Week of Events
FiReF-FIRSt International Conference: “The Global Dimensions of Religious Othering”
FiReF-FIRSt International Conference: “The Global Dimensions of Religious Othering”
The topic of ‘religious othering’—stereotyping people of other faiths in a prejudicial way—has become an aspect of nationalist politics and social conflict throughout the world, including Europe and the United States. The conference will explore the various ways in which religious phenomena are related to the process of othering—identifying and maintaining group boundaries between those […]
The 14th Göttingen East Asia Research Salon: Measuring Reliability in the Wartime Transport of Provisions: The Case of Mao Yuanyi (1594-1641)
The 14th Göttingen East Asia Research Salon: Measuring Reliability in the Wartime Transport of Provisions: The Case of Mao Yuanyi (1594-1641)
Presenter: Masato Hasegawa (Max Planck Institute for the History of Science) Commentators: Dr. Charlotte Backerra, Dr. Julia Schneider For an essay draft please contact us (assist@cemeas.uni-goettingen.de). Short Bio: Masato Hasegawa received his PhD in History from Yale University in 2013 and previously taught Chinese, Korean, and East Asian history at the University of Oregon, Columbia […]
Prof. Sheldon Garon (Department of History, Princeton University): „On the Transnational Destruction of Cities: What Japan and the U.S. learned from the Bombing of Britain, Germany, and China“
Prof. Sheldon Garon (Department of History, Princeton University): „On the Transnational Destruction of Cities: What Japan and the U.S. learned from the Bombing of Britain, Germany, and China“
Abtract: How did it become “normal” to bomb cities and civilians? Focusing on the aerial bombardment of China, Britain, Germany, and Japan in 1937-45, Garon spotlights the role of transnational learning in the construction of the “home front” among all the belligerents. World War II was a global experience, yet histories of the home front […]