Quote from Prof. Jørgen Delman’s oral history

“I think I have had a long-term commitment to make China studies a viable enterprise. To sophisticate the way we do our education, to make language a fully integrated part of our education, to integrate language skills with disciplinary approaches. We have achieved that in Copenhagen now. So, I participated in introducing this area studies concept from early on, then I was out of academia for many years, and then came back, and continued developing the ideas; that has been a contribution, I think. I am not sure it will last because I think the next step for China studies will actually be something like we see in the States and in the United Kingdom, that the China studies specialists will be based in the disciplines.”