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FRIAS Junior Researcher Conference from 14 to 16 January

In January, Stefan Rother, Kirsten Hackenbroch and Tabea Bork-Hüffer are convening a conference on the subject of 'Translocal Spatial Practices, Urban Transfomations: Migration and Mobile Urbanism in South and South-East Asia'

Past lecture by Prof. Rüland at the Studienhaus Wiesneck

On Tuesday, 2 December 2014, Prof. Rüland held a lecture with the title "Militarization as a perspective? The Asia-Pacific region".

Lecture | FRIAS Lunch Lecture with Stefan Rother on 18 December

From 12:15 until 13:00, Stefan Rother will speak on "The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) and a rights-based approach to labour migration". The lecture will take place at HS 3042 (KG III) and will be followed by an optional lunch at FRIAS.

Collaborative Colloquium | Upcoming session on 12 December

The upcoming session of the Collaborative Colloquium will focus on the preparation of the screening of "The last Communist"

Event | Visit of DAAD-sponsored Indonesian delegation

On 12 December 2014, a DAAD-sponsored delegation of Indonesian university and think tank scholars will visit the University of Freiburg. The FRIAS Research Focus program "Dynamic Alignments and Dealignments in Global Southeast" Asia provides the program for the delegation.

Lecture | FRIAS Colloquium with Stefan Rother on 1 December

On 1 December from 11.15 - 12.45, Stefan Rother will lead a colloquium on the topic of his current research on "Indonesian migrant domestic workers in transnational political space(s): agency, gender roles and social class formation."

Methodology Workshop in Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA)

On 5 and 6 of December 2015, Markus Siewert and Jonas Buche from Goethe University Frankfurt (Political Science, Chair for Qualitative Empirical Research Prof. Wagemann) will hold a workshop on the method.

Collaborative Colloquium | Next Sessions on 24 November and 1 December 2015

The next collaborative colloquia will take place on 24 November and 1 December in the Seminarraum Ethnologie at Werthmannstr. 10 (first floor).

Lecture | FRIAS Lunch Lecture by Prof. Jürgen Rüland

On Thursday, November 20th, 2014, Prof. Rüland will hold a lecture on "Studying Southeast Asia in Freiburg: How Social Actors Cooperate" The lecture will take place frm 12:15 until 13:00 at KG III, HS 3042, University of Freiburg.

Conference | Stefan Rother at EURA-NET Conference in Bielefeld

On 13 June 2014, Stefan Rother participated as a member of the academic advisory board at the EURA-NET Conference. The project is funded by the EU's 7th Framework Program for the period 2014-2017 under the title of "Transnational Migration in Transition: Transformative Characteristics of Temporary Mobility of People"

Fellowship | Markus Mietzner (ANU)

From November 2014 until March 2015, Markus Mietzner will hold a fellowship at Southeast Asian Studies at Freiburg on the research topic of 'Localizing democracy in Indonesia'

Lecture | Presentation of Judith Schlehe on her FRIAS Fellowship Project on 10 November 2014

On Monday, 10 November 2014, Judith Schlehe will present her project she will be researching as a part of her Senior FRIAS Fellowship in the Research Focus "Dynamic Alignments and De-Alignments in Global Southeast Asia". The topic of her presentation is 'Strategic Non-Alignments of "Culture" and "Religion" in Contemporary Indonesia'

FRIAS Fellowships in the Winter and Summer Terms 2014/2015

In the upcoming Winter and Summer Terms, five internal as well as two external fellows will be hosted by the Freiburg Institute of Advanced Studies for one year. The fellowships are embedded in the FRIAS Research Focus "Dynamic Alignments and De-Alignments in Global Southeast Asia". The internal senior fellows are Prof. Jürgen Rüland, Prof. Judith Schlehe, Prof. Günther Schulze and Prof. Sabine Dabringhaus, the external junior fellows are Agus Suwignyo and Katja Rangsivek. Additionally, Stefan Rother has been awarded an internal junior fellowship.

Collaborative Colloquium | Upcoming session on 3 November and beyond

This semester, the topic of the collaborative colloquia will be "Contentious Politics: Communism in Southeast Asia". The first session will take place next monday, 3 November, with a guest lecture by Patrick Hesse (History, Humboldt University Berlin).

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