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15.10.2025: Vortrag von Prof. Wu Lin-Chun: Engineering China – Modern Infrastructure, Transnational Engineers, and the Governance of the Everyday State

Das Graduiertenkolleg GRK 2833 „East Asian Futures“ läd am 17. Oktober 2025 zu einem Vortrag von Mercator Fellow Prof. Wu Lin-Chun in den Räumen der Fakultät für Ostasienwissenschaften ein.


11.10.2025: IPEEA Mailingliste

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


11.10.2025: Willkommen

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.


11.10.2025: Moodlekurs

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.


02.09.2025: 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)


02.09.2025: AREA Ruhr Roundtable Series (in person) with Richard J. Cook Ph.D. (Nankai University, PRC)

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


24.07.2025: Transactions in Xinjiang: Cultural, Socio-economic and Historical Sources on the Chinese Western Regions (1750–1976)

Vom 16. bis 18. Juli 2025 fand in der Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin ein Workshop zum Thema "Transactions in Xinjiang: Cultural, Socio-economic and Historical Sources on the Chinese Western Regions (1750–1976)" statt.


01.07.2025: Bekanntmachung:

Die Wahlergebnisse für die Wahlen zum Fakultätsrat vom 23. bis 25.6. 2025!


26.06.2025: Author Reading - "Geisterdämmerung" by
Kevin Chen

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


20.06.2025: Auszeichnung für die Dissertation von Daniel Wollnik

Für seine Dissertation wurde Daniel Wollnik (Sektion Geschichte Japans) am 20. Juni 2025 der Martin-Behaim-Preis der Gesellschaft für Globalgeschichte verliehen.


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