This book offers a long-overdue, balanced, and objective perspective on China’s transformation from a constrained economy in the late 1970s to a leading global power in 2024. It examines the political motivations behind China’s rise through a detailed contextualisation of the reforms and opening-up policies
Media Realities is an intellectual intervention into today’s most urgent debates about truth, perception, and power. Including essays by journalists, artists, philosophers, and theorists, this interdisciplinary volume exposes how mass media—old and new—shape not just what we know, but what we believe to be real. From
As Far as the Feet Can Pedal: 7,000 Kilometres Through the Middle Kingdom Christian Y. Schmidt and Volker Häring dared the extraordinary: they cycled the original route of Mao’s Long March in spectacular fashion. Past rice terraces and mandarin orchards, through breathtaking—and often perilous—gorges, into
In the lecture “AI for the Digital Humanities” Professor Herzog will address critical misunderstandings surrounding the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) methods in humanity studies. The session aims to debunk misconceptions while outlining an approach for using AI-focused methods in the academic work. Professor Herzog
On March 6th, Wolfgang Hirn’s new book will be released – unfortunately, initially only in German. It is titled “The Tech War: China vs. USA – and Where is Europe?” Hirn says, “The idea for this arose in the spring of last year when it
The word “just” in the title of the latest book by Daniel Bell and Wang Pei, “Just Hierarchy,” plays with dual meanings, encompassing both “fair” and “merely.” The second sense highlights a deeper aspect of hierarchies: they do more than structure power; they shape personal
Yasmeen Lari will talk on ‘Building Resilient Communities by Decolonizing and Decarbonizing Humanitarian Assistance’, Tuesday, December 12 , AKU Auditorium Yasmeen Lari is a legend in Pakistan and increasingly all over the world. Her impressive journey from international modernism for the elite to zero-carbon architecture
YES – Young Experts Symposium is an annual conference with changing themes, international participants, and a wide-ranging international audience. The three pillars of YES are: Intergenerationality: we develop a polylogue between young(er) and old(er) experts, who are still curious Interdisciplinarity: we provide opportunities for mutual
“The Second Interrogation” is Wang Tuo’s first solo exhibition in Hong Kong. The Second Interrogation, the titular work of the exhibition, is a two-part video installation based on the artist’s observations and reflections on cultural censorship in the art world in China in recent