Prof. Dr. Christian Schwermann Co-Director Director Department of Chinese Language and Literature | Ruhr-University Bochum Co-director Research Unit on Taiwanese Culture and Literature Prof. Dr. Markus TaubeCo-Director Director In-East | University of Duisburg-Essen Chair for East Asian Economic Studies | China as a faculty Prof. Dr. Christine Moll-MurataDeputy Co-Director Chair of the Department for History of China | Ruhr-University Bochum Prof. Dr. Dr. Nele NoesseltDeputy Co-Director Chair for Political Science with a special focus on East Asia / China | University of Duisburg-Essen Speaker AREA Ruhr Doctoral Programme Andrea Halbmeyer, M.A.Non-voting member Director of the Dean’s Office | Ruhr-University Bochum Helmut Demes, Dipl.-Vw.Non-voting member Executive Director IN-EAST | University of Duisburg-Essen Marc PaschkeStudent Representative info-gradschool@area-ruhr.de An Huy TranDeputy Student Representative info-gradschool@area-ruhr.de