https://asiandynamics.ku.dk/english/past-conferences/other-events/yiwu/entries_kopi/ Blog entries: 'Trust, Global Traders, and Commodities in a Chinese International City'.  en Sun, 24 May 2026 16:06:11 +0200 Sun, 24 May 2026 16:06:11 +0200 https://asiandynamics.ku.dk/english/past-conferences/other-events/yiwu/entries_kopi/a-tribute-to-the-men-of-khamyab/ Aziz Hakimi, Chr. Michelsen Institute, writes about the situation in Afghanistan and it's effect... https://asiandynamics.ku.dk/english/past-conferences/other-events/yiwu/entries_kopi/a-tribute-to-the-men-of-khamyab/ Wed, 25 Aug 2021 11:45:00 +0200 https://asiandynamics.ku.dk/english/past-conferences/other-events/yiwu/entries_kopi/being-a-badinjan-e-rumi-is-better-than-not-being-at-all/ Reflections on the life of an Afghan Minister by Magnus Marsden, Professor of Social Anthropology, University... https://asiandynamics.ku.dk/english/past-conferences/other-events/yiwu/entries_kopi/being-a-badinjan-e-rumi-is-better-than-not-being-at-all/ Mon, 18 May 2020 11:00:00 +0200 https://asiandynamics.ku.dk/english/past-conferences/other-events/yiwu/entries_kopi/calm-in-the-eye-of-the-cyclone/ Blog post by Jakub Polansky on the situation on the Tajikistan-Afghanistan border. https://asiandynamics.ku.dk/english/past-conferences/other-events/yiwu/entries_kopi/calm-in-the-eye-of-the-cyclone/ Wed, 15 Apr 2020 11:45:00 +0200 https://asiandynamics.ku.dk/english/past-conferences/other-events/yiwu/entries_kopi/covid-19-the-test-of-pashtuns-mechanical-solidarity/ Naveed Ahmad Shinwari has written a blog post about tribal Pashtun society and social solidarity amidst... https://asiandynamics.ku.dk/english/past-conferences/other-events/yiwu/entries_kopi/covid-19-the-test-of-pashtuns-mechanical-solidarity/ Tue, 14 Apr 2020 11:15:00 +0200 https://asiandynamics.ku.dk/english/past-conferences/other-events/yiwu/entries_kopi/the-time-to-sober-up-has-arrived/ Blog post by Saba Karim Khan from the Social Science division at NYU Abu Dhabi. https://asiandynamics.ku.dk/english/past-conferences/other-events/yiwu/entries_kopi/the-time-to-sober-up-has-arrived/ Fri, 03 Apr 2020 14:15:00 +0200 https://asiandynamics.ku.dk/english/past-conferences/other-events/yiwu/entries_kopi/covid-19-international-trade-and-global-china-reflections-from-yiwu/ In this blog post, Magnus Marsden, PI of the TRODITIES project, shares some thoughts on the implications... https://asiandynamics.ku.dk/english/past-conferences/other-events/yiwu/entries_kopi/covid-19-international-trade-and-global-china-reflections-from-yiwu/ Tue, 31 Mar 2020 14:15:00 +0200 https://asiandynamics.ku.dk/english/past-conferences/other-events/yiwu/entries_kopi/trodities-take-part-in-cjas-re-launch/ TRODITIES project members took part in the relaunch of the Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies (CJAS)... https://asiandynamics.ku.dk/english/past-conferences/other-events/yiwu/entries_kopi/trodities-take-part-in-cjas-re-launch/ Fri, 20 Mar 2020 13:15:00 +0100 https://asiandynamics.ku.dk/english/past-conferences/other-events/yiwu/entries_kopi/closer-to-home-yiwu-in-the-uk-by-magnus-marsden_kopi/ While conducting research for the TRODITIES project in China, Afghanistan, the UAE, Saudi Arabia and... https://asiandynamics.ku.dk/english/past-conferences/other-events/yiwu/entries_kopi/closer-to-home-yiwu-in-the-uk-by-magnus-marsden_kopi/ Wed, 18 Apr 2018 11:15:00 +0200 https://asiandynamics.ku.dk/english/past-conferences/other-events/yiwu/entries_kopi/reflections-on-fieldwork--part-2_kopi/ "A drive through north western Afghanistan" by Magnus Marsden. I am often asked what it is like to do... https://asiandynamics.ku.dk/english/past-conferences/other-events/yiwu/entries_kopi/reflections-on-fieldwork--part-2_kopi/ Tue, 13 Feb 2018 10:45:00 +0100 https://asiandynamics.ku.dk/english/past-conferences/other-events/yiwu/entries_kopi/reflections-on-fieldwork--part-1_kopi/ "Persian New Year in Yiwu and Iranian Special Tea in Karachi" by Magnus Marsden. One of my most memorable... https://asiandynamics.ku.dk/english/past-conferences/other-events/yiwu/entries_kopi/reflections-on-fieldwork--part-1_kopi/ Tue, 13 Feb 2018 10:15:00 +0100 https://asiandynamics.ku.dk/english/past-conferences/other-events/yiwu/entries_kopi/article-after-bukhara-central-asian-trading-networks-in-afghanistan-and-beyond_kopi/ The BBC has published Magnus Marsden's article in Persian. Here you can read the English version. ... https://asiandynamics.ku.dk/english/past-conferences/other-events/yiwu/entries_kopi/article-after-bukhara-central-asian-trading-networks-in-afghanistan-and-beyond_kopi/ Mon, 20 Nov 2017 15:00:00 +0100 https://asiandynamics.ku.dk/english/past-conferences/other-events/yiwu/entries_kopi/vietnamese-traders-in-chinese-commodities-operating-in-eastern-europe_kopi/ Project member, Marina Marouda (University of Sussex), investigates Vietnamese traders in Chinese commodities... https://asiandynamics.ku.dk/english/past-conferences/other-events/yiwu/entries_kopi/vietnamese-traders-in-chinese-commodities-operating-in-eastern-europe_kopi/ Mon, 20 Nov 2017 15:00:00 +0100 https://asiandynamics.ku.dk/english/past-conferences/other-events/yiwu/entries_kopi/opening-of-the-exhibition-yiwu-and-global-traders-goods-routes-and-markets_kopi/ The project's new exhibition curated by Dr Diana Ibañez Tirado (University of Sussex) at the... https://asiandynamics.ku.dk/english/past-conferences/other-events/yiwu/entries_kopi/opening-of-the-exhibition-yiwu-and-global-traders-goods-routes-and-markets_kopi/ Tue, 10 Oct 2017 16:15:00 +0200 https://asiandynamics.ku.dk/english/past-conferences/other-events/yiwu/entries_kopi/yiwu-london-by-train_kopi/ Magnus Marsden and Diana Ibañez Tirado discuss the new Yiwu-London connection by rail. https://asiandynamics.ku.dk/english/past-conferences/other-events/yiwu/entries_kopi/yiwu-london-by-train_kopi/ Mon, 23 Jan 2017 11:15:00 +0100 https://asiandynamics.ku.dk/english/past-conferences/other-events/yiwu/entries_kopi/trodities-research-workshop_kopi/ ERC research workshop 'Trust, Global Traders, and Commodities in a Chinese International City’... https://asiandynamics.ku.dk/english/past-conferences/other-events/yiwu/entries_kopi/trodities-research-workshop_kopi/ Mon, 16 Jan 2017 12:00:00 +0100 https://asiandynamics.ku.dk/english/past-conferences/other-events/yiwu/entries_kopi/regional-connectivity_kopi/ Magnus Marsden reports: Notes from the filed, Afghanistan Oct-Nov 2016 https://asiandynamics.ku.dk/english/past-conferences/other-events/yiwu/entries_kopi/regional-connectivity_kopi/ Tue, 10 Jan 2017 10:45:00 +0100 https://asiandynamics.ku.dk/english/past-conferences/other-events/yiwu/entries_kopi/jeddah-kingdom-of-saudi-arabia_kopi/ Magnus Marsden reports: Notes from the field: Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Nov-Dec 2016. https://asiandynamics.ku.dk/english/past-conferences/other-events/yiwu/entries_kopi/jeddah-kingdom-of-saudi-arabia_kopi/ Tue, 10 Jan 2017 10:45:00 +0100 https://asiandynamics.ku.dk/english/past-conferences/other-events/yiwu/entries_kopi/trodities-expands-its-cooperation-with-chinese-institutions_kopi/ The China International Electronic Commerce Centre (CIECC) sought to promote further collaborative exchanges... https://asiandynamics.ku.dk/english/past-conferences/other-events/yiwu/entries_kopi/trodities-expands-its-cooperation-with-chinese-institutions_kopi/ Tue, 25 Oct 2016 13:00:00 +0200 https://asiandynamics.ku.dk/english/past-conferences/other-events/yiwu/entries_kopi/traders-or-smugglers-by-magnus-marsden_kopi/ Post-fieldwork reflections on the proliferation of ethnic stereotypes in reporting by Global Witness... https://asiandynamics.ku.dk/english/past-conferences/other-events/yiwu/entries_kopi/traders-or-smugglers-by-magnus-marsden_kopi/ Tue, 23 Aug 2016 14:45:00 +0200 https://asiandynamics.ku.dk/english/past-conferences/other-events/yiwu/entries_kopi/magnus-marsden-istanbul_kopi/ Fieldwork in the city of Yiwu has resulted in new leads bringing Professor Magnus Marsden to Turkey.... https://asiandynamics.ku.dk/english/past-conferences/other-events/yiwu/entries_kopi/magnus-marsden-istanbul_kopi/ Mon, 08 Aug 2016 10:15:00 +0200 https://asiandynamics.ku.dk/english/past-conferences/other-events/yiwu/entries_kopi/conference_report2016_kopi/ Official opening meeting at the Yiwu Industrial and Commercial College. https://asiandynamics.ku.dk/english/past-conferences/other-events/yiwu/entries_kopi/conference_report2016_kopi/ Fri, 24 Jun 2016 11:00:00 +0200 https://asiandynamics.ku.dk/english/past-conferences/other-events/yiwu/entries_kopi/college_yiwu_kopi/ The TRODITIES project establishes formal collaboration agreement with the Yiwu Industrial and Commercial... https://asiandynamics.ku.dk/english/past-conferences/other-events/yiwu/entries_kopi/college_yiwu_kopi/ Thu, 28 Jan 2016 13:00:00 +0100 https://asiandynamics.ku.dk/english/past-conferences/other-events/yiwu/entries_kopi/last_events_2015_kopi/ The last joint project activities in 2015 took place in St. Petersburg where Magnus, Diana and Vera presented... https://asiandynamics.ku.dk/english/past-conferences/other-events/yiwu/entries_kopi/last_events_2015_kopi/ Tue, 12 Jan 2016 09:45:00 +0100 https://asiandynamics.ku.dk/english/past-conferences/other-events/yiwu/entries_kopi/first_meeting_sussex_kopi/ Our first project meeting at Sussex was the very first opportunity for us all to meet... https://asiandynamics.ku.dk/english/past-conferences/other-events/yiwu/entries_kopi/first_meeting_sussex_kopi/ Mon, 30 Nov 2015 11:15:00 +0100 https://asiandynamics.ku.dk/english/past-conferences/other-events/yiwu/entries_kopi/trade_syria_kopi/ This paper discusses the importance that Aleppine merchants  and shopkeepers in pre-conflict... https://asiandynamics.ku.dk/english/past-conferences/other-events/yiwu/entries_kopi/trade_syria_kopi/ Sun, 29 Nov 2015 11:00:00 +0100 https://asiandynamics.ku.dk/english/past-conferences/other-events/yiwu/entries_kopi/p.anderson_kopi/ Team member Paul Anderson, University of Cambridge, discussed trade and citizenship in Aleppo at a Research... https://asiandynamics.ku.dk/english/past-conferences/other-events/yiwu/entries_kopi/p.anderson_kopi/ Wed, 18 Nov 2015 11:45:00 +0100 https://asiandynamics.ku.dk/english/past-conferences/other-events/yiwu/entries_kopi/ch_kopi/ Caroline Humphrey, one of project’s Team Members (TM), has agreed to give a paper "Real Estate... https://asiandynamics.ku.dk/english/past-conferences/other-events/yiwu/entries_kopi/ch_kopi/ Thu, 05 Nov 2015 10:15:00 +0100 https://asiandynamics.ku.dk/english/past-conferences/other-events/yiwu/entries_kopi/first_meeting_kopi/ We have finally confirmed the dates for our first common project meeting at the University of Sussex.... https://asiandynamics.ku.dk/english/past-conferences/other-events/yiwu/entries_kopi/first_meeting_kopi/ Tue, 03 Nov 2015 10:00:00 +0100 https://asiandynamics.ku.dk/english/past-conferences/other-events/yiwu/entries_kopi/15.10.15_kopi/ The project formally started on the 1st October, but it also had a kind of launch today when Magnus Marsden... https://asiandynamics.ku.dk/english/past-conferences/other-events/yiwu/entries_kopi/15.10.15_kopi/ Thu, 15 Oct 2015 09:30:00 +0200