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Joint account of NIAS and NIAS Press. We are an academically independent Nordic research and resource center. Our scholarly press specializes in publishing innovative research on modern Asia.
See our latest NIAS Press book catalogue here: http://e-pages.dk/ku/1496/%20
NIASApr 24, 2023
โ€œThis landmark volume throws fresh light on โ€ฆ questions โ€ฆ on some of the most prominent forms of spirit address, possession and mediumship. [..] as the rich anthropological research presented here shows, they are contemporary, urban, modern and continuously growing.โ€ - Guido Sprenger, Heidelberg University
Review of ๐‘บ๐’‘๐’Š๐’“๐’Š๐’• ๐‘ท๐’๐’”๐’”๐’†๐’”๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’ edited by Bรฉnรฉdicte Brac de la Perriรจre & Peter A. Jackson in the International Quarterly for Asian Studies Read the whole review here: https://doi.org/10.11588/iqas.2023.1.21788
Bรฉnรฉdicte Brac de la Perriรจre / Peter A. Jackson (eds): Spirit Possession in Buddhist Southeast Asia: Worlds Ever More Enchanted | International Quarterly for Asian Studies

NIASApr 14, 2023

"This is a long-awaited and much-needed collection of papers on a major โ€“ and somewhat controversial โ€“ Chinese text, Jin Ping Mei ..., and there is no doubt that it will soon prove a valuable resource in teaching and research."-

New Review by Dylan K Wang for "Jin Ping Mei- A Wildhorse in Chinese Literature" edited by Vibeke Bรธrdahl and Lintao Qi

Read the whole review here: https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/10.1075/babel.22039.wan

Review of Bรธrdahl & Qi (2022): Jin Ping Mei โ€“ A Wild Horse in Chinese Literature: Essays on Texts, Illustrations and Translations of a Late Sixteenth-Century Masterpiece | John Benjamins

Welcome to e-content platform of John Benjamins Publishing Company. Here you can find all of our electronic books and journals, for purchase and download or subscriber access.

NIASMar 24, 2023
๐ŸŽงNew Podcast Interview with
our author Judith Beyer talking with Mai Van Tran on her latest NIAS Press book "Rethinking Community in Myanmar". Listen to the episode here: https://megaphone.link/NBN2784878397 and visit our webshop to find the book: https://t1p.de/g1e99 Don't miss out on this #amazing chance listening to the #author on the political work of #community, #anthropological #research and #Myanmar
Rethinking Community in Myanmar: Practices of We-Formation Among Muslims and Hindus in Urban Yangon by The Nordic Asia Podcast

A Discussion with Judith Beyer

Megaphone.fm
NIASMar 20, 2023
๐ŸŽงNew Podcast Interview with
Judith Beyer talking with Mai Van Tran
on her new NIAS Press book "Rethinking Community in Myanmar". Don't miss out on this #amazing chance listening to the #author on the political work of #community, #anthropological #research and #Myanmar
Link to the episode: https://megaphone.link/NBN2784878397 & the book: https://www.niaspress.dk/product/rethinking-community-in-myanmar/
Rethinking Community in Myanmar: Practices of We-Formation Among Muslims and Hindus in Urban Yangon by The Nordic Asia Podcast

A Discussion with Judith Beyer

Megaphone.fm
NIASMar 17, 2023
New Review in Sojourn's March Issue:
๐‘ฉ๐’†๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’•๐’๐’†๐’… ๐‘ช๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’›๐’†๐’๐’” ๐’ƒ๐’š ๐‘ฎ๐’Š๐’–๐’”๐’†๐’‘๐’‘๐’† ๐‘ฉ๐’๐’๐’๐’•๐’•๐’‚
Balawansuk Lynrah from the Department of Geography, National University of Singapore writes, ""Belittled Citizens is a phenomenal work that offers an incredibly detailed and thorough analysis of slum children's lives from both their and society's prisms.[..] The book will be of value to scholars interested in understanding the social construction of 'childhood' in Asian settings." Read here: https://bookshop.iseas.edu.sg/publication/7845
SOJOURN: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia Vol. 38/1 (March 2023) | ISEAS Publishing

SOJOURN is an interdisciplinary journal devoted to the study of social and cultural issues in Southeast Asia. It publishes empirical and theoretical research articles with a view to promoting and disseminating scholarship in and on the region. Areas of special concern include ethnicity, religion, tourism, urbanization, migration, popular culture, social and cultural change, and development. Fields most often represented in the journal are anthropology, sociology, and history.

Show threadNIASFeb 27, 2023
Here's the link to the book in our webshop: https://www.niaspress.dk/product/electoral-reform-and-democracy-in-malaysia/
Electoral Reform and Democracy in Malaysia โ€“ NIAS Press

NIASFeb 27, 2023
OUT NOW!
๐„๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐‘๐ž๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐œ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐Œ๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐š by Helen Ting M. H. and Donald L. Horowitz (eds)!
This impressive study takes stock of the state of democracy in Malaysia by offering readers a deep but readily understandable analysis of an array of electoral reform issues.
NIASFeb 24, 2023

New Review in Sojourn's latest March issue of Thai Politics in Translation (2021), edited by Michael Connors and Ukrist Pathamanand:

๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘’๐‘“๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘€๐‘–๐‘โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘’๐‘™ ๐ถ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ˆ๐‘˜๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘ƒ๐‘Ž๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘-๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘š๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘๐‘’๐‘™๐‘™๐‘’๐‘›๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘๐‘™๐‘–๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘ ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐บ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘‘ ๐ฝ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘˜๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘๐ผ๐ด๐‘† ๐‘ƒ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ - โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘ž๐‘ข๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘  ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ฆ. " - Michael J. Montesano

Link to the review: https://bookshop.iseas.edu.sg/publication/7845#contents

Link to the book: https://www.niaspress.dk/book/thai-politics-in-translation/

SOJOURN: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia Vol. 38/1 (March 2023) | ISEAS Publishing

SOJOURN is an interdisciplinary journal devoted to the study of social and cultural issues in Southeast Asia. It publishes empirical and theoretical research articles with a view to promoting and disseminating scholarship in and on the region. Areas of special concern include ethnicity, religion, tourism, urbanization, migration, popular culture, social and cultural change, and development. Fields most often represented in the journal are anthropology, sociology, and history.

NIASFeb 17, 2023
Delighted to announce that Judith Beyer's book "Rethinking Community in Myanmar" just went to print this week and is available for purchase on our website now: https://www.niaspress.dk/book/rethinking-community-in-myanmar/
Rethinking Community in Myanmar โ€“ NIAS Press

NIASFeb 7, 2023
"Community Still Matters" edited by Aysima Mirsultan, Eric Schluessel and Eset Sulaiman now available as paperback (in Europe) on our website! Check it out: https://www.niaspress.dk/product/community-still-matters/
Community Still Matters โ€“ NIAS Press