PROGRAM

Tuesday, May 12, 2026

10.00  Welcome and Opening Remarks
Nele Noesselt & Elizaveta Priupolina (IN-EAST)

10.30  Panel 1: Theorizing Role Contestation and Its Limits
12.00  Panel 2: Order, Status, and Global Positioning
Lunch
14.00  Panel 3: Geo-Economics and Economic Role Negotiation
15.30  Panel 4: China in Asia: Regional Orders and Hierarchies
17.00  Panel 5: Europe and Comparative Role Contestation
Workshop Dinner

Wednesday, May 13, 2026

  9.15  Wrap-up of Day 1
  9.30  Panel 6: Great Power Relations and Strategic Alignments
11.00  Panel 7: Identity, Discourse, and Status Politics
Lunch
14.00  Wrap-up, Discussion of Publication Plans

Organized by the Chair of Chinese Politics (Prof. Nele Noesselt and Elizaveta Priupolina)

Funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG)
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^{Group Photo of Day 1}