Centre for Asian and Transcultural Studies (CATS)

The summer semester will start as planned on April 20. Because of the rules on social distancing due to the COVID-19 virus all the courses will be held in a virtual format. Details on the courses and their implementation can be found here. General information provided by the University can be found here.

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...]

The Scholar´s Choice at Völkerkunde Museum Heidelberg will be presented by RNZ with a weekly series [more...]