Nov 5, 2010
Finished doctoral projects in 2010
Between December 2009 and October 2010, the first six phd-candidates who were funded by the URPP Asia and Europe finished their scientific projects:
Dr. des. Catherine Chammartin (Law): A Comparative Analysis of State-Owned Banks in China and in Switzerland. Kolloquium 16. December 2009. Further information on her project can be found here.
Dr. des. Marco Vitale (History): Eparchie and Koinon in Asia Minor from the End of the Roman Republic to the Third Century AD. Kolloquium: 1. March 2010. Further information on the project can be found here.
Dr. des. Natalie Böhler (Film Studies): Made in Thailand: Thainess, Performance and Narration in Contemporary Thai Cinema. Kolloquium: 10. March 2010. Further information on her project can be attained here.
Dr. des. Dominik Linggi (Sociologie/Sinologie): Chinese Conceptions of Trust Kolloquium 13. September 2010. Further information on this project can be found here.
Dr. des. Andreas Zangger (History): Fast money and enduring relationships: Swiss business in colonial Singapore and Sumatra, 1860-1930 Kolloquium: 22. September 2010. Further information on the project can be found here.
David Arn (Islam Studies): From Crime to Illness. Shifts in the Iranian Press Discourse on Drugs (1995-2000), Dissertation eingereicht. Kolloquium: 6. October 2010. Further Information can be attained here.
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- Lecture series "Farewell to secularization?", lecture of Amnon Ratz-Krakotzkin, 2nd November, 6:15pm-8pm
- Autumn lecture series "Farewell to Secularization?" - Lecture of Wang Hui, 19th October, 6:15pm-8pm
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- Lecture Series (FT 10): "Farewell to Secularization?", beginning 5. Octobre 2010
- Change of academic directors
- Visit of a Chinese delegation form Beijing Normal University
- The URPP has moved!
- URPP assistant professor Sven Trakulhun explains the current tensions in Thailand
- Lecture Prof. John C. Maraldo on "The Sense and Significance of Japanese Philosophy", 1 June 2010
- International Workshop "Entangled By Multiple Tongues", 3-4 June 2010
- International Conference "Verschleierter Orient - Entschleierter Okzident? Inszenierung in Politik, Recht, Kunst und Kultur seit dem 19. Jahrhundert", 3-5 June 2010
- URPP Public Lecture Series (Spring 2010): "Researching Philosophy in Asian Contexts"
- Lecture Prof. R. T. Ames on "Confucian Role Ethics in a Changing World Culture", 18 May 2010
- Lecture Prof. A. Chakrabarti on "Classical Indian Theories of Knowledge and Error", 11 May 2010
- Lecture by Hasan Abu Nimah on "The Role of Religion in the Politics of Human Security", 4 May 2010
- Open PhD and Postdoc Positions for September 2010
- Dr. Katajun Amirpur new assistant professor for the Modern Islamic World with focus on Iran
- The new calendar of events of the PhD program has arrived!
- Lecture Prof. D. Gutas on "The Centrality of Philosophy in the Pre-Modern Islamic Intellectual Tradition", 13 April 2010
- Guest lecture Prof. James C. Scott on "Why Civilizations Can't Climb Hills", 17 March 2010
- Presentation Research Project "The Quest for Peace in the Middle East", 16 March 2010
- Guest lecture Prof. Hans-Hinrich Biesterfeldt on "Unnachahmlichkeit des Korans", 11 March 2010
- "Transcultural Bodies - Transboundary Biographies", Conference in New Delhi, 21-24 February 2010
- "Unijournal" presents the new interdisciplinary PhD program "Asia and Europe"
- New Release: Diasporic Histories, edited by Andrea Riemenschnitter and Deborah L. Madsen
- Migration in Films: Workshop, 08-09 January 2010
- Symposium with Seizo Sekino (Tokyo) and Christoph Harbsmeier (Oslo), 17-18 december 2009
- 1 Post-Doc Position (50%), applications to be submitted by 11 December 2009
- Guest lecture Prof. Ummu Salma Bava on "Europe's Role in International Governance", 8 December 2009