Transnational Asian Studies – Multi-Level Dynamics of Identity Formation and Institution Building English version below Die DGA-Konferenz 2021 wird virtuell! Da ungewiss ist, wie sich die globale COVID-19 Situation entwickelt, stellt die Planung zukünftiger Veranstaltungen eine besondere Herausforderung dar. Der Schutz der Gesundheit hat oberste Priorität und hat uns dazu veranlasst  die zweijährlich stattfindende Konferenz […]

On September 25th 2020, the second AREA Ruhr Preliminary Results Workshop took place in a virtual space offered by a conferencing software. After their fieldwork, the workshop was a platform for the doctoral researchers of the second cohort of the AREA Ruhr Doctoral Programme to present their work to scholars in the field and to […]

Due to the current situation this will be an online workshop. During this workshop the second cohord of the doctoral researchers in the AREA Ruhr Doctoral Programme will present their field research findings and receive feedbacks and suggestions from both their supervisors and external guests, senior lecturers and professors in order to further develop their […]

Please register with kerstin.lukner@area-ruhr.de to receive the respective Zoom link and password for the meeting. *Please notice that this event will start at 4 pm sharp* Within the ERC funded research project BuddhistRoad  we are happy to announce the following guest lecture: DUNHUANG AS SACRED SPACE: On the History and Formation of a Major Religious Site […]

Please register with kerstin.lukner@area-ruhr.deto receive the respective Zoom link and password for the meeting. *Please notice that this event will start at 4 pm sharp* Creativity, Geometry, and Generative Design in the Architecture of Medieval Chinese Buddhism The famous pagoda at Songyuesi (ca. 523 CE) is not only the earliest full-size pagoda extant in China, […]

Das Institut für Ostasienwissenschaften IN-EAST lädt Sie herzlich zum24. Duisburger Ostasientag ein, der in diesem Jahr zum ersten Mal virtuell stattfindet. Freitag, 19. Juni 2020 16.00 – 18.00 Uhr in einer Live-Video-Konferenz per ZOOM Die Beziehungen zwischen der EU und China  Herausforderungen – Risiken – Chancen In der zweiten Jahreshälfte 2020 wird Deutschland die EU-Ratspräsidentschaft übernehmen. Viele der ursprünglich geplanten […]

Towards a Transnational Sexual Field: Male Vietnamese Migrants in Contemporary Japan Tuesday, 9th June 2020 | 6.30 – 8.00 pm  (Tokyo Time) Link to the event: https://www.dijtokyo.org/event/towards-a-transnational-sexual-field-male-vietnamese-migrants-in-contemporary-japan/ Prior registration required: geilhorn@dijtokyo.org, kottmann@dijtokyo.org For more information about An Huy Tran click here

INEAST Research Forum Lecture by Anke Scherer (in cooperation with Area Ruhr) Survey the Soil, Control the Country: The role of the Manchurian Colonization Corporation (Mantaku) in Manshukoku in the 1930s and 1940s Dr. Anke Scherer is Research Fellow at the Faculty of East Asian Studies, Dept. Japanese History, Ruhr University Bochum Due to public […]

IN-EAST Lecture Series Summer Term 2020 Several members of AREA Ruhr present their research in this Lecture Series. For full programm click here. Upcoming Research Forum:  20 May 2020 | Dr. Anke Scherer

For reason of the current COVID-19 situation it was decided to take precautionary measures and cancel the conference!     Programme 09:15-09:30   Welcome Greetings 09:30-10:00   Tristan Pfeil (Geschichte Japans, RUB): The digitaledition of the Kniffler letters 10:00-11:00   HASHIMOTO Yuta (National Museum of Japanese History): „Minna de honkoku“ Project / AI Kuzushiji Recognition 11:00-12:00   KAMEDA Akihiro (National Museum of Japanese History): Building Integrated Search and Linked Data for Integrated Studies of […]