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Asia and Europe in a Global Context

The Cluster of Excellence "Asia and Europe in a Global Context: Shifting Asymmetries in Cultural Flows" at Heidelberg University is part of the Excellence Initiative of the German state and federal governments. The objective of the Cluster is to examine processes of cultural exchange with a strong focus on interdisciplinary research. 

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Awards for transcultural architecture project

The finished tower in Bhaktapur

On February 5, 2010, the transcultural project "Ziegel - der Turm zu Bhaktapur in Nepal" ("Bricks - the Tower of Bhaktapur in Nepal") will receive a special award granted by the industry association "Ziegel Zentrum Süd". The project is coordinated by Cluster member Prof. Dr. Ing. Niels Gutschow and Prof. Wolfgang Rang (FH Frankfurt) and has already been awarded by "Deutscher Designer Club" (German Designers' Club) recently.

NZZ am Sonntag: "Helvetische Kosmopolitin"

Madeleine Herren-Oesch with students at the Karl Jaspers Centre, Heidelberg

"Is the academic system able to overcome the Europe and nation centric perspective?", Prof. Dr. Madeleine Herren-Oesch enquires in a recent article in Neue Zürcher Zeitung am Sonntag.

The challenges we are facing today are of global nature. Yet, the Humanities still attempt to analyse the global sphere by means of national categories.

Read here, how the Cluster "Asia and Europe" strikes new paths in developing new structures and concepts to meet the global challenge (pdf, 252 KB) ...

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