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Members of AREA Ruhr warmly welcome and are looking forward to work with Eugenia Prasol, a specialist on Japanese literature, who fled from the Ukraine due to the ongoing war. AREA Ruhr provides her with a research fellowship for six months to give her the opportunity to continue her research and to get acquainted with…

On 24 January 2022 Yasmin Koppen has successfully defended her thesis on “East Asian Landscapes and Legitimation: Localizing Political and Religious Authority in China and Adjoining Empires”. The whole AREA team applauds her on finishing the dissertation and wishes Yasmin Koppen all the best for the future. Yasmin Koppen continues her academic career as a postdocotral researcher…

Biao XiangProfessor of Social Anthropology | University of Oxford & MPI for Social Anthropology, Halle A way out or a way in? Social competition in China and transnational mobilities Despite the major disruptions created by COVID-19, the momentum of outmigration from China seems to remain strong. Why are students, workers, and businesspeople eager to leave…

Mittagsforum (lunch forum) of the Faculty of East Asian Studies, RUB Summer Term 2021AREA Ruhr doctoral student Aya Adachi is going to present her research on 5 May 2021Programme Download IN-EAST Research Forum Summer Term 2021 Lecture Series – WebinarSome lectures are organised in cooperation with and co-sponsored by AREA RuhrProgramme and registration link The…

Please register with kerstin.lukner@area-ruhr.deto receive the respective Zoom link and password for the meeting. *Please note 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,…