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Language Contact in Eurasia Lectures in 2023
ZoomThe Department of Turkology and Central Asian Studies will host a lecture series titled "Language Contact in Eurasia" during the autumn semester of 2023-2024. This series will feature eight lectures by leading scholars on prehistoric and historical contact between various languages or language families spoken in Eurasia and adjacent regions. The programme for the lectures scheduled …
How the Wild Changed Me. A Philosophical Journey: Readings and Discussions with Lung Ying-Tai
ZHG 00226 October (Thursday), 19:15 - 20:45 ZHG 002 Abstract: Snail sex, demanding deities, a cold case - everyday life in Taiwan holds the most unbelievable stories in store. Lung Ying-Tai compiled them in her novel "Under Kavulungan." In conversation with Dominic Sachsenmaier and Monika Li, Taiwan's most famous author explores the complex answers to …
Global China Conversations #25 Diversifizierung: Kann Indien eine Alternative zu China sein?
ZoomThema Eine alternde Bevölkerung, strukturell schwächeres Wachstum in China und der generelle De-Risking-Tonus lenken alle Augen auf Indien: Während Chinas arbeitsfähige Bevölkerung schrumpft, wird die Indiens wachsen. Investoren sehen in der relativen wirtschaftlichen Autonomie des Landes die Möglichkeit, sich gegen die Auswirkungen einer drohenden, globalen Rezession der international vernetzten Wirtschaft besser zu sichern. Für deutsche …