NIAS Press is closing

After decades of dedication and passion, NIAS Press is closing its doors at the end of the year. We thank our partners, authors and readers for their interest, support and friendship. You can continue to buy our books from your trusted booksellers. Whilst the books will live on, this website ceases to be updated.

Jungle Heart of the Khmer Rouge. The memoirs of Phi Phuon, Pol Pot’s Jarai aide-de-camp, and the role of Ratanakiri and its tribal minorities in the Cambodian revolution

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'Community Still Matters' edited by Aysima Mirsultan, Eric Schluessel and Eset Sulaiman explores many aspects of the Uyghur world and draws upon the work of one of the field’s leading figures, Ildikó Bellér-Hann.

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Listen to the authors

Our authors give insights into their work in several episodes of the Nordic Asia Podcast. Latest episode: Judith Beyer joined Mai Van Tran discussing her recent book "Rethinking Community in Myanmar"

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Find an overview of upcoming titles, recent books and a shortlist of all NIAS Press imprints since 2002

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NIAS Press specialises in publishing innovative research on modern East and Southeast Asian society

From Our Blog

Civil Society Elites with Astrid Norén Nilsson, Amalinda Savirani and Anders Uhlin

August 18, 2023

What does civil society look like in Indonesia and Cambodia, and who are civil society elites? In this podcast episode of the Nordic Asia Podcast,

Electoral Reform and Democracy in Malaysia with Helen Ting and Donald Horowitz

July 26, 2023

Why is Malaysia in need of electoral reform? How can we explain recent changes including the anti-party hopping law and the successful UNDI18 campaign to

New Video Material on “Fragrant Frontier”

April 24, 2023

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

Rethinking Community in Myanmar with Judith Beyer

March 31, 2023

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

Editor-In-Chief Gerald Jackson celebrates 30th anniversary

February 1, 2023

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

Outlook 2023

January 4, 2023

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