Guest lectures from Pr. Dr. Etienne Boisserie, National Institute of Oriental Languages and Cultures (INALCO), Paris, and Dr. Jules Sergei Fediunin, University of Oslo, in the block seminar "Borders in Political Discourses" by Mélanie Sadoza?...
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Rike Kr?mer-Hoppe, Professor of Public Law and Transregional Norm Development at DIMAS and the Faculty of Law at UR, is organizing a lecture series (Ringvorlesung) this summer semester. Colonialism: Different Approaches and Different Areas will take place on Wednesdays at 14:00 in Lecture Theatre H22.?
The event is open to the public and all interested colleagues and students. Students wishing to receive credits?sign up for the course via SPUR.?...
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Venue
Starting with 17 April on Wednesdays, 2pm | H22, University of Regensburg
We present ongoing work, provide feedback and engage in discussions around theoretical and methodological questions of Area Studies and research that relates to transnational and transregional questions. DIMAS member or not - everybody is welcome!...
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Venue
Wednesday 12 June | S214, University of Regensburg
We invite you to a comparative transreading workshop entitled "Kafka's Dao: a game of patience with Laozi, Goethe and Nietzsche". The event will be hosted by visiting scientist Prof. Dr. Huiwen Zhang (Universitetet i Bergen) in collaboration with the Chair of Philosophical Foundations of Theology and invites you to actively participate in trans-reading. Questions and registrations can be directed to the organizer, Prof. Dr. Astrid Ensslin. We would be happy to welcome you....
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From the pixelated landscapes of early arcade games to the detailed metropolises of modern city builders, video games have long been intertwined with urban settings. Players' engagements with these settings encompass diverse interactions, including the development and transformation of virtual cities, immersive exploration of their intricacies, or deliberate acts of their destruction.
In this talk, I examine Donut County (Esposito, 2018), a video game in which players control an ever-growing hole in the ground, intending to swallow everything and everyone within a fictional rendition of Los Angeles....
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Venue
Wednesday 8 May | online, through Zoom
DIMAS
Vorstand | Board: Prof. Dr. Anna Steigemann and Prof. Dr. Rike Kr?mer-Hoppe
