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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 Winter Semester 2021/2022 is out! Download the Guest Lecture Series Schedule here. Continue

Summer break is winding down and SDACers will soon head back to school. During the break, students gathered regularly to hold fun events. Let's check out their summer activities!  Continue

As the summer semester 2021 is about to end, we invited our students from the 4th cohort to share their first-year studying experience at the SDAC and living experience in Erlangen city. Click here to their reports. Continue

In July 2021, some SDAC students participated in a week-long Summer School "EU-China Cooperation. Green Transition and Digital Economy Between National Policies and Multipolarism," which is co-organized by the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Centro Studi sulla Cina Contemporanea (CSCC), Univ... Continue

Congratulations, you've been admitted! (Cue the music!) Now, take a peek at these vlogs filmed by Ani, our student from the second cohort, and get to know more about studying at FAU and living in the Erlangen-Nürnberg area. She will also offer you some tips on finding accommodation, financing your s... Continue

This coming Friday, we will have our final session of the SDAC Guest Lecture Series SoSe 2021. Our speaker, Christoph Bieber will talk about “AI Governance: How Can Politics Shape Artificial Intelligence?" The lecture will take place on Friday, July 9, 10am-12pm (c.t.). For more details, see t... Continue

For next week’s SDAC Guest Lecture Series, we welcome our speaker, Alfonso Palacio-Vera. His lecture is about “Popper's 'Situational Analysis': A Reconsideration." The lecture will take place on Wednesday, July 7, 6-8 pm (c.t.). For more details, see the poster below. Please contact Prof. Dr. ... Continue

For this week’s SDAC Guest Lecture Series, we are looking forward to hearing from Rosa Cordillera A. Castillo, and her topic is “A Politics and Ethics of Viewing Photographs of Duterte's 'Drug War': Towards Reconceptualizing the Political Community." The lecture will take place on Wednesday, June... Continue

For this week’s SDAC Guest Lecture Series, we welcome Kankan Xie, and his topic is "Various Forms of Chineseness in the Origins of Southeast Asian Communism." The lecture will take place on Wednesday, June 23rd, 6-8 pm (c.t.). For more details, see the poster below. Please contact Prof. Dr. Mü... Continue

How is esoteric knowledge transmitted in contemporary societies where communication technologies allow all kinds of information to circulate and be disclosed to an ever-wider audience? For instance, the young generations in Taiwan can learn about the complex and obscure Chinese tradition of divinati... Continue