16. Juni 2026 | Online: Over the past century and a half, laborers from rural Java, Indonesia, have moved to various regions, near and far. Beginning with local migration in the mid-19th century to expand coffee cultivation, this evolved into overseas migration to all corners of the world. This migration was facilitated by middlemen known as mandor, werek, and migrant worker agents. Without those middlemen, the entire labor recruitment structure in and from Java would be impossible.

19. Mai 2026 | Präsenz: The Chinese “dance drama” known as wǔjù (舞剧), is a modern hyper-mediated form of grand spectacle that cannot easily be pigeon-holed. It draws on long traditions of performing arts that include multiple forms of Chinese opera (such as jingju and kunqu) and narrative song (shuochang yishu), but also on more recent developments from ballet, modern dance, experimental and avant-garde theatre, music theatre, even acrobatics, the “model operas” of the Cultural Revolution era, and now digital arts.

28. Mai 2026 | Präsenz: Die Frage der Wirksamkeit oder Unwirksamkeit von Wertsicherungsklauseln in Mietverträgen hat Österreichs Immobiliensektor und Österreichs Juristinnen und Juristen seit 2023 in Atem gehalten. Darum geht es im Vortrag der Salzburger Juristischen Gesellschaft im Mai.