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Conference on ‘Refugees in Global Transit: Encounters, Knowledge, and Coping Strategies in a Disrupted World, 1930s–50s’

February 13-14, 2025 Organisers: Simone Lässig (German Historical Institute Washington), Sebastian Schwecke (Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies, Delhi), and Swen Steinberg (Queen’s University, Kingston) in collaboration with Christoph K. Neumann (OI Istanbul), Maria Framke (Erfurt University), and Jens Hanssen (OI Beirut) Venue: President Seleqtions, Mumbai Read more

Academic Freedom in India and China

In the last panel of the conference of the Max Weber Stiftung, 2024, Sebastian Schwecke (MWF Delhi) and Ravi Ahuja (University of Göttingen) spoke with Dagmar Schäfer (Max Planck Institute for the History of Science) about “Academic Freedom in India and China”.

Humanities in Dialogue on “Trust – naive or necessary”

One topic, three perspectives – On Tuesday, 29 October, 2024 ‘Trust’ was discussed in the Saxon Academy of Science and Humanities, Leipzig. Moderated by Ine Dippmann (Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR) Landesfunkhaus Sachsen, Ute Frevert, Sebastian Schwecke and Hans Wiesmeth discussed trust, confidence, and hope, bringing also current developments into the focus...