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Meeting of South Asian Alumni
Former and current scholars from the Cluster and from Heidelberg University in South Asia will come together for an inaugural Alumni meeting. The event will be held at the end of March in New Delhi, India.
New Book on Historical Disasters
Prof. Gerrit Jasper Schenk is one of the editors of the new book “Historical Disasters in Context.” The book takes a close look on the ways past societies dealt with threatening environments, how they transformed through such disaster experiences, and how they processed and communicated these experiences.
Three Cluster Members take up New Positions
The careers of three members of research project B12 "Rethinking Trends" have taken new turns: Jennifer Altehenger, Lena Henningsen, and Petra Thiel were appointed to positions at different institutions in Germany and the UK.
Conference on Historical Justice in Melbourne
Dr. Kerstin von Lingen and PhD Candidate Lisette Schouten from the Graduate Programme for Transcultural Studies gave a talk at the first conference on Historical Justice and Memory. They spoke on Thursday, 16th February, in Melbourne, Australia.
Conference "Imaging Disaster"
Representation and perception of disasters in different cultures is the topic of the conference "Imaging Disaster" organised by research project D17 "Images of Disaster". It will be held from March 1-3, 2012, at Internationales Wissenschaftsforum Heidelberg (IWH).
Call for Panels: Annual Conference 2012
The organisers of the Annual Conference invite scholars to submit panel proposals. The theme of this year's conference is "Things that connect – pathways of materiality and practice". The conference will take place from October 10-12 in Heidelberg, and is being organised by Research Area D "Historicities & Heritage".
Call for Applications: Summer School 2012
The Cluster of Excellence "Asia and Europe in a Global Context" welcomes applications for its Summer School "Seeing Matter(s): Materiality and Visuality" to take place at the Karl Jaspers Centre from Sunday, July 29, to Saturday, August 4, 2012.
TV Interview with Susan Richter
Dr. Susan Richter, Junior Research Group Leader, has been interviewed about her book "Thronverzicht". The Interview has been broadcasted on TV in Germany (RTL) and Switzerland (SF1).
Cooperation with Jawaharlal Nehru University
The Cluster "Asia and Europe" cooperates with various institutions around the globe, for instance the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, India.
Valentine's Day
"Valentine's Day greeting cards in urban India" is the title of an article by Prof. Christiane Brosius on the website Tasveer Ghar.
Careers Service
Funding and career opportunities for young researchers.
Gender and Diversity
Newsletter by the Equal Opportunities Office (PDF, German)
E-Journal
Elektronische Zeitschrift zu Transkulturellen Studien
Cluster Book Series
"Transcultural Turbulences" was edited by Prof. Christiane Brosius and PD Dr. Roland Wenzlhuemer.
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Transcultural Studies
The first volume of the new book series was edited by project D1 "Historicizing Violence".
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Berichte, Interviews & Filme
Berichte, Interviews und Filme finden Sie auf unserer neuen Seite 2.
eZine
Find more eZines (PDF, 3 MB)
in the press area
DFG Cluster Portrait
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Cluster introduction on the DFG Video Portal on the Excellence Initiative.
Nächste Termine
Summer School 2012 "Seeing Matter(s): Materiality and Visuality"
Keynote Lecture: "From Kitsch to Cool: The Geisha Apprentice in Japanese Visual Culture"
Annual Conference 2012 "Things that connect - pathways of materiality and practice"
Ausgewählte Bücher
- 20. Feb. 2012
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- 26. Sep. 2011
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Ausgewählte Artikel
- 22. Feb. 2012
- 20. Dez. 2011
- 06. Dez. 2011
- 22. Nov. 2011
- 08. Nov. 2011
Ausgewählte Filme
- 23. Dez. 2011
- 02. Nov. 2011
- 01. Nov. 2011
- 13. Okt. 2011
- 03. Jun. 2011
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