Introduction: Extending the Horizons of Comparative Area Studies: Analytical Heterogeneity and Organizational Challenges

Organiser: German Institute for Global and Area Studies Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner (Organiser, Panelist), Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner (Organiser, Panelist), Prof. Dr. Rudra Sil (Panelist), Prof. Dr. Matthias Basedau (Panelist), Dr. David Kuehn (Panelist), Prof. Dr. Miriam Prys-Hansen (Moderator), Dr. Eileen Doherty-Sil (Panelist)

Coming together for a roundtable, several contributors to "Advancing Comparative Studies: Analytical Heterogeneity and Organizational Challenges" (Oxford University Press 2025) launch the volume at the GIGA. They address the approach’s development in the past ten years and the content of the new book.

First Peking Forum on Area Studies, Beijing International Studies University, Beijing Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner (Speaker)

Patrick Köllner presented a keynote speech at the First Peking Forum on Area Studies, speaking about recent developments around area studies on both sides of the Atlantic and how they contributed to the advent of comparative area studies, the signature approach of the GIGA.