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AGYA Annual Conference 2025
CONNECTIVITY IN SCIENCE – TODAY. TOMORROW. FUTURE. The annual conference of the Arab-German Young Academy of Sciences and Humanities (AGYA) will take place in Sharjah, UAE, from 17-20 November 2025. It is organized by AGYA in partnership with the University of Sharjah and the University of Khorfakkan. Our co-speaker Claudia Derichs will participate in the
New Publication: Pamiri Lifeworlds
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. The book is currently available from De Gruyter Brill. Abstract Living through imperial border disputes resulting in the separation of many communities and families, Pamiris find themselves surrounded by rupture, both
Lunchtime Talk: China in Afghanistan: Die Neue Seidenstraße im Land der Taliban
On 28 November 2025, De:link//Re:link researcher Katja Mielke (bicc) will give a short and accessible German-language talk about the BRI in Afghanistan. From 12:00 to 13:00 CET, anyone interested can join to listen to the 20-minute presentation and ask questions afterwards. The lecture forms part of a series of lunchtime talks organised by the Johannes-Rau-Forschungsgemeinschaft.
Upcoming Film Screenings: New Silk Roads in Local and Global Politics
John Njenga Karugia‘s documentary film New Silk Roads in Local and Global Politics is currently screening at various locations around Germany and beyond. In Berlin, the next event will take place on Thursday, 20 November. We look forward to seeing you there. The film is a journey along the maritime and land routes of the
New Article: Collision, Competition or Cooperation? China’s BRI and the EU’s Development Policies Towards Eastern Europe
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 latest open-access article in the journal Global Policy. Abstract Against the backdrop of China’s growing engagement in Eastern Europe, the Belt and Road Initiative
New Article: Land Reforms in Gilgit-Baltistan
From Khalisa Sarkar Land to Land Reforms: Legal Liminality, State Control, and Resistance in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan Nadia Ali’s latest article 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. Abstract This article examines the evolution of the