Category: News
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Congratulations to Marc Paschke for successfully defending his thesis
On 28 May 2025 Marc Paschke has successfully defended his thesis on “A Vehicle for the Japanese Empire: Japanese YMCA Activity in Colonial Korea and Beyond, 1908–1945”. The whole AREA team applauds him on finishing the dissertation and wishes Marc Paschke all the best for the future.
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Two New AREA Ruhr Book Talk Podcasts
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…
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The AREA Ruhr Book Talk Series Continues
In the upcoming summer term 2025 AREA Ruhr continues its recently launched AREA Ruhr Book Talk Series. Experts from AREA Ruhr are looking forward to meeting up with authors of newly released academic books that deal with East Asia from a wide variety of disciplinary perspectives. At AREA Ruhr, we are curious about getting insights…
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AREA Ruhr Book Talks as Podcast
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…
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Summer Term 2025: Klein and Scherer Teach Joint Class on “Climate and Environment in Japan”
Axel Klein (IN-EAST) and Anke Scherer (OAW) are going to jointly teach a BA-level class (in German) on “Climate and Environment in Japan” (Klima und Umwelt in Japan) in the upcoming summer term. The course is predicated on a video-based lecture series as well as texts relating to the historic, social, and economic dimensions of…