German-Asian Society

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The German-Asiatic Society was founded in October 1901 with its seat in Berlin in order to strengthen and promote German interests in Asia by “ trying to enlighten the general public about the importance of our Asian spheres of interest and our global political relations with Asia in general To achieve this purpose, organizes lecture evenings and scientific disputations and publishes special writings ”(statutes).

history

The society was divided into sections, which had the task of a scientific and economic processing of certain areas ( Western Asia , British Asia, Inner Asia, etc.). The organ of the society was the monthly published by C. A. Schwetschke & Sohn since October 1902 and by the Paetel Verlag from 1909 onwards (also organ of the Munich Oriental Society (since 1901 with Hugo Grothe )). The Society's president from 1901 to 1916 was General Freiherr Colmar von der Goltz- Pascha, who was active in Turkey , his successor was the high diplomat Ludwig Raschdau , one of the vice-presidents was the Pan-German General Eduard von Liebert , secretary and publisher of the magazine "Asia" of the diverse active association official Max Vosberg-Rekow . There was also a series of publications and an Asian Yearbook (1912–1914). There was close cooperation with the Hamburg East Asian Association to protect German interests in China.

The original plan was to found an Anatolian company , but Deutsche Bank saw its overall Asian interests at risk. A German-Asian bank had existed since 1889 .

In 1919 the company merged with the German-Chinese Association (since 1914) to form the Association for the Far East , which until 1944 published the Ostasiatische Rundschau as an organ . In 1949 it was followed by the Übersee-Rundschau , published by the East Asian Association or the German East Asian Society (DOAG) and other overseas associations.

In 1979 a new German-Asian Society was founded in West Berlin as the successor to the German-East Asian Society. Today there are also local companies in Frankfurt am Main and Leipzig. Numerous bilateral societies have been established since decolonization, such as the Indo-German Society since 1953, the German-Thai Society since 1961, the German-Korean Society and the German-Arab Society since 1966.

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literature

  • Wilhelm van Kampen : Studies on German Turkey Policy in the Time of Wilhelm II. , 1972 [= Diss. Kiel 1968] (esp. P. 210ff)
  • Andreas Steen: German-Chinese Relations 1911–1927: From Colonialism to "Equal Rights". A collection of sources , Academy, Berlin 2006

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