News & Events Archive
LECTURE | Prof. Rüland: "Constructing regionalism domestically: Local actors and foreign policymaking in newly democratized Indonesia"

11/17/2011, 4pm, Seminarraum FRIAS
"Distanzierter Blick auf die Heimat": uni'leben about Emma Mastersons PhD project

The university newspaper uni'leben carries a feature on the Southeast Asian Studies PhD candidate Emma Masterson.
LECTURE | Melanie Nertz: “Images of the West in Urban Indonesia: Muslims negotiating the Western Path to Modernity”
Nertz attended the “International Conference on Islam in the Malay World” in Bandung (20.11-22.11.2011) organized by the Graduate School of the Islamic State University Gunung Djati, Bandung and APIUM (Academy of Islamic Studies, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur). She gave a presentation on: “Images of the West in Urban Indonesia: Muslims negotiating the Western Path to Modernity”
LECTURE | Melanie Nertz: “Occidentalisms in Makassar and Yogyakarta: Negotiating the West as Frame of Reference for Muslim Modernities”
Nertz attended the 3rd International Graduate Student Conference on Indonesia: “Indonesian Urban Cultures and Societies” (08.11/09.11.2011) at the Graduate School of Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta and gave a talk on: “Occidentalisms in Makassar and Yogyakarta: Negotiating the West as Frame of Reference for Muslim Modernities”
LECTURE | Prof. Schlehe: "Concepts of Asia, the West, and the Self in Contemporary Indonesia"
Universität Freiburg, Conference: “Asianisms” and regional interaction and integration in Asia. Oct. 2011
Conference Report: "Decentralization and Democratization in Southeast Asia" (Freiburg, 15-17 June 2011)

TANDEM RESEARCH | Jakarta Post Article on Freiburg- Yogyakarta Tandem Research
COLLOQUIUM | Drs. Sukamdi:“Revitalization of Population Policy in Indonesia” (Thursday, 29th of September 2011, 5-7 pm, Room 1015)
TEACHING | "Southeast Asia" related classes in WS 2011/12
LECTURE | Prof. Schlehe: "Moderne Paranormale als spirituelle UnternehmerInnen in Indonesien?"
Wien: Tagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Völkerkunde, Panel: Ethnizität und Religion als Kapital – Unternehmende Kulturen im heutigen Indonesien. Sept. 2011
LECTURE | Melanie Nertz: "Indonesian-Muslim Identities in a Globalizing World: Defining the `Self´ culturally in light of `Western´ and `Arabic´ Influences”
Nertz attended the DGV-Tagung/GAA Conference 2011: “Wa(h)re 'Kultur?'” - Cultural Heritage, Revitalisation and the Renaissance of the Idea of Culture. She gave a talk on: “Indonesian-Muslim Identities in a Globalizing World: Defining the `Self´ culturally in light of `Western´ and `Arabic´ Influences” (14.09-17.09.2011)
Workshop Report: "Indonesia’s Foreign Policy in the Era Reformasi: New Identities, Changing Interests?"

The workshop was held on 11 July 2011 at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences of Singapore University. The workshop participants from Freiburg University were Jürgen Rüland and Paruedee Nguitragool.
COLLABORATIVE COLLOQUIUM | Regional Approaches to the 2011 Thai Election (13 July, 6pm-8pm, Seminarraum Ethnologie)
LECTURE | Prof. Schlehe: "Southeast-Asian Studies at Freiburg"
Leipzig: Workshop: Institutionalization and Positionality of Area Studies. Centre for Area Studies, 7. Juli 2011
LECTURE | Prof. Schlehe: "Tandem PhD Projects: Intercultural Challenges"
Johannesburg: Netzwerk-Workshop, Passages of Culture: Media and Intermediality in African Cultures. 24. Juni 2011