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In this week's SDAC Guest Lecture Series, Dr. Zhiyu Li (Assistant Professor in Chinese Law, Durham University) has a session prepared in which she asks the question: "How Will Technology Change the Face of Chinese Justice?" For more information, see poster below and contact Prof. Müller for acces... Continue

In the first SDAC Guest Lecture Series of the summer semester 2021, Dr. Clemens Richter (Vice Director CDIR Sino-German Institute of Law, China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing) will talk to the SDAC students about "China: The Rule of Law as a Pillar of Reform and Opening-up". For... Continue

Our Guest Lecture Series program for the summer semester 2021 is out! Academics from around the world representing various disciplines will discuss cutting-edge research with our SDAC students. Download the Lecture Series program here. Continue

Prof. Dr. Stéphanie Homola recently published a chapter, "The Encounter of the "Symbolic Chinese Science of the Yijing" with Western Modern Science in Interwar France," in the book, The Making of the Global Yijing in the Modern World.  This chapter examines the circulation and reception of the Yi... Continue

Early application for the the SDAC Elite Master's Program has been open for a few weeks. Find out everything about our program in the SDAC Call for Applications 2021. Apply now to join the SDAC community, benefit from a low student-teacher-ratio and acquire knowledge in a truly international sett... Continue

Usually, during their third semester, students of the SDAC Master's program get to visit Peking University to experience student life in China. However, during the winter semester 20/21, because of the Coronavirus pandemic, our 3rd cohort had to stay in Erlangen. This meant for the first time in ... Continue

This week, for our last SDAC Guest Lecture Series this semester, Dr. Jan Beek will talk to SDAC students and interested guests about "Doing 'Cultural Difference' in Police Work in Germany''. For more information, see poster below and contact Prof. Müller for access to the online lecture (dominik.... Continue

This week, Prof. William Matthews (London School Economics), will speak to our students about "Cohorence, Cognition, and Causation: Understanding 'Cultural' Differences through Chinese and Roman Divination" in our SDAC Guest Lecture Series. To register, contact Prof. Müller (dominik.m.mueller[a... Continue

For this week's SDAC Guest Lecture, we're looking forward to hearing from Tomáš Petrů, Ph.D. (Oriental Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences). His topic: "Still 'Cautiously Friendly Ties'? China-Malaysia Relations Before, During and After Second Mahatir's Rule (2018 - February 2020)." Please regis... Continue

We're happy to welcome Dr. Timm Sureau and Thomas Götzelmann (both researchers at the Max-Planck-Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle and the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg) as we continue the SDAC Guest Lecture Series in 2021. They are sharing current research with our SDAC stud... Continue