Modern China in History and Film
This course explores practical and theoretical approaches to intercultural communication competence. Multi‑cultural Singapore servers as an example for approaches to intercultural competence. Using Singapore as a platform for fieldwork and total immersion in the East Asian cultural context, we shall investigate, explore and practise intercultural communication competence with a focus on Singapore, the Chinese world and global issues.
Sabbatical January - June 2025
Bachelor- and Mastercourses
Asia Compact Field Course in Intercultural Competence @SGI-HSG, Singapore (MA)
Public lecture at University of St. Gallen
Courage to tell the truth: Voices from China caught between culture, dictatorship and censorship
Bachelor- and Mastercourses
China's Transformation - A view from Media and Culture (BA)
China's New Place in the Geopolitical Order since the Ukraine War (MA; with Guido Cozzi)
Integrative Media Portfolio (BA, MA)
Bachelor- and Mastercourses
Popculture in China (BA)
“Asia Compact Field Course in Intercultural Competence @SGI-HSG” in Singapore (MA)
Public lecture at University of St.Gallen
The "Chinese Dream" and its nightmare: Utopia, culture and rule in China
Bachelor- and Mastercourses
China’s New Super Cities: A Cultural Journey (BA)
The China Dream and its Nightmares 2012-present (MA)
Integrative Media Portfolio (BA, MA)
Augustinum Überlingen, Deutschland
China's artists and dragon emperors: Xi Jinping's Chinese Dream, 3. Februar 2023
Bachelor- und Masterkurse
“Asia Compact Field Course in Intercultural Competence @SGI-HSG” in Singapore (MA)
Public lecture at University of St.Gallen
China's Avantgarde
Bachelor- and Mastercourses
The Impact of Covid-19 on China's Media and Society (with Guido Cozzi; MA)
Integrative Portfolio Media (BA, MA)
Bachelor- and Mastercourses
"Asia Compact Course in Intercultural Competence @SGI-HSG (MA)"
"Experiencing Intercultural Competence Using Singapore as a Case Study@SGI-HSG (DOK)"
Public lecture at University of St.Gallen
Dragon emperors and Confucian communists: China's most powerful rulers
Bachelor- and Mastercourses
China under Xi Jinping: What does it Mean for China’s Economy and Society? (with Guido Cozzi; MA)
Integrative Portfolio Media (BA, MA)
China Forum, Basel
The Man who invented China: The First Emperor of China and his spectacular World, 4. Juni 2021
Bachelor- und Masterkurse
Modern China in History and Film (BA)
Integrative Portfolio Media (with Veronica Barassi; BA, MA)
Public lecture at University of St.Gallen
Chinas Erster Kaiser
Bachelor- and Mastercourses
“Transformation: A View from Media and Culture” (BA)
“China under Xi Jinping: What does it Mean for China’s Economy and Society?” (with Guido Cozzi; MA)
“Integrative Portfolio Media” (BA, MA)
Bachelor- and Mastercourses
Pop Culture in China (BA)
Asia Compact: Competence in Intercultural Communication at SGI-HSG, Singapore (MA)
Singapore Field School in Intercultural Competence at SGI-HSG, Singapore (DOK)
Bachelor- and Mastercourses
China’s New Super Cities: A Cultural Journey (BA)
Women, Gender and Responsibility in China (MA)
Wealth Creation in China (with Tomas Casas; MA)
Kick-off Event Keynote Lecture at Master's Programm, University of St.Gallen
Experience Transculturality! Immerse yourself in Global Cultures, 15 February 2019
Bachelor- and Mastercourses
Modern China in History and Film (BA)
Superpower China’: Economic Imbalances & Cultural Shifts (with Guido Cozzi; MA)
Asia Compact: Competence in Intercultural Communication at SGI-HSG, Singapore (MA)
Bachelor- and Mastercourses
China’s Transformation: A View from Media and Culture (BA)
China’s Avantgarde: Authors, Artists and Activists (MA)
‘Superpower China’: Economic Imbalances & Cultural Shift (with Guido Cozzi; MA)
The Organisation of Media, Globalising Markets and Transcultural Communication (DOK)
Bachelor- and Mastercourses
Pop Culture in China (BA)
Youth Culture in China (MA)
China Invents the Future (with Tomas Casas, MA)
Cultural Studies: Text and New Media in the Digital Age (with Ulrich Schmid, DOK)
Public lecture on the occasion of Dies Academicus, University of St.Gallen
Superpower China?, 20. Mai 2017
Bachelor- and Mastercourses
China’s New Super Cities: A Cultural Journey (BA)
Women, Gender and Responsibility in China (MA)
‘Superpower China’: Economic Imbalances & Cultural Shifts (with Guido Cozzi; MA
Public lecture at University of St.Gallen
China's New Pop Culture
Bachelor- and Mastercourses
Modern China in History and Film (BA)
China’s Generation X and the City: Transcultural Communication in China’s Emerging World Cities (MA)
China Invents the Future: The Culture of Entrepreneurship, Technology and Social Networks (with Tomas Casas, MA)
The Organisation of Media, Globalising Markets and Transcultural Communication (DOK)
Bachelor- and Mastercourses
China’s Transformation: A View from Media and Culture (BA)
China’s Avantgarde: Authors, Artists and Activists (MA)
‘Superpower China’: Economic Imbalances & Cultural Shifts (with Guido Cozzi, MA)
World Culture and Globalisation: China, New Media, Gender” (DOK Kolloquium)
Public lecture at University of St.Gallen
China from the Emperor to Mao: History and Film in the 20th Century, 1900-1976
Bachelor- and Mastercourses
Pop Culture in China (BA)
Youth Culture in China (MA)
The Chinese Dream: Twenty-First Century Superpower (MA)
Topic Leader for Work Session at the 45th St.Gallen Symposium, University of St. Gallen
China's Development Model and its Challenges, 7 May 2015
Bachelor- and Mastercourses
China’s New World Cities: A Cultural Journey (BA)
Women, Gender and Responsibility in China (MA)
‘Superpower China’: Economic Imbalances & Cultural Shifts (with Guido Cozzi; MA)
Public lecture at the University of St.Gallen
China's New Super Cities: A Cultural Journey
Bachelor- and Mastercourses
Film and Culture in China (BA)
Cultural Entrepreneurs and Creative Industries in China (MA)
Generation X and the Chinese City: Transcultural Communication in China’s Emerging World Cities (MA)
Expert Panel Discussion "Work in Asia" at the University of St.Gallen
Will Asia Shape or Shake the World Economy?, 13. Mai 2014
Bachelor- and Mastercourses
China’s Transformation: A View from Media and Culture (BA)
China’s Avantgarde: Authors, Artists and Activists (MA)
Transforming China: New Media and Culture between Consumerism and Censorship (DOK)
BRICs Transcultural Perspective: Business in China” (IEMBA, Executive School)
Public lecture at the University of St.Gallen
Courtesans, artists and cybervamps: Chinese women in history and the present day
Bachelor- and Mastercourses
Pop Culture in China (BA)
Youth Culture in China (MA)
Kick-off Keynote Lecture at University of St.Gallen
Crisis or Change in China? (BA, MA, PhD-Programm), 14. Februar 2013
Lecture as part of the Children’s University lecture series at the University of St.Gallen
Playing and learning in China, 20. März 2013
Bachelor- and Mastercourses
China’s Culture of Consumption (BA)
Gender and Responsibility in China (MA)
Public lecture at University of St.Gallen
Artists, writers and intellectuals in China - Ai Weiwei and the Chinese Avantgarde
Public lecture at the Kantonsschule Wattwil, 20. November 2012
Social Media in China
Bachelor- and Mastercourses
Cinema in China (BA)
Entrepreneurialism in Chinese Culture (MA)
Bachelor- and Mastercourses
Media and Culture in a Globalising China (BA)
Digital Dissent: Internet Authors, Artists and Activists in Twenty-first Century China (MA)