30 million euro project

“Europe as the center of the world is long outdated”

Ulrike Tanzer (Brenner Archive) and Robert Rollinger (ancient historian) on the relationship with Asia(Bild: Birbaumer Christof)

From antiquity to the present day across two continents - the scope of "EurAsian Transformations" is enormous! About encounters, conflicts and why the Eurocentrism of the 19th century is no longer up to date.

Heidi, the girl from the Alps - do you know the cartoon series? It's hard to believe, but she comes from Japan. And that brings us right into the topic: what does Austria have to do with Japan? Not much at first glance. But in the Brenner Archive at the University of Innsbruck, you will be convinced otherwise.