November 6, 2026 尹思懿
At 10:00 a.m. on November 4, the book launch of Literature, Culture, and Colonialism—TransArea: A Global History of Literature was held in Room 234 of Zhonghe Building at Hunan Normal University. The event was organized by the Humboldt Interdisciplinary Research Center. Professor Ottmar Ette, Director of the Humboldt Interdisciplinary Research Center and author of the book, delivered the keyno...
October 29, 2026
Professor Theo D’haen, a member of the Academia Europaea and Professor at KU Leuven, Belgium, will lead a seminar exploring the theoretical developments in the latter half of the twentieth century and the underlying logic behind the emergence of world literature. The discussion will center on his paper “Whither World Literature?”, examining the evolving directions and conceptual foun...
October 29, 2026
The upcoming event will feature Professor Ottmar Ette, Director of the Humboldt Center for Transdisciplinary Studies at Hunan Normal University, as the keynote speaker, with Professor Ren Haiyan, Executive Deputy Director of the Center, serving as moderator. The event will focus on Professor Ette’s book TransArea: A Literary History of Globalization, exploring its perspectives on literatur...
October 22, 2026
Group photo of the participants The Fourth Humboldt Day Sino-German Academic Symposium was held at Sichuan International Studies University on October 17–18, 2026. Under the theme “Nature, Culture, and Life: Alexander von Humboldt’s Earth System,” the symposium was jointly organized by the Center for German-Studies, the School of German Studies, and the Institute of Area Studies at ...
October 14, 2026
The Fourth Sino-German Academic Symposium “Humboldt Day,” is to be held by the Center for German Studies at Sichuan International Studies University (China·Chong Qing) from October 17 to 18, 2026. The theme of this year’s conference is “Nature · Culture · Life: Alexander von Humboldt’s Earth System.” This theme is rooted in the profound thought of Alexander von Humboldt. Many o...
September 14, 2026
Malik’s practice spans a wide range of materials and media, and the scale of his works varies considerably. The following selection of pieces offers a glimpse into the diversity of his artistic output.More of his works can be viewed on his website:https://axel-malik.de/en
September 11, 2026 Long Qiyu
Alexander von Humboldt spent his life travelling, observing, measuring, and writing. In his world, nature and culture, science and art, measurement and perception were inseparably intertwined. It is precisely this multifaceted and holistic Humboldt that lies at the heart of the research project “Travelling Humboldt – Science on the Move” at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Huma...
July 9, 2026
Currently, the protection, interpretation, restitution, and contemporary revitalization of cultural heritage have become focal concerns for both international academia and the public cultural sector. Against this backdrop, the Sino-German Intercultural Academic Symposium on "Interwoven Cultural Heritage: A Bridge for Cross-Cultural Connections" was successfully held on July 7, 2026, at the Berl...
May 13, 2026
We cordially invite you to participate in the Fourth Sino-German Academic Symposium “Humboldt Day,” to be held by the Center for German Studies at Sichuan International Studies University from October 17 to 18, 2026. The theme of this year’s conference is “Nature · Culture · Life: Alexander von Humboldt’s Earth System.” This theme is rooted in the profound thought of Alexan...
October 15, 2025
On the evening of October 14, the Humboldt Interdisciplinary Research Center at Hunan Normal University convened a scholarly lecture titled "Kant on Earth" in the Zhonghe Building. Organized as a flagship event of the third annual "Humboldt Day" series, the session featured Professor Stefanie Buchenau, a distinguished scholar of German intellectual history from the University of Sorbonne No...
October 15, 2025
From October 9 to 14, the series of academic events for the 3rd Humboldt Day International Forum, titled “Humboldt's Cosmos: Ethics and Aesthetics”, was held in Tenglong Building at the School of Foreign Studies. Co-organized by the School of Foreign Studies and the Humboldt Interdisciplinary Research Center of Hunan Normal University, the forum featured academic lectures and keynote reports ...
October 11, 2025
On the evening of October 10, 2025, Professor Li Xuetao, Dean of the School of History and Culture at Beijing Foreign Studies University, was invited to Hunan Normal University to deliver a special lecture titled “The Contribution of the Outsider: The Cultural Context and Hermeneutic Issues of ‘Only the Chinese Understand China.’” The lecture was part of the 3rd Humboldt Day Internat...
September 29, 2025
September 23—During the successfully held second Kazakhstan-German "Science and Education" Week, the East Kazakhstan Technical University witnessed a milestone moment: the official inauguration of the Alexander von Humboldt Interdisciplinary Center for Sustainable Development. This new scientific platform will focus on the field of sustainable development, bringing together top academic forces...
May 19, 2025
On May 8 and May 12, 2025, the Humboldt Center for transdisciplinary Studies at Hunan Normal University hosted an academic workshop titled "Order and Progress: Narrating the World". The event featured two lectures by Professor Ottmar Ette. The workshop attracted a large audience of faculty and students, sparking in-depth discussions and exchanges.During the May 8 lecture, Prof. Ottmar sketched ...
October 27, 2024
From October 23rd to 26th, the Second Humboldt Day "Rethinking the World" series of academic activities, co-hosted by the Foreign Studies College at Hunan Normal University and the Humboldt Center for Transdisciplinary Studies, took place at the Foreign Studies College, Hunan Normal University. The event, which included academic lectures on Humboldt's themes and keynote speeches, aimed to comme...
October 27, 2024
On the evening of October 24, 2024, two lectures themed on Alexander von Humboldt were presented to the faculty and students of the Foreign Studies College at Hunan Normal University. The lectures were organized by the Humboldt Center for Transdisciplinary Studies, aiming to share cutting-edge results from international Humboldt research.Dr. Tobias Kraft shared his insights on “European Perspe...
October 29, 2024
On October 23rd at 4:30 PM, a lecture titled "My Class, My World, My Gender: The Female New Boom in Latin American Literature" was held in Room 214 of the Zhonghe Building at Hunan Normal University. The speaker was Dr. Patricia A. Gwozdz, who is a senior lecturer for Comparative Literature with special focus on Romance Literatures and Cultures at the University of Potsdam. Attending the lectur...
October 29, 2024
On the evening of October 26th at 7:00 PM, the Foreign Studies College at Hunan Normal University held a lecture on "Atmospheric Aesthetics" in Room 515 of the Tenglong Building. The lecture was hosted by Professor Xie Minmin from the Foreign Studies College , with Professor Wang Bingjun from Beijing Foreign Studies University invited as the keynote speaker. Professor Wang is an outstanding sch...
August 28, 2024
The highly anticipated launch of the new book Mountains and Fishermen: Contemporary Chinese Cultural Criticism, co-edited by Chen Zhongyi, Ren Haiyan, and João Cezar de Castro Rocha, is scheduled for September 2nd at 6 PM (UTC-4) at the CASA DIRCE Cultural and Arts Center at Rio de Janeiro State University. The event will feature a special discussion between Professor Ren Haiyan, Deputy Directo...
March 15, 2024
On March 15, 2024, Prof. Dr. Ren Haiyan, Deputy Director of the Humboldt Center for Transdisciplinary Studies, delivered a lecture at the University of Macau. The lecture, titled "Desire for Knowledge and Historicity: A Comparison of the Travel Writings of Alexander von Humboldt and Xu Xiake", delved into the works of these two eminent travelers, aiming to illuminate the pursuit of knowledge an...
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