The HU’s next Indonesian Studies Day is coming up on 15 January 2026. Co-organised by Claudia Derichs, the event will this time centre around sustainability, and of course feature traditional Indonesian performances and snacks.
The next in our series of online Brown Bag Talks will take place on 15 January 2026, with Katja Mileke (bicc) discussing her work in Afghanistan since the Taliban’s return to power.
On 15 December 2025, Mohammed Alsudairi will introduce his new book “Narratives of Sino-Middle Eastern Futures” at the ZMO. The lecture explores the connections between the Middle East and East Asia, making predictions based on recent events.
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.
In 2017, Kenya’s Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) – a flagship project of China’s Belt and Road Initiative – was unveiled as a symbol of national progress. How has this affected the lives of ordinary people in Mombasa?
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.
We’re proud to announce that Fiona Katherine Naeem has now published her PhD dissertation “Pamiri Lifeworlds: Narratives of Rupture in Gorno-Badakhshon Autonomous Oblast, Tajikistan”.
John Njenga Karugia‘s documentary film is currently screening at various locations in Germany and Austria.
Does China’s growing role in Eastern Europe challenge the EU’s approach to promoting development in the region? Tanja Börzel, Julia Langbein, Lunting Wu & Valentin Krüsmann explore this question in their open-access article.
Nadia Ali’s text explores how infrastructural expansion under the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), alongside growing state and private interests in tourism and mineral extraction, has altered the region of Gilgit-Baltistan.
