Film Screenings: New Silk Roads in Local and Global Politics
John Njenga Karugia‘s documentary flm screened at various locations in Germany and Austria.
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First Brown Bag Talk: GCC Economies and Changing Geopolitics
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.
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Global China in/from Africa: Transforming Governance in BRI Frontier Zones
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”.
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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. During our second phase of funding, we’ve adjusted our focus to cover major shifts across the globe.
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Edited Volume: New Silk Road Narratives
A short introduction to the book from one of the editors. The volume looks at the values, emotions and cultural practices that are being traded, negotiated and circulated along the China-led Belt and Road Initiative.
Confucius Institutes and Linguistic Neutrality
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.
Guest Lecture: Dr. Beril Ocaklı on Re/searching Connections: Geopolitics and Poetics of the BRI Infrastructure in Eurasia
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 and places in Asia with Africa and Europe through multifarious large-scale infrastructure. Drawing on published
Workshop: Museums as Cultural Infrastructures. Claiming History and Heritage in Central Eurasia
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 identity that relate to specific visions of the past. By engaging a variety of material,
China in Eastern Europe: Challenges and Opportunities
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 them in the host countries. Hungary will serve as an example to discuss the difficulties
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Mother Language Day: Transcultural Encounters with Chinese Communities, Languages and Cultures in Asia and Africa
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 at the IAAW, Invalidenstraße 118, 10115 Berlin. The two collaborative research projects De:link//Re:link – Local