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Today, May 8, 2026

4:00 PM

Kurator*innenführung „Pu Quan (1912–1991): From Imperial Prince to Proletarian Painter“

Prof. Dr. Sarah E. Fraser, Universität Heidelberg, Institut für Kunstgeschichte Ostasiens
CATS Bibliothek · Foyer · Voßstraße 2 · 69115 Heidelberg

Friday, May 22, 2026

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Dialogues Across Time and Space: Contemporary Resonances of Kunqu Opera

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Museum of Ethnology

Saturday, May 23, 2026

10:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Dialogues Across Time and Space: Contemporary Resonances of Kunqu Opera

CATS Auditorium (010.01.05), Voßstraße 2, 69115 Heidelberg

Wednesday, June 3, 2026

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

“The Returning Tide: Feminist Activists in East Asia” with Film Directors: Xu Xiaotong, Yang (Iris) Yu

Xu Xiaotong, Yang (Iris) Yu
CATS Auditorium (010.01.05), Voßstraße 2, 69115 Heidelberg

Friday, June 5, 2026

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Introduction to Early European Scholars’ Research on Chinese

Wei CHEN (University of Malta)
R.010.01.05, Geb.4120, Voßstr.2, 69115 Heidelberg

Monday, June 8, 2026

6:00 PM

The Animals of Kyoto: Unearthing and Picturing the Forgotten Residents of Japan’s Imperial Capital

Prof. Dr. Morgan Pitelka, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill & Ishibashi Foundation Visiting Professor
CATS · R.010.01.05 · Voßstraße 2 · 69115 Heidelberg

Wednesday, June 10, 2026

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Revisiting “Half the Sky, the whole sky”— How to dance Ding Ling 丁玲 (1904-1986) and why

Gao Yinfu
CATS Auditorium (010.01.05), Voßstraße 2, 69115 Heidelberg

Wednesday, June 17, 2026

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Is Anti-Colonial Social Theory Critical Theory? Some Observations

Sujata Patel
CATS Auditorium (010.01.05), Voßstraße 2, 69115 Heidelberg

Tuesday, June 23, 2026

6:15 PM

From Lost Craft to Certified Intangible Cultural Heritage: Complex Gauze Weaving in Suzhou, China

Liping Zhu, Utrecht University
CATS · R.010.01.05 · Voßstraße 2 · 69115 Heidelberg

Wednesday, June 24, 2026

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Mapping Apocalyptic Visions in Carceral Spaces

Debolina Chatterjee
CATS Auditorium (010.01.05), Voßstraße 2, 69115 Heidelberg

Wednesday, July 1, 2026

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Tibetan Buddhist Strategies for Coping with the Climate Crisis

Rolf Scheuermann
CATS Auditorium (010.01.05), Voßstraße 2, 69115 Heidelberg

Saturday, July 4, 2026

9:00 AM

Edo Art in German Research and Collections

Prof. Dr. Annegret Bergmann, Freie Universität Berlin
CATS · R.010.01.05 · Voßstraße 2 · 69115 Heidelberg

Sunday, July 5, 2026

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Individual Choices amid the Currents of History: James Summers (1828-1891) and His Research on East Asia

Wei CHEN (University of Malta)
R.010.00.01, Geb.4120, Voßstr.2, 69115 Heidelberg

Monday, July 6, 2026

6:00 PM

First Gunshot of Chinese Feminist Art

Xiao Lu, Artist
CATS · R.010.01.05 · Voßstraße 2 · 69115 Heidelberg

Friday, July 17, 2026

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

‘Yet the music had promised us’: Musical biopolitics in Rebecca West’s Apocalyptic Imaginaries

Tsung-Han Tsai
CATS Auditorium (010.01.05), Voßstraße 2, 69115 Heidelberg

Wednesday, August 5, 2026

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Which Variety of Chinese to Learn and Teach: Language Choice of Early European Scholars

Wei CHEN (University of Malta)
R.010.01.13, Geb.4120, Voßstr.2, 69115 Heidelberg

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