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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…

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.

On 28 April 2023 An Huy Tran has successfully defended his thesis on “Transnational Migration as Sexual and Masculine Strategy: Male Vietnamese Migrants in Contemporary Japan”. The whole AREA team applauds him on finishing the dissertation and wishes An Huy Tran all the best for the future.

AREA Ruhr welcomes Prof. Shih Chih-yu as International Research Fellow Members of AREA Ruhr warmly welcome and are looking forward to work with Prof. Shih Chih-yu, a specialist on China studies, anthropology of knowledge, and international relations theory in the Department of Political Science at National Taiwan University. Determined to recollect and re-present intellectual heritage in Asia, he has…

On 6 July 2022 Aya Adachi has successfully defended her thesis on “Domestic Actors and Institutional Settings of Regional Trade Policy-Making: A Comparative Case Study of China and Japan”. The whole AREA team applauds her on finishing the dissertation and wishes Aya Adachi all the best for the future. Aya Adachi continues her academic career as analyst for China’s Foreign Economic Policy;…