AEI-ASEM Summer School 2017: Bringing the World to Ours

By Muhammad Sufi bin Muhamad Khirul Bahri.
The Asia-Europe Institute, more than a decade later, continued to bring together communities from all over the world, and the AEI-ASEM Summer School 2017 shows the testament of bringing together youths from the Asia-Europe region to Kuala Lumpur and Brussels on the 24th July to 11th August 2017.

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Full Report: The 3rd AEI-ASEM Summer School 2017

The Asia-Europe Institute (AEI), University of Malaya along with Maastricht University in Brussels, Belgium collaborated for the 3rd AEI-ASEM Summer School programme 2017 with the theme “Cultural Pluralism in Asia and Europe” which was successfully conducted from 24 July to 4 August 2017.

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Photo Gallery: AEI-ASEM Summer School 2017

This programme was a joint effort with ASEM partner countries and the Jean Monnet Network on Challenges to Multiculturalism and Multilateralism, and was supported by the Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia along with the EU Centre in Singapore.

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Six outstanding individuals receive prestigious Merdeka Awards

The sixth and final award recipient went to South-East Asia expert Prof Dr Anthony Milner, in the category of Outstanding Contribution to the People of Malaysia.

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EU in a multipolar world

GLOBAL politics are presently going through one of their most important shifts in power and strategy of the whole modern era. Two hundred years of dominance by European and American states of world politics, economics and security are coming to an end. Written by Paul Gillespie.

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Keynote Address by His Royal Highness Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah at the Institute of Diplomacy and Foreign Relations (IDFR), Kuala Lumpur on 12th July 2017 - Transformation for 21st Century Diplomats

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Report on the Training Workshop: Effective Proposal Preparation for European Postdoctoral Research Fellowships

The workshop was co-organized by EURAXESS ASEAN and Asia-Europe Institute, University Malaya, held on Wednesday, 14 June 2017, 9am – 5.00 pm at ASEM Room.

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Report on EURAXESS ASEAN's Advancing your Research Career in Europe: Funding and Fellowship Opportunities for Researchers in Malaysia

The event was held on the 13th June 2017 at AEI Auditorium.

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Asean's triumph

ASEAN is the cornerstone of Malaysia’s foreign policy, and a new book by Kishore Mahbubani and Jeffery Sng, The Asean Miracle, explains that this makes good sense. But, what is Asean’s particular power? Can it continue to triumph without support?

By Prof. Dr. Azirah Hashim, Executice Director of AEI and Prof. Anthony Milner (Visiting Professor).

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UM leads local varsities into top 1% worldwide - 2018 QS World University Rankings

Having improved their ranking, the country’s five research universities have made it to the top 1% in the world out of 26,000, with its oldest university, Universiti Malaya (UM) on the verge of being among the world’s top 100.

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2017 QS World University Rankings by Subject: Social Sciences & Management

UM is at 71st place globally and 20th in Asia

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2017 QS World University Rankings by Subject: Arts and Humanities

UM is at 85th place globally and 18th in Asia

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Report on the Talk by Dr. Fraser Cameron: Prospects for the EU and EU-Asia relations

The event was successfully held on 1st June 2017 at ASEM Room, AEI.

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