News & Events Archive
18 June 2013: Prof. Rüland participated in the public hearing on EU relations with ASEAN and Southeast Asia
On 18 June 2013, Prof. Rüland participated in the hearing organized by the Committee of Foreign Affairs of the European Parliament on “Foreign Policy Considerations in EU Relations with ASEAN and Southeast Asia”, in Brussels. Prof. Rüland contributed a statement on “ASEAN Citizens’ Rights: Rule of Law, Judiciary and Law Enforcement.”
Colloquium | "When All the Ancestors Spoke Poetry: An Analysis of the Sacred Narratives of the Rotenese and Their Significance" (24 June 2013)
ROOM CHANGED! NEW ROOM: 1023 (KG I) ---------------- This colloquium will be presented by Prof. James J. Fox from the Crawford School of Public Policy in Australia National University's College of Asia & the Pacific. James Fox is a Professor of Resource Management in the Asia-Pacific Program (RMAP) and the Director of the ANU Korea Institute.
Fieldwork exercise in Freiburg: Students from Yogyakarta and Freiburg conduct common reserach
Fieldwork exercise in teams: Nine students from Anthropology and International Relations from Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, collaborate with their research partners from Freiburg University for four weeks, under the joint supervision of four lecturers from UGM and Prof. Schlehe and Prof. Rüland (funded by DAAD)
Indonesian Movie Night: "Minggu Pagi di Victoria Park" (7 June 2013)
The Anthropology Institute of Freiburg University and Pic[k]Lock productions, Jakarta/Indonesia present "Minggu Pagi di Victoria Park" (Sunday morning in Victoria Park).
Cinema | Southeast Asia in the Wednesday screenings of Kommunales Kino Freiburg
This month the Freiburg arthouse cinema "Kommunales Kino Freiburg" has dedicated it´s wednesday-screenings to movies from and about Southeast Asia.
Tandem Research between the University of Freiburg and Gadjah Mada University Yogyakarta continues in 2013
The international and interdisciplinary tandem-research-cooperation between the Gadjah Mada University Yogyakarta and the University of Freiburg will be continued in summer 2013. Nine Indonesian students of cultural anthropology and political science will come to Freiburg in June 2013 and conduct field research with students from Freiburg University.
Crossroads-Asia Workshop "Tracing Connections - Explorations of Spaces and Places in Asian Multilocalities"
held at the Centre for Development Studies (ZELF), Freie Universität Berlin held on 20 – 21 June 2013.
Collaborative Colloquium | "To Protect and Suppress: Order and Spectacle in the Year of the Thai Police"
27 May (Monday), 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM, Werthmannstr. 10 - Institut für Ethnologie Seminarraum
Workshop | "Decoloniality - a reflexive workshop on the implications of our research practice"
Collaborative workshop of the two Federal Ministry of Education projects "Universality and Acceptance Potential of Social Science Knowledge - On the Circulation of Knowledge between Europe and the Global South" and "Southeast Asian Studies Freiburg", Universität Freiburg. The workshop is being offered to young researchers of the humanities.
Lecture | Prof. Rüland talks about "Political Dynamics in Southeast Asia" and "The Relations between the EU and ASEAN"
European Spring Academy, Europe and Asia, Europäische Akademie Otzenhausen, 2 May 2013
Colloquium Politicum Spotlight | Southeast Asia at the University of Freiburg
With SPOTLIGHT, the Colloquium politicum wants to specifically highlight programs and interdisciplinary research with an international focus and outreach. As regards Southeast Asia, the University of Freiburg pursues an interdisciplinary concept of research. In the frame of the Southeast Asian Studies Programme, national and international guest scholars regularly present their findings and discuss current issues.
New Perspective on Asia: CETRAS
The University of Freiburg has established the Center for Transcultural Asian Studies/CETRAS.
Report: Stefan Rother at the EU-Asia Dialogue Policy Panel on Migration
The Policy Panel on Migration was held on December 13, 2012 in Manila / The Philippines.
Lecture | Dr. Krisztina Kis-Katos: "Unintended consequences of anti-corruption strategies"
21 March 2013, 1.30-2.30 pm at GIGA, Hamburg
Conference Report: Religion, Tradition and the Popular in Asia and Europe
The conference was held at the University of Freiburg, 8-10 November 2012.
Lecture | Dr. Pavin Chachavalpongpun: "Thai-Cambodian Conflicts: The Preah Vihear and the Role of ASEAN"
When: Monday, 25 February 20113, from 4pm till 6om (16-18h) Where: Room 4429 (4th floor in KG4)
Lecture | Dr. Pavin Chachavalpongpun: "Thailand's Political Development and the End of the Bhumibol Era"
When: Wednesday, 13 February 2013 Where: HS 1098 (KG I)
CfP | 3rd International Conference on International Relations and Development (ICIRD 2013): "Beyond Borders: Building a Regional Commons in Southeast Asia"
Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 22-23 August 2013
Badische Zeitung | Stefan Rother reports from the World Social Forum on Migration 2012
The fifth World Social Forum on Migrations (WSFM) was held from the 26 until the 30 November in Manila, Philippines.
Conference Report: Methodology in Southeast Asian Studies (Freiburg, 29-31 May 2012)
In 2012, the Freiburg Southeast Asia Study Group organized an international conference on "Methodology in Southeast Asian Studies", which took place May 29-31, 2012 in Freiburg, Germany.
Workshop | "Ontology and Methodology - challenges for theory and practice in International Relations and Comparative Area Studies" (29 November 2012, Hamburg)
International Workshop at the German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA), Thursday 29 November 2012, hosted by the Hamburg International Graduate School for the Study of Regional Powers (HIGS) in cooperation with the University of Hamburg. Speakers are amongst others Patrick T. Jackson, Benjamin Herborth, Arshin Adib-Moghaddam, Annika Mattissek and Georg Glasze.
Conference | "Religion, Tradition and the Popular" (Freiburg, 8-10 November 2012)
The current worldwide resurgence of religion goes hand in hand with new religious practices, forms of articulation and mass mediatization as well as idiosyncratic references to the past. This interdisciplinary conference will focus on the popularization of religions in Europe, Asia and the transcultural, global space. We are especially interested in the interconnection between the making of religion, tradition and the popular.
DAAD magazine 'NADI' on Freiburg-Yogyakarta Tandem Research
Adityo Nugroho and Freiburg PhD student Evamaria Müller report about their tandem experiences in the Freiburg-Yogyakarta research collaboration project.
