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Our stand at this year’s Long Night of the Sciences focused on the changing textiles and identities in East Africa, Southeast Asia, the Pamir region, and Rotterdam. The lively stations attracted visitors of all ages.
Textiles and Identities on the BRI: The Long Night of the Sciences 2026 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 »
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.
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.
“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.
Transregional Dynamics of Cosmopolitan Memory Spaces Across Maritime Silk Roads Read More »
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.
Transnational Anticolonial Afro-Asian Memory Spaces in Berlin Read More »
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.
Silk Roads Roundtable with De:Link//Re:Link Fellows Read More »
John Njenga Karugia discusses the Silk Road Talk given by De:link//Re:link fellow Prof. Dr. Aldin Mutembei in June 2023.
