Film Screenings: New Silk Roads in Local and Global Politics
30. October 2025
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
24. October 2025
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.
Impressions from the Long Night of the Sciences 2025
24. July 2025
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.
Global China in/from Africa: Transforming Governance in BRI Frontier Zones
1. June 2025
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”.
Performance, Politics and Shadow Puppets: Indonesian Studies Day 2025
30. May 2025
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.
Conference: Local Roads, Global Belts
22. October 2024
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.
New Phase, New Connections: Our Journey along the BRI Continues
1. October 2024
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.
World Cafe and ZOiS Forum
13. February 2024
Entitled “New Insights about the BRI from (Eur)Asia to (East)Africa: Strategies, Narratives and Reactions”, the event brought together scholars from all four of De:link//Re:link’s research consortium partners. Intensive discussions were followed by presentations for the ZOiS Forum.
Edited Volume: New Silk Road Narratives
7. February 2024
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.
International Silk Roads Symposium, Nairobi
5. February 2024
“Local and Transregional Perspectives on the Belt and Road Initiative” took place on 22 February 2024 in the Kenyan capital. It provided a valuable forum for some of our researchers to present their work.