AREA member Prof. Dr. Jens Wrona is going to give an online talk in the AREA Ruhr Occasional Lectures Series on January 17, 2024 (13.15–14.45) with the following title: “Culture, Tastes, and Market Integration: Testing the Localized Tastes Hypothesis” Abstract: Using monthly price data from the Survey of Wholesale Markets for Fruits and Vegetables of […]

Associate member Dr. Aimi Muranaka is going to give an online talk in the AREA Ruhr Occasional Lectures Series on January 25, 2024 (14.15–15.45) with the following title: “Sticking to norms or sticking out? Agency of Vietnamese female skilled migrants in the IT sector in Japan” Abstract: International migration has been touted that men initiate […]

The DFG-funded graduate school (2833) on “East Asian Futures: Visions and Realizations on National, Transregional and Global Scales” has just started at the beginning of October 2023. For more details on the inaugural event please see: https://east-asian-futures.de

Dr. Susanne Stein joined the AREA Ruhr team at the beginning of September 2023. She is the coordinator of the BMBF-funded project “C-NET RNR – China-Kompetenznetzwerk für die Region Ruhr Niederrhein”. The project aspires to interconnect China-related knowledge and competencies located at single institutes of education and beyond in the “Ruhr/Niederrhein” area in a sustainable […]

28. Oktober 202310.00–17.00 Uhrim Landesspracheninstitut in der Ruhr-Universität Bochum Du möchtest für einen Tag nach Korea reisen – ganz ohne Reisepass, Kofferpacken oder Jetlag? Dann merke dir den 28. Oktober vor! Die Alliance for Research on East Asia (AREA) Ruhr und das Landesspracheninstitut (LSI) in der Ruhr-Universität Bochum präsentieren den Tag der koreanischen Sprache und Kultur in […]

Congratulations! On 27 July 2023 Jihoon Chun has successfully defended his thesis on “Sangguk-sokpang 上國屬邦: Ch’ing-Choson 淸朝鮮 Confucian Protectorate, 1881–1895”. The whole AREA team applauds him on finishing the dissertation and wishes Jihoon Chun all the best for the future.

Die Alliance for Research on East Asia (AREA) Ruhr, eine gemeinsame wissenschaftliche Einrichtung der Universität Duisburg-Essen und der Ruhr-Universität Bochum in den Ostasienstudien, sucht eine:n wissenschaftliche:n Mitarbeiter:in (w/m/d) (Entgeltgruppe 13 TV-L, 100%) für die Projektkoordination im BMBF-Projekt „China-Kompetenznetzwerk für den Wissenschaftsstandort Ruhr/Niederrhein (RNR).“ Weitere Informationen finden Sie hier:https://www.uni-due.de/karriere/stelle.php?kennziffer=245-23

Martin Gehlmann (Ruhr University Bochum) Student Evaluation Examination in Chosŏn Local Schools Abstract: The reform of the student evaluation examination (kyosaeng kogang 校生考講) at the beginning of the 17th century marks a break in the examination culture and educational history of Chosŏn Korea. In order to strengthen the underfunded military after the Japanese invasions of 1592, student evaluation […]

Du möchtest für einen Tag nach Korea reisen – ganz ohne Reisepass, Kofferpacken oder Jetlag? Dann merke dir den 28. Oktober vor! Die Alliance for Research on East Asia (AREA) Ruhr und das Landesspracheninstitut (LSI) in der Ruhr-Universität Bochum präsentieren den Tag der koreanischen Sprache und Kultur in Bochum. Korea hat eine lange Geschichte, die über 4000 […]

AREA Ruhr doctoral researcher An Huy Tran and Dr. Aimi Muranaka (AREA Ruhr associated member) are the guest editors of the journal ASIEN (The German Journal on Contemporary Asia) 162/163 on “Transnational Flows of Contemporary Asia”. The publication is  the outcome of a panel related to migration the two scholars chaired at the DGA’s biannual […]