March 4, 2019
International Start-Up Workshop “Ports and Trans-Ports: Evolution and Revolution(s) in the Indian Ocean World”
The Research Centre Indian Ocean (RIO) at GUtech will be holding a start-up workshop together with Halle University, Germany, (ZIRS), and in cooperation with CIVIS, Sindh University, Pakistan, with ICOMOS and with Al Roya, Muscat, Oman from 4 to 6 March 2019 at the premises of GUtech, Halban, Muscat based on invited participation only. The workshop focuses on the agents (ports) and means (trans-ports) of mobility across the Indian Ocean world. It is thus a contribution to the emergent field…
Find out more »MoU between GUtech, Oman (RIO) and the University of Sindh, Pakistan (CIVIS)
The University of Sindh in Hyderabad, Jamshoro, Pakistan and the German University of Technology in Oman (GUtech) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on March 6, 2019. The University of Sindh is represented by CIVIS (Center for Indus Valley Integrated Studies) and more particularly by Prof. Sarfraz Hussain Solangi, whereas the German University of Technology in Oman is represented by RIO (Research Centre Indian Ocean) and Prof. Dr. Michael Jansen. Both parties enter into this MoU aiming to promote and…
Find out more »June 15, 2019
Publication of the 2nd Volume of the Series “Historic Settlements of Oman”
The second volume of the series “Historic Settlements of Oman” was published in June 2019. This volume hosts sites from the Batinah Gorvernorate, visited and documented by students from the German University of Technology in Oman, GUtech. This is part of the ongoing project “Historic Settlements of Oman” that aims to create an electronic database and record systematically the settlemental history of Oman.
Find out more »September 26, 2019
MoU between GUtech / RIO (Oman) and the Aga Khan University (International) / AKU-ISMC (UK)
The German University of Technology in Oman (GUtech) through its Research Centre Indian Ocean (RIO) and the Aga Khan University (International) in the United Kingdom, through its Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations (AKU-ISMC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding in London UK, on September 26, 2019 . Both parties enter into this Memorandum of Understanding to promote and encourage scientific and academic collaboration, to promote academic linkages and to enrich the understanding of the Indian Ocean Cultures. The…
Find out more »March 13, 2022
International Conference “Silk Roads by Land and Sea” – 1st online Matinée
In the framework of the International Conference “Silk Roads by Land and Sea” the Research Centre Indian Ocean - RIO organized the 1st online Matinée on Sunday, March 13th, 2022, 15:00-16:30 Oman time (12:00-13:30 CET) on zoom platform. Prof. Michael Jansen, president of RIO, welcomed the conference participants from more than 29 countries with his presentation Silk “Roads” by Land and Sea: Al Baleed, Oman and Khoja Ahmed Yasawi, Turkistan, Kazakhstan. World Heritage Sites along the Silk “Roads”. World Heritage…
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