Acting Directorship at the Cluster and HCTS
Prof. Barbara Mittler, Acting Director of the Cluster „Asia and Europe in a Global Context,“ will continue in her position until October 31, 2019, when the Cluster officially ends. Prof. Dr. Harald...
View ArticleChristiane Brosius organizes workshop "Ageing in the City"
The key question of the interdisciplinary workshop was: How do people 'age in place,' particularly in contexts of urban transformation in the so-called 'Global South?' In the context of the DAAD...
View ArticleClosing Conference: "New Directions in Transcultural Studies"
By October 31, 2019, the Cluster of Excellence "Asia and Europe in a Global Context" will have completed its run of some 12 years. Its main contribution to scholarship over this period has been the...
View ArticleIn Young Min new lecturer for Korean language
Dr. In Young Min has been appointed the new lecturer for Korean language and studies for the Professorship of Cultural Economic History at the HCTS. He will take the position formerly held by Dr....
View ArticleLecture by Toshiba Visiting Professor Shigeru Akita
Prof. Shigeru Akita from Osaka University is currently staying at the HCTS as Toshiba Visiting Professor. For three month, he is teaching a class on Global History in the MA Transcultural Studies. On...
View ArticleNew monograph by Cathrine Bublatzky
Dr. Cathrine Bublatzky, assistant professor to the professorship of Visual and Media Anthropology, published the monograph “Along the Indian Highway. An Ethnography of an International Travelling...
View ArticleNew collection in honor of Prof. Rudolf Wagner
Prof. Barbara Mittler, the acting director of the Cluster “Asia and Europe in a Global Context”, co-edited the collection of essays “China and the World – the World and China: A Transcultural...
View ArticleGerman Ambassador visits Nepal Research Bhawan
On Friday, October 18, German Ambassador Roland Schäfer and Cultural Attachée Paula Werner visited the Kathmandu Branch Office of the South Asia Institute – the Nepal Research Bhawan. In the course of...
View ArticleCluster mourns Rudolf G. Wagner
The Cluster mourns Professor Rudolf G. Wagner, who passed away on 25 October 2019 at the age of 77. Rudolf G. Wagner taught and conducted research as the professor of Sinology at the Center for East...
View ArticleGuest Lecture by Will Baber on Business and Negotiations in Japan
The talk will take place at 4 pm in room 400.02.12 at the KJC. Following is an abstract of the talk: In this presentation and interactive discussion, Will Baber of Kyoto University Graduate School of...
View ArticleWinter semester 19/20: Lecture series "Ambivalent Enmity"
In a time that is characterized by societal and international polarization, the subject of enmity has grown alarmingly relevant. The lecture series "Ambivalent Enmity" brings together different...
View ArticleKarl Jaspers Prize posthumously awarded to Rudolf G. Wagner
Heidelberg University awards the Karl Jaspers Prize toghether with the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities and the city of Heidelberg. Prof. Rudolf Wagner, founding member and former director...
View ArticleTakahiro Yamamoto senior commentator in Lyon
On October 28-30, Dr. Takahiro Yamamoto, assistant professor of Cultural Economic History, was invited to serve as one of the fourteen senior commentators at the European graduate School for Training...
View ArticleDr. Torri senior researcher at La Sapeinza
Dr. Davide Torri, former postdoctoral researcher at the HCTS and interim professor for Anthropology at the South Asian Institute (SAI), was offered a position as senior researcher at the department of...
View ArticleDFG research grants for Amelia Bonea and Michael Brown
The German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft | DFG) is promoting the research at the HCTS by allocating further funds to support ongoing research projects in the field of...
View ArticleBirgit Kellner publishes edited volume on Buddhism and Transculturality
A collection of essays on “Buddhism and the Dynamics of Transculturality. New Approaches” was recently edited by Birgit Kellner, former professor of Buddhist Studies at the HCTS and HCTS associate...
View ArticleNew scholarships in HCTS Graduate Programme
In accordance with the research scheme of the Heidelberg Centre for Transcultural Studies, the three-year graduate programme focuses on the dynamics of cultural exchange processes between and within...
View ArticlePriya Maholay-Jaradi guest in Global Art History seminar
On December 4, 2019, Priya Maholay-Jaradi, convenor for Art History for the National University of Singapore (NUS) and the National Gallery Singapore, will give a lecture in the context of Prof. Monica...
View ArticleHCTS members publish wide range of articles
In the last few months, many current and former members of the Heidelberg Centre for Transcultural Studies (HCTS) had their contributions edited in a number of print and online media. Ranging from...
View ArticleDaniel König edits volume on "Latin and Arabic"
As linguistic systems comprising a large variety of written and oral registers, including derivate “languages” and “dialects,” Latin and Arabic have been of paramount importance for the history of the...
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