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NIAS Public Lecture The līlā of communication and consciousness: Thinking with Ramchandra Gandhi’s philosophy of non-dualism Dr James Madaio Consciousness Studies Programme NIAS Lecture Hall | 24 Apr 2023, 11:30 hrs Abstract: This paper explores how the philosopher Ramchandra Gandhi (1937-2007) ...

Oriental Institute researcher Kevin L. Schwartz and Olmo Gölz discuss how the propaganda machine of the Islamic Republic has responded to the “Woman, Life, Freedom” protests in Iran in an article for Qantara.

Researcher Kevin L. Schwartz and Olmo Gölz from the University of Freiburg discuss how the women-led protests in Iran are subverting the Islamic Republic's hyper-masculine gender order in an opinion piece for The New Arab.

Sinologist and Oriental Institute Director Táňa Dluhošová sat down with Lucie Němečková from @mistnikultura to discuss Taiwanese literature, women writers, and the reach of Havel, Kafka & other Czech authors in Taiwan today. [in Czech].

Kevin L. Schwartz and Olmo Gölz (University of Freiburg) published an essay for the Middle East Research and Information Project on how the Iranian government is attempting to balance regime ideology with responses to the COVID-19 health crisis.

As the United States commemorates 20 years since the terrorist attacks on 9/11, images of the Taliban returning to power in Afghanistan fill the screens. The War in Afghanistan has led to 241,000 deaths, displaced 5.9 million Afghans and cost $2.3 trillion. ...

A book launch for a new anthology of Taiwanese short stories: Memories and dreams at the tropic of Cancer (Vzpomínky a sny na obratníku Raka). The book contain two critical essays written by Mgr. Taňa Dluhošová PhD. ...

Ondřej Klimeš published an article "China’s Xinjiang propaganda and united front work in Turkey: actors and content"in a dual special issue on Xinjiang of the Monde Chinois - Nouvelle Asie journal.

Indonesian Studies expert Tomáš Petrů has commented on the events concerning the Islamist suicidal attack on a church in the Indonesian town of Makassar on the Sulawesi Island on Palm Sunday.