Since April 1, 2017, Prof. Axel Michaels succeeds Prof. Barbara Mittler in office as Acting Director of the Cluster of Excellence. Prof. Axel Michaels is Senior Professor and former Director of the Department of Classical Indology at the South Asia Institute at Heidelberg University. Since 2016, he is Vice President of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities and Managing Director of the Center for Asian and Transcultural Studies. Prof. Mittler, who holds the chair for Chinese Studies at Heidelberg University is also Deputy Director of the Centre of Asian Studies and followed Prof. Joseph Maran on October 1, 2016 as Acting Director.
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