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.
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.
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”.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Decades ago, Julius Nyerere stated that Tanzania should see for itself what China intends to do with the country. A lot has changed since then, but one thing has not: Europe still tends to dictate to post-colonial countries what they should think about China, especially when it comes to human rights. But on what basis? Do human rights really apply to everyone in Europe or only a select few? And how does this affect relations between Europe and African countries?
