News From the Castle - The Perspective

Welcome to News From the Castle! This podcast series is dedicated to interviewing experts inside and outside Lund University, who share their expertise on topics related to foreign affairs. As part of UPF Lund's Project of the Year, we host this episode featuring Suriya Sundararajan, a PhD candidate at the World Maritime University, who took part in a collaborative workshop between WMU and UPF Lun...

Welcome to News From the Castle! This podcast series is dedicated to interviewing experts inside and outside Lund University, who share their expertise on topics related to foreign affairs. As part of the Project of the Year at UPF Lund, project member Yelyzaveta hosts this episode featuring Kateryna Okhrimchuk, an International Relations Advisor at the Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority. She disc...

In this episode, we sit down with Rouzbeh Parsi, author and affiliated Researcher at Lund University, for an in-depth conversation on Iran, one of the most complex and often misunderstood countries in today’s geopolitical landscape. We begin by exploring the foundations of the Islamic Republic of Iran: what defines it, how Iranian society functions in practice, and the intricate relationship betwe...

Welcome to News From the Castle! This podcast series is dedicated to interviewing experts inside and outside Lund University, who share their expertise on topics related to foreign affairs. In this episode of News From the Castle, we spoke to Lars Peter Fredén, ambassador of Sweden to China between 2010 and 2016, about the importance of the humanities to navigating diplomatic, industry, and resear...

Welcome to News From the Castle! This podcast series is dedicated to interviewing experts inside and outside Lund University, who share their expertise on topics related to foreign affairs. In this episode, Hanna Sahlberg, senior China reporter at Swedish Radio and former Beijing correspondent, joins us to discuss China’s evolving role in global science and innovation, the opportunities and risks...

Welcome to News From the Castle! This podcast series is dedicated to interviewing experts inside and outside Lund University, who share their expertise on topics related to foreign affairs. [This is a special feature featuring interviews from abroad] In this episode, John Langton, an independent documentary filmmaker and a fundraiser for a school, talks about the importance of valuing human lives...

Welcome to News From the Castle! This podcast series is dedicated to interviewing experts inside and outside Lund University, who share their expertise on topics related to foreign affairs. In this episode, Dr. Marju Himma, an associate professor of Journalism Studies at the University of Tartu, sits down with us to talk about the political consequences of an evolving media landscape, navigating t...

Welcome to News From the Castle! This podcast series is dedicated to interviewing experts inside and outside Lund University, who share their expertise on topics related to foreign affairs. This episode features Dr. Yi Hyun Kang, a postdoctoral researcher at Lund University and a member of the Strategic Research Area BECC. She discusses the characteristics of young activists in environmental polit...

Welcome to News From the Castle! This podcast series is dedicated to interviewing experts inside and outside Lund University, who share their expertise on topics related to foreign affairs. This episode features Dr. Jinyan Zeng, a documentary filmmaker and Senior Lecturer at the Centre for East and South East Asian Studies at Lund University. She shares her experiences of making activist documenta...

Welcome to News From the Castle! This podcast series is dedicated to interviewing experts inside and outside Lund University, who share their expertise on topics related to foreign affairs. This episode features Professor Mark Elliott, the Vice Provost of International Affairs at Harvard University and the Mark Schwartz Professor of Chinese and Inner Asian History. He spoke about the politics of h...

Welcome to News From the Castle! This podcast series is dedicated to interviewing experts inside and outside Lund University, who share their expertise on topics related to foreign affairs. This episode features Dr. Minyoung Kim, a lecturer at Yonsei University, who spoke at the Perspective Asia Lecture Series at the Centre for East and South East Asian Studies. Dr. Kim shares her perspective on p...

Welcome to News From the Castle! This podcast series is dedicated to interviewing experts inside and outside Lund University, who share their expertise on topics related to foreign affairs. This episode features Dr. Joakim Zander, a Swedish author and lawyer, who was a guest speaker at the "EU Days" event in Lund. Dr. Zander shares his perspective on EU politics and discusses the importance of you...