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.