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Prof. Dr. Sébastian LeChevalier (EHESS, Paris)  Which East Asian miracle for the 21st Century? Abstract: In 1993, the Word Bank published its famous report entitled „The East Asian Miracle“, in which it was analyzing the economic performances of East Asian economies and was formalizing a model that was looking more or less like the Japanese model. […]

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 […]

Congratulations! 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 […]

AREA Ruhr’s First Guest Researcher: Eugenia Prasol from Ukraine 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 […]

Liebe Ostasien-Interessierte, wir würden uns freuen, wenn Sie unserer Einladung zum diesjährigen AREA Day 2022 folgen, die Veranstaltung findet im Museum DKM Duisburg statt.  AREA Day 2022 24. Juni 2022 / 13:30 – 19:00 Uhr Auch dieses Jahr begibt sich die AREA Ruhr „auf die Spuren Ostasiens in NRW“ und stellt anlässlich des 40-jährigen Jubiläums […]

Bulgan Erdenechuluun (IOA/Universität Bonn): Market growth and barriers to entry in Mongolia: Perspectives from Chinese and Japanese entrepreneurs Abstract: Mongolia is one of the emerging market economies which has been traditionally based on livestock and agriculture. Owing to its rich mineral deposits and other potential economic sectors, Mongolia has been successful in attracting numerous foreign […]

Summer Term 2022 – China’s Global Rise – Contesting the Liberal World Order? International Lecture Series, organized by the IN-EAST (Nele Noesselt) and SCRIPTS – Contestations of the Liberal Script (Cluster of Excellence hosted at Freie Universität Berlin). China’s Global Rise – Contesting the Liberal World Order?

Power shifts in the international system and transformations of the international order. China’s new normative role in global rule-making:the cybernorms. Guest lecture by Caterina García Segura   Abstract: The starting point of this talk is the fact that for years we have been witnessing two phenomena that are often presented as cause and consequence: the […]

Andreas Eder-Ramsauer (Freie Universität Berlin): Yamamoto Tarō and Reiwa Shinsengumi: Testing the Left-Wing Populist Hypothesis in Japan (In cooperation with Research-Forum IN-EAST) ONLINE lecture | 14.00 – 16.00 h   Abstract:Long facing declining wages and rising inequality, LDP governments have walked an electorally successful, but often unpopular, tight balance between neoliberal deregulation and seemingly pro-labor […]