Application Deadline: Jan. 31, 2025  | Seven Doctoral Researchers
The DFG Research Training Group 2833 East Asian …
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Application Deadline: Jan. 31, 2025  | Seven Doctoral Researchers
The DFG Research Training Group 2833 East Asian Futures: Visions and Realizations on National, Transregional and Global Scales offers seven 0,75 TV-L E13 positions at Ruhr University Bochum and the University of Duisburg-Essen for Doctoral Research (m,f,x) from Oct 1, 2025 till Sep 30, 2029.

The interdisciplinary Research Training Group GRK 2833 solicits doctoral dissertations for research on East Asian projections and conceptions of the future: how they emerged, on what premises they were based, and how they have been and continue to be applied to the paradigmatic fields of (1) language, religion, and ideology, (2) self and society, (3) resources and technology, and (4) sovereignty and governance. The temporal focus is on the modern and contemporary periods. The relevant fields of research are

• Area Studies: Sinology/Chinese Studies, Japanese Studies, Korean Studies and/or
• further disciplines with a strong focus on East Asia, such as Social Sciences (Political Science, Economics, Sociology), History, Religious Studies, Linguistics, Literary Studies.

The doctoral studies will be conducted at the Faculty of East Asian Studies at the Ruhr University Bochum (RUB) and the Institute of East Asian Studies at the University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE), respectively its constituting faculties, with periods of fieldwork and archival/library research in East Asia. The participating researchers cooperate and coordinate their activities in the Alliance for Research on East Asia (AREA) Ruhr. GRK 2833 is supported by a grant of the German Research Foundation (DFG) funded by the German federal government and the federal states. For further information on the research programme and the curriculum for doctoral researchers, please refer to the GRK 2833 website: https://east-asian-futures.de

Extent: part-time
Duration: temporary
Beginning: Oct 1, 2025
Application deadline: Jan 31, 2025

Your tasks

• Conducting doctoral research, including fieldwork in East Asia.
• Submitting a doctoral thesis after max. four years.
• Participating in the structured, English-language doctoral curriculum of the Research Training Group GRK 2833.
• Participating in the outreach activities of the Research Training Group.

Your profile

• You hold an above-average Master’s degree (or equivalent qualification) in a discipline relevant to the chosen project.
• You command the ability to formulate an original research question independently and to plan a research design to answer the question.
• You are highly motivated to work in an interdisciplinary research environment.
• You have excellent written and oral skills in English and a high command of at least one East Asian language (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Tibetan, classical and/or modern).
• You are willing to conduct academic research also in a non-European context.
• You have a strong interest and an initial idea for a doctoral project in the research programme East Asian Futures, relating to one or several of the four subthemes.

Our offer

• Challenging and varied tasks with a high degree of personal responsibility
• Team-oriented cooperation in a committed, international and appreciative team
• Employment at one of Germany’s largest universities in the University Alliance Ruhr network
• Support in reconciling family and work/academics (including childcare placement, holiday offers, mobile children’s room).
• You will benefit from being a member of the AREA Ruhr with its wide research network and of the respective graduate centres Research School at RUB and Graduate Centre Plus at UDE under the umbrella of the Research Academy Ruhr (RAR), which provide research and learning environments with structured guidance on academic skills training, support for attending conferences, and manifold opportunities for networking and career development.

Required documents

1. a cover letter
2. a CV including relevant information on the candidate’s academic formation
3. certifications of degrees, academic performance, and tested proof of language skills, especially the proficiency in one or more East Asian languages
4. a synopsis of the prospective dissertation / postdoctoral research topic (maximum of 5000 words, references not included)
5. a writing sample in English (ideally an excerpt of the master’s or doctoral thesis or a translated summary thereof)

Additional information
The staff council may be involved in selection interviews.
As the position is funded by third-party funds, the employee has no teaching obligation.

The Ruhr-Universität Bochum is one of Germany’s leading research universities, addressing the whole range of academic disciplines. A highly dynamic setting enables researchers and students to work across the traditional boundaries of academic subjects and faculties. To create knowledge networks within and beyond the university is RUB’s declared aim.
The Ruhr-Universität Bochum stands for diversity and equal opportunities. For this reason, we favour a working environment composed of heterogeneous teams, and seek to promote the careers of individuals who are underrepresented in our respective professional areas. The Ruhr-Universität Bochum expressly requests job applications from women. In areas in which they are underrepresented they will be given preference in the case of equivalent qualifications with male candidates. Applications from individuals with disabilities are most welcome.

Contact details for your application
Simone KORTUNG, Phone: +49 234 32 12279
Nora BRASSE, Phone: +49 234 32 12116
All interviews will be conducted online.

For information on the collection of personal data in the application process see here: https://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/en/information-collection-personal-data-application-process

Please upload your application with the specification ANR: 4034 until January 31, 2025 in one pdf file onto the application platform: https://east-asian-futures.de/application/requirements/ weniger

Application Deadline: Jan. 31, 2025  | Six Affilliated Fellowships for Doctoral Research in Bochum and Duisburg
Starting …
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Application Deadline: Jan. 31, 2025  | Six Affilliated Fellowships for Doctoral Research in Bochum and Duisburg
Starting date: October 1, 2025

Fields of research
Area studies: Sinology/Chinese Studies, Japanese Studies, Korean Studies.
And/or further disciplines with a strong focus on East Asia, such as Social Sciences (Political Science, Economics, Sociology), History, Religious Studies, Linguistics, Literary Studies

Scope of the programme
The interdisciplinary Research Training Group GRK 2833 solicits doctoral dissertations for research on East Asian projections and conceptions of the future: How they emerged, on what premises they were based, and how they have been and continue to be applied to the paradigmatic fields of (1) language, religion, and ideology, (2) self and society, (3) resources and technology, and (4) sovereignty and governance. The temporal focus is on the modern and contemporary periods.

The fellowship positions are limited to the finalization of the candidate’s doctoral studies or a maximum of four years. The doctoral fellows are expected to apply for and secure external funding prior to or at the same time as applying for the doctoral fellowship in the Research Training Group GRK 2833 East Asian Futures (such as DAAD or other scholarships). The candidate’s applications for external funding will be supported by GKR 2833 and assisted if necessary. Upon admission, they are eligible for support of their fieldwork by travel grants of the German Research Foundation (DFG) for associated doctoral researchers in the Research Training Group GRK 2833 East Asian Futures. The doctoral studies will be conducted at the Faculty of East Asian Studies at the Ruhr University Bochum (RUB) and the Institute of East Asian Studies at the University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE), respectively its constituting faculties, with periods of fieldwork and archival/library research in East Asia. The participating researchers cooperate and coordinate their activities in the Alliance for Research on East Asia (AREA) Ruhr.

The English-language doctoral programme includes a structured curriculum and close guidance by experienced researchers while at the same time fostering early academic independence and creativity by providing support for conducting, presenting, and publishing the results of the RTG members’ research.

Doctoral researchers will be supervised by two professors affiliated with the East Asian Studies Departments of both universities. The list of participating supervisors is installed on the website of the programme. For further information and possible topics of dissertations see the GRK 2833 programme: https://east-asian-futures.de

What we offer

• You will work within the stimulating and inspiring research environment of the coordinated research programme East Asian Futures.
• You will benefit from being a member of the AREA Ruhr with its wide research network and of the respective graduate centres Research School at RUB and Graduate Centre Plus at UDE under the umbrella of the Research Academy Ruhr (RAR), which provide research and learning environments with structured guidance on academic skills training, support for attending conferences, and manifold opportunities for networking and career development.
• Equality in research includes the element of empowerment and diversity. To work towards these aims, both universities offer separate and joint programmes for gender mainstreaming and mentoring.
• After the successful doctoral defense, the research and training group supports graduates to find their way into successful academic and non-academic careers in Europe and worldwide

Your profile

• You hold an above-average Master’s degree (or equivalent qualification) in a discipline relevant to the chosen project.
• You command the ability to formulate an original research question independently and to plan a research design to answer the question.
• You are highly motivated to work in an interdisciplinary research environment.
• You have excellent written and oral skills in English and a high command of at least one East Asian language (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Tibetan, classical and/or modern).
• You are willing to conduct academic research also in a non-European context.
• You have a strong interest and an initial idea for a doctoral project in the research programme East Asian Futures, relating to one or several of the four subthemes.

Recognising the relevance of gender and diversity is a central strategic criterion of sustainable university development for the RUB and the UDE. Both RUB and UDE are committed to integrating talented people into the groups of researchers and educators, regardless of gender, socioeconomic background, and ethnicity, and to promoting their careers in areas where they are underrepresented. Applications are also welcome from suitably qualified candidates with severe disabilities.

For details of the application process, please visit the GRK 2833 website with the explanation of the documents required for submitting an application: https://east-asian-futures.de

Required documents

1. a cover letter
2. a CV including relevant information on the candidate’s academic formation
3. certifications of degrees, academic performance, and tested proof of language skills, especially the proficiency in one or more East Asian languages
4. a synopsis of the prospective dissertation / postdoctoral research topic (maximum of 5000 words, references not included)
5. a writing sample in English (ideally an excerpt of the master’s or doctoral thesis or a translated summary thereof)

Relevant dates for applications
Starting date for applications (platform opening): December 1, 2024
Screening of applications: February 2025
Online interviews: End of February / March 2025
Notification on admission: April/May 2025
Deadline: January 31, 2025

Upload and contact
Applications should be uploaded via the application platform https://east-asian-futures.de/application/requirements/ ) and be addressed to Prof. Dr. Christine MOLL-MURATA, Speaker of the GRK 2833.
For questions, please refer to the FAQs or send an E-mail to application@east-asian-futures.de weniger

Book Talk with Yasmin Koppen | Tue, January 14, 2025, 6–8 pm | Online via Zoom
East Asian Landscapes and Legitimation: …
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Book Talk with Yasmin Koppen | Tue, January 14, 2025, 6–8 pm | Online via Zoom
East Asian Landscapes and Legitimation: Localizing Authority Through Sacred Sites in China and Vietnam

Host: Christine Moll-Murata (RUB)

Zoom registration link:
https://uni-due.zoom-x.de/meeting/register/u50vf-ysqTIuG9WT6dwl2x72ppJ5AbYZSHuB

About the author
Yasmin Koppen is postdoctoral research fellow at the Institute for the Study of Religions at Leipzig University, focusing on Chinese and Southeast Asian religions. She completed her studies in Chinese and Religious Studies at Ruhr University Bochum and enhanced her expertise in Vietnamese studies as a research fellow at LWL-Museum für Archäologie in Herne. Her doctoral studies were supported by AREA Ruhr. Her current research concerns the religionization of environmental movements in the struggle of indigenous cultures against green imperialism in Southeast Asia.

About the Book
The book examines the contrasting outcomes of the Chinese Empire’s conquests of Sichuan and Vietnam with a focus on the dynamics between central authority and local autonomy, as they are evident in the transformation of sacred sites. The Experiential Architecture Analysis (EAA) introduced in this book offers a framework to examine spatial-social interactions, which provided new insights into transcultural ideology transfer and the roles of sacred sites in visualizing power and resistance. The case studies demonstrate the role of hydrolatric sites in the social resilience of local cultures under transregional pressure.

The AREA Book Talk Series (online via Zoom) will be continued.
The Book Talk Series gives experts from AREA Ruhr the chance to meet up with authors of newly released academic books that deal with topics related to East Asia from a wide variety of disciplinary perspectives to discuss their novel publications. weniger

Veränderungen des Wohlfahrtsstaates und der Parteienpolitik in Japan  |  13. Januar 2025, 18–20 Uhr  |  Raum SG …
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Veränderungen des Wohlfahrtsstaates und der Parteienpolitik in Japan  |  13. Januar 2025, 18–20 Uhr  |  Raum SG 183  (in German)
AREA Occasional Lecture Series

Short CV:
Masaki Kondo war an der Universität Kobe tätig, nachdem er seine Doktorarbeit an der Universität Kyoto abgeschlossen hatte. Seit 2018 ist er Professor für Politikwissenschaft an der Universität Kyoto in Japan. Er hat mehrere Lehrstühle beispielsweise für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft sowie Politische Entscheidungsprozesse inne.
Masaki Kondos Forschungsschwerpunkte umfassen die Sozial- und Parteienpolitik in Deutschland sowie vergleichende Studien zwischen Deutschland und Japan. Er hat Monographien wie Die Geschichte der CDU und Die politische Ökonomie des deutschen Wohlfahrtsstaates veröffentlicht. Darüber hinaus war er Herausgeber mehrerer Sammelbände, darunter Vergleichende Wohlfahrtsstaatsforschung und Konservative Parteien im Wandel. Zudem hat er Aufsätze mit vergleichenden Studien zwischen Japan und Deutschland auf Deutsch publiziert. weniger

EG 13 TV-L, 50 %
Bewerbungsfrist bis 26.12.2024
Das Institut für Politikwissenschaft (IfP) der UDE ist Teil der Fakultät …
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EG 13 TV-L, 50 %
Bewerbungsfrist bis 26.12.2024
Das Institut für Politikwissenschaft (IfP) der UDE ist Teil der Fakultät für Gesellschafts-wissenschaften und zählt mit 14 Professuren und mehr als 50 wissenschaftlichen Mitarbeiter:innen zu den größten Lehr- und Forschungseinrichtungen im deutschsprachigen Raum. Das Institut für Ostasienstudien (IN-EAST) der UDE gehört mit seiner sozialwissenschaftlich-interdisziplinär ausgerichteten Forschung und Lehre in den Regionalstudien zu den innovativsten Lehreinrichtungen seiner Art im deutschsprachigen Raum.

Besetzungszeitpunkt: Beginn: 2025-03-01
Vertragsdauer: 4 Jahre
Arbeitszeit: 19 Std. 55 Min. (50 %)

Ihre Aufgabenschwerpunkte

• Sie wirken mit an den wissenschaftlichen Dienstleistungen in Forschung und Lehre am IfP/IN-EAST
• Sie beteiligen sich an den Forschungsarbeiten der Professur im Bereich der politikwissenschaftlichen und soziologischen Koreaforschung, vor allem durch ein einschlägiges Promotionsvorhaben mit empirischem Bezug zu Korea
• Sie führen eigenständig Lehrveranstaltungen in den von der Professur mitbetreuten Studiengängen durch. Das Lehrdeputat beläuft sich auf 2 Semesterwochenstunden. Dies schließt die grundsätzliche Bereitschaft und Befähigung mit ein, Lehre auch in englischer Sprache durchzuführen.
• Sie unterstützen die Professur bei anfallenden Aufgaben in Forschung, Lehre und Verwaltung

Ihr Profil

• Sie haben ein mit überdurchschnittlichem Erfolg abgeschlossenes Hochschulstudium (Diplom oder Master) der Politikwissenschaft oder Soziologie oder anderer Studiengänge mit sozialwissenschaftlichem Schwerpunkt
• Sie verfügen über sehr gute Kenntnisse zu politischen und/oder gesellschaftlichen Prozessen in Korea
• Sie haben fundierte Kenntnisse der qualitativen und/oder quantitativen Methoden der empirischen Sozialforschung
• Sie drücken sich in deutscher und englischer Sprache sicher in Wort und Schrift aus
• Sie arbeiten systematisch, präzise und eigenständig, haben Organisationstalent und sind teamorientiert
• Sie haben einen souveränen Umgang mit digitalen Werkzeugen und fortgeschrittene Sprachkenntnisse des Koreanischen
• einschlägige Arbeits- und Lehrerfahrungen, Kenntnisse in einer weiteren ostasiatischen Sprache, sowie Studien- und Forschungsaufenthalte in Korea sind vorteilhaft

Sie erwartet

• eine interessante, verantwortungsvolle Tätigkeit mit Gestaltungspotenzial
• die Möglichkeit zur Promotion mit zahlreichen Unterstützungsangeboten
• ein abwechslungsreiches, vielseitiges Aufgabengebiet
• Familienfreundlichkeit durch Betreuungsangebote für Ihre Kinder
• Beratung bei familiären Pflegeaufgaben
• ein breit aufgestelltes Fort- und Weiterbildungsangebot, individuelle Einarbeitung
• eine sehr gute ÖPNV-Anbindung und kostenfreie Parkplätze
• attraktive Sport- und Gesundheitsangebote (Hochschulsport)
• die Möglichkeit von Homeoffice

Bewerbungsfrist: bis 2024-12-26
Kennziffer 723-24

Bewerbung
Ihre Bewerbung mit den üblichen Unterlagen richten Sie bitte unter Angabe der Kennziffer 723-24 an
Herrn Prof. Dr. Hannes Mosler
Universität Duisburg-Essen
Fakultät für Gesellschaftswissenschaften
Institut für Politikwissenschaft

per E-Mail an Prof. Dr. Hannes Mosler (hannes.mosler@uni-due.de),
für Rückfragen: Telefon 0203 379-2249.

Informationen über die Fakultät und die ausschreibende Stelle finden Sie unter:
https://www.uni-due.de/politik/mosler.php weniger

Migration, Retention & Incorporation of the Highly Skilled  |  Wed, December 18, 2024, 14.30–16.00 CET  |  MPI-MMG, …
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Migration, Retention & Incorporation of the Highly Skilled  |  Wed, December 18, 2024, 14.30–16.00 CET  |  MPI-MMG, Göttingen – Hybrid Event
We would like to invite you to the upcoming public event of IN-DIALOGUE Migration, Retention & Incorporation of the Highly Skilled at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity (MPI-MMG), co-organized by QuaMaFA (Qualification and Skill in the Migration Process of Foreign Workers in Asia). This hybrid event takes place at the MPI-MMG in Göttingen on Wednesday 18th Dec. 2024, 14:30–16:00 (CET).

For details, please check: https://www.mmg.mpg.de/events/39847/928848

This event is on international skilled migration in major migrant receiving countries in Asia and Germany to discuss timely issues, such as retention and incorporation of the high skilled migrants. The invited panelists will be:
Chang Won Lee (Migration Research and Training Centre, South Korea)
Gracia Liu-Farrer (Waseda University, Japan)
Anja Weiß (University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany)
Junjia Ye (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

We are looking forward to seeing you in Göttingen!

The event is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). weniger

South Korean Families in ‘Not-Seoul’: Decentralization and Demographic Futures  |  Tue, Dec. 17, 2024, 10–12 h …
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South Korean Families in ‘Not-Seoul’: Decentralization and Demographic Futures  |  Tue, Dec. 17, 2024, 10–12 h CET  | Online Lecture
Bonnie Tilland is a university lecturer in the Institute for Area Studies at Leiden University.

Access to the Meeting:
https://ruhr-uni-bochum.zoom-x.de/j/69156553796?pwd=CYDg5wL8gTcKUctfQRH76T3XShhtLp.1
Meeting ID: 628 8109 8055
Code: 609765

Link to the website of East Asian Futures:
https://east-asian-futures.de weniger

Institute of Japanese Studies, Free University of Berlin  |  December 16, 2024, 15.45–17.15  |  Hittorfstr. 18, …
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Institute of Japanese Studies, Free University of Berlin  |  December 16, 2024, 15.45–17.15  |  Hittorfstr. 18, Berlin
JTEPS: The Japan Transnational Education and Career Panel Study – International Student Mobility and its Consequences.

More information:


The event is part of the BMBF-funded project Qualification and Skill in the Migration Process of Foreign Workers in Asia, organized by the Institute of Japanese Studies, Free University of Berlin and supported by Goethe University Frankfurt. weniger

Why history repeats itself in South Korea, In: The Hankyoreh’s opinion section, December 16, 2024 (in Korean)

Reconsidering Postwar Japanese history: A handbook. Ed. by Simon Avenell, Amsterdam University Press, 2023, 375 pp.

Trust and Friendship in International Relations  |  Fri, December 13, 2024, 10–12 h CET  |  Online Lecture
Felix …
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Trust and Friendship in International Relations  |  Fri, December 13, 2024, 10–12 h CET  |  Online Lecture
Felix Berenskötter, PhD is Reader in International Relations in the Department of War Studies at King’s College, London.

Abstract:
This talk explores the concept of trust in international friendship. Trust is generally accepted as intrinsic to and, perhaps, the key feature of friendship. Yet precisely because of its centrality, and because international friendship is not a straightforward phenomenon, we need to think carefully about how we situate and ‘see’ trust in such a configuration. The talk approaches this task in three steps: (i) reviewing different ways trust can be conceptualised in general, highlighting its future-orientation, (ii) offering a reading that is intertwined with an ontology of international friendship as shared being in time, and (iii) linking the concept to observable expressions in international politics, namely practices of solidarity, the sharing of private information/secrets, and critique.

Access to the Meeting:
https://ruhr-uni-bochum.zoom-x.de/j/69470924627?pwd=W2GS7hSC5ZaVPLYfQktkBnhaBGX6l2.1
Meeting-ID: 694 7092 4627
Password: 498760

Link to the website of East Asian Futures:
https://east-asian-futures.de weniger

„China 2024 – ein Jahresrückblick“ – Veranstaltung der IHK Nürnberg für Mittelfranken  |  Fr, 13.12.2024, …
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„China 2024 – ein Jahresrückblick“ – Veranstaltung der IHK Nürnberg für Mittelfranken  |  Fr, 13.12.2024, 8.30–10 Uhr
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Democracy Put to the Test … the Future Democracy in South Korea  |  Dec. 10, 2024, 15.45–17.30 h

zum drohenden Amtsenthebungsverfahren gegen Präsident Yoon
Link zum Video im heute journal (ab Min. 1:19):
https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten-sendungen/heute-journal/suedkorea-yoon-amtsenthebung-100.html

Link …
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zum drohenden Amtsenthebungsverfahren gegen Präsident Yoon
Link zum Video im heute journal (ab Min. 1:19):
https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten-sendungen/heute-journal/suedkorea-yoon-amtsenthebung-100.html

Link zur Webseite von zdfheute:
https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/politik/ausland/suedkorea-yoon-suk-yeol-hannes-mosler-interview-100.html

Interview und Text von Elisabeth Schmidt weniger

Cross-Strait Relations in Flux: International Implications of a Taiwan Conflict  |  Fri, December 6, 2024, 7 pm CET  |  Online …
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Cross-Strait Relations in Flux: International Implications of a Taiwan Conflict  |  Fri, December 6, 2024, 7 pm CET  |  Online lecture
Opening Evening Keynote at the International (Young) Chinese Scholars Network.
Open to interested people from the UDE, please register by nele.noesselt@uni-due.de

Simona Grano is Senior Teaching and Research Fellow Chinese Studies at the Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies, and Director of the Taiwan Studies Project at the University of Zurich. weniger