Recent events
June 2024
The German-Thai Society organized a weekend of activities in Berlin from 21 to 23 June. Events included a presentation of original Thai manuscripts at the State Library, an evening reception at the Royal Embassy of Thailand and a visit to the Humboldt Forum and Wat Buddhavihara. A big thank you to Martin Schalbruch, the lecturer for Thai language, for organizing these activities, which gave the students the opportunity to discover the diversity of Thai culture in Berlin!
On June 1, the annual Thai Day took place at the University of Hamburg with the topic "Sustainable Development in Thailand: Social and Cultural Paths". Several IAAW students as well as the Thai language lecturers Martin Schalbruch and Chanikan Charoensri were present. Two students took part in a Thai reading competition sponsored by the Krohn Foundation. Sarah Thouard won 1st place and David Dietrich came 3rd. Congratulations to both students!
May 2024
From May 22 to 25, 2024, the fourth workshop of the DFG network "Global Qualitative Sociology" took place at Hong Kong Shue Yan University. At the event, PD Dr. Daniel Bultmann presented his ongoing research on the structure of Cambodia's machelite. The research is part of a DFG-funded comparative project dealing with a "Global Sociology of Elite Conflicts". Felipe Garcia and Fabio Braun Carrasco have also been working on this project since the beginning of the year. The two doctoral students are working on power elites in Argentina and transnational networks of neoliberal and libertarian elites.
Important notice
The M.A. South and Southeast Asian Studies will no longer be offered from the winter semester 2021/22. Instead, the IAAW will offer a Master's in Asia-Africa Studies from the winter semester 2021/22, with the possibility to specialize in one region. You can find more information here: https://www.iaaw.hu-berlin.de/de/studium/ma/institut/m-a-asien-afrikastudien