Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Kultur-, Sozial- und Bildungswissenschaftliche Fakultät - Institut für Asien- und Afrikawissenschaften

09.07. PhD Colloquium Transregional Central Asian Studies: Spaces & Traces of Belonging: Koryo Saram Lifeworlds in South Korea

Zeit: 16:15

IAAW, Room 507

02.07. PhD-Colloquium Transregional Central Asian Studies (online): Tajik visual Culture in transition - From Behzad to Bolsheviks

Zeit: 14:00

Online (Zoom)

Mahsa Moazzen (HU Berlin/Khorog Tajikistan)

25.06. HCCA Lecture: The Law on Freedom of Media and the Media System in the post-1990s Mongolia

Zeit: 18:15

Room 507, Invalidenstr. 118, 10115 Berlin

11.06. Cultural Fora of Religious Work: Migrant Youth Organizations among Keralite Muslims in Qatar

Zeit: 16:00

03.06. Workshop: Klang, Kunst, Küche - Usbekistan interaktiv

Zeit: 13:00

Raum 507

Kurzvorträge mit begleitendem Schnupperkurs zu traditioneller Stickkunst, Schmuckherstellung, Kulinarischem und Musikinstrumenten (Usbekistan)

29.04. Lecture: "A shameful pain that makes you different: identity-building processes among Russian migrants in Kyrgyzstan"

Zeit: 18:00

Room 507, Central Asian Seminar, Invalidenstr. 108

This paper presents the results of ethnographic field research conducted in Kyrgyzstan between 2022 and 2024. The reasons for the emigration of Russian citizens from Russia following the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 can be broadly understood as political. In the vast majority of cases, these reasons involved some form of political statement—even something as simple as the refusal to participate in the conflict. Based on approximately 20 in-depth ethnographic interviews I conducted with relokanty, Russian war migrants in Kyrgyzstan, I aim to develop two claims in my presentation. First, ethnic Russians fleeing from Russia to Kyrgyzstan undergo a process of rapid ethnicization. They distinguish themselves from everyone else: the local population, local Russians, and also the Russians who remained in Russia. Second, one of the factors that unites this group internally is a specifically understood pain. This pain is existential in nature, and it is neither understood nor shared by others. The way my interviewees articulate this pain leads to a reinterpretation of what it means to be Russian today and may signal the emergence of an alternative Russian political identity. Dr. Kamil Wielecki, University of Warsaw

13.02.2025 «It is forbidden to nomadize without cleaning the camp of its waste, or it will anger the spirits of the place» by Dr. Anna Dupuy

Zeit: 16:30

Room 507, Central Asian Seminar, Invalidenstr. 108

22.11. WORKSHOP: Mongolische Kalligrafie - Tradition und Moderne

Zeit: 14:00

Invalidenstraße Nr. 118, 10115 Berlin, Raum 507 (5. OG)

13.02. Student Exhibition: Asian Cuisine? Critical Approaches to Food Culture

Zeit: 17:00

The X-Student Research Group ‘Asian Cuisine? Critical Approaches to Food’, an initiative of the Berlin University Alliance, is hosting its closing exhibition at the Institut für Asien- und Afrikawissenschaften on Tuesday, 13th February, 2024. The exhibition, in which participating students will present the results of their research projects from over the course of Winter Semester 2023/24, invites visitors to question existing representations of Asian cuisine, introducing them to critical understandings of dishes such as miso, pilau, and Mongolian milk tea, and ultimately reflecting on how we experience cultures through food. The exhibition will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. in Room 507 (5th Floor). No registration required. All welcome! Time: 13.02.2024, 17.00-19.00 Location: Invalidenstr. 118, R507, 10115 Berlin