Category: News

  • AREA Ruhr Working Papers Vol. 4 published

    At AREA Ruhr we are happy to announce that the fourth volume in the AREA Ruhr Working Papers series has just been published. In this edited transcript of a roundtable discussion on “Perspectives on the State and Future of Environmental History in Japan and Germany” Watanabe Kōichi, Fujihara Tatsushi, Frank Uekötter and Tina Asmussen reflect…

  • Winter term 2025/26 – Open MA courses

    Open MA courses taught in English In the context of UA Ruhr (University Alliance Ruhr), students from the Faculty of East Asian Studies at Bochum University (OAW/RUB) have the opportunity to take classes at the Institute of East Asian Studies at the University of Duisburg-Essen (IN-EAST/UDE) and vice versa without paying additional fees. Potentially, this…

  • AREA Ruhr Book Talk Series Podcast: Now Available on Major Streaming Platforms

    In the AREA Ruhr Book Talk Series we look at and discuss newly released academic books that deal with East Asia from a wide variety of disciplinary perspectives. Experts from AREA Ruhr meet up with the respective authors to have a conversation about their recent work, learn more about novel research results and discuss the…

  • Fifth AREA Ruhr Book Talk Podcast published: Neuhaus on »Jenseits von Nation und Imperium«

    In the AREA Ruhr Book Talk Series we look at and discuss newly released academic books that deal with East Asia from a wide variety of disciplinary perspectives. Experts from AREA Ruhr meet up with the respective authors to have a conversation about their recent work, learn more about novel research results and discuss the…

  • New AREA Ruhr Book Talk Podcast published: Zhou on »From Forest Farm to Sawmill«

    In the AREA Ruhr Book Talk Series we look at and discuss newly released academic books that deal with East Asia from a wide variety of disciplinary perspectives. Experts from AREA Ruhr meet up with the respective authors to have a conversation about their recent work, learn more about novel research results and discuss the…