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Asian studies - as basically all efforts to engage interculturally is caught in producing and reproducing prejudices on the one hand and denying differences and specificities. In particular in academic studies and teaching the challenge is to overcome this apparent dichotomy, establishing understanding which is not least based on a cooperative approach. This book is the collection of the 4th Annual Conference of the Asian Studies Ireland Association held at University College Cork in late 2012. It reflects core issues of Asian Studies in Europe and Ireland.

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