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30 Aug 2018 / People

Ralph Weber, Xu Zhenxu, and Chan Yim Fong at the World Congress of Philosophy in Beijing

Prof. Dr. Ralph Weber, Xu Zhenxu, and Chan Yim Fong have presented papers at the 24th World Congress of Philosophy. The event took place from August 13 to August 20, 2018, in Beijing, China. The congress sought to explore dimensions of the…

15 May 2018 / Research

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,…

13 Apr 2018

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…

18 Jan 2018 / Other

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…

15 Jan 2018 / 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…

18 Dec 2017 / Events

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…

27 Nov 2017 / Research

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".

23 Aug 2017 / Events

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…

24 Jun 2017 / Events

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…

27 Nov 2016 / People

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…