Past Events

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Looking into 2022, Japan is facing multiple challenges – but also a wealth of opportunities. Join us for a discussion with Jesper Koll and Robert A. Feldman reporting straight from Japan.

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What do the maps tell us about Tibet in those times? Dr. Diana Lange from the Universität Hamburg takes us on a journey of her detective work revealing the origin, meaning and story of these maps.

In this webcast with Prof. Steve Tsang, we discuss the core tenets of “Xi Jinping Thought” and what they tell us about how China’s leadership thinks about its role in the world.

Screening and Talk with Artist Denise Bertschi. Through a montage fraught with tension, the myth of Swiss neutrality is deconstructed while the ‘colonial gaze’ becomes palpable in the encounter with the ‘other’.

We are proud to announce the first Gen A Conference, conceptualized and executed by this year’s cohort of fellows. Join us and learn about the questions that will shape our future. 

In the fourth and final episode of the Climate Change in the Indo-Pacific Series, we ask the question: Was COP26 a success from an Indo-Pacific perspective? And which commitments are key to its quest for net zero?

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In the Asia Society Switzerland Book Salon we read and discuss fiction from or about Asia in an informal setting.
This time we will read "On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous" by Ocean Vuong.

[IN GERMAN] A conversation with Rüdiger Frank, co-hosted with the Swiss Alpine Museum.

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Join us for an exclusive conversation with Taiwan's Digital Minister Audrey Tang on the need for digital democracy and open government.

[ONLINE]
In episode 3 of the Climate Change in the Indo-Pacific Series, we focus on Australia, one of the world's largest carbon emitters on a per capita basis, and the role of nature-based solutions to help decelerate climate change.