The Centre for East Asian Studies (CEAS) is the only academic research centre in Finland that focuses on contemporary East Asia from the perspective of social sciences in both research and teaching. CEAS was established in 2006 but the minor programme in East Asian Studies has been offered since 1998.
CEAS has research and teaching expertise especially in politics, sociology and contemporary history of the region with a focus on China, South Korea, North Korea and Japan. CEAS offers three different study programmes (minor, master's and doctoral level) and also coordinates the Finnish University Network for Asian Studies (Asianet).
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The Nordic Asia Podcast - Always well-informed about Asia
Korean Speech Contest 2025 / 2025년 한국어 말하기 대회 25 April, 2025
Visiting Lecture: North Korea’s Self-reliance Internationalism in the Face of Superpower Rivalry: Relations with Tanzania and Sub-Saharan Africa during the Cold War, 31 March 2025
Visiting Lecture: North Korean nuclear narratives: From bargaining chip to core tenet of identity in 30 years, 24 March 2025
Guest lecture by Ambassador of Japan to Finland: Japanese Foreign and Security Policy in the Changing Global Security Situation, 27 February 2025
Asian Studies Days 2024
Navigating the Nexus: South Korean Foreign Policy, Domestic Dynamics, and Deterrence Strategies in a Changing International Environment, seminar 3 October, 2024
Nordic-Baltic Korean Studies Days 2024
Kiinan poliittinen järjestelmä -kirja on ehdolla vuoden tietokirjaksi!
CEAS' MOOC "Introduction to East Asia" is Course of the Year 2022
EU Horizon Grant: New Research Project 'ReConnect China'
New Book on China's Political System by Lauri Paltemaa, Mikael Mattlin and Juha A. Vuori
Second revised edition of "Lohikäärme, tiikeri ja krysanteemi" at UTU Shop
Academy of Finland Research Project "Security in China"