On 6 March 2026, the New Area Studies Research Centre at the University of East Anglia, UK, will be hosting a one-day symposium: New Area Studies / New Century: 25 Years In. Professor Claudia Derichs will give a talk there
The De:link//Re:link Brown Bag Talks concentrate on a specific areas of research, both from guests and associated researchers, thus offering a platform for synergies under the umbrella of the project’s own research orientation. In general, each talk will consist of
After the success of the Indonesian Studies Days in 2024 and 2025, the third edition of the event is coming up on 15 January 2026. This time it will focus on sustainability. Co-organised by Claudia Derichs, it forms
The De:link//Re:link Brown Bag Talks concentrate on a specific areas of research, both from guests and associated researchers, thus offering a platform for synergies under the umbrella of the project’s own research orientation. In general, each talk will consist of
On 28 November 2025, De:link//Re:link researcher Katja Mielke (bicc) will give a short and accessible German-language talk about the BRI in Afghanistan. From 12:00 to 13:00 CET, anyone interested can join to listen to the 20-minute presentation and ask questions
We are thrilled to announce the first in our new series of lunchtime talks: “GCC Economies and Changing Geopolitics: Connectivity through Sustainability at Sohar Port and Free Zone“. Dr. Abdullah Al-Abri and Dr. Dawud Al-Ansari will discuss the
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
As the second phase of De:link//Re:link will focus more on the implications of the BRI in Southeast Asian countries, members of our network took part in the HU’s Indonesian Studies Day on 9 May 2025. Prof. Dr. Claudia Derichs, whose
Our PI John Njenga Karugia (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) will give the next Silk Road Talk on 22 November from 4.15 to 5.45 p.m. The lecture will take place in the Department of Asian and African Studies at Invalidenstraße 118, Room …
We are delighted to anounce that Dr. Ibrahima Niang (Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar/ZMO, Berlin) will give the next Silk Road Talk on 25 October from 4.15 to 5.45 p.m. The lecture will take place in the Department of Asian …
