find our the books with our partners in Chiang Mai, Silkworm. Click here

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Interview with Bertil Lintner

Interview with Bertil Lintner

March 28, 2022
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NIAS Press Lunch Interview with Bertil Lintner and Postdoctoral researcher at NIAS Mai Van Tran

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