Forging links between distant lands ASÍS - The Icelandic Centre for Asian Studies

Asian studies is not usually the first thing that comes to mind when considering Iceland. In fact, in the second half of the 20th century Iceland was too pre-occupied with its own European-American identity problem to be able to pay serious attention to a distant region such as Asia. But as Geir Sig...

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Main Author: Sigurdsson, G.
Format: Conference Object
Language:English
Published: IIAS, Leiden 2008
Subjects:
Asian Studies
Iceland
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1887/12831
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spelling ftunivleiden:oai:scholarlypublications.universiteitleiden.nl:item_2725542 2023-05-15T16:45:53+02:00 Forging links between distant lands ASÍS - The Icelandic Centre for Asian Studies Sigurdsson, G. 2008-04-24 https://hdl.handle.net/1887/12831 en eng IIAS, Leiden https://hdl.handle.net/1887/12831 https://hdl.handle.net/1887/license:3 Asian Studies Text info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject Conference report 2008 ftunivleiden 2021-11-04T00:16:19Z Asian studies is not usually the first thing that comes to mind when considering Iceland. In fact, in the second half of the 20th century Iceland was too pre-occupied with its own European-American identity problem to be able to pay serious attention to a distant region such as Asia. But as Geir Sigurdsson, director of the recently opened Icelandic Centre for Asian Studies explains, the situation has changed rapidly during the last two decades. Conference Object Iceland Leiden University Scholarly Publications
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