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New Phase, New Connections: Our Journey along the BRI Continues
Since the De:link//Re:link research consortium formed in April 2021, there have been dramatic political changes in (Eur)Asia. Among them the return of the Taliban to power in Afghanistan later that year, and the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The

World Cafe and ZOiS Forum
On 28 November 2023, a World Café followed by a ZOiS Forum took place at the Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS).
At the World Café, entitled “New Insights about the Belt and Road from (Eur)Asia to (East)Africa:

Transregional Dynamics of Cosmopolitan Memory Spaces Across Maritime Silk Roads
By John Njenga Karugia
At the invitation of Gropius Bau and SAVVY Contemporary under the auspices of Berliner Festspiele, various artists, authors, musicians, filmmakers and thinkers participated in the international exhibition Indigo Waves and Other Stories: Re-Navigating the Afrasian Sea

Transnational Anticolonial Afro-Asian Memory Spaces in Berlin
Berlin has witnessed myriads of events that shaped global politics. One such event was the 1884-1885 Berlin Congo Conference which subdivided Africa amongst colonialists (i). China often strategically invokes Western colonialism within its juxtapositional diplomatic memory

Pan-Afrasianism: Reflections on Yoichi Mine’s New Book on Afrasia
As part of my visit to Berlin (this past September 2023) to do some work on the De:Link // Re:Link Project involving the Belt and Road Initiative, I had the opportunity (among many other activities such as

New Silk Roads in Germany: A Visit to the Duisburg Port
Unknown to many, Duisburg Port in Germany is the largest inland port in the world and the most significant inland port in central Europe. It consists of 22 port basins and its waters cover an area

Silk Roads Workshop for Teachers
By John Njenga Karugia
On 11 December 2023, we held a workshop entitled The New Silk Roads: Transregional Perspectives at the Institute for Asian and African Studies, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. The event was specifically designed for teachers from schools across

Silk Roads Roundtable with De:Link//Re:Link Fellows
By John Njenga Karugia
We were privileged to host four international fellows this past Summer Semester. During their stint in Berlin, we held a Silk Roads Roundtable session where we discussed various research approaches to study the Belt and Road

Publication: The Tropical Silk Road: The Future of China in South America
We would like to announce the recently published book chapter titled: “Electrification of Forest Biomes: Xingu-Rio Lines, Chinese Presence, and the Sociotechnological Impact of the Belo Monte Hydroelectric Dam” by De:link//Re:link associated fellow Prof. Dr. Diego d’ Ávila Magalhães (Federal
