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Browse past events and webcasts on our global YouTube channel, and profit from key takeaways on our most important events of this year.
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A Closer Look

Series by the Asia Society Switzerland, the Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies of the University of Zurich, and the Schweizerische Asiengesellschaft, shedding light on different Asian countries through the eyes of leading local voices.
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The End and The Beginning - Season 1

A webcast series on the big shifts we see in the world, and the beginnings they enable.
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Oxford Debates

With Oxford Debates we are addressing ‘big’ questions that have no one answer or solution but are inviting many conflicting views. Four renowned experts in the field form teams of two, one team arguing for the motion, the other against it.
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Gen A 2021

Asia Society Switzerland's one-year guided program, which will enable the next generation to engage with Asia on eye-level and build a community of young Asia-curious people in Switzerland.
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Seminar: How to Understand Contemporary China

This intensive seminar featuring international and Swiss experts will provide you with the tools to analyze China’s rise and identify the opportunities that come with it.
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Annual Review

We are pleased to share our latest Annual Report with you right here.
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Art Over Lunch

Art Over Lunch is a monthly event series for members of Asia Society Switzerland where we either visit a museum or gallery together or have experts or artists join us digitally. Made possible by Bergos.
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Book Salon

Join our Book Salon and discuss Asian books – and more – in an informal setting.
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Our Week With Jeong Kwan

Whoever has been to Seoul before knows how hectic South Korea can be. Our week with Jeong Kwan, Korean Buddhist nun and cook, showed us a different side of her home country.
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The Belt and Road Initiative

All of Asia Society Switzerland's content on China's Belt and Road: videos from the conference, our interview series, and reading recommendations.
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The Coming Tech Topography

Today, it’s clear that digital technology is one of the main areas in which the intensified competition between global powers is playing out. In a series of events, Asia Society Switzerland will explore different aspects of this topic.
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China's Social Credit System

Transparent citizens, police state, totalitarian rule: China's Social Credit System (SCS) is the talk of the town. We set out to find out what it is all about, in an interview series, in a fact sheet, and in an event: a live taping of a Sinica Podcast.

Events from Friends in Switzerland

Couldn't get enough of our events? Check out these Asia-related events.
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Press

Interviews and articles with our guest speakers, op-ed's from our board and directors and more

Events

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Art Over Lunch: Let’s Talk about Mountains II

20 Aug 2021
11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
[MEMBERS ONLY]
A film team from the Swiss Alpine Museum toured the mountainous Korean peninsula during the brief thaw in relations between the two Koreas. The stories captured on film tell of an everyday existence that you won’t see on TV.
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Art Over Lunch: Border Crossings II

20 Aug 2021
1:15 - 2 p.m.
[MEMBERS ONLY]
The exhibition allows the public a close look at the Korean Peninsula, divided since 1953, through the art lens.
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What Does It Mean to Create Art in North Korea?

24 Aug 2021
6:30 - 8 p.m.
Kathleen Bühler, the curator of «Border Crossings», meets Koen De Ceuster, expert for North Korean art and (propagandistic) culture and field researcher in the North Korean art scene.
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How to Work as an International NGO in China

01 Sep 2021
8:30 - 9:30 a.m.
[PASSPORT MEMBERS ONLY]
Join us for an exclusive conversation with WWF China’s CEO, Winnie Lu, who will share her perspective on what it’s like working for an international NGO in China.
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Secrets of Rice and Water

09 Sep 2021
6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
A glimpse into the history and the processes behind of Sake brewing in Japan.
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How To Run a Strategy Without a Handbook

15 Sep 2021
12 - 1 p.m.
[PASSPORT MEMBERS ONLY]
Join us for a discussion with Australian Ambassador Philip Green, who was the first person to lead Australia's Indo-Pacific Strategy from 2018-2019.
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The Asia Society Book Salon – Klara and the Sun

15 Sep 2021
6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
[MEMBERS ONLY]
In the Asia Society Switzerland Book Salon we read and discuss fiction from or about Asia in an informal setting.
This time we will read Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro.
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Castle Mauensee and the Sigg Collection

23 Sep 2021
6 - 9 p.m.
[PASSPORT MEMBERS ONLY]
Join us for an exclusive Art Tour With Uli Sigg at his magnificent home, Castle Mauensee.