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.
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.
“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.
John Njenga Karugia on his presentation at the exhibition “Indigo Waves and Other Stories”, which took place at Gropius Bau and SAVVYContemporary, Berlin, in 2023.
In September 2023 the Dekoloniale Festival looked at transnational Afro-Asian connective memories in Berlin, Germany and Bandung, Indonesia. John Njenga Karugia attended the exhibition, walking tour, and international conference.
How might it be possible to integrate the results of research on the BRI into education on globalisation? A workshop for teachers, organised by Ulrike Cordier and John Njenga Karugia, addressed this theme and others in late 2023.
During the summer and winter semesters of 2023, we hosted four research fellows. In order for them to share their work with our network, we hosted a Silk Roads Roundtable session. They shared their diverse approaches to researching the multifacted BRI.
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
A World Cafe event, which addressed central questions around the BRI. It took place at ZOiS in November 2023.
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
