News & Events Archive
Paper presentation by Judith Schlehe and Jürgen Rüland: "The West and the World in Indonesian Imagination and Experience"
Judith Schlehe and Jürgen Rüland will present a paper on "The West and the World in Indonesian Imagination and Experience" at the EuroSEAS 2022 conference in Paris (June 28-July 01).
International Workshop: Daʿwa and Qur’an translation in the first decades of the 20th century
Freiburg, June 21-22, 2022
Research Project "Populism and Foreign Policy" by Prof. Dr. Sandra Destradi
The research project “Populism and Foreign Policy”, funded by the German Research Foundation and based at the Chair for International Relations (Department of Political Science), studies the impact of populism on the foreign policy of a range of countries. The Philippines are one of the case studies analyzed in the project.
PhD: monographs and prizes
Four PhD thesis in Sociocultural Anthropology have been published recently. Gerrit Gonschorek's thesis in Economics has won this year’s Young Talent Award for Development Research by the KfW-Development Bank/German Economic Association (Verein für Socialpolitik).
"The view of ASEAN on this war and its global consequences": Bernd Kortmann, Director of FRIAS, in conversation with Jürgen Rüland
On 11 May 2022 Jürgen Rüland spoke with Prof. Dr. Bernd Kortmann in the FRIAS weekly monitor Ukraine@War on “The view of ASEAN on this war and its global consequences”. https://www.frias.uni-freiburg.de/en/events/frias-reflections/frias-weekly-monitor-ukraine-war-j-ruland
New module on "ASEAN's external relations" by Jürgen Rüland
Jürgen Rüland contributed a module on “ASEAN’s external relations” to the “ASEAN Law School 2022” conducted by the Center of International Law (CIL) of the National University of Singapore on 15 and 17 February 2022. The module focused on ASEAN’s performance as a collective actor in global international organizations such as the UN General Assembly (UNGA) and the World Trade Organization (WTO).
“The ‘Asian way’ for resolving challenges in a multipolar region” - Panel discussion with Jürgen Rüland
On 17 June 2022 Jürgen Rüland participated in a panel discussion on “The ‘Asian way’ for resolving challenges in a multipolar region,” broadcasted by China Radio International.
Interview with Jürgen Rüland on the state of democracy in the Philippines
Jürgen Rüland was interviewed on the state of democracy in the Philippines after the induction of the new Philippine President, Ferdinand Marcos Jr. into office, Read more: https://www.badische-zeitung.de/die-rueckkehr-der-kraken-dynastie--215399105.html
Online-Workshop: Daʿwa and Qur’an Translation in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Indonesia
March 21, 2022
Engaging with the World of Waste
Online-Vortrag by Prof. Dr. Judith Schlehe at the Universität of Bielefeld: "Understanding Asia: Transnational Care. Engaging with the World of Waste: Carelessness and Social Mobilization in Java and beyond".
Lukas Maximilian Müller " The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership paves a way forward. If the region can cooperate on economics, why not security?"
Lukas Maximilian Müller commented on the newly signed Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). The comment can be accessed via the Portal Policy Forum.
Online Summer School "People and Empowerment" (12-15 July 2021)
Jürgen Rüland and Günther Schulze participated in the annual ASEM Summer School organized by the University of Malaya’s Asia-Europe Institute (AEI).
Jürgen Rüland spoke on ASEAN-EU Relations
Jürgen Rüland spoke on ASEAN-EU Relations at the occasion of the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation’s digital KAS Horizon 2021 International Relations Training, Phnom Penh, 25 April 2021
Online Book discussion: Social Science in the Age of Transformation and Disruption
Judith Schlehe's chapter on "Social Science in Southeast Asia: An Anthropological Perspective" will be discussed with Prof. Dr. Azirah binti Hashim (Univ. of Malaya) on 27 April, 11.00 am
Online-module “ASEAN’s External Relations” provided by Jürgen Rüland and Prof Paruedee Nguitragool
Jürgen Rüland and Prof Paruedee Nguitragool (Chiang Mai University) provided the online-module “ASEAN’s External Relations” to the ASEAN Law Academy, organized by the Center for International Relations (CIL) of the National University of Singapore.
Radio Interview
On 1 April 2021 Jürgen Rüland was interviewed by the Italian international affairs radio program Radio24 on the international implications of the military coup in Myanmar.”
DAAD IVAC - International Virtual Academic Collaboration
The collaboration between the Departments of Anthropology, University of Freiburg, and the Department of Anthropology, Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, will be continued in the winter term 2020/2021.
Two talks by Jürgen Rüland on COVID-19 and Southeast Asian Regionalism.
He will speak on: „Die COVID-19-Pandemie und ihre Auswirkungen auf den Regionalismus in Südostasien. Wie groß ist die Resilienz der ASEAN-Staatengemeinschaft?“ at the Colloquium politicum of the University of Freiburg on 25 January 2021. He also spoke on “COVID-19 – A Litmus Test for Southeast Asian Regionalism?” at the Colloquium Greater China/Modern China, Tübingen
Invitation: Virtual Book Launch
29th January 2021 - "Indonesians and Their Arab World: Guided Mobility among Labor Migrants and Mecca Pilgrims." by Mirjam Lücking, 2020, Cornell University Press.
Imam Ardhianto "Being Religious at the Margin of States Formation: Local Religious Practices, Global Evangelism, and Modern State among Kayan-Kenyah at Upland Central Borneo"
An interview by "Wissenschaftsportal Gerda Henkel Stiftung" about academic culture in Indonesia and Germany as well as his completed Ph.D. research.
Journal Issue: New Area Studies and Southeast Asia
The "International Quaterly for Asian Studies", published by Arnold Bergstraesser Institute, Freiburg, released Vol 51, No 3-4 (2020) on Critical New Area Studies
Qur’anic Studies in Indonesia. A Zoom talk series hosted by the International Qur’anic Studies Association (IQSA) and the Indonesian Qur’anic Studies Association (AIAT)
Convenors: Johanna Pink and Lien Iffah Naf’atu Fina October 14 – December 30, 2020
FRIAS fellowship for Prof. Dr. Pujo Semedi from our Indonesian partner university UGM
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.
Schlehe, Judith: Waste and social mobilisation: Anthropological explorations beyond Asia and Europe.
Waste, especially plastic and toxic waste, is a man-made disaster rooted in the historical relations between humans, materials, and environments. An Article from Judtih Schlehe
On 28 October 2020 Jürgen Rüland participated in the Online Expert Roundtable „The Future of the EU-ASEAN Partnership.“
The Roundtable was jointly organized by the European Policy Centre and the EU-ASEAN Business Council, Brussels.
