Centre for Asian and Transcultural Studies (CATS)

From April 11 - April 13, 2024, the 23rd Conference of the German Association of Chinese as a Foreign Language (FaCh e.V.) with the topic "Crossing Borders, Teaching China Competence" will take place at the CATS. The call for papers and further information can be found on the linked page. [Mehr...]

From 3.4.2023, Foyer CATS Library: The exhibition shows the range of artistic production from 1949 to 2000 and thus paints a differentiated picture of these comics called lianhuanhua. The main themes presented are intended to encourage visitors to form their own impression of the representation of Chinese literature, experienced or desired reality and political vision in these comics. [More...]

The new summer issue of CATSarena shows how reactions in Asia to the Russian war in Ukraine are both strongly shaped by local conditions and highly variegated. In several contributions, Heidelberg scholars discuss the individual challenges and deliberative processes with which the global crisis in Asia is being met.
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