Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences - Institute of Asian and African Studies

Research Projects

Here you find an overview of the current research projects at IAAW.

 

Department for Central Asian Studies

 

 


Department for South Asian Studies

  • Modern India in German Archives (MIGA). 
    Funded by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)

 

  • Telegrafie und Öffentlichkeit in Britisch-Indien, c. 1880-1930. More ...

 

  • Kolkata – Glimpses of Heritage
    A research and publication project in cooperation with the Department of History in Jadavpur, Kolkata

  • Edition und Übersetzung der Sanskrit-Inschriften der frühmittelalterlichen Rashtrakuta-Dynastie von Manyakheta. More ... 
    A project by Dr. Annette Schmiedchen. Supported by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)

 

 

 


Department for Southeast Asian Studies

Chair of Southeastasian History and Society

 

  • The Ritual Reproduction of "Khmerness" in Thailand. More ... 
    A project of Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
     
  • Politicization of religion in modern Malaysia -- Islamic consumption and the rise of the Muslim middle class in Malaysia. More ... 
    Funded by the BMBF within the framework of research on "Dynamics of Religion in Southeast Asia"

 


Department for African Studies

 

  • Changing Patterns in the Shona Novel from Zimbabwe -- A Linguistic Literary Analysis. More ... 
     
  • Agricultural Labour and Education in Twentieth Century South Africa. More ... 
     
  • Sprachdokumentationsprojekt zum Bakola.
     
  • Forced labour: an Afro-European heritage in sub-Saharan Africa (1930-1975)?. More ...
    Supported by the ERC Starting Grant Agreement of the European Research Council in the framework of the European Union Seventh Framework Programme 
     
  • Medienwechsel und Intermedialität in togoischen Kulturen. More ... 
    Eine Institutspartnerschaft zwischen dem Départment d'allemand der Université de Lomé und dem Seminar für Afrikawissenschaften der HU Berlin. Gefördert durch die Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung
     
  • Prädikatszentrierte Fokustypen: Eine sample-basierte typologische Studie zu afrikanischen Sprachen.
     
  • Sprachdokumentation des Laal. More ... 
    A project in the framework of the DoBES program (a program for the documentation of endangered languages). Supported by VolkswagenStiftung

 

 

Department for Society and Transformation in Asia and Africa

 

  • Global Inequality, Social Classification and Existence. Mehr ... 
     
  • Bilateral Flows of Ayurveda. Mehr ...
    Gefördert vom Deutschen Akademischen Auslandsdienst (DAAD).

 

 

 


Department for Islam in Asia and Africa

 

  • Studying Islam Abroad -- Educational Migration, Life-Chances and Translocal Muslim Practice in-between Tajikistan and the Arab World. More ... 
    Funded by VolkswagenStiftung

 

 


Department for Mediality and Intermediality in Asia and Africa

 

  • DFG Network. More ... 
    Funded by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG).
     
  • Islamic Feminism and Muslim Women's Activism in South Asia: Comparing India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. More ...
    Funded by Gerda Henkel Stiftung