Cancelled due to illness. For long, the EU has been touted the success story and the model of regional integration. Yet, Brexit, deep divisions over the handling of the financial and refugee crises, and a surge in right-wing populism have cast severe doubt on the ideals and cohesion of the European project. In East Asia, […]

Prof. Thomas Heberer of IN-EAST has given the inaugural lecture of AREA Ruhr’s lecture series on November 2nd, speaking on the „East Asian path of development and the China model“. Speaking to an audience of researchers and students,  in his talk, Prof. Heberer presented a synthesis of the developmental state approach and discussed how it […]

During the winter term 16/17, AREA Ruhr will offer a four-part lecture series, introducing research and researchers from IN-EAST and the Faculty of East Asian Studies. The series will be held in German and begin with a talk by Prof. Dr. Thomas Heberer on the future of the Chinese model of development. All are welcome! […]

MERCUR Supports Doctoral Research at AREA Ruhr AREA Ruhr is proud to announce that the Mercator Research Center Ruhr (MERCUR) has decided to provide funding support for the AREA Ruhr Graduate School “Transnational Institution Building and Transnational Communities in East Asia”. The program will be backed by MERCUR’s structural grants line of funding. Under the […]

Funding for AREA Ruhr’s Joint MA Program The Mercator Research Center Ruhr (MERCUR) will provide funding support for the MA Transnational East Asian Studies, a joint program of the Faculty of East Asian Studies, Ruhr-University Bochum, and IN-EAST, University of Duisburg-Essen, under the roof of AREA Ruhr. The program will be backed by MERCUR’s structural […]

As two partners within the University Alliance Ruhr, the Institute of East Asian Studies (IN-EAST) at the University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE) and the Faculty of East Asian Studies at Ruhr-University Bochum (RUB) have founded one of the largest and strongest research alliances in the field of East Asian Studies in Europe. The new joint institution […]