Centre for Asian and Transcultural Studies (CATS)

Exactly 25 years after the last International Chime Conference in Heidelberg that focused on “Barbarian Pipes and Strings,” we return to the city by the Neckar and the Centre for Asian and Transcultural Studies (CATS) that now houses the CHIME Collection to reconsider musical practices in China from a transcultural perspective. [More...]

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...]

As a result of the consternation about democratic backsliding and the consequent provocation for academic freedom, Asian and Heidelberg scholars discuss the political backdrop to this intellectual challenge in this fall's issue of CATSarena.
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