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CAS Public Colloquium Summer Semester 2012

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Date/Time: Wednesdays, 5-7 pm
Location: Centre for Area Studies, 1st Floor, Thomaskirchhof 20, 04109 Leipzig
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Downloadable Information:

Flyer/Programme April/May (PDF)

Flyer/Programme June/July (PDF)



Date / Time Lecturer / Cooperation Lecture
Wednesday
11 April 2012, 5-7pm

James Farrer
(Sophia University, Japan)

In cooperation with the Global and European Studies Institute (GESI)


Sexuality and Globalization in China: Shanghai´s Global Nightscape as Erotic Worlds

Wednesday
18 April 2012, 5-7pm

Ursula Rao
(University of New South Wales, Australia)

In cooperation with the Institute for African Studies


Temporalities of Uncertainty: Slum Resettlement and Urban Planning in Neoliberal Delhi

Wednesday
25 April 2012, 5-7pm

Jie-Hyun Lim
(Hanyang University, South Korea)

In cooperation with the Leipzig Centre for the History and Culture of East Central Europe (GWZO)

A Transnational History of Victimhood Nationalism: Germany-Poland-Israel and Japan-Korea

The lecture will be held at GWZO, Specks Hof, Reichsstr. 4–6

Wednesday
2 May 2012,
5-7pm


Sandra Hanson
(Catholic University of America, USA)

In cooperation with the Global and European Studies Institute (GESI)

Swimming against the Tide: Race, Gender and Science in a Global Era

Wednesday
9 May 2012,
5-7pm

Hans-Joachim König
(Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Germany)

In cooperation with the Department of History

Indianerpolitik im spanischen Kolonialreich in Amerika



Wednesday
16 May 2012,
5-7pm

Thomas Patrick DeGeorges
(American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates)

In cooperation with the Institute of Oriental Studies

Tunisia’s “Second Republic”: Uncertain Prospects for Political Consolidation and Economic Growth

Wednesday
30 May 2012,
5-7pm

Paul Amar
(University of California,
Santa Barbara, USA)

New Popular Sovereignties and Global South Realignments: The Long-Term Governance Impact of the New Arab Revolutions
Due to unforeseen circumstances, this lecture had to be cancelled

Wednesday
6 June 2012, 5-7pm

Larbi Sadiki
(University of Exeter, United Kingdom)

In cooperation with the Research Training Group (GK 1261):
“Critical Junctures of Globalization”


Islamic Democracies and Arab Democratic Experiments: Mapping out the Search for "Arab Democracy"

Due to unforeseen circumstances, this lecture had to be cancelled

Thursday
7 June 2012,
4 pm


Timothy Brook
(University of British Columbia, Canada)

 

Annual Lecture

The Coins on Vermeer's Table

The lecture will be held at Aula Alte Nikolaischule, Nikolaikirchhof 2, 04109 Leipzig


Tuesday
12 June 2012,
5-7pm

Naoki Sakai

(Cornell University, USA)

In cooperation with the Institute of East Asian Studies

Fukushima within the Configuration of the U.S. Cold War Strategy: The Question of Power in Relation to Knowledge Production

Monday
18 June 2012, 5-7pm

Prasannan Parthasarathi
(Boston College, USA)

In cooperation with the Global and European Studies Institute (GESI)

Why Europe Grew Rich and Asia Did Not: Global Economic Divergence 1600–1850



Wednesday

20 June 2012

5-7pm

Andreas Maurer

(University of Bremen, Germany)


Transnational Law in the Making: Participation as a Means of Legitimization in the Transnational Sphere

Wednesday
27 June 2012
5-7pm

Lucas Beck
(Zurich, Switzerland)
In cooperation with the Institute of African Studies

Geography of Conflict in International River Basins: The Zambezi Basin Case Study

Wednesday
4 July 2012,

5-7pm

Alf Zachäus
(Halle, Germany)

Chancen und Grenzen wirtschaftlicher Enwicklung im Prozess der Globalisierung: Die Kupfermontanregionen Coquimbo (Chile) und Mansfeld (Preußen/Deutschland) im Vergleich. 1830 - 19:00

Wednesday
11 July 2012, 5-7pm

Felix Brahm
(University of Bielefeld, Germany)

The Arms Trade in East Africa: An Entangled History (1850s to 1907)

Wednesday

18 July 2012,

5-7pm

Bob White
(University of Montreal, Canada)

Bad Ventriloquism and the Bureaucratic Imperative: Collaboration Between Popular Artists and NGOs in Sub-Saharan Africa