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2026/02/: Movie Screening of the Research Training Group GRK 2833 “East Asian Futures” in March

The Research Training Group GRK 2833 “East Asian Futures” is pleased to invite you to their public outreach event “Visions of the Future in East Asian Cinema” in Bochum. Across two afternoons in March, they will explore cinematic visions of the future from Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, and China.


2026/02/: End of the lecture period in the winter semester 2025/26

Dear students, we wish you all the best for your exams and other final assessments. We hope you will have a good rest during the lecture-free period and look forward to seeing you all again in April for the summer semester.


2026/02/: End of the lecture period in the winter semester 2025/26

Dear students, we wish you all the best for your exams and other final assessments. We hope you will have a good rest during the lecture-free period and look forward to seeing you all again in April for the summer semester.


2026/01/: Spring School 2026

Introduction to Taiwanese (Tâi-gí) and Taiwan's Contemporary Popular Culture

Lecturer: Khó͘ Pōe-bín 許珮旻 M.A., and colleagues


2025/11/: Book Launch Event with National Taiwan Library

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.


2025/10/: Vortrag von Prof. Wu Lin-Chun: Engineering China – Modern Infrastructure, Transnational Engineers, and the Governance of the Everyday State

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.


2025/10/: IPEEA Mailinglist

We ask all MA IPEEA students to register for the MA IPEEA Mailinglist to receive the latest information.


2025/10/: Welcome

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.


2025/10/: Moodle class

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.


2025/09/: AREA Ruhr Book Talk Series by Richard J. Cook Ph.D. (Nankai University, PRC)

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)