The task of the Committee will be to
- strengthen and co-ordinate European research on Asia
- develop closer links between academia and political decision-
making and provide academic and strategic information for the
development of a new European Asia policy
- initiate and support new, border-transcending research with an
emphasis on interdisciplinary co-operation.
The Committee seeks to achieve these ends through
- creating and administrating a European post-doctoral
fellowship scheme
- organizing and funding international workshops on well-focused
themes
- strengthening the infrastructures of the professional,
regional associations by setting up a directory/database
- promoting collaboration with scholars and institutions in the
USA, Australia and, in particular, Asia.
The disciplinary and geographical scope of the Asia Committee covers the study (ancient and modern, humanities and social sciences) of the languages, cultures, societies and economies of South, Central, South-east and East Asia.
The Committee is at present composed of scholars from France, The Netherlands, Scandinavian countries, Germany, Great Britain, Switzerland, Australia, Italy.
Chairman: Professor Tommy Svensson, Nordic Institute for
Asian Studies, Copenhagen
Vice-Chairman: Professor Denys Lombard, Ecole
Française d'Extrême Orient, Paris
Secretary: Professor Wim Stokhof, International Institute
for Asian Studies, Leiden.
Secretariat of the ESF Asia Committee:
International Institute for Asian Studies
att. of: Sabine A.M. Kuypers
P.O.Box 9515
2300 RA Leiden
The Netherlands
Tel: +31-71-5272227
Fax: +31-71-5274162