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Connectivities and disconnectivities

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Gigi Scaria - Face to Face, 2010

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Street sign in Tanga

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Daniel Koßmann

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Maritime trade in Zanzibar

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John Njenga Karugia

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A road funded by Chinese loans

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Linda Ammann

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The research consortium De:link//Re:link aims to demonstrate the importance of area studies for knowledge production, communication and dissemination in a world increasingly characterized by uncontrolled digitization and fragmented knowledge. Engaging with the notion of “link”, the group brings local perspectives and new dimensions of knowledge into focus: Local Insights and New Knowledges. In the research, the term “local” does not only include spatial but also, and even more so, relational components.

De:link // Re:link - Local perspectives on transregional (dis-)entanglements

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AGYA Annual Conference 2025

CONNECTIVITY IN SCIENCE – TODAY. TOMORROW. FUTURE. The annual conference of the Arab-German Young Academy of Sciences and Humanities (AGYA) will take place in Sharjah, UAE, from 17-20 November 2025. It is organized by AGYA in partnership with the University of Sharjah and the University of Khorfakkan. Our co-speaker Claudia Derichs will participate in the

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New Publication: Pamiri Lifeworlds

We’re proud to announce that Fiona Katherine Naeem has now published her PhD dissertation Pamiri Lifeworlds: Narratives of Rupture in Gorno-Badakhshon Autonomous Oblast, Tajikistan. The book is currently available from De Gruyter Brill. Abstract Living through imperial border disputes resulting in the separation of many communities and families, Pamiris find themselves surrounded by rupture, both

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Lunchtime Talk: China in Afghanistan: Die Neue Seidenstraße im Land der Taliban

On 28 November 2025, De:link//Re:link researcher Katja Mielke (bicc) will give a short and accessible German-language talk about the BRI in Afghanistan. From 12:00 to 13:00 CET, anyone interested can join to listen to the 20-minute presentation and ask questions afterwards. The lecture forms part of a series of lunchtime talks organised by the Johannes-Rau-Forschungsgemeinschaft.

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