Centre for Asian and Transcultural Studies (CATS)

The lending desk of CATS Library is open again on weekdays from 9-15.30. During this time frame, university members - including students - can borrow books ordered the previous day via HEIDI

The new Joint Center for Advanced Studies “Worldmaking from a Global Perspective: A Dialogue with China” is looking for applications for fellowships. The application deadline is January 24, 2021. [Application details and guidelines]

The inaugural issue of CATSarena, the newsletter of the Centre for Asian and Transcultural Studies (CATS), is now online. It is focused on the topic of social distancing in Asia. As the two founding directors of CATS, Axel Michaels and Barbara Mittler, with the help of two generous designers, Susann Henker and Jennifer Landes, have served as editors for this inaugural issue.

From July 13, 2019 to April 4, 2020 selected items from the CHIME Collection will be displayed in the foyer of the CATS Library, introducing e.g. the peculiarities of the Chinese seven stringed zither guqin, and the development of a new wave of Chinese music in the 1980s. [more...]