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4th HIP-Workshop

You are cordially invited to participate in the 4th Humboldt India Project (HIP) Workshop which will take place on the 29th June, 2012. The workshop aims to provide a forum for exchange across institutional and disciplinary boundaries on topics related to South Asia.

4th HIP-Workshop

You are cordially invited to participate in the 4th Humboldt India Project (HIP) Workshop which will take place on the 29th June, 2012. The workshop aims to provide a forum for exchange across institutional and disciplinary boundaries on topics related to South Asia.

International Workshop: Beyond the Line - Cultural Constructions of the Sea (June 22–23, 2012)

The international workshop “Beyond the Line – Cultural Constructions of the Sea” examines the relationship between land and sea. It investigates how the currently changing constellations in South-South relationships can be understood historically and culturally. If the active participation of the regions south of the Sahara since early modern times is denied, what is the situation today? And beyond that: is it justified in any way to attribute a historical insignificance to regions neighboring Africa on the Atlantic and Indian Oceans?