Year: 2022

Our third Guest Lecture features Tomáš Petrů for his talk, "China-Malaysia Ties and Belt-and-Road Projects: A ‘Special Friendship' Going Toxic?" The lecture will be held online via zoom on Monday 9th, 6-8 pm (c.t.). For more details, see the poster below. Please contact Prof. Dr. Thimm (viola....

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We are excited to announce the joint event of our Guest Lecture Series and the Oberseminar of the Institute of Sociology. We welcome Sharon Quinsaat and she will take about "Transnational Memory Movement and Filipino Diaspora Formation", and after the lecture, we organize a get-together dinner fo...

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Dr. Alexander Horstmann kindly continues to hold the Film Club for the Summer Semester 2022 at SDAC. In each session, we will watch one documentary movie together and before and after the run we have briefing and debriefing to deepen our understanding. There will be three documentary movies. Every...

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The movie of the third session has been changed Dr. Alexander Horstmann kindly continues to hold the Film Club for the Summer Semester 2022 at SDAC. In each session, we will watch one documentary movie together and before and after the run we have briefing and debriefing to deepen our understan...

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For our second SDAC Guest Lecture Series, we welcome Maznah Mohamad. Her topic is “Historicizing Gender and Sexuality in the Malay-Indonesian World.” The lecture will take place on Friday, May 6th, 10-12 am (c.t.) via Zoom. For more details, see the poster below. Please contact Prof. Dr. Thimm...

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We are excited to announce that our first SDAC Guest Lecture for the summer semester 2022 will take place this coming Monday. In this lecture, Prof. Dr. Arndt Brendecke will talk about “Triangles of Vigilance vs. Information based Decision Making. The Case of Spanish Colonial Rule.” The lecture w...

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This past week, the fifth cohort of SDAC students had their Spring School. The Spring School is designed as a first step for students to start thinking about their Master’s Thesis project and focusing on “how to craft a research project.” Students took classes such as the "Research Project Crafting...

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Each semester, we invite scholars and researchers from various disciplines to present their researches and discuss cutting-edge issues with our students. Our Guest Lecture Series for the Summer Semester 2022 is out! Download the Guest Lecture Series Schedule here.

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The 2022/23 application period for the SDAC Elite Master’s Program started! Click Call for Applications 2022 to see the detailed information! All details on how to apply can be found here. Check out our FAQ page for any questions you might have about your qualifications and application requirements...

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