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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.
Lecture Series on Global Philosophies
Metaphor in early China was the subject of a lecture by Prof. Edward Slingerland (University of British Columbia) on 26 January 2012. The talk closed the lecture series “Global Philosophies? Reflections and Challenges between Asia and Europe” organised by Prof. Birgit Kellner (Chair of Buddhist Studies).
Jour Fixe on Perceptions of the Chinese
Research areas A “Governance and Administration” and B “Public Spheres” jointly invited to the Jour Fixe on Thursday afternoon at the Karl Jaspers Centre. The guest speaker was Prof. Don J. Wyatt of Middlebury College.
Presentation of the Cluster in Berlin
A delegation from Heidelberg University and the Cluster "Asia and Europe" gave a presentation to the German Research Foundation (DFG) on Wednesday, 18th January, in Berlin. The presentation was part of the renewal application of the Cluster for a second funding period.
Conference on "Indian Social Sciences" with Axel Michaels
The Cluster’s Acting Director Prof. Axel Michaels will be one of the key speakers at an international conference on the Indian Social Sciences in New Delhi. The conference will be held at the beginning of February and is organised by the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR).
Panel "Rethinking Reform" in Hong Kong
The Junior Research Group A4 “Bureaucracies”, coordinated by Dr. Susan Richter, organises a panel on “Rethinking Reform” in Hong Kong. The panel will be part of the 3rd Annual Conference of the Asian Association for Public Administration (AAPA), which will be held from 10 to 11 February 2012 at the Hong Kong Institute of Education.
Reception for Visiting Scholars
The Rector of Heidelberg University invites Visiting Scholars and their hosts to a reception on Tuesday, January 31, at 6 pm in the Old Auditorium. The Cluster's Acting Director Prof. Axel Michaels will give a talk on "Cultural Hybridity".
New Book on News in India
“Making News in India: Star News and Star Ananda” is the topic of a new book by Dr. Somnath Batabyal. In his latest work, the member of research project C13 “Environmental Activism” explores the milieu of 24-hour private news channels in India today.
Third Issue of the E-Journal "Transcultural Studies"
The new issue of the E-Journal "Transcultural Studies" is now available online. It is the second issue in 2011 and contains articles by Michael Falser, Vladimir Tikhonov, and Franziska Koch. It also features a themed section called "The Transcultural Travels of Trends".
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).
HRA Workshop Week
The Heidelberg Research Architecture (HRA) organises a number of workshops at the Karl Jaspers Centre between February 6 and 10, 2012.
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.
Film with Deepali Gaur Singh on Afghan Diaspora
Dr. Deepali Gaur Singh and her research work are introduced in this film portrait. The researcher and media practitioner focuses on the Afghan diaspora in Germany.
Photo Gallery
- Fukuoka Award Ceremony 2011
Global Health
The next lecture of the series Transcultural Controversies in Global Health is on January 31, 2012.
Ritual Dynamics
Michael Oppitz gives a lecture on shamans in Nepal on January 30, 2012.
Careers Service
Funding and career opportunities for young researchers.
Gender and Diversity
Newsletter by the Equal Opportunities Office (PDF, German)
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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Filmed Talks
Watch Kitty Zijlmans' (Leiden) lecture on the World Art Museum.
Reports, Interviews & Films
Find reports, interviews and films on our new Page 2.
eZine
Find more eZines (PDF, 3 MB)
in the press area
Newsletter
The autumn issue of the newsletter has been published.
DFG Cluster Portrait
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Cluster introduction on the DFG Video Portal on the Excellence Initiative.
Research
Graduate Programme for Transcultural Studies
The Graduate Programme for Transcultural Studies (GPTS) offers a structured PhD programme within the interdisciplinary research environment of the Cluster. The doctoral programme offers (a) an introduction to theories and methodologies of transcultural studies, (b) access to a well-equipped work environment supported by European and Asian institutions, (c) participation in the gathering of textual and nontextual source material, (d) support of PhD projects which are linked to the broad research fields pursued by the Cluster.
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Read more about the Current Graduates and their Projects ...
Research Area A: Governance & Administration
This Research Area deals with the cultural flows through which concepts, institutions and practices that have to do with governance and administration are transferred across cultures locally, regionally, or globally, and are reconfigured in a continuous but non-linear historical process.
A1 Citizenship as conceptual flow: Asia in a comparative perspective
Research Area B: Public Spheres
Central themes of Research Area B are public spheres - as media, events and spaces - that have been and are built by political and cultural flows between Asia and Europe. There are three research foci: a) aspects of mediality, visuality and textuality, b) aspects of public life, events and performance, and c) aspects of public space and urbanity.
Research Area C: Health & Environment
Research Area C focuses on the transfer between Asia and Europe of practices concerning, institutions for, ideas about, and perceptions of health and environment. Practice is the privileged point of access in this Research Area because the processes underlying both health and environment are juxtaposed here with the often pressing need to find a working solution.
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C1 Medical Systems in Transition: The Case of the Ancient Near East
C2 Large Dams: Contested Environments between Hydro-Power and Resistance
Research Area D: Historicities & Heritage
This Research Area analyses different concepts of histories as competing interpretations of time and space. Instead of focusing on models of unified universal or world history, it puts the emphasis on the entanglement of multiple historicities with different cultural background through cultural flows in the way in which history, memory, and their trajectory are handled.
Heidelberg Research Architecture
The Cluster brings together a multicultural, multilingual scholarly community for purposes of research in an interdisciplinary field. Efficient collaboration among the researchers in the analysis of transcultural flows requires an IT infrastructure for data storage and exchange, communication and on-line team-work, and, importantly, for information retrieval and analysis.
Upcoming Events
Selected Books
- Sep 26, 2011
- Sep 26, 2011
- Sep 22, 2011
- Sep 13, 2011
- Jul 11, 2011
Selected Articles
- Dec 20, 2011
- Dec 06, 2011
- Nov 22, 2011
- Nov 08, 2011
- Oct 20, 2011
Selected Films
- Dec 23, 2011
- Nov 02, 2011
- Nov 01, 2011
- Oct 13, 2011
- Jun 03, 2011
supported by the German Research Foundation
