Understanding Asia Colloquium Series
Material Culture | Winter Semester 2026/2027
Art after conflict: Perspective from Timor-Leste
Presented by Dr. Wulan Dirgantoro (The University of Melbourne)
Date: 09. November 2026
Time: 10:15 – 11:45
Via Zoom only: Register here!
Indonesia's new capital: Conflicting materialities of land
Presented by Prof. Dr. Kristina Großmann (University of Bonn)
Date: 01. December 2026
Time: 16:15 – 17:45
Join in person: X C3-107
Or online via Zoom: Register here!
'Cows are cheap compared to millions of cargo': Following a shipping container between Asia and Europe
Presented by Dr. Verena La Mela (University of Lucerne)
Date: 12. January 2027
Time: 16:15 – 17:45
Join in person: X E0-230
Or online via Zoom: Register here!
Materialities of farming and migration: Changing socio-technical dynamics in rural China
Presented by Dr. Lena Kaufmann (University of Fribourg)
Date: 26. January 2027
Time: 16:15 – 17:45
Via Zoom only: Register here!
Previous Understanding Asia Colloquiums
| Summer Semester 2026 | Cultures of (De)Securitisation |
| Winter Semester 2025/2026 | Transforming Families |
| Summer Semester 2025 | Religion and Society |
| Winter Semester 2024/2025 | Gender and Power |
| Summer Semester 2024 | Ideas, Democracy and Rights |
| Winter Semester 2023/2024 | Inter-Asian Mobilities |
| Summer Semester 2023 | Living and Dying |
| Winter Semester 2022/2023 | Youth and Society |
| Summer Semester 2022 | Social Movements |
| Winter Semester 2021/2022 | Transnational Care |
| Summer Semester 2021 | Bridging Margins |
| Winter Semester 2020/2021 | Negotiating the Social in Collective Constellations |
Understanding Asia is a long-standing colloquium series of the Department Sociology of Transnationalisation and Social Anthropology in collaboration with other departments in Bielefeld University's Faculty of Sociology, featuring invited scholars from around the world.
Coordinators:
- Dr. Theo Westphal (theo.westphal@uni-bielefeld.de)
- Nguyen Vo (nguyen.vo@uni-bielefeld.de)
- Lana Emmerling (lana.emmerling@uni-bielefeld.de)
