July 2018

On July 4, 2018, Sofia Donoso (Associate Researcher at Political and Social Conflicts at Center for Social Conflict and Cohesion Studies (COES) and Assistant Professor of Society and Health Research Center at Universidad Mayor) held a guest lecture at the Institute for Latin American Studies. The presentation was titled “Social movements in Chile: Political learning, scaling up, and institutionalization of protests”.

The lecture was an event organized by Center for Area Studies; the lecture was moderated by Dr. Anke Draude and Maximilian Fenner.

January 2016

On January 20, 2016, Prof. Omotade Akin Aina (Executive Director of Partnership for African Social & Governance Research; Nairobi, Kenya) held a guest lecture at the Henry Ford Building of the Freie Universität Berlin. The presentation was titled 'Africa and  the World in the era of the Post-2015 Development Agenda'.

The lecture was an event organized by Center for Area Studies in cooperation with the Humbolt-Universität zu Berlin and the Berlin Social Science Center; the lecture was moderated by Dr. Gregor Walter-Drop.

July 2015

On July 3, 2015, Prof. Dr. Sanjay Seth (Professor of Politics at Goldsmiths, University of London and Director of the Centre for Postcolonial Studies) held a guest lecture at the Henry Ford Building of the Freie Universität Berlin. The presentation was titled 'Historiography and non-Western Pasts'.

The lecture was an event organized by Center for Area Studies in cooperation with the Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies; the lecture was moderated by Prof. Dr. Verena Blechinger-Talcott.

June 2014

On June 17, 2014,  Prof. Dr. Paul A. Cohen (Professor of History Emeritus, Wellesley College; Associate of the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University) held a guest lecture at the Henry Ford Building of the Freie Universität Berlin. The presentation was titled 'History and Popular Memory: The Power of Story in Moments of Crisis'.

The guest lecture was moderated by Prof. Dr. Verena Blechinger-Talcott and accompanied by Prof. Dr. Stefan Rinke as discussant.