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<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont""><span style="font-size:11pt">Please find attached the
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program</span> of the </span></font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont""><span style="font-size:11pt"><b>Enemy Encounters in East Asia
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webinar</span> series for the second semester of the 2025-2026 academic year.</b></span></font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont""><span style="font-size:11pt"> The
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webinar</span> is organized as part of the Research Training Group (RTG) Ambivalent Enmity: Dynamics of Antagonism in Asia, Europe, and the Middle East, hosted by Heidelberg University and the Heidelberg University of Jewish Studies.</span></font></font></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></font></p>
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note that the program includes the two sessions that had to be postponed last semester. On March 26, Professor Xing Hang will give a presentation on Chinese merchants and settlers in mainland Southeast Asia. On May 28, Dr. Damien Peladan will deliver a talk
on the tactics and combat techniques of Japanese pirates in Korea and China between 1350 and 1419. </span></font></font></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></font></p>
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<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont""><span style="font-size:11pt">The RTG also produces the podcast series Enemy Encounters which features interviews and in-depth discussions conducted
by members of the RTG with scholars, researchers and journalists about various cases of ambivalent enmity in Eurasia as a whole. It can be accessed
<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/enemy-encounters/id1783137716" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="x_OWAAutoLink">
here</a> and <a href="https://enemyencounters.podbean.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="x_OWAAutoLink">
here</a>. </span></font><br>
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<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont""><span style="font-size:11pt">If you are interested in attending the
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webinar</span>s, please send an email to Dr. Barend Noordam (</span></font><a href="mailto:barend.noordam@hcts.uni-heidelberg.de" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont""><span style="font-size:11pt">barend.noordam@hcts.uni-heidelberg.de</span></font></a><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont""><span style="font-size:11pt">)
to register and you will receive the regular <span class="x_highlight" id="x_0.9168250513354987" name="x_searchHitInReadingPane" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
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webinar</span>s there is no need to register again. </span></font><br>
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<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont""><span style="font-size:11pt">The video recordings of previous
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webinar</span>s have now been made available online on the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xw0s5rDZZ0c&list=PLuRaSnb3n4kSI9PBuEf3WECUVZ6V_k9mB" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="x_OWAAutoLink">
YouTube channel of Heidelberg University</a>. Please check these out if you have missed a session!</span></font><br>
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<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont""><span style="font-size:11pt">Kind regards,</span></font><br>
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<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont""><span style="font-size:11pt">Barend Noordam</span></font></font></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></font></p>
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