Lecture: Language Planning of Chinese as a First/ Second/ Foreign Language in 21st Century Taiwan Tuesday, May 6, 2014 6pm (s.t.), Room KWZ 0.601 Prof. Dr. Chen- Cheng Chun Picture: NoRMaN TSAi,_MG_0219 - DPS Assignment - Learning Chinese Static,CC BY-NC 2.0, https://www.flickr.com/photos/tsaiek6654/5043939457/.

Lecture: Developing security, securing development? Chinese foreign policy, norms evolution and the challenges of security in Africa Thursday, May 8, 2014 2pm, Room VG 2.101 Dr. Daniel Large Deepening conflict in South Sudan is once again increasing interest in China’s role in the country, in neighboring Sudan and, more generally, China’s changing engagement with conflict …

Lecture: Japan and the World of Islam, a transnational history of nationalism, modernism and empire Wednesday, May 21, 2014 6pm (s.t.), KWZ, Room 3.601 Prof. Selçuk Esenbel The Japanese interest in the "world of Islam" between 1868-1945 displays the history of nationalism, modernism, and empire from a global perspective at multiple levels. The little-known interaction …

Lecture: Wie traditionell ist die Traditionelle Chinesische Medizin wirklich? Friday, May 23, 2014 2pm, KWZ, Room 0.608 Dr. phil. Dr. rer. med. Dominique Herzter “Chinesische Medizin ist ein großes Schatzhaus, das wir gründlich ans Licht holen und weiter entwickeln sollten” (Mao Zedong) Anders als die Bezeichnung „Traditionelle Chinesische Medizin “ (TCM) vermuten lässt, handelt es …