Friederike Werner Presents Her New Book
On Thursday, February 9, Dr. Friederike Werner will present her new Book “Ägyptomanie in Preußen - Die Tafelskulptur zur Hochzeit im Königshaus 1804” at the Palace Museum in Darmstadt. The book focuses...
View ArticleNew Book on News Reporting in Nineteenth-Century India
The volume systematically investigates the development of English-language news reporting in nineteenth-century India. For this purpose, it studies telegraphy and journalism, railways, steamers and...
View ArticleTalk on Labor Migration by Swetlana Torno
On Friday, February 10, Swetlana Torno will participate in a research colloquium on migration at the Institute of Public Health at Heidelberg University. Her lecture is based on her doctoral project...
View ArticleSophie Roche at Duke University
On Wednesday, February 15, Dr. Sophie Roche will participate in a workshop on the topic “Preserving Culture at the Fringes in Authoritarian States”, which takes place at Duke University, Durham. In her...
View ArticleCluster Held General Meeting
Acting Director Prof. Barbara Mittler headed the meeting and welcomed the Cluster members. She first reported about the latest news from the Cluster, such as events planned and grants for research or...
View ArticleExchange Programmes at the Cluster “Asia and Europe”
Besides the vast exchange opportunities of Heidelberg University and its different departments, the Cluster offers exclusive Partner Programmes with universities in Japan, India and South Korea. In...
View ArticleDaniel Münster receives Travel Grant
Dr. Daniel Münster received a travel grant from the Foundation Fiat Panis for the project “Food Fortification in Sri Lanka: An exploration of how doctored food is used within the newly implemented...
View ArticleBarbara Mittler in the 25th Anniversary of KlangForum
On February 24 at 8 pm, the KlangForum Heidelberg invites to a concert at the Alte Aula of Heidelberg University. In the project "Neue Klänge aus dem Reich der Mitte", Asian and Europe musicians meet...
View ArticleSophie Roche at Duke and George Washington Universities
On Tuesday, February 21, Dr. Sophie Roche will give a lecture on “The Moscow Cathedral Mosque in the Life of Migrants from Central Asia” at the Central Asia Program (CAP) at George Washington...
View ArticlePublications for Free Download
The Cluster “Asia and Europe” is proud to introduce eight books on its website for free-download. Seven of these volumes are from the book series “Transcultural Research – Heidelberg Studies on Asia...
View ArticleLaying of the Foundation Stone for CATS
After an introduction of the project partners involved in CATS by Bernd Müller, executive construction director, Gisela Splett and Theresia Bauer in their speeches emphasized the importance of the...
View ArticleJürgen Schaflechner receives Fung Global Fellowship
After the upcoming summer term, Jürgen Schaflechner, Cluster member and Assistant Professor at the Department of Modern South Asian Languages and Literatures, will spend a year at Princeton University....
View ArticlePublications for Free Download
The Cluster “Asia and Europe” is proud to introduce eight books on its website for free-download. Seven of these volumes are from the book series “Transcultural Research – Heidelberg Studies on Asia...
View ArticleCluster Researchers in Canberra, Australia
The workshop was organized by the University of Marburg with financial support from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) and in collaboration with the Australian National University (ANU). Lead...
View ArticleFrances Niebuhr receives Yad Hanadiv Summer Fellowship
Frances Niebuhr received the Yad Hanadiv Summer Fellowship, which will give her the opportunity to stay at Tel Aviv University for six weeks from the middle of May to the end of June. During this time,...
View ArticleJuneja curates exhibition in Dresden
Prof. Monica Juneja, Chair of “Global Art History” at the Heidelberg Center for Transcultural Studies, curated the exhibition “Stories in Miniatures”, a collection of Indian paintings that is on...
View ArticleCATS-Schülerlabor
An info and network meeting about the initial projects of the CATS-Schülerlabor is taking place on March 7, at 10:30 a.m. at South Asia Institute, Heidelberg University. With the aim of getting German...
View ArticleNew Book on Renegades in Ottoman Elite Society
The monograph “The Sultan's Renegades - Christian-European Converts to Islam and the Making of the Ottoman Elite, 1575-1610” offers a comprehensive study on renegades in context of the Ottoman elite...
View ArticleYu Yusen receives Chinese Government Award
Yu Yusen received the prestigious Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Students Abroad 2016. This award is a scholarship by the China Scholarship Council (CSC) to honor overseas Chinese students...
View ArticleMonica Juneja opens 34th German Kunsthistorikertag
Prof. Monica Juneja, Chair of "Global Art History" at the Heidelberg Center for Transcultural Studies, gave the keynote speech for the opening of the 34th German Kunsthistorikertag at Technische...
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