News: Paper presentation by Judith Schlehe and Jürgen Rüland: "The West and the World in Indonesian Imagination and Experience" Jun 14, 2022; International Workshop: Daʿwa and Qur’an translation in the first decades of the 20th century Jun 14, 2022; Research Project "Populism and Foreign Policy" by Prof. Dr. Sandra Destradi May 16, 2022; PhD: monographs and prizes May 15, 2022; "The view of ASEAN on this war and its global consequences": Bernd Kortmann, Director of FRIAS, in conversation with Jürgen Rüland May 11, 2022

Grounding Area Studies in Social Practice

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The University of Freiburg pursues an interdisciplinary concept of research on Southeast Asia. The disciplines involved include Political Science, Social and Cultural Anthropology, Economics and Asian History. Southeast Asian Studies at Freiburg build on interdisciplinary and internationalized research and teaching. Other program components such as methodology training, regional networking, the graduate program, the alumni program and knowledge transfer are closely linked with the research core (more ... ). Research in this project focuses on two topics:

1. Democratization and Institutional Change in South East Asia

2. Modes of World-Making in South East Asia (Associated Research Project funded by DFG)

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Call for Applications: Model ASEM. Your first-hand introduction to the exciting world of diplomacy, negotiation and international relations.

Being a simulation of the ASEM Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (ASEMFMM), at the Model ASEM you have the chance to step into the shoes of ASEM Foreign Ministers and along with other students, debate and exchange perspectives on current political and bi-regional issues.
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The University of Freiburg's Southeast Asia Research Group was awarded a workshop grant by the global university consortium AC21

The international workshop will focus on the theme "Constructing the 21st-Century Silk-Road: Southeast Asia in the Race for Connectivity and Geopolitical Interests"
The workshop will take place in Freiburg on 4 and 5 July 2019.
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Tandem Research between the University of Freiburg and Gadjah Mada University Yogyakarta continues in 2019.

Four Indonesian students of cultural anthropology will come to Freiburg in May 2019 and conduct field research with students from Freiburg University under the theme "Anthropology of Environmental Activism"
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International Conference "Cambodia and ASEAN Regionalism, in the Context of Indo-Pacific"

Jürgen Rüland presented a paper at the International Conference "Cambodia and ASEAN Regionalism, in the Context of Indo-Pacific" organized by the International Relations Institute of Cambodia and Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung at Phnom Penh, Cambodia.