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The second in our series of online Brown Bag Talks took place on 15 January 2026. Katja Mileke (bicc) discussed her work in Afghanistan since the Taliban’s return to power.
Brown Bag Talk: Navigating the Field in Afghanistan Post-2021 Read More »
On 28 November 2025, Katja Mielke will give a short and accessible German-language talk about the BRI in Afghanistan. From noon CET, anyone interested can listen to the 20-minute presentation and ask questions afterwards.
Lunchtime Talk: China in Afghanistan: Die Neue Seidenstraße im Land der Taliban Read More »
Our co-speaker Claudia Derichs will participate in the panel discussion ‘Connectivity in Science: Arab-German Research Cooperation’, which forms part of the public programme at the annual conference of the Arab-German Young Academy of Sciences and Humanities.
John Njenga Karugia‘s documentary flm screened at various locations in Germany and Austria.
Film Screenings: New Silk Roads in Local and Global Politics Read More »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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.
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 and places in Asia with Africa and Europe through multifarious large-scale infrastructure. Drawing on published
