Nadia Ali’s text explores how infrastructural expansion under the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), alongside growing state and private interests in tourism and mineral extraction, has altered the region of Gilgit-Baltistan.
To kick off our new series of lunchtime talks, Dr Dawud Al-Ansari explored the geopolitical shifts occuring in the Gulf, using the pertinent example of the Port of Sohar in Oman.
First Brown Bag Talk: GCC Economies and Changing Geopolitics Read More »
A taste of the multimedia offering we presented at the 25th anniversary edition of the Long Night of the Sciences on 28 June 2025. The line-up included something to appeal to all ages.
Impressions from the Long Night of the Sciences 2025 Read More »
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”.
Global China in/from Africa: Transforming Governance in BRI Frontier Zones Read More »
As the second phase of De:link//Re:link explores on the implications of the BRI in Southeast Asia, various members of our network took part in the HU’s Indonesian Studies Day on 9 May 2025 – an event heavily focused on the arts.
Performance, Politics and Shadow Puppets: Indonesian Studies Day 2025 Read More »
The event marking the end of our first phase of funding took place at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin on 23 and 24 May 2024. Titled ‘Local Roads, Global Belts’, the event covered the wide spectrum of research that we have produced since 2021.
Since the De:link//Re:link research consortium formed in April 2021, there have been dramatic political changes in (Eur)Asia. During our second phase of funding, we’ve adjusted our focus to cover major shifts across the globe.
New Phase, New Connections: Our Journey along the BRI Continues Read More »
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 410. China and the European Union’s interests and competition across Africa are perceptible through various
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 and African Studies at Invalidenstraße 118, Room 410. The New Silk Roads celebrate their tenth
In the ten years since its conception, China’s Belt and Road Initiative has morphed into a trillion dollar global infrastructure enterprise. The attention it has been receiving is frequently mixed with suspicion about China’s presence on the global stage. However, any BRI project involves multiple actors beyond China and interacts with pre-existing infrastructure and conditions.
Podcast: Not just China: Regional Actors and the BRI in Pakistan, Georgia and Hungary Read More »
