On December 12, 2025, the National Taiwan Library will launch the Chinese translation of the book “Eine kurtze Ost-Indianische Reiß-Beschreibung” (1669) by the Swiss painter and traveler Albrecht Herport. In cooperation with the Faculty of East Asian Studies at Ruhr University Bochum there will be a hybrid event at the university's library, which will be held in German, English and Chinese.
The Research Training Group GRK 2833 ‘East Asian Futures’ invites you to a lecture by Mercator Fellow Prof. Wu Lin-Chun on 17 October 2025 at the Faculty of East Asian Studies.
We ask all MA IPEEA students to register for the MA IPEEA Mailinglist to receive the latest information.
We warmly welcome all new and returning students to the winter semester 2025/26. We invite all students to join our welcoming/meet and greet on 29 October 2025 at 16.00 (st/sharp) in room GABF 04/509.
We ask all students to register for the Moodle class “Einstieg Ostasienwissenschaften (WiSe2025/26)” to obtain general information on the start of the semester. Please note: Students who want to take courses at the INEAST do not have to register as visiting students/Zweithörer.
The book talk deals with Cook's recent publication Asia-Pacific Secondary States as Kingmakers: Alignment Roles in the China-US Strategic Competition
Time: 08.09.2025 (Mo.), 11-12 am
Location: (online via Zoom) with Richard J. Cook Ph.D. (Nankai University, PRC)
Host: Igor Sevenard (UDE, EAF)
Navigating the China Information Gap: East Asia Order & Insider Perspectives
The aim of this in-person event is to bring the analysis of East Asia’s regional order into dialogue with research practices in/about China.
In doing so, we will concentrate on
Geopolitics/Regional Order: Secondary states’ room for manoeuvre amid US–China competition;
implications for analysis and policy advice
Research in/about China: Access, ethics, collaborations, and publication practices
under heightened geopolitical tensions.
Time: 08.09.2025 (Mo.), 2-3.30 pm
Location: AREA Ruhr/University of Duisburg-Essen, Campus Duisburg, Geibelstr. 41, SG 183
From 16 to 18 July 2025, a workshop on ‘Transactions in Xinjiang: Cultural, Socio-economic and Historical Sources on the Chinese Western Regions (1750–1976)’ took place at the Berlin State Library.
Die Wahlergebnisse für die Wahlen zum Fakultätsrat vom 23. bis 25.6. 2025!
The Taiwan Research Unit is pleased to invite you to an author reading of "Geisterdämmerung" (鬼地方) by the Taiwanese writer Kevin Chen (陳思宏). .
Time: 11.07.2025 (Fri.), 4-6 pm/16:00-18:00 Uhr
Location: Ruhr University Bochum, MB 3/126
Daniel Wollnik (Department of Japanese History) was awarded the Martin-Behaim-Prize of the Gesellschaft für Globalgeschicht on June 20, 2025.
The Research Unit for Taiwanese Culture and Literature cordially invites everyone to a guest lecture by Dr. Jennifer Liu, professor of East Asian history at Central Michigan University.
Time: 16.06.2025 (Mo.), 6-8 pm
Location: Ruhr University Bochum, GB 04/159
The 2025 elections for the faculty councils and the senate for the group of students will take place online from June 23 to June 25, 2025. You can find information here:
The Research Unit for Taiwanese Culture and Literature cordially invites everyone to a guest lecture by Dr. Jennifer Liu, professor of East Asian history at Central Michigan University.
Time: 16.06.2025 (Mo.), 6-8 pm
Location: Ruhr University Bochum, GB 04/159
Hanmun Lab is pleased to announce its first workshop on the Digital Study of Pre-modern Korean Writing Systems and Texts, to be held on June 16-17.
On Saturday, May 17, 2025, the AREA Ruhr research network is organizing the AREA Day 2025 in Cologne to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the war and its effects in East Asia.
In cooperation with the Research Training Group “East Asian Futures”, the Department of Chinese History and the Department of Chinese Language and Literature invite you to a lecture by Dr. Heinrich Geiger on May 14, 2025.
We offer outstanding students the opportunity to study at the prestigious School of International Relations and Public Affairs (SIRPA) at Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Application Procedures 👉 https://ceac-rub.org/fudan-exchange-programme/
Interested students enrolled in B.A. and M.A. OAW Faculty programmes can submit their applications in English until June 2, 2025.
The Research Training Group GRK 2833 “East Asian Futures: Visions and Realizations on National, Transregional and Global Scales” has announced two one-year scholarships for Master's students of the Faculty of East Asian Studies.
We hereby would like to invite you to a guest lecture by Dr. Aya Adachi. The event will take place on Tuesday, April 29th 2025, at 16.15 in room GB 04/159.
The Research Training Group GRK 2833 “East Asian Futures: Visions and Realizations on National, Transregional and Global Scales” has announced a call for applications for an administrative position.
The Department of East Asian Politics has a vacancy for a research assistant (m/f/d) (pre-doc or post-doc).
Several new publications by Professor Gottwald have been published recently.
Introduction to Taiwanese (Tâi-gí) and Taiwan's Contemporary Popular Culture
Introduction to Taiwanese (Tâi-gí) and Taiwan's Contemporary Popular Culture
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