EXC 270: Asia and Europe in a Global Context: Shifting Asymmetries in Cultural Flows

亚洲和欧洲之间的接触总是困难的，其特点是流动和不稳定，文化流动不对称。这群优秀的成员认为不对称是变革、转型、创新和冲突的根源。因此，该集群的目标是研究文化流动中不断变化的不对称性，重点关注跨学科研究。亚洲和欧洲的非地理使用以及文化流动的概念是关于从青铜时代到现在的文化交流的创新理论辩论的关键要素。卓越的集群将亚洲研究、欧洲历史和文化研究以及古代世界研究的不同方法、学术传统和认识论连接在四个研究领域：“治理与行政”、“公共领域”、“健康与环境”、“历史与遗产”。所涉及的学者游走于文化和学科之间，对建立在既定秩序原则之间的流程和主题感兴趣。

Contacts between Asia and Europe were always difficult and characterised by fluid and instable, asymmetrical cultural flows. The members of this cluster of excellence presume asymmetries as the root of change, transformation, innovation and conflict. The objective of the cluster is therefore to examine shifting asymmetries in cultural flows with a strong focus on interdisciplinary research. The non-geographical use of both Asia and Europe and the concept of cultural flows are key elements of innovative theoretical debates on cultural exchange from the Bronze Age up to the present. The cluster of excellence connects different methodologies, scholarly traditions and epistemologies of Asian Studies, European historical and cultural studies and studies of the Ancient World in four research areas: "Governance and Administration", "Public Spheres", "Health and Environment", "Historicities and Heritage". Scholars involved walk the line between cultures and disciplines and are interested in flows and topics situated between established ordering principles.