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We offer education within the two main areas: Asian Languages and Cultures and Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures.

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We have research and education within the Arabic, Chinese, Japanese and Korean languages, as well as area studies.

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There are various opportunities to study abroad during your education at the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies.

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Our scholars are engaged in a broad range of research within Korean, Japanese, Chinese and Middle Eastern Studies

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Our research subjects are grounded in the humanities with focus on Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures

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Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

Gunnar Linder at Stockholm University awarded Japanese order

Associate Professor Gunnar Jinmei Linder, researcher at the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at Stockholm University, has been awarded the Japanese decoration Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette.

Language, Literature and Culture

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Research project explores the relationship between memory and the future

A new interdisciplinary research project at Stockholm University, "Beyond Trauma: Futures of Memory and the Memory of Futures," investigates the relationship between memory and the future by integrating perspectives from multiple academic disciplines.

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The reading group of Speculative Fiction during fall semester 2025

On December 11th the reading group of Speculative Fiction within the open seminar series of the Master's Programme in Environmental Humanities will have it's fourth meeting of fall semester 2025. It is lead by professor Andrew Jones, Department of Archaeology and Classical studies and Elisa Viteri Márquez, PhD student at the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies.

Climate and Environment Language, Literature and Culture Worldviews, Ethics and Philosophy History, Archeology and Cultural Heritage

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November

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Arabic Media Club

Would you like to discuss the news of today from the Arabic-speaking world? Welcome to our Arabic Media Club!

Arabic Media Club

Would you like to discuss the news of today from the Arabic-speaking world? Welcome to our Arabic Media Club!

Language, Literature and Culture

November

Lecture

The artistic and literary universe of Korean picture books

Guest lecture by Korean picture book illustrators Lee Jee-eun and Kim Minu, with live presentations of their work.

The artistic and literary universe of Korean picture books

Guest lecture by Korean picture book illustrators Lee Jee-eun and Kim Minu, with live presentations of their work.

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November

Event

Winter in Kräftriket

Meet the author and intellectual Kwok-kan TAM from Hong Kong and his texts in conversation with students from Stockholm University, at the Bio Grand cinema.

Winter in Kräftriket

Meet the author and intellectual Kwok-kan TAM from Hong Kong and his texts in conversation with students from Stockholm University, at the Bio Grand cinema.

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