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Call for Papers – Workshop: Apathy and Activation: Rethinking Political Passivity in Authoritarian and Hybrid Regimes
Center for Modern East Asian Studies, Göttingen University, Germany
15-16th Nov 2024
Deadline: 30th Apr 2024
Organizers: Dr. Henrike Rudolph, Dr. Bertram Lang (Göttingen University)
In Western political science literature, political passivity is generally regarded either as a symptom of weakening democratic institutions or, if it is observed in an illiberal regime, as an expression . . .
Vacant PhD Position in the research project «Digital agriculture: Sino-European contrasts, correspondences and collaborations»
University of Fribourg, Switzerland
Deadline: 30th Apr 2024
The Unit of Social Anthropology at the Department of Social Sciences of the University of Fribourg (Switzerland) is inviting applications for a PhD Position (100%) in the research project «Digital agriculture: Sino-European contrasts, correspondences and collaborations»
Starting date 1 August 2024 . . .
Faculty Position in the History of Asia
University of São Paulo, Brazil
Deadline: 22nd Apr 2024
The Department of History at the University of São Paulo is seeking to appoint a tenure-track faculty member in History of Asia, whose research focuses on the Asian spaces rather than the European presence in Asia. Candidates who are proficient in Asian languages, have . . .
International Conference: “Walking” Practices and Trades in East Asia. Traces and Techniques of Circulation on Foot: Modern and Contemporary Perspectives
17 & 18th Oct 2024
Université Bordeaux Montaigne, France
Deadline: 31st Mar 2024
D2iA – Asian Dynamics, Interactions, Interculturality – Until the arrival of various modern means of locomotion, there was “no alternative to walking for the vast majority of people”, as tells us Joseph A. Amato. Moving on foot seemed to be a . . .
Call for Papers: International Conference “Tradition and New Mission: Confucianism from the Perspective of Modernity”
Trier University, Germany
6-7th Jul 2024
Deadline: 29th Apr 2024
The emergence and the development of the notion of “modernity” in Europe is related to the industrial revolution, the rise of cities and scientific progress. It is accompanied by spiritual renovations, like “renaissance”, “reformation” and “enlightenment”. Their basic ideas and values are still forming . . .