Talks and Public Appearances
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Der SNF fördert zwei neue Projekte am Europainstitut
Prof. Christa Tobler und Prof. Ralph Weber haben beim Schweizerischen Nationalfonds (SNF) zwei neue Forschungsprojekte eingeworben. Christa Toblers Projekt befasst sich ab Herbst 2018 mit Fragen der Altersdiskriminierung im Arbeitsrecht,…
The Politics of European Studies in Asia: Workshop in Basel
What drives research on Europe globally? And are European studies politicized in Asia? These are the key questions of a workshop titled „The Politics of European Studies in Asia” at the Institute for European Global Studies. The event was…![[Translate to English:] Europainstitut](/fileadmin/user_upload/europa/News__Events/Bilder_News__Events/99_kurznachrichten.jpg?1574227403)
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Ralph Weber Speaks at the Queen Mary University of London About Comparative Philosophy
On January 17, 2018, Prof. Ralph Weber presented a lecture on Comparative Philosophy at Queen Mary University of London. The lecture was part of the Centre for Law and Society in a Global Context’s lecture series on “Comparative…/ Other
Ralph Weber Speaks at International Symposium on the Legacy of Liu Xiaobo in Helsinki
On January 12, 2018, Prof. Ralph Weber gave a talk on the “Normative Appeal of Political Realism in the PRC“ at the international symposium “The Legacy of Liu Xiaobo” in Helsinki. The event was organized by the Erik Castrén Institute for…
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EIB (Prof. Dr. Ralph Weber) organizes International Workshop in Cameroon
“European Concepts for African Realities – Problem or Not?” was the topic of a conference organised by the EIB in Yaoundé, Cameroon. The event took place from November 19 to 23 at the Faculty of Arts, Letters and Social Sciences of the…
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Prof. Weber and Dr. Silvana Târlea in China
Prof. Ralph Weber and Dr. Silvana Târlea travelled to China at the end of October to conduct fieldwork for the project "European Studies in a Global Perspective".
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Conference on “Global Chinese Philosophy”
Almost 100 scholars have presented their work at the 2nd Biennial Conference of the European Association for Chinese Philosophy (EACP), which took place in Basel on September 7-9, 2017. The theme of the conference was "Global Chinese…
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7th European Conference on African Studies in Basel
“Urban Africa – Urban Africans: New Encounters of the Rural and the Urban” was the topic of the 7th European Conference on African Studies (ECAS). The conference was organized by the Centre for African Studies Basel and the Swiss Society…
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Chinese Strategic Narratives: Ralph Weber at Doctoral Thesis Defense
In November, Prof. Dr. Ralph Weber was invited to the University of Lapland to serve as an opponent at a doctoral thesis defense. Defendent Jyrki Kallio presented a thesis on the Chinese Communist Party-led process of constructing a…