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German Studies Center (ZDS) at Peking University

The trainee Simon Hodgson from Freie Universität celebrating Christmas in 2016 with the participants of his course at ZDS Peking.The former justice minister of Germany Prof. Dr. Herta Däubler-Gmelin in 2013 with ZDS students.ZDS students in a discussion with the German MP Dr. Martin Rosemann (2015/16 fall/winter semester).Academic exchange in a relaxed atmosphere: ZDS Salon in January 2017.During a conference at ZDS Peking, the center's director Prof. Dr. HUANG Liaoyu welcomes Martin Walser and Thekla Chabbi to a reading from their novel.The German foreign minister Dr. Steinmeier during his visit to China in April 2016 with the Center's director Prof. Dr. HUANG Liaoyu.Jan and Aleida Assmann during a lecture at ZDS Peking in the autumn of 2015.ZDS students during a visit to the Kunsthaus KAT18 in Cologne in June 2016.As part of a summer school at the European Academy Otzenhausen, ZDS students and students from the DAAD Center in Seoul visit the Iron Works in Dillingen.The West Gate of Peking University.

The German Studies Center (ZDS) is an interdisciplinary institution at Peking University that in close collaboration, particularly with Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt Universität Berlin, focuses on Germany-related topics in teaching and research.

In addition to academic research, teaching plays an essential role at the German Studies Center (ZDS). The principle element is the interdisciplinary jointly organized master's degree program “German Culture and Social Change,” which qualifies graduates of different disciplines not only to become experts in their subjects, but also for Germany. The master's degree program includes two semesters in Berlin.

At the same time the ZDS plays an important role for Chinese-German academic and cultural exchange. It is a member of the network of 20 centers for German and European Studies worldwide that are currently or were formerly funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).