Please have a look at our conference booklet! Here you find an explanation on how this conference works online, the academic as well as accompanying programme, our tea salons and the conference quiz!
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The CONFERENCE QUIZ was available from Wednesday, 10 March, 13:00 h to Friday, 12 March, 12:00 h (noon).
Welcome Address by the Co-Directors of the Alliance for Research on East Asia (AREA) Ruhr
Prof. Dr. Markus Taube (Director, Institute of East Asian Studies, University of Duisburg Essen) and
Prof. Dr. Christian Schwermann (Dean, Faculty of East Asian Studies, Ruhr University Bochum)
Biennial DGA conference hosted by AREA Ruhr
Transnational Asian Studies Multi – Level Dynamics of Identity Formation and Institution Building
Poster Download (web version). Pelase contact Dirk if you need a printable version.
| Panel title | Panel organiser(s) | Region | |
| 001A | Populismus in Ost- und Südostasien. Auf der Suche nach einem Phänomen | Axel Klein (University Duisburg-Essen) | Asia, South-East- Asia |
| 002A | Transnational Economies, Digital Labor and Globalization: Exploring Chinese Entrepreneurs’ Mobilities and Connections | Beatrice Zani (University Tuebingen; ENS Lyon) & Yu-chin Tseng (University Tuebingen) |
Asia, South-East- Asia, Europe, Africa |
| 003A | Post-Imperium Identity Formation and Institution Building: Taiwan, Hong Kong and Central/Eastern Europe Compared | Thomas Gold (University of California, Berkeley, USA) | China, Taiwan Hongkong, Central/Eastern Europe |
| 004A | Civil Society in Identity-Formation and Institution-Building Processes in Asia | Kamila Szczepanska (University Turku, Finland) & Anna Caspari (University Bochum), Anja Ketels (University Münster) | Asia |
| 005K | Defenders of Empire in Late Nineteenth Century East Asia: Qing-Chosŏn (淸-朝鮮) Negotiated Sovereignty and De Facto Protectorate | CHUN, Jihoon (AREA Ruhr) | East Asia, Qing, Chosŏn |
| 006SA | Transnational (ecological) knowledge mobilities and -carriers in Southeast Asia | Patrick Keilbart (University Passau) & Friederike Trotier (University Passau) | South-East-Asia |
| 007J | Die“Manzhouguo-Identität“ – Akteure, Institutionen und Diskurse zur Schaffung einer transnationalen Identität für die Bewohner des Staates Manzhouguo (1932-45) | Anke Scherer (University Bochum) | Japan, Asia |
| 008J | Transnational Migration and Contemporary Japan: Flows and Realities | Aimi Muranaka (University Duisburg-Essen) & Huy Tran An (AREA Ruhr) |
Japan, Asia |
| 009A | Sustainable Urban Regions: Synthesizing Current Research Endeavours In East And South-East Asia | Katharina Borgmann (Hafencity University Hamburg) | Asia, South-East-Asia |
| 010A | East Asian Futures: Past and Present | Christine Moll-Murata (University Bochum) | Asia, Europe |
| 011A | Convergence with and Divergence from Eurocentric Regional Institutional Integration | JOE, UnHye (University Jena) & Francis M. Cao (Frankfurt University) |
Asia, Europe |
| 012SA | Transnational religious connections across and beyond Southeast Asia | Mirjam Lücking (Hebrew University Jerusalem & Southeast ASIA working group of the DGA) | Asia, South-East-Asia |
| 013SA | Beyond national borders – Citizenship and belonging in Southeast Asia in the 21st Century | Mirjam Le (University of Passau) & Mandy Fox (University of Passau) |
South-East- Asia |
| 014A | Asienwissenschaften in der Relevanzfalle? Wege zu größerer gesellschaftlicher Wirksamkeit | Marina Rudyak (University Heidelberg) & Bertram Lang (Frankfurt University) |
Asia |
| 015A | Transnational Mobility in East Asia and beyond and its Institutional Actors | Kwon, Jaok (University Heidelberg) & Momoyo Hüstebeck (University Duisburg Essen) |
Asia, Republic of Korea, Japan, Germany, China |
| 016A | Industrialization in Northeast Asia: A Long-Term Perspective, 1900 to Now | Christine Moll-Murata (University Bochum) & Flemming Christiansen (University Duisburg-Essen) |
North East Asia, Central Asia |
| 017A | Markus Taube (University Duisburg-Essen) | Asia | |
| 18C | Current developments (and challenges ahead) in the fields of Chinese political science (Roundtable) |
Nele Noesselt (University of Duisburg- Essen/AREA Ruhr) Gregory Moore (University of Nottingham, Ningbo, China) |
East Asia, China |
| 019NWG | DGA Young Scholars Group | The representatives of the Young Scholars Group of the German Association for Asian Studies | Asia |