Call for Postdoctoral Fellowships by Volkswagen Foundation
The Volkswagen Foundation calls for postdoctoral fellowships in the Humanities in the U.S./Canada as well as in Germany for the academic year 2019/2020. The fellowship addresses postdocs who wish to...
View ArticleCfA: Double Doctoral Degree Program in Asian and Transcultural Studies
The three-year Double Doctoral Degree Program seeks applications that explore cultural exchange processes within or between Eurasia and the Mediterranean. The program employs a transcultural approach...
View ArticleWorkshop held in Honor of Barbara Mittler
Jun. Prof. Lena Henningsen and Emily Graf organized the conference "Where is China in the World? Going Beyond Cultures to Get Past Poast-Colonialism", which set out from one of the central research...
View ArticleMarkus Viehbeck appointed Postdoctoral Research Fellow at University of Vienna
Dr. Markus Viehbeck, Assistant Professor for Buddhist Studies at the HCTS, was appointed as Postdoctoral Research Fellow for the Department of South Asian, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies at the...
View ArticleBarbara Mittler gives Seminar Series
Cluster Director Prof. Barabara Mittler and Prof. Sumathi Ramaswamy, Anneliese Maier Research Awardee at the HCTS, are giving a seminar series on “No Parallel? The Fatherly Bodies of Gandhi and Mao: An...
View ArticleTwo Articles by Axel Michaels published
The major aim of the volume “The Oxford History of Hinduism: Hindu Law” is to show how Hindu Law and the History of Hinduism are correlated and mutually shaped each other. With their collection of...
View ArticleMaria Ivanova-Bieg starts "Transcultural Forays"
PD Dr. Maria Ivanova-Bieg, Professor in Prehistoric Archaeology at the Institute of Prehistory and Near Eastern Archaeology, started her project in the HCTS' programme "Transcultural Forays". She will...
View ArticleDr. Steven Ivings organizes field trip to Hakadote
Former Cluster member Dr. Steven Ivings realized a field trip to Hakadote, which aimed at researching the trade, foreign consuls and merchants of the then "treaty port" in the second half of the 19th...
View ArticleChristiane Brosius convenes Workshop in Bielefeld
Several members of the Heidelberg Centre for Transcultural Studies (HCTS) either chaired panels or contributed input statements to the workshop. The following colleagues from the HCTS and the...
View ArticleSimon Partner publishes New Book
Prof. Simon Partner, who spent a year of research at the HCTS as a Humboldt Fellow from 2015 to 2016, recently published his book The Merchant's Tale. Yokohama and the Transformation of Japan with...
View ArticleNew Call for Applications: Transcultural Forays
This call consists of three different formats. The Publication Grant aims at encouraging the writing of an academic publication – a monograph or peer-reviewed article. The publication should either...
View ArticleMichael Falser gives Lecture on Upcoming Monograph in Paris
PD Dr. Michael Falser, previously leader of project D18 “Picturesque Modernities” at the Cluster, is currently Professeur Invité at Sorbonne University Paris. There, he will give a lecture at the...
View ArticlePublication of Dissertation by Kuniyuki Terada
The book is the first study on the history of one of the most powerful semi-governmental international organizations in interwar Japan: the League of Nations Association of Japan. Established in 1920...
View ArticleJonathan Samuels at Oxford
Dr. Jonathan Samuels, who was a research associate within the remit of the Professorship for Buddhist Studies, has been appointed as a Junior Research Fellow for Tibetan and Himalayan Studies at...
View ArticleHarald Fuess holds presentation at Kyoto University
Prof. Harald Fuess, Professor for Cultural Economic History, presented on the international weapons trade and European industrialization in the monthly seminar of the Faculty of Economics on March 13...
View ArticleProgramme for Transcultural Student Conference online
The student’s conference, which is organized by the Cluster’s Student Association - the MATS Fachschaft - will take place at the Karl Jaspers Centre from 9 am to 7 pm. It aims at encouraging an...
View ArticleBarbara Mittler gives Workshop at Kinderuni
Prof. Barbara Mittler, Director of the Cluster "Asia and Europe" and the HCTS, held a workshop as part of the Kinderuni Heidelberg 2018 on Saturday, March 3. Focusing on the everyday life of young...
View ArticleMonica Juneja appointed Member of the Academic Advisory Board of the German...
Prof. Monica Juneja, Professor of Global Art History at the HCTS and Co-Director of the Cluster, was appointed as Member of the Academic Advisory Board of the German Historical Institute London (GHIL)....
View ArticleInteractive Platform "Patis of Patan" launched
The project’s main objective is to facilitate knowledge about cultural practices in urban Nepal, regarding the ever more importance of the patis after the earthquake of April 2015. They not only...
View ArticleTakuma Melber at Conference in Kyoto
On March 22, Dr .Takuma Melber will participate in the “International Conference on Colonial Mobilization in Africa and Asia during the Second World War: Soldiers, Labourers and Women." The conference...
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