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Jürgen Rüland presented a paper titled “Democratic backsliding and foreign policymaking in Southeast Asia: The Case of Indonesia” at the international conference “Democratic Backsliding in Asia: Resilience, Responses, Revival,” University of Heidelberg and Bertelsmann Stiftung, 8 and 9 December 2019.

The Departments of Anthropology at the University of Freiburg, Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta and University of Indonesia in Jakarta organize student tandems in order to explore experiences and understanding of everyday life of young people in Asia and Europe in the times of Corona. The project is integrated in Judith Schlehe’s seminar on Youth Cultures in Indonesia in the Summer Term 2020.

The German Anthropological Association (DGSKA) has bestowed its first Dissertation Prize on Dr. Mirjam Lücking. Lücking, a cultural anthropologis, receives prize money of 1,000 euros for her doctoral thesis, “Indonesians and their Arab World. Guided Mobility among Labour Migrants and Mecca Pilgrims.”

Geopolitical competition between the United States and China is most tangible in Asia. In 2011, Washington responded to China’s growing influence in the region with its ‘Pivot to Asia’. Two years later, Beijing countered with its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) — a US$1 trillion infrastructure development program connecting Asia with Europe via land, sea and the polar route. An Article from Jürgen Rüland

From 01 October 2020 until 31 August 2021 Prof. Pujo will hold a fellowship at the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies. He will closely cooperate with the SEA group.

Kutupalong – which, located near Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh, is the biggest refugee camp in the world with an estimated 700,000 inhabitants – has just witnessed its first coronavirus death. The 71-year-old victim was among at least 29 Rohingya refugees in the camp who had recently tested positive for the virus. An article from Felix Heiduk and Antje Missbach.

An interview by "Wissenschaftsportal Gerda Henkel Stiftung" about academic culture in Indonesia and Germany as well as his completed Ph.D. research.

Judith Schlehe gives a talk in an international webinar on 6 July 2020

Jürgen Rüland presented a paper at the International Conference “Cambodia and ASEAN Regionalism, in the Context of Indo-Pacific”, Phnom Penh on 8 August 2019.

Sand is in demand wherever cities are growing. Robert John has researched all the operations connected with the trade in sand, taking Cambodia, where construction is booming, as his example. And to meet demand, sand sometimes also trickles through dubious channels. John hopes his findings could help to moderate the negative effects of the trade.