Nodes of Translation: Rethinking Modern Intellectual History between South Asia and Germany7–9 July 2022The Centre for Modern Indian Studies (CeMIS), Georg-August-Universität Göttingen Workshop registration: razak.khan@cemis.uni-goettingen.de The workshop examines the translation of key German texts into the modern languages of India and translations from the classical and vernacular languages of South Asia into German. Our key […]
Workshop ‘Benjamin Schultze‘s dialogue book on Madras. A critical approach to a cultural-historical missionary source’
01. & 02.03.2022 Workshop organised by MIDA, (Das Moderne Indien in Deutschen Archiven) in Cooperation with the Franckesche Stiftungen, Halle. Introduction Benjamin Schultze (1689–1760) was one of the most prolific, but also most controversial missionaries of the Danish English-Halle Mission, which worked in South India in the 18th and early 19th century. His conversation book »The […]
Film screenings — The Sound of Friendship: Warm Wavelengths in a Cold, Cold War, a film by Anandita Bajpai, 19.10. & 21.11.2021
The film premiered on 19.10. in the hallowed halls of the Funkhaus — the erstwhile seat of Radio Berlin International (RBI) — which made the following podium discussion and Q&A with the director and former employees of RBI all the more special. See here for more information on the film. See below for some impressions from […]
Colloquium: Asian Industrialism, Labour Movements and Cultural Nationalism: Interwar contexts of German trade-union writings on “Working India”. By Prof. Dr. Ravi Ahuja. (Jan 19, 2021)
Department of Modern South Asian History Colloquium Asian Industrialism, Labour Movements and Cultural Nationalism: Interwar contexts of German trade-union writings on “Working India” Prof. Dr. Ravi Ahuja The 1920s saw a flurry of European trade-union delegations heading towards Asia. Among them was a joint delegation of British and German textile workers’ unions that visited India’s industrial districts […]
Coming soon: The Sound of Friendship: Warm Wavelengths in a Cold, Cold War? (Film)
The Sound of Friendship: Warm Wavelengths in a Cold, Cold War? A Film on Radio Berlin International in India A Film by: Anandita BajpaiFeaturing: Arvind Srivastav, Friedemann Schlender, Mahesh Jha, Sabine ImhofEditing and Camera (Berlin, Germany): Daniel GatzmagaCo-writing and Camera (Madhepura, India): Jyothidas Kelambath Vadakkina Description: The documentary film ‘The Sound of Friendship’ traces the trajectory of Radio […]
Das moderne Indien in deutschen Archiven (MIDA): Launch des Online-Archivportals (Veranstaltungsankündigung)
Freitag, 10. Mai 2019, 16 Uhr.Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient, Kirchweg 33, 14129 Berlin. MIDA ist ein von der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) gefördertes Langfristvorhaben(Beginn 11/2014) unter Beteiligung des Centre for Modern Indian Studies (CeMIS), Göttingen, des Instituts für Asien- und Afrikawissenschaften (IAAW) der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin sowie des Leibniz-Zentrums Moderner Orient (ZMO) Berlin. Sein Anliegen ist die […]
Workshop: Eine Sozialgeschichte des Alltags von Deutschen in der kolonialen Gesellschaft Indiens des “langen” 18. Jahrhunderts (12.–13. Dezember 2019)
Am 12.–13. Dezember 2019 in Göttingen. Schon an der europäischen Expansion des 15./16. Jahrhunderts nach Asien waren Deutsche beteiligt: Handelshäuser wie die Welser und Fugger ermöglichten den Portugiesen finanzielle Unterstützung für die Indienreisen und ab 1502/03 nahmen Deutsche unmittelbar daran teil. Mit dem Aufkommen der verschiedenen europäischen Ostindienkompanien verstärkte sich diese Entwicklung und gerade im 18. […]