AREA Ruhr’s General Meeting 2018 was held on 14th of November. We greatly appreciate your strong interest for AREA Ruhr and thank you for attending in such numbers. We especially look forward collaborating with our new members.

Date: Wednesday 14th of November 2018 Time: 10–12 a.m.  Venue: Ruhr-University Bochum, Building Uni134, Room 2.06 (2nd floor) All AREA members are welcome!

On 1st of October 2018, the second cohort of AREA Ruhr doctoral students started their studies in the Transnational Institution Building and Transnational Identities in East Asia doctoral programme from AREA Ruhr. Jihoon CHUN, Marc Paschke, Miquel Salvadó Gracia and An Huy TRAN have received funding from Mercator Research Center Ruhr (MERCUR) for their projects. The projects cover […]

You are invited to a guest lecture by Prof. Yu Keping (Peking University) on Challenges and Priorities on China’s Two Hundred Years‘ Goals Date: October 5th 2018, Time 2-6 pm. Location: SG 183 (Campus Duisburg, Geibelstraße) For more information please see the following file: Yu_keping_arearuhr-02

The Alliance for Research on East Asia (AREA) Ruhr invites applications for its new Master of Transnational East Asian Studies (MA TEAS), an English-taught interdisciplinary one-year degree program, investigating transnational processes of institution building and identity formation in East Asia and beyond, starting in the winter term 2018/19. The research-oriented curriculum of the MA TEAS […]

AREA Ruhr Doctoral Programme, up to two 3-year Doctoral Stipends Available The Alliance for Research on East Asia (AREA) Ruhr, supported by the Mercator Research Center Ruhr (MERCUR), invites applications for up to two 3-year doctoral stipends for highly qualified graduates from the social sciences, business and economic studies, the humanities, or East Asian studies programmes with […]

The Alliance for Research on East Asia (AREA) Ruhr invites applications for its new Master of Transnational East Asian Studies (MA TEAS), an English-taught interdisciplinary one-year degree program, investigating transnational processes of institution building and identity formation in East Asia and beyond, starting in the winter term 2018/19. The research-oriented curriculum of the MA TEAS […]

The Alliance for Research on East Asia (AREA) Ruhr, supported by the Mercator Research Center Ruhr (MERCUR), invites applications for up to two 3-year doctoral stipends for highly qualified graduates from the social sciences, business and economic studies, the humanities, or East Asian studies programmes with advanced language skills in Chinese, Japanese, or Korean. The structured three-year […]

We would like to kindly invite you to a series of special lectures organised for the AREA Ruhr Doctoral Programme. National and international experts will give presentations and join discussions on various topics related to Transnational Institution Building and Transnational Identities in East Asia. As we only have a limited number of seats available, please […]

AREA Ruhr will continue its lecture series in the summer term 2018. Introducing research and researchers from IN-EAST and the Faculty of East Asian Studies. Talks will be held in English. All are welcome! 16 May 2018 Robert Pauls (RUB): „From the shadows into the fold: Central bank policy and shadow money – the case […]