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On 22 May 2025, Jana Hönke, professor and chair for Sociology in Africa at the University of Bayreuth, gave a fascinating talk based on the edited volume Africa’s Global Infrastructures: South–South Transformations in Practice.
The talk examined Chinese projects within
Global China in/from Africa: Transforming Governance in BRI Frontier Zones Read More »
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
New Phase, New Connections: Our Journey along the BRI Continues Read More »
It is not only goods, financial capital or technologies that are being traded, negotiated and circulated along the China-led Belt and Road Initiative but also values, emotions and cultural practices. The latter are often decisive when imagining and establishing a
Our research fellow Prof. Dr. Aldin Mutembei will give the next in our Silk Road series of talks on 15 June from 6 to 8 p.m. It will take place online and in Room 410, Invalidenstraße 118.
A decade on, China through the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) continues to occupy minds and political geographies. Unveiled a decade ago at the Nazarbayev University Campus in Astana, Kazakhstan, the BRI remains an unprecedented undertaking for seamlessly interconnecting people …
Museums seem to be everywhere in post Soviet Central Eurasia. From magnificent state buildings to regional, private, and ‘house’ museums, they all attest to an interest in and an urge to document and shape collective, national and public discourses of …
In this talk Tamás Peragovics provides a general assessment of reactions to and effects of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in Eastern Europe. It starts by sketching the key BRI-associated projects in the region, and the mixed responses to …
China in Eastern Europe: Challenges and Opportunities Read More »
For the third time, the IAAW cordially invites all interested parties to participate in an exciting program on the occasion of the International Mother Language Day. The Mother Language Day will take place on 21 February 2023 in room 315 …
The second lecture in the Silk Road Lecture series will be held by Prof. Dr. Adams Bodomo and explores the subject of the Belt and Road Initiative in Africa–China–Europe relations.
Adams Bodomo is Professor of African Studies (Chair of African …
The Belt and Road Initiative in Africa–China–Europe Relations Read More »
The first lecture in the Silk Road Talks series will be held by Prof. Dr. Muhammad Zaman and examines the Belt and Road Initiative, the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor and road safety in Pakistan.
Prof. Dr. Muhammad Zaman is a sociologist …
