Alliance for Research on East Asia Ruhr
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
Transnational Asian Studies – Multi-Level Dynamics of Identity Formation and Institution Building DEUTSCHDie Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Asienkunde (DGA) findet vom 10. bis 12.3.2021 in Duisburg statt – organisiert und koordiniert von AREA Ruhr. Konferenzsprachen sind Deutsch und Englisch. Wir bitten Sie, Vorschläge für Panels (Dauer zwei Stunden) bis spätestens bis zum 01. Juli 2020 (18 Uhr […]
Due to the coronavirus the workshop is postponed. As soon as conditions allow, we shall inform you about the new date and provide you with more information.
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 […]
German Website incl. German flyer download English Translation of the German flyer: The exhibition documents the social, economic and cultural changes and upheavals that have become visible through labor migration since the beginning of the opening and reform policy in the People’s Republic of China. The focus is on the documentary work of the […]
An Economic Sociological Perspective on the Regulation of Transnational Labor in the Asia Pacific | Prof. Karen Shire (IN-EAST) The talk builds on a critique of economic sociology as methodologically nationalistic, and of the new sociology of markets as too general for an analysis of labour markets, to build an economic sociological theory of migration […]
CONTEMPLATION Prof. Mark R. Mullins, Professor of Japanese Studies and Director of the Japan Studies Centre at the University of Auckland, presented his research on “Neonationalism, Japanese Religions, and the Politics of Restoration” on Dec. 9, 2019, as part of AREA Ruhr’s lecture series. In his presentation, Prof. Mullins elaborated on the decades long efforts […]
Deliberative democracy in Japan against the backdrop of democratic challenges | Momoyo Hüstebeck Like other representative democracies, Japan has been facing a partial crisis of its political system. Democratic challenges have eroded democratic norms such as equality, representation, political accountability and legitimacy. The voter-turnouts for the last Lower House elections, for instance, have been at […]
On behalf of Sebastian Bersick (OAW) and Werner Pascha (IN-EAST), we cordially invite you to the Research Workshop on Rhetoric and Evidence of Leadership Aspirations in East Asia: Rhetoric and Evidence of Leadership Aspirations in East Asia: Immaterial as well as material sources of leadership and implications for regional governance patterns VenueDuisburg, Building SG, […]