News & Events Archive
Lecture | Guest Lecture by Mirjam Lücking on Ideas of the 'Arab World' in Indonesia at Gadjah Mada University
On 16 October, Mirjam Lücking will hold a guest lecture with the title "Ideas of the 'Arab World' in Indonesia: Percpetions and Experience of Labor Migrants and Pilgrims". The lecture is part of Gadjah Mada University's FIB Weekly Forum
Prof. Rüland contributes to the GR:EEN Workshop on EU foreign policy at the Free University of Brussels
On 17 and 18 October, Prof. Jürgen Rüland will present a paper at the conference supported by the research project "Global Re-ordering: Evolution through European Networks"
Teaching | Language Courses in Bahasa Indonesia and Thai in the winter term
The University of Freiburg offers two beginner courses in the winter term. Both an introductory course in Thai as well as advanced Bahasa Indonesia course will be taught. Bahasa Indonesia is taught at the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology. Thai language courses are organized in cooperation with the Language Teaching Centre (Sprachlehrinstitut) of the University of Freiburg.
Teaching | Courses on Southeast Asia in the Winter Term 2014/2015
The departments of History and Economics at the University of Freiburg are offering courses on Southeast Asia in the upcoming summer term.
Lecture | Guest Lecture by Prof. Rüland on Indonesian Foreign Policy at Gadjah Mada University
On 18 September 2014, Prof. Rüland will speak on the topic of 'Indonesia Foreign Politics and ASEAN: Prospects and Challenges' at the department of International Relations at Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Joint Fieldwork Training 2014 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
In August and September, students of Anthropology and Political Science/International Relations from Freiburg, Yogyakarta and Makassar are conducting field research exercises in Yogyakarta
Methodology School in empirical research methods in November
Southeast Asian Studies at Freiburg University is organizing a methodology school in empirical research methods between 7 November and 9 November 2014. The workshop is open for students and young scholars of all disciplines, independent of their research focus.
Lecture | Stefan Rother Guest Lecture at the National University of Singapore
On August 7th, Stefan Rother will hold a guest lecture at the Asia Research Institute at the National University of Singapore. His lecture is titled 'From the Ground Up: The Space for Southeast Asian Migrants’ Rights Activists in the Global Governance of Migration'
Lecture | Anna Fünfgeld on "State and Coal in East Kalimantan (Indonesia)", July 24th
As the last lecture in the series on resource conflict at the Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institut in Freiburg, Anna Fuenfgeld will present her research on the topic.
Life Week | Quote by Jürgen Rüland on the Indonesian presidential election
See below for an article in which Jürgen Rüland was quoted on the election of Jokowi in Indonesia in the Chinese publication Life Week.
Collaborative Colloquium | New Southeast Asian Nationalism
The next Collaborative Colloquium will take place on Monday, 21 July from 4 to 6 PM at the Institute of Ethnology.
Badische Zeitung | Quote by Markus Mietzner on the election of Indonesian President Jokowi
Markus Mietzner comments on the conditions of Jokowi's recent election.
Acumen | Stefan Rother on the ASEAN Youth Forum 2014
The Burmese Magazine Acumen has a contribution by our researcher Stefan Rother on the ASEAN Youth Forum.
Participation of Prof. Rüland at the 2014 German Asia-Pacific Business Association Conference "Understanding the ASEAN Economic Community"
Prof. Rüland participated in a panel at the conference of the OAV on 23 June 2014 at the Haus der Commerzbank in Berlin. The event convened academics, diplomatic practitioners as well as representatives of the business community to discuss different aspects of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC)
CALL FOR PAPERS | Translocal Spatial Practices, Urban Transformations: Migration and Mobile Urbanism in South and South-East Asia
From 14 to 16 January 2015, the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS) will host an interdisciplinary workshop.
Dagens Arena | Stefan Rother on the Global Forum on Migration and Development
The Forum on Migration and Development wasn't just talk.
Publication | Methodology and Research Practice in Southeast Asian Studies edited by Mikko Huotari, Jürgen Rüland and Judith Schlehe
We are proud to announce the publication of the Compendium "Methodology and Research Practice in Southeast Asian Studies" edited by three of our project members and leaders: Mikko Huotari, Prof. Jürgen Rüland and Prof. Judith Schlehe.
Event | Collaborative Colloquium on Southeast Asia, June 30th
On 30 June from 4 to 6 pm, the next Collaborative Colloquium will take place. It will focus on the subject of "Jokowi or Prabowo? Ghost from the Past vs. Future Hope"
Development and Cooperation - Stefan Rother on the Global Forum on Migration and Development
Touchy issue
Report on the annual Asia Workshop in Weingarten from 8-11 November 2013
Lukas Maximilian Müller reports on the proceedings of the workshop which focused on Asian civil society.
Event | Collaborative Colloquium on Southeast Asia, May 26th
On Monday, May 26th, from 6 to 8 PM, Southeast Asian Studies at the University of Freiburg will hold its first Collaborative Colloquium of this semester.
Guest Lecture | Dr. Ross Tapsell (ANU, College of Asia and the Pacific) - The Indonesian Media and the 'Jokowi Phenomenon', July 15th
On July 15th, 2014, Ross Tapsell will hold a lecture at the Institute of Ethnology at Werthmannstraße 10, 1st floor from 10 to 12 AM
New Project | Social Identities in Contemporary Indonesia
"Social Identities in Contemporary Indonesia; a new framework of studying Asia" is a collaborative project, run by a team of researchers from The Australian National University and University of Freiburg, and sponsored by Australia's Group of Eight (Go8) universities and the German Academic Exchange Service.
Lecture Series | Entwicklungswelten im Wandel
In May and June 2014, the Colloquium Politicum lecture cycle at the University of Freiburg will include a lecture series on Change in the Global South. Some of the featured lecture will touch upon themes related to Southeast Asia.
Prof. Rüland at the Friends of Europe Policy and Practice Roundtable on April 28th
Prof. Rüland was a participant in the first session of the Policy and Practice roundtable in Brussels on the topic of "Indonesia: Today and Tomorrow". Find an abstract of the session as well as the complete program of the roundtable below.
Guest Lecture | Prof. Benjamin Reilly (Murdoch University, Australia), April 30th
In this guest lecture, Prof. Reilly will address the issue of Democracy in Southeast Asia. His lecture is held under the title: "Patterns of Democracy in Southeast Asia - The Shadow of China" The lecture will take place on April 30th in HS 3042, KG III from 6 to 8 pm.
East Asia Forum: How Indonesian local governments spend too much on themselves
Indonesian districts spend excessively on their own administration — money that could be spent on delivering public services for the people. The key problem is that democratic accountability is not (yet) sufficiently effective. After the 2001 decentralisation the districts, the third tier of government after center and provinces, are responsible for the provision of basic services such as health, education, and infrastructure and spend around a third of the consolidated government budget. They are therefore important providers of public goods and services, especially for the poor. An article from Günther Schulze and Bambang Suharnoko Sjahrir
Report on the Workshop of the German Society for Asian Studies' Junior Research Group
From January 14 to 19, the annual workshop of the junior research group of the German society for Asian Studies took place in Freiburg. See below for a german summary by Raphael Susewind.
EUROPEAN SPRING ACADEMY | Regional Integration in the 21th Century: EU and ASEAN in comparison
From May 5 to 15, the European Spring Academy will convene in Otzenhausen, Germany for an in-depth discussion of comparative regional integration in the EU and the ASEAN. Prof. Jürgen Rüland form the University of Freiburg will be present for a panel on EU-ASEAN relations.
