Announcements
July 2024
From July 2024, Dr Mezna Qato (UK) will work in Prof Dr Claudia Derichs' team for 18 months. Dr Qato has been awarded a Humboldt Research Fellowship for experienced researchers. She is an expert on the social history of Palestinians and will be working with us on the topic of Peasant Pedagogies: Khaduri School, Development and Rural Capitals in Palestine. Dr Qato's most recent work includes the monograph 'Education in Exile: Palestinians and the Politics of Regeneration'. It studies the education system developed for Palestinians in Jordan after the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. With her work and expertise, Dr Qato is a welcome guest researcher for the field of 'Transregional Southeast Asian Studies', but can also dock onto other departments within our institute and the Berlin area.
January 2025
From January 2025, Tuwanont Phattharathanasut (Thailand) will work in Prof Dr Claudia Derichs' team for 24 months. Mr Phattharathanasut has received a Humboldt Research Fellowship for postdoctoral researchers. He completed his doctorate at Waseda University in Tokyo on the famous "Milk Tea Alliance" in East and Southeast Asia. In Berlin, he will strengthen Claudia Derichs' team of doctoral students by researching the intra-Asian connections of political youth movements in Asia since the 1960s.