18 November 2025 | Presence: This presentation explores the development of glass technology in 17th and 18th century China as a field shaped by artisanal expertise, imperial patronage, and cross-cultural exchange. Focusing on Boshan workshops and the Qing imperial glassworks, in examines how Chinese craftsmen and Jesuit Missionaries collaborated in the refinement of materials, furnaces, and colors. By situating these interactions between court and society, the talk highlights how glassmaking became a site where global science and local craft intersected, transforming both technology and meaning. 

The new book by Karoline Reinhardt and Gottfried Schweiger talks about what we owe young migrants and why. It provides a nuanced framework for reflecting on fair migration policies and on our collective moral responsibilities toward young people on the move.

Adam Hanieh situates the Gulf monarchies’ oil-fuelled rise within shifting oil-cantered global capitalism and US–China rivalries, showing how great-power competition reshapes but fails to transform enduring regional domination.