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25.06.2025 - 10:00:00

AREA Book Talk Series mit Anke Scherer

Book Talk mit Anke Scherer (OAW, RUB) | Wed, June 25, 2025, 10 Uhr MESZ | Online via Zoom
Jenseits von Nation und Imperium. Interaktionen …

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18.06.2025 - 18:00:00

Guest Lecture by Prof. Yuichi Toda

Inter-Minority Conflict in the Japanese Context | Wed, June 18, 2025, 16.15–17.45 h at Essen Campus, Room S06 S02 B06
Lecture co-organized …

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23.05.2025 - 08:30:00

SoKEN Conference

The Korean Peninsula in Times of Multiple Crises: Research and Teaching in the Social Sciences | Fri–Sat, May 23–24, 2025, University …

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06.05.2025 - 16:00:00

AREA Book Talk Series with Nicolas Schillinger

Book Talk with Nicolas Schillinger (IN-EAST) | Tue, May 6, 2025, 4 pm CEST | Online via Zoom
From Forest Farm to Sawmill. Stories …

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07.04.2025 - 08:37:17

Axel Klein and Anke Scherer: Joint Class on “Climate and Environment in Japan”

Axel Klein (IN-EAST) and Anke Scherer (OAW) are going to jointly teach a BA-level class (in German) on “Climate and Environment in Japan” …

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01.04.2025 - 17:30:00

Vortrag von Markus Taube über China als Innovations-Supermacht

Chinas heimlicher Aufstieg zur Innovations-Supermacht. Triebkräfte und Herausforderungen für Deutschland | Di, 1.4.2025, 17.30–19 Uhr
Interdisziplinäre …

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29.01.2025 - 16:00:00

Perspectives on Labor, Family and Housing in Contemporary China (IN-EAST Research Forum) Guest Lecture by Ryanne Flock

On “Normal Houses” and “Family Households”: Understanding Housing Statistics to Conduct Research on Urban China | Wed, Jan. 29, …

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24.01.2025 - 10:00:00

EAF Online Guest Lecture by Hoi Yan Cheung

Datong Music Society (1919–1958) and the Making of “Heritage” in Early Chinese Music Modernity | Fri, Jan. 24, 2025, 10–12 h CET | Online …

Datong Music Society (1919–1958) and the Making of “Heritage” in Early Chinese Music Modernity | Fri, Jan. 24, 2025, 10–12 h CET | Online Lecture
Abstract:
Datong Music Society, founded by Zheng Jinwen (1872–1935) in Shanghai in 1919, was a major Chinese music organization that proactively responded to the cultural reform movement of the time. For decades, Datong was known for modeling new Chinese instrumental practices upon standardized Western settings, including changing the pitch setting (temperament), expanding the range of tones (register) and volume, and adopting the orchestral style for its ensemble. While these Western-inspired changes have lasting impact on Chinese music reform, recent discoveries of Datong’s archaistic styled instruments suggest an opposite direction of revival, one that prompts new reflections on modernity.
Among the recent discoveries is a set of Datong instruments donated to the Deutsches Museum in Munich in 1925, which I confirmed with the help of the music curator Silke Berdux in 2023. The archaism of the gift set, which was a style common among Datong instruments production in its prime, afforded Datong to be known as the “spokesperson” of classical, or “ancient” (gu) Chinese music. Drawing from the concept of “exhibitory modernity” and reviewing Zheng’s views of history and exhibit, this talk will present Datong as a practical bearer of “heritage” in Chinese musical modernity during the interwar period. Unlike the preservationist notion of “heritage,” however, Datong challenges us to re-envision “heritage” as displaying purposefulness of the modern. Looking closely at its selected pieces, Datong’s instruments indeed showed a variety of creative styles.
A comparison with the “early music revival” happening almost simultaneously in the West helps illustrate Datong’s peculiar approach. Instead of applying fidelity in making early musical instruments in order to produce historical sounds, Datong was more interested in integrating the past with the present, bringing together revival and reform in seeking its futuristic vision of “datong” (lit. great unity), when Chinese music becomes a music of the world with its own national style.

About the speaker:
Joys H.Y. Cheung (Ph.D. in Musicology/Ethnomusicology, University of Michigan; M.M. in Ethnomusicology, University of Texas) is an Associate Professor at the Graduate Institute of Ethnomusicology, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei. Her research has focused on the field of “music” in Chinese modernity emerging from interwar Shanghai, including issues of translated modernity, networks, the sublime, qin listening, historiography, and heritage negotiations. Her publications in 2023 include The Art Song of East Asia and Australia, 1900–1950 (Routledge), her second co-edited volume, and Making Chinese Instrumental Relics in Pre-UNESCO Modernity: Datong Music Society’s ‘Heritage’ Project (Journal of Music Research, Taipei). Her article Riding the Wind with Mozart’s ‘Jupiter’ Symphony: The Kantian and Daoist Sublimes in Chinese Musical Modernity (Music & Letters, UK, 2015) received the Rulan Chao Pian Publication Prize in 2016. With her recent discovery of a set of Chinese musical instruments donated by Datong Music Society to Deutsches Museum in Munich, Germany in 1925, she has initiated a collaborative exhibit and research project between her institution and the museum (2026), and has brought about a collaboration with the Shanghai Conservatory of Music (2024).

Access to the Meeting:
https://ruhr-uni-bochum.zoom.us/j/65259835868
Meeting-ID: 652 5983 5868
Password: 684093

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

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24.01.2025 - 09:00:00

Vorstellung alternativer Karrierewege

für Studierende der Koreastudien/Koreanistik in Deutschland | Freitag, 24. Januar 2025, 9.30–14.30 Uhr
Obgleich die Zahl der Studierenden …

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23.01.2025 - 09:00:00

Hannes Mosler at an Asia in Review Webinar

South Korea at a Crossroads: The Martial Law Crisis, Its Roots, and What Lies Ahead | January 23, 2025, 9.00–10.30 Uhr CET | Online …

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17.01.2025 - 10:00:00

EAF Online Guest Lecture by Felix Berenskötter

Trust and Friendship in International Relations | Fri, January 17, 2025, 10–12 h CET | Online Lecture
Felix Berenskötter, PhD …

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16.01.2025 - 03:30:00

QuaMaFa and NUS-ARI Hybrid Workshop

Recalibrating ‘Skill’ in Changing Immigration Regimes: Skilled Migrants and the Nature of Work in Asia | January 16–17, 2025, 10.30 …

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15.01.2025 - 16:00:00

Perspectives on Labor, Family and Housing in Contemporary China (IN-EAST Research Forum) Guest Lecture by Gilles Guiheux

Comparing Labor in Contemporary China and in Postwar Japan and France: Precariousness in High-Growth Economies | Wed, Jan. 15, 2024, 16–17.30 …

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14.01.2025 - 18:00:00

AREA Book Talk Series with Yasmin Koppen

Book Talk with Yasmin Koppen | Tue, January 14, 2025, 6–8 pm | Online via Zoom
East Asian Landscapes and Legitimation: Localizing …

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13.01.2025 - 18:00:00

Gastvortrag von Masaki Kondo

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

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08.01.2025 - 16:00:00

Perspectives on Labor, Family and Housing in Contemporary China (IN-EAST Research Forum) Guest Lecture by Marius Meinhof

Negotiating the Filial Self. Intergenerational Relations and Discourses on Family Values in China | Wed, Jan. 8, 2025, 16–17.30 h (s.t.) | Room …

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18.12.2024 - 17:00:00

Invited Lecture by Steve Entrich at ELTE Budapest (online)

It All Depends on the Planning? Ways and Pitfalls to Conduct Empirical Research in the Shadow | Dec. 18, 2024, 17 h | Online Lecture
Relations …

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18.12.2024 - 14:30:00

MPI-MMG and QuaMaFa: in Dialogue

Migration, Retention & Incorporation of the Highly Skilled | Wed, December 18, 2024, 14.30–16.00 CET | MPI-MMG, Göttingen …

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17.12.2024 - 10:00:00

EAF Online Guest Lecture by Bonnie Tilland

South Korean Families in ‘Not-Seoul’: Decentralization and Demographic Futures | Tue, Dec. 17, 2024, 10–12 h CET | Online Lecture
Bonnie …

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16.12.2024 - 15:45:00

Steve Entrich and David Chiavacci present about JTEPS

Institute of Japanese Studies, Free University of Berlin | December 16, 2024, 15.45–17.15 | Hittorfstr. 18, Berlin
JTEPS: The …

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13.12.2024 - 08:30:00

Markus Taube beim Chinaforum Christmas Club

„China 2024 – ein Jahresrückblick“ – Veranstaltung der IHK Nürnberg für Mittelfranken | Fr, 13.12.2024, 8.30–10 Uhr

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10.12.2024 - 15:45:00

Hannes Mosler as Panelist at Università Ca’Foscari Venezia (via Zoom)

Democracy Put to the Test … the Future Democracy in South Korea | Dec. 10, 2024, 15.45–17.30 h

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06.12.2024 - 19:00:00

Online Guest Lecture by Simona Alba Grano

Cross-Strait Relations in Flux: International Implications of a Taiwan Conflict | Fri, December 6, 2024, 7 pm CET | Online lecture
Opening …

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05.12.2024 - 15:06:17

Vortrag von Hannes Mosler in Seoul

Verfassungsrechtliche Absicherung und Schutz demokratischer Institutionen in Deutschland und Südkorea | 5. Dezember 2025
auf der Konferenz …

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02.12.2024 - 19:00:00

Dokumentarfilm „Purpose“ am 02.12.2024

Als Teil des von Axel Klein unterrichteten Kurses Klima und Umwelt in Japan findet am 02. Dezember 2024 (19 Uhr, LX1203) die öffentliche …

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25.11.2024 - 10:15:00

AREA Book Talk Series with Jin-Wook Shin

Book Talk with Jin-Wook Shin: Democracy and Human Rights in the Kim Dae-jung Era | Mon, Nov. 25, 2024, 10.15 am | Online via Zoom
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15.11.2024 - 13:30:00

VSJF Annual Conference 2024 in Berlin

Sustainability in Japan | Fri–Sun, November 15–17, 2024 | Japanese-German Center Berlin (JDZB)
The Conference
Making …

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09.11.2024 - 10:00:00

AREA Day 2024: Taiwan

Auf den Spuren Taiwans in Nordrhein-Westfalen | November 9, 2024, 10–18 h | RUB Uni-Forum Ost

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06.11.2024 - 13:05:47

Hannes Mosler and Hee Kyoung Chang at Sussex University

University of Sussex Conference Centre (Falmer/Brighton, UK), 6th November 2024
Hannes Mosler: Simplistic Solutions to Complicated Problems: …

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05.11.2024 - 10:00:00

C-NET RNR: China-Tag Ruhr Niederrhein 2024

Reflexion der Kooperationsbeziehungen Deutschland-China | Di, 5.11.2024, 10 Uhr | NETZ-Gebäude

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02.11.2024 - 09:30:00

(ON-SITE) Workshop in Tokyo

Comparative Perspectives on the Transformation of East Asian Labor Markets through International Skilled Migration
Saturday, 2nd November …

Comparative Perspectives on the Transformation of East Asian Labor Markets through International Skilled Migration
Saturday, 2nd November 2024, 9.30–18.45 (JST)

Dear all,

We would like to invite you to the upcoming workshop
Comparative Perspectives on the Transformation of East Asian Labor Markets through International Skilled Migration, on Saturday 2nd November, at the Institute of Social Science at the University of Tokyo.

This on-site workshop brings together scholars working on skilled migration, not only in Japan but also in South Korea and Taiwan, as all three countries similarly undergo an accelerated demographic decline and a labor shortage. These countries are in dire need to attract and secure long-time skilled professionals in order to maintain economic growth, to remain competent in global markets, and counter challenges arising from population decline and the fourth industrial revolution. The objective of the workshop is therefore to understand how different actors in the three countries – government, firms, and migrant individuals/employees – shape the transformation of the domestic labor market, adjust to or proactively seek out opportunities in the increasingly internationalizing/globalizing labor market, and navigate the problems associated with this transformation. Please see the attached for details of the program:
https://www.uni-due.de/imperia/md/content/in-east/events/program__short__comp_persp_labor_market.pdf

The workshop information is as follows:
DATE: Saturday, 2nd November
TIME: 9:30 to 18:45
LOCATION: Room 549 (5th floor) at Building 37 (Akamon General Research Building),
University of Tokyo, Institute of Social Science (ISS)

REGISTRATION IS MANDATORY. Please register from the following link by Monday 29th October. Registered attendees are invited to stay for the join lunch.
https://forms.gle/a3LvQh1VehCs7agt6

This workshop is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and Toshiba International Foundation.

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29.10.2024 - 18:00:00

AREA Book Talk mit Dorothea Mladenova

Selbstoptimierung bis zum Tod. Aktive Lebensendplanung in Japan | October 29, 2024, 6–8 pm | online

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23.10.2024 - 19:00:00

Hello, Good-bye and Welcome Back 2024

Das IN-EAST feiert seine Studierenden /
IN-EAST Celebrates Its Students
Am 23. Oktober 2024 feiert das Institut mit „Hello, Good-Bye …

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22.10.2024 - 18:00:00

Guest Lecture by Yukio Maeda

Talk on the Upcoming Election, Public Opinion and the Prime Minister in Japan | Tue, October 22, 2024, 6 pm | LE 736
Prof. Yukio …

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11.10.2024 - 12:00:00

Online Workshop for Early Career Researchers

Support and funding opportunities for your research in and on China | Fri, 11 October 2024, 12–13.30 h | Online via Zoom
The …

Support and funding opportunities for your research in and on China | Fri, 11 October 2024, 12–13.30 h | Online via Zoom
The China Competence Network Ruhr Niederrhein (C-NET RNR) https://www.cnetrnr.de ) invites you to join this online workshop to learn more about the various institutions in Germany that provide support and funding opportunities for your research in and on the People’s Republic of China.

What to expect: In our 1.5-hour workshop Dr. Christina Philips (DAAD Centre for International Academic Cooperation – KIWi) will provide an overview of the DAAD portfolio for PhD students and Postdocs interested in academic cooperation with China. She will also introduce KIWi and its services for German Institutions of Higher Education. The DAAD is Germany’s largest provider of scholarships. In addition, many other public and private bodies give financial support to junior researchers focusing on China. Important donors include the European Union, a large number of public foundations, and Germany’s federal government ministries. Arvid Kempf (Hans-Böckler-Stiftung) will acquaint us with CHIN-KoBe, a project for the advancement of Chinese competency among the scholarship holders of the 13 organizations for the promotion of young talent under the umbrella of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). The goal of CHIN-KoBe is to prepare students and junior researchers for a study or research stay in a Chinese speaking environment by strengthening their knowledge, language skills and experience abroad.

This workshop is aimed at all early career researchers (from pre- to post-doctoral levels) who are interested in academic cooperation with China.

The event is free of charge, but registration with info@cnetrnr.de is required for organizational reasons until 9 October 2024.

C-NET RNR is an affiliate project of AREA Ruhr (https://www.area-ruhr.de ), the Alliance for Research on East Asia within the University Alliance Ruhr.

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10.10.2024 - 18:00:00

Vortragsreihe am Konfuzius-Institut Metropole Ruhr

Nachhaltigkeit, Umwelt- und Klimaschutz in China. Informationen und Austausch im Herbst am Konfuzius-Institut. Start: 10.10.2024
Das Thema …

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01.10.2024 - 09:00:00

Orientation Weeks for New MA Students

October 1–2 and 4–10, 2024, beginning at 9 a.m. (first week), and at 10 or 8 a.m. (second week)
The IN-EAST welcomes a new generation …

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23.09.2024 - 05:00:00

Steve Entrich gives 2 Talks in Hong Kong

Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK) and University of Hong Kong (UHK), Sep 23 and 24, 2024
EdUJK, Mon, Sep. 23, 2024, 5.00–6.15 a.m. …

Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK) and University of Hong Kong (UHK), Sep 23 and 24, 2024
EdUJK, Mon, Sep. 23, 2024, 5.00–6.15 a.m. CEST:
German-Style Shadow Education: Development, Specifics, and Implications
Zoom link:
https://eduhk.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_ctHGPdnXQw42K46?Q_CHL=qr
Abstract:
Shadow education (SE, i.e. private supplementary tutoring) has rapidly expanded since the 1990s and become part of mass schooling in many societies including Germany. As a result, SE is often understood as a cost-intensive status attainment strategy of upper classes that likely exacerbates the strong dependence of educational success on the students’ social origin, reflecting a failing public school system. However, research on SE in Germany does not provide clear evidence to answer the most pressing related questions: (1) What causes the (increased) investment in SE; and (2) what are the effects of SE on academic performance, school allocation and status attainment?
To answer both questions, the author draws on two major German panel studies: (1) the German National Education Panel Study (GNEPS); and (2) the German Life Courses into Middle Adulthood (LifE) study.
Results indicate that German-style SE is largely used by middle and low strata who use SE to achieve their (relatively higher) educational goals, but do not advance to educational tracks with the highest expectable returns. Our findings further indicate that dynamic factors behind the family decision for SE related to intergenerational transmission and individual characteristics should be stronger considered in future research.

UHK, Tue, Sep. 24, 2024, 8.00–9.30 a.m. CEST:
The Role of Shadow Education for Educational Success: Effects on Tracking Allocation in Germany and Japan
Zoom link:
https://hku.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAtc-uupzIsEtOj-VH1gSnUbFlihdiifqQT#/registration
Abstract:
The talk provides results from a comparative analysis examining the strategies behind family investment in SE and its outcomes for school allocation in two different institutional and cultural settings: Germany and Japan. Using national panel data, results show that in Germany SE is used largely independent of SES and does not improve the chances of admission to more advantageous schools. In contrast, SE provides students in Japan with significant advantages for educational progress at high costs (monetary and non-monetary). The results are discussed regarding the potential contribution of SE to educational success and social inequality within given country-specific constraints.

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13.09.2024 - 23:59:59

Call for Abstracts (Deadline: September 13, 2024)

Recalibrating ‘Skill’ in Changing Immigration Regimes: Skilled Migrants and the Nature of Work in Asia (16–17th Jan. 2025, Singapore/hybrid)
QuaMaFA …

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04.09.2024 - 11:04:36

Hannes Mosler beim Deutsch-Koreanischen Forum

Hannes Mosler war Teilnehmer beim 22. Deutsch-Koreanischen Forum in Dresden, 4. bis 6. August 2024
Er leitete unter anderem das Panel Wertebasierte …

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28.08.2024 - 15:36:36

Presentation by Monika Arnoštová at Tallinn University

Navigating Shared Socialist Histories: A Comparative Analysis of White-Collar Workers’ Overtime Behavior in Beijing and Prague
at the 25th …

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25.07.2024 - 18:00:00

EAF Online Guest Lecture by Jana Rošker

From Non-Reality to Possibility: Sublating the Conceptions of the Future in St. Augustine and the Later Mohist Cannon | July 25, 2024, 18–20 …

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17.07.2024 - 10:00:00

Diversifying Immigrant Societies Guest Lecture by In-Jin Yoon

Current status and policy response to migrant integration and multiculturalism in Korea | Wed, July 17, 2024, 10 h (CEST) | Online …

Current status and policy response to migrant integration and multiculturalism in Korea | Wed, July 17, 2024, 10 h (CEST) | Online via Zoom
Zoom Link: https://uni-due.zoom-x.de/meeting/register/u50qdeCgqToqHtePLf6_S_NppjpA9Wk6vica

Abstract
The current status of migrant integration in Korea seems to be far from ideal. The human rights violations against migrants remain common in the workplace and everyday life. The public’s perception and attitudes toward migrants have changed from paternalism to apathy, and is deteriorating to the level of hatred toward certain groups. Korean adults' multicultural acceptance increased from 2010 to 2015, but has continued to decline since then. The level of social integration of migrant workers and married immigrant women, which are representative groups of migrants in Korea, is not high in both material and psychological aspects. Migrant workers have a high employment rate, but they work long hours in low-skilled, low-wage work, are exposed to non-payment or delayed payment of wages and physical and verbal violence, and their labor rights are greatly restricted. They cannot bring their families, and their opportunities to acquire permanent residency and nationality are greatly limited, so they are not subject to social integration. Marriage migrant women tend to have low employment rates, employment stability, and income due to their low age and education level, ability to understand Korean language and culture, the large age and cultural gap with their husbands, and the burden of childbirth and childcare. They are also dependent on their husbands because they need their consent when applying for permanent residency and nationality. The language and culture of their home country are not respected and they are under strong pressure to assimilate into Korean culture.

Bio
In-Jin Yoon is a professor of Sociology at Korea University and the director of the Korea University Library. He earned his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Chicago and taught in the Asian American Studies Department at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His research interests include social psychology, international migration, immigration policy, and overseas Koreans and Korean diaspora. He is the author of On My Own: Korean Businesses and Race Relations in America, Korean Diaspora, North Korean Migrants, International Migration and Multiculturalism in Northeast Asia.

For information on the whole lecture series please refer to:
https://www.uni-due.de/in-east/events/in-east_research_forum

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10.07.2024 - 11:07:12

Presentations by Monika Arnoštová

at Conferences in Preston/UK on June 28, 2024, and Yogyakarta/Indonesia on July 10, 2024
Monika Arnoštová presented her research at the …

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05.07.2024 - 16:44:05

EAF Online Guest Lecture by Karl Gustafsson

Non-traditional Deterrence in East Asia | July 5, 2024, 10–12 h CEST | Online Lecture
Karl Gustafsson is professor of international …

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27.06.2024 - 18:00:00

EAF Online Guest Lecture by Kevin Gray

North Korean Political Economy: Historical Lineages and Future Developments | June 27, 2024, 18–20 h CEST | Online Lecture
Kevin …

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27.06.2024 - 16:00:00

Jens Wrona at AREA Ruhr Occasional Lecture Series

Culture, Tastes, and Market Integration: Testing the Localized Tastes Hypothesis | Thu, June 27, 2024, 4–5.30 pm sharp CEST | online …

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26.06.2024 - 10:30:00

Career Counselling Meeting

AlFreDO, the IN-EAST alumni organization, and MA coordinator Melanie Kogler warmly invite interested students to a Career Counselling Meeting
We …

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20.06.2024 - 14:00:00

Guest Lecture by Hyung-Gu Lynn

The History of the Growth of Korean Popular Music from the 1930s to the Present | June 20, 2024, 14–16 h | Building/Room LA 013
Hyung-Gu …

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19.06.2024 - 14:30:00

Hannes Mosler gives talk at the University of Central Lancashire

2024 Parliamentary Election and Its Implications in South Korea. – International Institute of Korean Studies (IKSU) Summer School, 19 June …

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19.06.2024 - 10:00:00

Diversifying Immigrant Societies Guest Lecture by Peidong Yang

The Insecure Migrant Middle in Singapore: Research insights on migrant professionals, immigrant teachers, and immigrant parents | Wed, …

The Insecure Migrant Middle in Singapore: Research insights on migrant professionals, immigrant teachers, and immigrant parents | Wed, June 19, 2024, 10 h CEST
Zoom Link: https://uni-due.zoom-x.de/meeting/register/u5woceuqqD8jGdI1zCGzbmJxIvXKR4WVKlaH

Abstract
A small city-state with a highly developed economy strategically situated in Southeast Asia, Singapore is a major hub for migration/mobility in the Asia-Pacific region and has one of highest non-resident-to-resident population ratios in the world. While migration research has long noted that Singapore has a bifurcated foreign labour-immigration regime favouring the highly-educated/skilled migrants, more recent research seems to suggest that even the well-educated, professional, middle-class migrants are not exempted from insecurity and precarity under Singapore’s tightening immigration regime since the late 2000s and early 2010s. This talk draws on several strands of migrant-focused research that emerged within the past decade in Singapore, specifically offering insights from published and ongoing research (including several of the author’s own projects) about the settlement and integration experiences of migrant professionals (from Chinese and Indian backgrounds), immigrant-background teachers in mainstreams schools, and immigrant parents whose children go to government schools. It is argued that a common theme characterizing the experience of these diverse “migrant middle” groups in Singapore is a sense of insecurity resulting from increasing difficulties of obtaining a permanent foothold (permanent residency/citizenship) in the country. The paper also sheds light on how feelings of uncertainty, anxiety and precarity manifest in realms such as work and children’s education for these “insecure” migrant middle in Singapore.

Bio
Peidong Yang (DPhil, Oxford) is an Assistant Professor at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. A sociologist of education, Peidong’s research concerns the intersections between education and migration/mobility. He is the author of International Mobility and Educational Desire: Chinese Foreign Talent Students in Singapore (2016) and numerous journal articles on topics including international student mobility, identity, integration, and social studies education. https://www.peidongyang.com

For information on the whole lecture series please refer to:
https://www.uni-due.de/in-east/events/in-east_research_forum

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08.06.2024 - 11:00:00

Einladung zum AlFreDO-Brunch

AlFreDO lädt alle ehemaligen und gegenwärtigen Studierenden und MitarbeiterInnen des IN-EAST am Samstag, den 8.6.2024 ab 11 Uhr zum Brunch …

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07.06.2024 - 16:00:00

Two Lectures in Hong Kong by Steve Entrich

Two Lectures at the Education University of Hong Kong, June 6, 2024, Moderator: YUNG Wai Ho
Talk 1: A Comparative Analysis of Shadow …

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07.06.2024 - 13:15:00

28. Duisburger Ostasientag

Die Bedeutung der Asien-Pazifik-Region im 21. Jahrhundert | Tec-Tower | Fr, 7. Juni 2024, 13.15 bis 20 Uhr
Als Schauplatz von …

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05.06.2024 - 18:30:00

China in a World of Acute Crises

Roundtable Discussion | June 5, 2024, 6.30–8 pm | Duisburg Campus, Building SG, Room SG 183
China's regional and global roles …

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05.06.2024 - 15:49:26

Hannes Mosler at Jagiellonian University, Krakow

Hannes Mosler gave a talk on “Causes and Sources of South Korea’s Fragile Democracy” at the ?Mapping Democratic Fragility Workshop at Jagiellonian …

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16.05.2024 - 15:34:33

Hannes Mosler at Babes Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca

Hannes Mosler gave a talk on “The 2024 General Elections and Democracy in South Korea” (EPEL Lecture) at Babes Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, …

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08.05.2024 - 10:00:00

Diversifying Immigrant Societies Guest Lecture by Chikako Kashiwazaki

From side doors to skill-level shifts: Japanese labor migration policy and its impact on ethnic diversity | Wed, May 8, 2024, 10 h CEST
Zoom …

From side doors to skill-level shifts: Japanese labor migration policy and its impact on ethnic diversity | Wed, May 8, 2024, 10 h CEST
Zoom Link: https://uni-due.zoom-x.de/meeting/register/u5Apc-irpjsrEtPNz085Xyuy1J6UujgKH43O

Abstract
The 2018 revision to Japanese immigration control law introduced new residential statuses, “Specified Skilled Worker” Types 1 and 2, and was widely reported as a significant policy change. The scheme certainly seemed novel in that it would apparently open the “front door” for foreign labor, with a prospect for long-term settlement. However, was it really a major departure from the previous Japanese policy toward labor migration? What implications does this new opening have for the acceptance of ethnic diversity in Japan?

To tackle these questions, I revisit the late 1980s to early 1990s when the question of accepting foreign workers was a subject of heated debate in Japan. There were two major events: the revision to the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act, which went into effect in 1990, and the launching of the Technical Intern Training Program in 1993.

My contention is that the 2018 legal change was similar to, and an outgrowth of, the pattern observed three decades earlier. Between 1990 and 1993, “side doors” were enlarged as alternatives to the “front door.” Likewise, in the 2018 law, skill categories were redefined to incorporate a broader set of occupations into what was acceptable as “skilled workers.” I will also discuss potential negative impact of the drive to increase migrant workers on efforts to develop an ethnically inclusive society.

Bio
Chikako KASHIWAZAKI is Professor at the Faculty of Economics, Keio University. She earned a Doctorate in Sociology from Brown University. Her research interests include ethnicity, citizenship, nationalism, and immigration policies. She has published articles and book chapters on the discursive aspects of Japanese immigration policies, social integration policies and programs at the local government level, and citizenship and identity issues concerning zainichi Koreans. She has also collaborated with local governments in conducting surveys and reviewing policy plans concerning foreign residents.

For information on the whole lecture series please refer to:
https://www.uni-due.de/in-east/events/in-east_research_forum

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02.05.2024 - 18:00:00

EAF Online Guest Lecture by Subodhana Wijeyeratne

The Sun and the Stars: Sino-Japanese Space Cooperation, 1950–2000 | May 2, 2024, 18–20 h CEST | Online Lecture
Asst. Prof. …

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30.04.2024 - 16:00:00

Gastvortrag Wolfgang Seifert

Zwischen China und Japan: Koreas Untergang als Staat im Jahr 1910, mit einem Fokus auf dem völkerrechtlichen Aspekt | 30.4.2024, 16–18 …

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25.04.2024 - 18:00:00

EAF Online Guest Lecture by Björn Alpermann

‘Ethnic Blending’ (minzu jiaorong): The Chinese Communist Party’s Vision for the Future of Ethnic Relations | Apr 25, 2024, 18–20 …

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24.04.2024 - 10:05:24

Hannes Mosler and Hee Kyoung Chang attended the ROK-EU Strategic Dialogue 2024

Jointly organized by the Korean Institute for National Unification (KINU) and the policy think tank Democracy Cluster of the Institute for Future …

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18.04.2024 - 16:00:00

Eröffnung der Ausstellung Südkorea – Fotos aus den 1970er- und 2020er-Jahren

Fotos von Prof. em. Eckart Dege und von Studierenden aus den Beständen des Museums der University of Seoul | Do, 18. April 2024, 16–18 …

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15.04.2024 - 14:00:00

Vortrag von Hannes Mosler am Campus Essen

Südkoreas Demokratie – Politische Polarisierung und die Parlamentswahlen vom 10. April 2024 | Montag, 15.4.2024, 14–16 Uhr |
Ort: …

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12.04.2024 - 13:45:00

Duisburger Ostasiengespräche

Die Parlamentswahl in Südkorea und der Stand der liberalen Demokratie in Ostasien | Freitag, 12.4.2024, 13.45–17 Uhr | NETZ-Gebäude
Am …

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03.04.2024 - 10:30:00

Hannes Mosler in a panel discussion about South Korean Elections

CPG Online Event: Previewing the 2024 South Korean General Elections | April 3, 2024, 10.30–12.00 am CEST

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08.03.2024 - 09:58:09

PinEAD Team @ SNU

The team members of the IN-EAST-based project “Populism in East Asian Democracies” (PinEAD), Axel Klein, Hannes Mosler, and Frédéric Krumbein, …

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21.02.2024 - 15:00:00

Hannes Mosler and Benedikt Staar at IKSU Book Talk

IKSU Book Talk Series, University of Central Lancashire, 21 February 2024 (Wed),
3 pm – 5 pm CET (virtual)
A book talk on Politics, …

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19.02.2024 - 10:27:37

Presentation by Bohyun Kim in Brussels

Comparative Climate Policy Governance: East Asia and Europe – Presentation at VUB Environment, Economy and Energy Centre, Brussels School of …

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31.01.2024 - 21:57:29

Presentation by Hee Kyoung Chang

US-China Technology Competition and the Eurasian Geoeconomic Order | January 31, 2024
at the conference on Regionalism in Eurasia …

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31.01.2024 - 16:00:00

Labor, Mobility and Migration Guest Lecture by Sou Hyun Jang

The Impact of Immigrants’ Transnational Ties with Their Home Countries in South Korea | Wed, Jan. 31, 2024, 16.00 h CET
Venue: LE …

The Impact of Immigrants’ Transnational Ties with Their Home Countries in South Korea | Wed, Jan. 31, 2024, 16.00 h CET
Venue: LE 736 and online

This lecture is part of the IN-EAST Research Forum

Zoom Link: https://uni-due.zoom-x.de/meeting/register/u5EufuGorjspGNaKSv_J3yH2kUj_scbO-kqH

Sou Hyun Jang is Assistant Professor at Korea University, Seoul

For information on the whole lecture series please refer to:
https://www.uni-due.de/in-east/events/in-east_research_forum

Abstract
The development of technology has enabled recent immigrants to be more connected with their home country after international migration. While numerous studies examine various aspects of immigrants’ transnational ties with their home countries, including political activities (e.g., voting in home country elections), economic contributions (e.g., sending remittances), social connections (e.g., maintaining contact with family and friends), cultural engagement (e.g., consuming cultural content exported from the home country), and medical practices (e.g., seeking medical treatment in the home country), the predominant focus has been on transnational ties among immigrants in Western countries. “The East Asian context remains underexplored in transnationalism literature, and I aim to address this gap by examining the frequency of social transnational ties, which is closely related to other fields of transnational ties, and its impact on the health of various immigrant groups in South Korea, a country transitioning into an immigrant-receiving nation. My studies indicate that the maintenance of social transnational ties with the home country varies among immigrant groups and generations. For example, foreign workers tend to maintain stronger ties with their home country than female marriage migrants. Furthermore, the ties are weaker among multicultural adolescents, the second-generation immigrants. The impact of social transnational ties also differs between immigrant generations. On the one hand, social transnational ties play a role as a buffer for foreign workers and female marriage migrants in regard to their physical and mental health. However, unlike the positive impact of transnational ties among first-generation immigrants, the negative impact of transnational ties was observed among second-generation immigrants; multicultural adolescents who maintain transnational ties are more likely to engage in delinquent behaviors and social withdrawal. These findings suggest the need for collaboration between the home countries of migrants and the government of the destination country to facilitate the establishment of positive transnational ties, transforming them into sources of support rather than stress, especially for second-generation immigrants. Furthermore, future studies could apply qualitative methods to elucidate how transnational connections with the home country affect the health and behaviors of immigrants from diverse backgrounds, considering the characteristics and cultures of their home countries.

Bio
Sou Hyun Jang, holding a Ph.D. from the Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York, currently serves as an assistant professor at Korea University. Her research interests encompass international migration, transnationalism, and health disparities. Her ongoing research employs quantitative and qualitative methods, in addition to utilizing big data from social media. This research is centered on investigating how transnational ties impact the physical and mental health of diverse migrant groups.

^{This event is partially funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).}

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30.01.2024 - 11:00:00

Presentation by Hannes Mosler on Conference on New Geopolitics and Geoeconomics in Eurasia

New Paths to South Korea’s New Northern Policy in the Indo-Pacific Era | The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Center, Washington DC | January …

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25.01.2024 - 14:15:00

AREA Ruhr Lecture by Aimi Muranaka

Sticking to Norms or Sticking out? Agency of Vietnamese Female Skilled Migrants in the IT Sector in Japan | Wed, January 25, 2024, 14.15–15.45 | Online …

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24.01.2024 - 18:00:00

EAF Guest Lecture by Derek Kramer

Flagging the Future: Science, Symbolism, and Sovereignty in Post-Liberation Korea, 1945–1950 | Wed, January 24, 2024, 6–8 pm (CET)
Participation …

Flagging the Future: Science, Symbolism, and Sovereignty in Post-Liberation Korea, 1945–1950 | Wed, January 24, 2024, 6–8 pm (CET)
Participation in the zoom meeting: Registration link:
https://ruhr-uni-bochum.zoom.us/j/63248533889?pwd=ZjYvdzdjdXhXSGJMWFdLSDVETFZCdz09

Meeting-ID: 632 4853 3889, Passwort: future

Organizer
DFG Research Training Group 2833 East Asian Futures: Visions and Realizations on National, Transregional and Global Scales, Ruhr University Bochum and University of Duisburg-Essen

About the Speaker
Derek Kramer, PhD, is a lecturer in Korean Studies at the School of East Asian Studies at the University of Sheffield. He held research posts at Korea University, the University of Cambridge, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He obtained his degree in East Asian Studies from the University of Toronto in 2021. His work focuses on the history of science in modern Korea. At present, he is working on a book manuscript that explores the cultural and intellectual responses to the atomic age in early Cold War North and South Korea. You can find out more about Dr Kramer via his personal website: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/seas/people/academic-staff/derek-kramer.

Abstract
This study examines the introduction of North Korea’s Republican Flag to underscore the role of science in the marshalling of postcolonial political authority. Rather than understand science as simply a mode of knowledge production, the topic is approached as a universalizing discourse generative of political authenticity. The article maintains that this latter expression of the field facilitated and justified the circulation of North Korea’s new national banner. Officially adopted by Pyongyang in 1948, the creation and composition of this symbol of sovereignty has generally been understood as an expression of Soviet influence and North Korean state power. However, by highlighting the circulation of the flag outside of the Northern and by focusing on the assertions that accompanied its introduction, this article attends to how Korea’s Republican Banner enjoyed a social currency rooted in the scientific and progressive traits assigned to the marker.

For further information, please refer to:
https://east-asian-futures.de
Contact: info@east-asian-futures.de

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17.01.2024 - 13:00:00

AREA Ruhr Lecture by Jens Wrona – postponed to summer term 2024 –

Culture, Tastes, and Market Integration: Testing the Localized Tastes Hypothesis | !! – postponed to summer term – !!

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17.01.2024 - 10:00:00

Labor, Mobility and Migration Guest Lecture by Lenka Vylet’alová

Mapping the Transnational Migration of Highly Skilled Japanese Women in Dual Career Couple Context: a Conflict or a Confluence of Career and …

Mapping the Transnational Migration of Highly Skilled Japanese Women in Dual Career Couple Context: a Conflict or a Confluence of Career and Family Trajectories? | Wed, January 17, 2024, 10 a.m. CET
Online lecture via Zoom

Lenka Vylet’alová is Assistant Professor at Palacky University Olomouc.

Zoom Link: https://uni-due.zoom-x.de/meeting/register/u5Epdu-ppjosGtELHe9DPkbiYoku0Wem_cCz

For information on the whole lecture series please refer to:
https://www.uni-due.de/in-east/events/in-east_research_forum

Abstract
Given the traditionally low ratio of women among the Japanese organizational expatriates, their function in the transnational mobility has long been reduced to their supporting roles as trailing spouses or nurturing mothers. However, a growing number of Japanese female professionals relocate abroad as self-initiated expatriates, and continue a transnational career path even after creating a family. Furthermore, not all those who relocate under the spouse Visa are in fact professionally inactive, proving their agency in defying the traditional power relations between men and women within the context of transnational family-based mobility.
The present empirical study builds on qualitative interviews with Japanese female migrants in Switzerland and Czech Republic, who relocate in the context of a dual career household. It firstly explores both risks and potential of transnational labor mobility through a consideration of conflicting issues related to work/care regimes and institutions or the role of gender in the work-family interaction. The narrative is then taken into perspective in considering Japanese social norms, gender roles and care regimes that continue to reconstruct barriers for more equality-based use of the talent pool that women as a half of the workforce represent.

Bio
Lenka Vylet’alová is an assistant professor at the Department of Asian Studies at Palacký University Olomouc, where she earned her MA degree. She also holds an MBA from Jean Moulin University Lyon 3 and a PhD in Global Studies from Sophia University in Tokyo. Since 2017 she has been affiliated as a Collaborative Researcher at the Institute of Comparative Culture of Sophia University. Her primary research interests include skilled labor mobility, gender inequality, and the impact of globalization on Japanese society. She has coauthored several chapters in the recently published book, The Global Japanese Restaurant: Mobilities, Imaginaries, and Politics.

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16.01.2024 - 10:00:00

Business-Gespräch China: „Investieren oder nicht investieren?“

Wie chinesische Unternehmen das Investitionsumfeld in NRW sehen. – Gesprächsrunde mit Thomas Heberer und Anna Shpakovskaya | 16. Januar …

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13.12.2023 - 09:57:52

Neue Studie von Thomas Heberer und Anna Shpakovskaya

„Investieren oder nicht investieren?“ Wie chinesische Unternehmen das Investitionsumfeld in NRW sehen. DCW-Businesspraxis, Düsseldorf, Nov. …

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12.12.2023 - 09:00:00

Auftaktveranstaltung C-NET RNR (RegioChina)

China-Kompetenznetzwerk für den Wissenschaftsstandort Ruhr/Niederrhein | Auftakt am Di, 12. Dez. 2023, 9–13 Uhr
Interessierte Kollegen …

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06.12.2023 - 10:00:00

Labor, Mobility and Migration Guest Lecture by Yu-chin Tseng

Students, Workers or Cash Cows? The Double-Commodification of Southeast Asian Students in Taiwan | Wed, December 6, 2023, 10 am CET
Hybrid …

Students, Workers or Cash Cows? The Double-Commodification of Southeast Asian Students in Taiwan | Wed, December 6, 2023, 10 am CET
Hybrid event – Room LE 736 (Campus Duisburg) and online via Zoom

Yu-chin Tseng ist Researcher at the Department of Chinese Studies, University of Tübingen.

Zoom Link: https://uni-due.zoom-x.de/j/69068738996?pwd=Y2lUKytPVVNwTGlYTEN0bkovMkJQQT09

For information on the whole lecture series please refer to:
https://www.uni-due.de/in-east/events/in-east_research_forum

Abstract
International student flows in higher education between Asian countries have increased rapidly over the last decade. Building upon recent work on shifting patterns of intra-Asia student mobility and the labour migration in Asia, this lecture examines a unique case that is the convergence of these two, the government-led student-worker scheme, International Program of Industry-Academia Collaboration (IPIAC) in Taiwan. The IPIAC targets Southeast Asian students and provides opportunities for students to study in Taiwan while having vocational internships as an essential part of the degree program.

Drawing on interviews with Southeast Asian students studying in Taiwan and faculty members of Taiwanese universities, this research first gives accounts to the main factors that facilitate this unique practice: the neoliberal transformation of higher education and the labour market in Taiwan, and kinship and social networks that influence students’ choice of studying in Taiwan. The economic ties between Taiwan and Southeast Asian countries, including business investments, Taiwan’s reliance on contracted labour migration from certain Southeast Asian countries, and businesses in Taiwan largely relying on migrant workers to provide affordable labour, have laid the ground for the practices and popularity of the student-worker scheme. Furthermore, the aim of this research is to make an innovative inquiry on the ‘double commodification’ of the student-worker scheme in Taiwan, where students are treated as commodities on both the higher education and the labour markets. The author argues that the IPIAC is the convergence of student mobility and contracted labour migration, and it responds to both the high demands of the fee-paying students and the cheap labour forces through the process of double-commodification of students in an invisible way, which corresponds to the growing trend of seeing students as more affordable and flexible labour.

Bio
Yu-chin Tseng was appointed Junior Professor at University of Tübingen in 2018, and since then she has been serving as co-director of the European Research Center on Contemporary Taiwan (ERCCT). She received her PhD in Sociology from the University of Essex in 2015. Her research interests lie in the area of gender, mobility, and intimacy in the context of Asia and Europe. Her current research comprises three main streams: the health behaviours and wellbeing of international students in Taiwan and in Germany; intimate mobilities and their correlation with states in Asia; China’s digital public diplomacy and its outreach to overseas Chinese in Europe. She has published widely on the topics of marriage migrants, gender and family, and China’s public diplomacy. Her latest publication, China’s Twitter Diplomacy in Germany: Practices, Reactions, and Discrepancies, was published in the Journal of Contemporary China in 2023.

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30.11.2023 - 23:55:48

Lectures by Monika Arnostova held in Chongqing

at the Chongqing Technology and Business University (CTBU), November 28 and 29, 2023
Two Lectures at the School of Public Administration:

European …

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30.11.2023 - 18:00:00

Einladung zur AlFreDO-Mitgliederversammlung

Der Alumni-Verein AlFreDO lädt zur Mitgliederversammlung ein am 30. November 2023 um 18.00 Uhr, Raum LE 736
Liebe Alumni,

wir …

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29.11.2023 - 14:00:00

Online Colloquium of RTG 2833 “East Asian Futures” Guest Lecture by Hsin-Hui Lin

Beyond Boundaries, Into Diverse Futurities: My Journey as a Female Sci-Fi Writer in Taiwan | Wed, November 29, 2023, 2–4 pm CET | Online …

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21.11.2023 - 15:44:03

Research Forum 2023/24: Start on December 6, 2023

Labor, Mobility and Migration of (East) Asia. Three Lectures in Winter Term 2023/24
IN-EAST will continue its Research Forum this semester …

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05.11.2023 - 14:00:00

VSJF Conference Organized by QuaMaFA

Labor and (im)mobility in Japan and East and Southeast Asia: Transnational, regional and rural-urban perspectives
From November 3rd to 5th …

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01.11.2023 - 10:56:11

Bohyun Kim beim 21. Deutsch-Koreanischen Forum

als Moderatorin für das 11. Junior-Forum-Programm, das vom 1. bis 3. November 2023 in Busan stattfindet
Link zum Deutsch-Koreanischen Forum:
https://www.dekr-forum.de/

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28.10.2023 - 10:00:00

AREA-Tag: AREA Ruhr veranstaltet Korea Day

Korea Day 2023: Tag der koreanischen Sprache & Kultur, Bochum, 28. Oktober 2023, 10–17 Uhr (zusammen mit dem LSI)

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12.10.2023 - 17:00:00

ACPS Annual Conference hosted by the IN-EAST

October 12–14, 2023 – Closed event, but Keynotes are open to interested visitors
A formal registration is required via in-east@uni-due.de …

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10.10.2023 - 13:26:02

Neues Graduiertenkolleg: East Asian Futures

Das IN-EAST und die Fakultät Ostasienwissenschaften der RUB haben ein neues DFG-gefördertes Graduiertenkolleg eröffnet

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02.10.2023 - 09:00:00

Orientation Weeks for New MA Students

Oct. 2–13, 2023, beginning at 9 a.m. (first week), and at 8 or 10 a.m. (second week)
The IN-EAST welcomes a new generation of MA students …

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22.09.2023 - 14:30:00

China unter Xi Jinping

22.–24. September 2023: Tagung an der Akademie für Politische Bildung Tutzing
Organisiert von Saskia Hieber und Nele Noesselt.
Interessierte …

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15.09.2023 - 14:00:00

Webinar Launching New Publication Edited by Karen Shire, Heidi Gottfried, and Sylvia Walby

The Future of Gender Regimes. Special Issue of Women’s Studies International Forum – Webinar on 15 Sep 2023, 15–16.30 CEST

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12.07.2023 - 10:00:00

Research Forum Guest Lecture by Martin Hemmert

The non-Internationalization of East Asian IT Start-ups: What Holds Them Back? | Wed, July 12, 2023, 10–12 h | LE 736 and online
Martin …

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07.07.2023 - 11:02:18

PinEAD Hosts Workshop on Populism at IN-EAST

International Workshop on “Populism in South Korea and East Asia”, supported by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the National Research …

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07.07.2023 - 10:55:47

International Project Conference at IN-EAST

on “Comparative Regionalism in New Eurasia: Trilateral Perspectives for ROK’s New Northern Policy” hosted by the Chair for Korean Politics …

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06.07.2023 - 11:16:16

Taiwans Repräsentant zu Besuch am IN-EAST

Prof. Jhy-Wey Shieh, Repräsentant von Taiwan in Berlin, sprach im Rahmen der Taiwan-Veranstaltung von Dr. Frédéric Krumbein zur gegenwärtigen …

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30.06.2023 - 15:50:42

Hannes Mosler at IKSU Summer School

Practices of Presidential Pardoning Power in South Korea (1997–2022). – Lecture at the 2023 IKSU Korean Studies Summer School
Organized …

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29.06.2023 - 10:15:21

Presentation in Seoul by Vicent Plana Aranda

A Comparative Analysis of ‘Political Discourse of Nuclear Energy’ in South Korea and Spain
Presentation by Vicent Plana Aranda (co-author: …

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28.06.2023 - 10:00:00

Research Forum Lecture by Georg Blind

Productivity and Stress Levels in New Teleworkers in Japan: Mandatory versus Voluntary Introduction | Wed, June 28, 2023, 10–12 h | Online …

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21.06.2023 - 15:11:34

Research Forum Lecture by Ruixing Cao

Leader’s Educational Background and Chinese Official Finance Flows | Wed, June 21, 2023, 10 h | LE 736 and online
Ruixing Cao …

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18.06.2023 - 10:00:00

Brunch mit AlFreDO

Die Alumni und Freunde der Duisburger Ostasienstudien laden zu ihrem jährlichen Brunch ein am Sonntag, den 18.6.2023 ab 10:00 Uhr
Ort: Cafe …

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15.06.2023 - 12:15:00

AREA Ruhr Guest Lecture by Martin Gehlmann

Student Evaluation Examination in Choson Local Schools | Thu, June 15, 2023, 12.15–13.45 h | Online Lecture

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14.06.2023 - 10:00:00

Research Forum Lecture by Giulia Romano and Markus Taube

Knowledge Transfers from China to Europe in the Field of Smart City Development: Preliminary Findings | Wed, June 14, 2023, 10–12 h | LE …

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02.06.2023 - 16:00:00

27. Duisburger Ostasientag

Reflexionen und Reaktionen in Ostasien auf den russischen Angriffskrieg gegen die Ukraine | NETZ-Gebäude | Fr, 2. Juni 2023, 16–19.30 …

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31.05.2023 - 10:00:00

Research Forum Lecture by Bohyun Kim

Securitizing Climate Change in Green Taxonomy Discourses: A Comparative Analysis between EU and South Korea | Wed, May 31, 2023, 10 h | LE …

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22.05.2023 - 17:18:53

Neue Generalkonsulin für Japan zu Gast an der UDE

Die neue japanische Generalkonsulin Setsuko Kawahara und Vize-Konsulin Akari Kato waren am 15.5.2023 zu Gast an der UDE
Bei Karen Shire und …

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17.05.2023 - 10:00:00

Research Forum Lecture by Ibrahim Öztürk

Populism and Economic Performance | Wed, May 17, 2023, 10 h, Room LE 736
Venue: LE Building, Forsthausweg, Campus Duisburg

The …

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03.05.2023 - 13:52:51

Bohyun Kim at EUIA23 Conference in Brussels

Presentation: Securitizing ‘Climate Change’ in Green Taxonomy Discourses: A comparative analysis between the EU and South Korea
Presentation …

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03.05.2023 - 10:00:00

Research Forum Lecture by Sandhya A.S

Making Mobility a Market: An Economic Sociology of Migration Brokerage | Wed, May 3, 2023, 10 h, Room LE 736
Venue: LE Building, Forsthausweg, …

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19.04.2023 - 10:00:00

Research Forum Lecture by An Huy Tran

The Charging Migrants: Male Vietnamese Migrants in Japan and the Transnational Negotiation of Sexuality and Masculinity | Wed, April 19, …

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14.04.2023 - 09:45:00

East Asia Net Conference in Duisburg

The IN-EAST hosts the EastAsiaNet Conference | April 14, 2023, 9.45–18 h | Online Meeting via Zoom
Closed event.
Organized …

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05.04.2023 - 03:03:03

Research Forum 2023: Start on April 19, 2023

The Presentations of the Research Forum in the Summer Term 2023 is now Fixed
Standard time slot: Wednesdays, 10–12 h in LE 736 or …

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04.04.2023 - 10:00:00

Easter School 2023

Informationsveranstaltung für interessierte Oberstufenschüler – Studiengang BA MOAS | Dienstag, 4. April 2023, 10–18 Uhr, Raum LE 736
Programm
10.00 Begrüßung …

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22.02.2023 - 14:00:00

Indo-Pacific Guest Lecture by Alexandra Sakaki

Japan’s Security Policy amid Growing | Wed, Feb. 22, 2023, 14 h CET | Online lecture

Alexandra Sakaki is Scientist at the German …

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15.02.2023 - 14:00:00

Indo-Pacific Guest Lecture by Saskia Hieber

“The most Dangerous Place on Earth” – Taiwan, Military Modernisation, and Beijing’s Security Nexus | Wed, Feb. 15, 2023, 14 h | Online …

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08.02.2023 - 20:00:00

Indo-Pacific Guest Lecture by William Tow

Australia Faces the Indo-Pacific: Changing Power Dynamics and Alliance Calculations | Wed, Feb. 8, 2023, 20 h | Online lecture
William …

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01.02.2023 - 13:00:00

Indo-Pacific Guest Lecture by Harsh Pant

India in the Indo-Pacific: A New Role beyond South Asia | Wed, Feb. 1, 2023, 13 h | Online lecture
Harsh Pant is Professor of …

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27.01.2023 - 13:45:30

Bücher aus Wuhan für Duisburg

Treffen im IN-EAST: Bücher aus Wuhan für die Stadt Duisburg an die Uni-Bibliothek (Ostasiensammlung) übergeben
Am 27. Januar 2023 wurde …

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13.12.2022 - 12:15:00

AREA Ruhr Guest Lecture by James B. Lewis

Aspects of a Macro-Economic Model for Choson Korea: The vicissitudes of a physiocratic state | Wed, Dec. 13, 2022, 12.15–13.45 h | Online …

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08.12.2022 - 18:30:00

Vortrag von Monika Arnostova am Konfuzius-Institut Metropole Ruhr

Kultur der Überstunden im urbanen China | 8. Dezember 2022, 18.30–20 Uhr | Konfuzius-Institut Metropole Ruhr, Bismarckstr. 120, …

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30.11.2022 - 14:00:00

Indo-Pacific Guest Lecture by Christian Wirth – cancelled –

The East Asian Origins of the Democracy vs Autocracy Paradigm: Its explanatory value and limits for understanding Indo-Pacific Geopolitics | Wed, …

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28.11.2022 - 18:00:00

QuaMaFA Online Lecture by Dr. Qulsom Fazil

Stories across three Generations of British Pakistani Females Living in the UK | Mon, November 28, 2022, 6 pm (CET)
We invite you to …

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23.11.2022 - 19:00:00

East Asia Talk Video “Decoding China’s 20th Party Congress” now online on YouTube

Ostasien-Gespräch vom 24. Oktober 2022 jetzt online auf YouTube (Begrüßung auf Deutsch – Diskussion auf Englisch)

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23.11.2022 - 18:00:00

Indo-Pacific Guest Lecture by Gaye Christoffersen

The Role of Russia in Eurasia and the Indo-Pacific | Wed, Nov 23, 2022, 18 h | Online lecture
Gaye Christoffersen was formerly …

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18.11.2022 - 09:30:00

The Belt and Road Initiative Revisited: Times for Restart?

Workshop co-organized by IN-EAST | Fri, November 18, 2022, 9.30–18.15 | Inalco, Lille and Zoom
Presenters of the IN-EAST:
Markus …

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16.11.2022 - 17:00:00

Indo-Pacific Guest Lecture by Gilbert Rozman

How the Ukraine War Undermined Strategic Triangularity in the Indo-Pacific | Wed, Nov 16, 2022, 17 h | Online lecture
Gilbert …

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15.11.2022 - 18:30:00

Vortrag von Markus Taube am Konfuzius-Institut Metropole Ruhr

Deutsch-chinesische Wirtschaftsbeziehungen – Neu-Ausrichtung in turbulenten Zeiten | Di, 15. Nov. 2022, 18.30–20 Uhr | Bismarckstr. …

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09.11.2022 - 15:38:10

Indo-Pacific Guest Lecture by Stephen G. Walker

Understanding Role Change in the Indo-Pacific: The Evolution of Sino-US Relations | Wed, November 9, 2022, 18 h CET | Online Lecture …

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07.11.2022 - 17:00:00

Quamafa Guest Lecture by Eleonore Kofman and Parvati Raghuram

Gender and Skilled Migration: Histories and Changing Modalities | Mon, Nov. 7, 2022, 5 p.m. | Hybrid Lecture
We invite you to …

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02.11.2022 - 16:31:30

IN-EAST stark vertreten beim 20. Deutsch-Koreanischen Forum in Berlin

Hannes Mosler und Bohyun Kim haben am Deutsch-Koreanischen Forum und am Deutsch-Koreanischen Juniorforum teilgenommen, das vom 2. bis 5. November …

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02.11.2022 - 10:00:00

Indo-Pacific Guest Lecture by Li Mingjiang

China’s Soft Power in Southeast Asia: Implications for Strategic Realignments in the Indo-Pacific | Wed, Nov. 2, 2022, 10–11 h CET | Online …

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26.10.2022 - 19:00:00

Axel Klein Talked about Politics in Japan

Axel Klein Talked to (Former) Fellows of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) about Politics in Japan (October 26, 2022)

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26.10.2022 - 16:00:11

Indo-Pacific Guest Lecture by Felix Heiduk

The Evolving Regional Security Architecture of the Indo-Pacific | Wed, Oct. 26, 2022, 16 h CEST | Online Lecture via Zoom
Felix …

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24.10.2022 - 18:00:00

Duisburger Ostasiengespräche

Decoding China’s 20th Party Congress | Online-Podiumsgespräch | Montag, 24.10.2022, 18–20 Uhr
[English follows German]

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23.10.2022 - 16:00:00

IN-EAST Research Forum 2022/23

Entering Choppy Waters? Cooperation and Competition in the Indo-Pacific.
First Lecture on Wed, October 26, 2022, 4 p.m. CEST (online)
Felix …

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20.10.2022 - 10:19:44

IN-EAST-Wissenschaftler präsentieren bei Korean Studies Conference

IN-EAST mit drei Vorträgen vertreten beim 11th World Congress of Korean Studies der Academy of Korean Studies in Seongnam, 20.–21. Oktober …

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19.10.2022 - 14:58:23

Thomas Heberer: Keynote Speech zu Kultureller Zusammenarbeit mit China

Kulturelle Zusammenarbeit mit China – Chancen, Herausforderungen, rote Linien? – Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen und Mercator-Stiftung, …

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18.10.2022 - 12:15:00

AREA Ruhr Guest Lecture by Sébastien Lechevalier

Which East Asian miracle for the 21st Century? | Tue, October 18, 2022, 12.15–13.45 h | Online event

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14.10.2022 - 23:13:54

Orientation Weeks for New MA Students

Oct. 4–14, 2022, beginning at 9 a.m. (first week), and at 8 a.m. (second week)
The IN-EAST welcomes a new generation of MA students in the …

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14.10.2022 - 16:15:00

AREA Ruhr Guest Lecture by Chih-yu Shih

Intellectual History of China and Chinese Studies: The Perspectives of Post-Chineseness | Fri, Oct. 14, 2022, 16.15–17.45 h | Hybrid …

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07.10.2022 - 13:00:00

VfK-Konferenz an der UDE

Die 7. Konferenz der Vereinigung für Koreaforschung im deutschsprachigen Raum (VfK) fand am 7./8. Oktober 2022 an der UDE in Duisburg statt
Organisiert …

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05.10.2022 - 11:30:00

Vorträge von Axel Klein in Japan zu Populismus

Axel Klein will present results of his JSPS-sponsored field research in Japan on these three occassions
Wed, 05 Oct. 2022, Sophia University, …

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23.09.2022 - 10:08:42

Talk by Hannes Mosler in Venice

Characteristics of the Zeitenwende in Germany’s Ostpolitik and its implications for South Korea’s Nordpolitik
International Workshop on …

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13.09.2022 - 15:00:00

Vortrag von Hannes Mosler in Seoul

Erinnerungskultur und Geschichtspolitik in Deutschland und Südkorea | 13.9.2022 | Duksung Women’s University, Seoul

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09.09.2022 - 17:27:06

Bildungsbrücke: Helfer für China-Fest gesucht

Bildungsbrücke China-Deutschland e.V. sucht Studenten für Vorbereitung der Teilnahme am China-Fest (9.–11.9.2022)
Das China-Fest findet …

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03.09.2022 - 14:00:04

Bürgerspaziergang mit Oberbürgermeister Sören Link ins IN-EAST

Am Sonnabend, den 3. September 2022 war das IN-EAST eine der Stationen des Bürgerspaziergangs durch den Stadtteil Neudorf
Im Flur des IN-EAST …

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28.07.2022 - 12:15:26

5+5 China-Germany High Level Dialogue

Cooperation between China and Germany under the Carbon Neutrality | July 28, 2022 | Webinar via Zoom
In cooperation with its long …

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15.07.2022 - 11:23:08

Axel Klein on Assassination of Abe Shinzô

Axel Klein answered questions of among others Le Figaro, Schweizer Rundfunk (SRF), and Deutsche Welle (DW)
re. Japanese media, the role of …

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13.07.2022 - 16:00:00

– MUST BE POSTPONED – China’s Global Rise Guest Lecture by Yi Edward Yang

China‘s Strategic Narratives and International Order | Must be postponed (originally on Wed, July 13, 2022, 16–17 h CEST) | Online …

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12.07.2022 - 11:32:53

Koreanisch-Redewettbewerb 2022 an der UDE

Am 18. Juni 2022 fand unter der Ägide des Instituts für Ostasienwissenschaften IN-EAST und gemeinsam mit der Botschaft der Republik Korea, …

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06.07.2022 - 17:00:00

China’s Global Rise Guest Lecture by Wei Liang

BRICS minus China? China Shock and the Future of the World Trade Organization | Wed, July 6, 2022, 17–18 h CEST | Online Lecture via …

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05.07.2022 - 10:30:00

Talk on Japan’s Security Policy by Corey Wallace

Japan's Geopolitical Transformation: Post-Election Prospects for a New Approach to Security | Tue, July 5, 2022, 10.30–12 CEST | Online …

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04.07.2022 - 18:00:00

Thomas Heberer und Markus Taube bei Podiumsdiskussion 50 Jahre deutsch-chinesische Beziehungen

Veranstalter: Konfuzius-Institut Metropole Ruhr | Mo, 4. Juli 2022, 18 Uhr | Intercity-Hotel Duisburg
Mercatorstraße 57, 47051 …

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29.06.2022 - 16:00:00

China’s Global Rise Guest Lecture by Oliver Stuenkel

The Tech War and the Future of Global Order | Wed, June 29, 2022, 16–17 h CEST | Online Lecture via Zoom
Oliver Stuenkel is an …

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24.06.2022 - 13:30:00

Duisburg–Wuhan: 40 Jahre deutsch-chinesischer Zusammenarbeit

Eine Veranstaltungsreihe der Stadt Duisburg, des IN-EAST und der AREA Ruhr. Nächstes Event: AREA-Tag am 24.6.2022
Fr, 24. Juni 2022, ab 13.30 …

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23.06.2022 - 09:00:00

Conference at JDZB, Berlin: Attractive for Immigrants?

Migrants’ Life Satisfaction in Host Countries in Comparison | Thu/Fri, June 23/24, 2022 | co-organized by IN-EAST
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22.06.2022 - 18:00:00

China’s Global Rise Guest Lecture by Xiaoyu Pu

Rethinking China’s Rise in a Changing Global Order | Wed, June 22, 2022, 18–19 h CEST | Online Lecture via Zoom
Xiaoyu Pu is …

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22.06.2022 - 11:00:00

Hannes Mosler gives a special lecture at the University of Central Lancashire

The 2022 Presidential Election in South Korea: Candidates, Campaigns, and Consequences | IKSU Event | June 22, 2022, 11–12.20 h

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18.06.2022 - 10:00:00

6. Koreanisch-Redewettbewerb 2022

Samstag, 18. Juni 2022, 10–15 Uhr, Glaspavillon am Campus Essen
Am 18. Juni wird am Campus Essen unter dem Motto "Mal, mal, hanguk-mal" …

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15.06.2022 - 16:54:24

Festkolloquium 15 Jahre Zusammenarbeit ANR-DFG

Thomas Heberer und Anna Shpakovskaya stellen ihr Duisburger Teilprojekt vor am 15. Juni 2022 in Paris
Seit 2007 ermöglicht das gemeinsame …

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15.06.2022 - 15:00:00

China’s Global Rise Guest Lecture by Alastair Iain Johnston

How Discourses of Order Create Disorder: Comparing the US ‘Rules Based Order’ and China’s ‘Community of Common Destiny’ | Wed, …

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10.06.2022 - 16:00:00

26. Duisburger Ostasientag

Energieschock – Japan nach Fukushima und was wir daraus lernen können | Gerhard-Mercator-Haus | Fr, 10. Juni 2022, 16–19.30 …

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08.06.2022 - 17:00:00

China’s Global Rise Guest Lecture by Min Ye

From Ambiguity to Articulation: The Belt and Road Initiative within China | Wed, June 8, 2022, 17.00 h CEST | Online lecture via …

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02.06.2022 - 17:30:00

Eröffnung der neuen Ausstellung im IN-EAST

SILENCE The Flame. Muted. | Fotos und Videos von Marcel Haupt zu Tokyo 2020 | Do, 2. Juni 2022, 17.30 Uhr
Lange mussten wir warten, …

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25.05.2022 - 16:00:00

China’s Global Rise Guest Lecture by Alexander Cooley and Daniel H. Nexon

Shock to the System: Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine and the Prospects for Liberal Ordering | Wed, May 25, 2022, 16–17 h | Online …

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24.05.2022 - 18:00:00

China’s Global Rise Guest Lecture by Rosemary Foot

Institutional Pathways in Challenging the Liberal Order: China at the United Nations | Tue, May 24, 2022, 18–19 h | Online lecture …

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19.05.2022 - 07:33:45

Hannes Mosler at 11th NAJAKS Meeting

Hannes Mosler addresses the plenary at the 11th meeting of Nordic Association for Japanese and Korean Studies (NAJAKS) in Helsinki, Finland, …

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12.05.2022 - 17:00:01

China’s Global Rise Guest Lecture by Margaret M. Pearson

China’s Political Economy and International Backlash | Thu, May 12, 2022, 17–18 h CEST | Online lecture via Zoom
Margaret …

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12.05.2022 - 16:00:00

AREA Ruhr Guest Lecture by Bulgan Erdenechuluun

Market Growth and Barriers to Entry in Mongolia: Perspectives from Chinese and Japanese Entrepreneurs | Thu, May 12, 2022, 16–18 h | hybrid …

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05.05.2022 - 16:15:00

Hannes Mosler presents at SoKEN 2022

SoKEN Annual Conference, University of Bologna, Bologna, 5–6 May 2022
The annual conference of the Social Sciences Korean Studies European …

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04.05.2022 - 11:30:00

China’s Global Rise Guest Lecture by Scott Kennedy

Beyond Decoupling: Maintaining America’s High-Tech Advantages over China | Wed, May 4, 2022, 11.30–12.30 h CEST | Online lecture …

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03.05.2022 - 16:00:01

China’s Global Rise Guest Lecture by G. John Ikenberry

Cancelled! – new date to be announced |
A World Safe for Democracy: Liberal Internationalism and the Crises of Global Order | Online …

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03.05.2022 - 15:17:57

Vorträge von Thomas Heberer zu 40 Jahre Duisburg-Wuhan

im Rahmen der Veranstaltungsreihe 40 Jahre deutsch-chinesischer Zusammenarbeit
organisiert von der Stadt Duisburg, dem IN-EAST und AREA Ruhr.

Di, …

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28.04.2022 - 09:00:00

China’s Global Rise Guest Lecture by Courtney J. Fung

Looking to Lead? China and UN Peacekeeping | Thu, April 28, 2022, 9–10 a.m. CEST | Online lecture via Zoom
Courtney J. Fung is Associate …

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27.04.2022 - 10:27:12

Gemeinsamer Workshop von IN-EAST und Institute of International Studies, Weihai

Workshop 27. April 2022: Sino-European Relations and the Development of the New Silk Road
In anbetracht des Krieges in der Ukraine und umfassender …

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26.04.2022 - 12:00:00

Duisburger Ostasiengespräche / East Asia Talks

Civil Societies’ Reactions of East- and Southeast Asian Countries to the Russian War on Ukraine | online panel webinar | Tue, April …

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21.04.2022 - 00:34:47

Call for Abstracts für VfK-Tagung

7.–8. Okt. 2022: Tagung der Vereinigung für Koreaforschung im deutschsprachigen Raum. Call for Abstracts bis 15. Juni 2022
Die 7. Tagung …

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19.04.2022 - 20:48:14

Online-Vorträge: Perspektive #Ukraine

Vorlesungsreihe des Instituts für Politikwissenschaft und des Instituts für Entwicklung und Frieden der UDE ab Di, 5.4.2022
Den Auftakt …

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15.04.2022 - 13:46:47

Call for Applications until 15 April 2022 – Graduate Student Summer School Goethe University Frankfurt

Innovative Research Designs and Methods in Asian Migration Research: Embarking on Fieldwork in the 2020s, 18–19th July 2022, Frankfurt
The …

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08.04.2022 - 10:48:08

Hannes Mosler and Francis Yoon present at the EastAsiaNet Conference in Prague

East Asia: Dynamics of Interactions, Charles University, Prague, 8–9 April 2022
East Asia: Dynamics of Interactions, EastAsiaNet (EAN) conference …

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06.04.2022 - 18:00:00

China’s Global Rise Guest Lecture by Steve Chan

China, the United States, and the Transformation of International Order | Wed, April 6, 2022, 6–7 p.m. | Online lecture via Zoom
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25.03.2022 - 15:14:49

Markus Taube bei Handelsblatt-Diskussionsrunde

zur Rolle Chinas für Russland im Ukraine-Krieg. Handelsblatt, 25.3.2022
Link zu Handelsblatt Asia Business Insights (Video kostenpflichtig):
https://www.handelsblatt.com/journalismus-live/handelsblatt-live-exklusiv-fuer-abonnenten-aufzeichnung-der-diskussion-zur-rolle-chin …

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25.03.2022 - 15:00:00

Hannes Mosler beim Roundtable der DGA

zu den Präsidentschaftswahlen in Südkorea | Fr, 25. März 2022, 15–16.30 | Online via Zoom
Veranstalter: Deutsche Gesellschaft …

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24.03.2022 - 15:58:25

Axel Klein presents online at the 2022 Annual Association of Asian Studies Conference

on “Populism in East Asian Democracies: The Case of Japan” | March 24–27, 2022 | Virtual presentation

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21.03.2022 - 08:15:17

Narratives in East Asia and Beyond

March 14 and 21, 2022: International Workshop – debating “narrative’s” limits, prospects and linkages across disciplines
Organised …

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18.03.2022 - 09:31:14

Hannes Mosler presents at the Rotary Club Frankfurt am Main – International

The New President of the Republic of Korea in 2022 – Who? How? What? | March 18, 2022 | Steigenberger Frankfurter Hof
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16.03.2022 - 12:00:00

AREA Ruhr Guest Lecture by Caterina García Segura

March 16, 2022, 12–13.30 h | Power Shifts in the International System and Transformations of the International Order. China’s new normative …

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11.03.2022 - 12:49:59

Hannes Mosler presents at the 2022 Nordic Korean Studies Days

The 2022 Presidential Election and the Future of Democracy in South Korea | March 7–11, 2022 | University of Copenhagen
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08.03.2022 - 10:45:23

China und der russische Einmarsch in die Ukraine

Dienstag, 1. März 2022, Zoom-Online-Podiumsgespräch vom IN-EAST – Nachbetrachtungen
Das Interesse an der Veranstaltung war riesig. 500 …

Dienstag, 1. März 2022, Zoom-Online-Podiumsgespräch vom IN-EAST – Nachbetrachtungen
Das Interesse an der Veranstaltung war riesig. 500 Teilnehmer schalteten sich über ZOOM zu dieser von Johannes Pflug moderierten Diskussion zu. In kurzen Eingangsstatements zeichneten die Diskutanten ein sehr differenziertes Bild der chinesischen Politik und der Gründe des russischen Überfalls auf die Ukraine.

Nele Noesselt führte aus, dass zahlreiche Forderungen derzeit seitens der internationalen Staatengemeinschaft an die VR China adressiert werden – mit dem Wunsch, dass Peking als „verwantwortungsbewusste“ Großmacht seine Sonderbeziehungen mit Moskau dazu einsetzen solle, auf ein Ende des Militäreinsatzes in der Ukraine hinzuwirken. Die chinesische Seite verwahrt sich entschieden dagegen, nach Regieanweisungen aus Washington zu handeln, und sieht die Hauptverantwortung für den Konflikt bei den USA und den Osterweiterungsrunden der NATO, durch die sich eine direkte Bedrohungssituation für russische Sicherheitsinteressen ergeben habe. So sollte auch die Enthaltung Pekings bei der Abstimmung über die UN-Resolution im UN-Sicherheitsrat nicht überbewertet werden. Denn dies signalisiert keinen Bruch mit Russland, sondern unterstreicht Chinas Positionierung als unabhängiger, neutraler Akteur. Und ist generell im Einklang mit den Grundlagen der postmaoistischen chinesischen Außenpolitik. Die oft in der transatlantischen Debatte vermutete strategische Kooperation zwischen Peking und Moskau steht weit weniger für den strategischen Schulterschluss zwischen zwei Autokratien, sondern für ein Zweckbündnis – befördert durch die Sanktionen und Abgrenzungspolitik gegen Russland und China, die in diesen Szenarien als Herausforderer der liberalen, regelbasierten Weltordnung klassifiziert werden. Derartige holzschnittartige Muster werden jedoch der vielschichtigen Realität der sino-russischen Beziehungen nicht gerecht. Die Weltordnungsvisionen und außenpolitischen Interessen Pekings sind mit Kriegen entlang der von China avisierten Neuen Seidenstraßenkorridore nicht kompatibel. Inwiefern sich Peking als Mediator und Schlichter in den Konflikt einbringen kann, bleibt abzuwarten.

Markus Taube fokussierte auf die ökonomische Verflechtung Chinas mit Russland und die Frage, inwiefern China Russland darin unterstützen kann, westliche Sanktionen zu unterlaufen. Er zeichnete das Bild einer asymmetrischen Beziehung, in der China in erster Linie als Käufer russischer Rohstoffe (Öl, Gas, Getreide) auftritt, während Russland auf China als Lieferant von Technologiegütern angewiesen ist. Auf dieser Basis kann China die russische Volkswirtschaft stützten, aber bei weitem nicht das volle Maß westlicher Sanktionen ausgleichen. Darüber hinaus wird Chinas Führung darauf bedacht sein, seine Unterstützung der russischen Volkswirtschaft in einem Rahmen zu halten, der keine zusätzlichen Sanktionen Chinas durch die westlichen Staaten (inkl. Japan und Korea) provoziert. Mit letzteren unterhält China bislang sehr viel intensivere und wichtigere Wirtschaftsbeziehungen als mit Russland. Er kommt zu dem Schluss, dass China vielleicht aber auch grundsätzlich gar kein Interesse daran hat, die russische Volkswirtschaft maximal zu unterstützen. Eine längerfristig auf der Importseite auf chinesische Technologien angewiesene russische Volkswirtschaft, die auch in Hinblick auf ihre Ausfuhren in hohem Maße von China abhängig ist, setzt China in eine privilegierte Position gegenüber einem in wachsende Abhängigkeit abrutschenden russischen Junior-Partner.

Klaus Waschik (Ruhr-Universität Bochum) wies in seinem Statement auf die engen Verschränkungen zwischen nationalistischen Ideologien und machtpolitischen Ambitionen in der gegenwärtigen Politik Russlands hin (vgl. Übersicht). In den letzten Jahrzehnten haben sich auf der Basis eines ethnographisch und pseudohistorisch argumentierenden Nationalismus Konzepte zur Vereinigung aller im Ausland verstreuten Russen etabliert, die seit mehr als 10 Jahren auch die russische Regierungspolitik maßgeblich beeinflussen. Hinzu kommt eine Abwendung von einer regelbasierten und Hinwendung zu einer interessenbasierten Außenpolitik, die auch die Anwendung militärischer Gewalt nicht ausschließt.

Daran schloss sich eine sehr lebhafte Diskussion mit dem Publikum an, in dem viele der Kontroversen und Position vertieft wurden. Aus den Augen verloren die Teilnehmer und Organisatoren auch nicht die Hauptleidtragenden der russischen Aggression. Wir alle sind zur Solidarität und Hilfe aufgerufen.

Weitere Informationen, Spendenaufruf und Stimmen von Teilnehmern auf unserer Webseite Ostasien-Gespräche:
https://www.uni-due.de/in-east/events/ostasien-gespraeche.php

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04.03.2022 - 09:00:00

Travelling Conference on Urban Transformations in Industrial Regions

International conference at TU Dortmund University and online via Zoom | Fri–Sat, March 4–5, 2022, from 9.00 h
Visitors are welcome …

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03.03.2022 - 10:00:00

Führt mehr Bürgerbeteiligung aus der Demokratiekrise?

Institutionalisierter Bürgerdialog in Japan und Deutschland | Virtuelle Podiumsdiskussion | Do, 3.3.2022, 10–11.45 h MEZ (18–19.45 …

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01.03.2022 - 18:30:00

Duisburger Ostasiengespräche

China und der russische Einmarsch in die Ukraine | Online-Podiumsgespräch | Dienstag, 1.3.2022, 18.30–20 Uhr
Mit der russischen …

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18.02.2022 - 10:00:00

International Symposium about Populism

Thu, Feb 18, 2022, 10.00 h: The Future Course of Populism in the Post-pandemic Era: The State of Globalisation, Multilateral Governance, and …

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11.02.2022 - 15:00:00

Der Staat Xi Jinpings – China in einer neuen Ära

Online-Tagung der Akademie Tutzing | 11.–12. Februar 2022 | Anmeldung (kostenlos) bis 9.2.2022
Leitung: Saskia Hieber und Nele …

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10.02.2022 - 14:00:00

Festschrift for Flemming Christiansen

Presentation to him at the IN-EAST on Thursday, 10 February 2022, 14 h (CET), via Zoom
Titel of the Festschrift:
Northeast Asia in Focus: …

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26.01.2022 - 17:00:00

IN-EAST Research Forum Guest Lecture by Celeste Arrington

From Manners to Rules: Legalistic Governance and Secondhand Smoke Prevention in South Korea and Japan | Wed, January 26, 2022, 17–18 …

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19.01.2022 - 17:00:00

Research Forum Guest Lecture by Werner Pascha and Diana Schüler

Beyond the Workbench: The Rise of the Cultural Industry in South Korea | Wed, January 19, 2022, 17–18 h | Online Lecture
Diana …

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12.01.2022 - 14:00:00

Research Forum Guest Lecture by Andreas Eder-Ramsauer

Yamamoto Taro and Reiwa Shinsengumi: Testing the Left-Wing Populist Hypothesis in Japan | Wed, January 12, 2022, 14–16 h | Online …

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22.12.2021 - 10:00:00

IN-EAST Research Forum Guest Lecture by Julia Dumin

A Focal Point of Democratic Consolidation? Studying the 2017 Presidential Impeachment and Its Implications for the Democratization Process in …

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15.12.2021 - 11:16:45

IN-EAST Research Forum Guest Lecture by Cornelia Reiher

Urban-Rural Migration and Rural Revitalization in Japan | Wed, December 15, 2021, 10–11 h | Online Lecture via ZOOM
Cornelia …

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13.12.2021 - 09:12:31

QuaMaFa Online Guest Lecture by David Chiavacci

Boundaries, Establishment, Internal Structures, Governance, and Recent Trends of the East Asian Migration Region | Mon, Dec. 13, 2021, …

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08.12.2021 - 18:00:00

AREA Ruhr Guest Lecture by Edward Wang

The Persistent Appeal of Intellectual History in China: A Preliminary Observation/ Explanation | Wed, Dec. 8, 2021, 18–20 h | Hybrid …

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08.12.2021 - 11:48:07

IN-EAST Research Forum Lecture by Alexandra Roland

Don’t Touch My Dignity! Hate Speech an Incurable Illness? | Wed, Dec. 8, 2021, 10–11 h | video conference
Alexandra Roland …

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29.11.2021 - 15:00:00

Presentation by Hannes Mosler at Korean Unification Seminar

Can Unification be achieved on the Korean Peninsula? | Mon, Nov. 29, 2021, 15–17.45 h | Hybrid workshop
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26.11.2021 - 23:36:17

Gespräch Heberer – Bütikofer – Friedman

Zum Nachhören jetzt im Podcast auf YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6eUb8BM3TU
Veranstaltungsreihe Think Europe – Europe …

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26.11.2021 - 23:21:33

Das IN-EAST bei DGA-Diskussionsforum online

Nele Noesselt (Moderation), Thomas Heberer und Markus Taube beim DGA-Diskussionsforum | Fr, 26. Nov. 2021, 18.15–19.30 Uhr via ZOOM
China, …

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24.11.2021 - 10:00:00

IN-EAST Research Forum Guest Lecture by David M. Malitz

Chinese and Japanese Medical Diplomacy in Southeast Asia: The Case of Thailand during the Covid-19 Pandemic | Wed, Nov. 24, 2021, 10–11 …

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10.11.2021 - 18:49:12

IN-EAST Research Forum Guest Lecture by David Shim

Memorials’ Politics: Exploring the Material Rhetoric of the Statue of Peace | Wed, November 10, 2021, 10–11 h | video conference
David …

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10.11.2021 - 11:23:36

AREA Day 2021: 10. November 2021

Online-Vorträge von Beate Löffler und Katja Schmidtpott zum Thema Japanische Architektur(einflüsse) in NRW
Mittwoch, 10. November 2021, …

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04.11.2021 - 23:39:35

Gespräch zur Wahl in Japan: Axel Klein und Lars Nicolaysen (dpa Japan) zum Nachhören

Japan nach den Unterhauswahlen. Online-Veranstaltung der OAG Tokyo, Do, 4.11.2021, 18.30–20 Uhr (JST) bzw. 10.30–12 Uhr (MEZ)
Japans Stimmberechtigte …

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04.11.2021 - 22:33:00

Karen Shire ist Scholar in Residence am MPIfG

Karen Shire ist vom Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung (MPIfG) in Köln zum Scholar in Residence 2021/22 ernannt worden.
Im Rahmen …

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03.11.2021 - 11:14:50

Axel Klein on Japan’s Election

Who Voted? Who Won? Who’ll Run the Country? A closer look at the 2021 general election in Japan | November 3, 2021, 16–18 h | AREA …

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03.11.2021 - 09:10:40

Axel Klein on Japan Zoominar @ UC San Diego

Hosted by UCSD economist Ulrike Schaede, Axel Klein and Kenneth Mori McElwain (University of Tokyo) discussed the results of Japan’s general …

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27.10.2021 - 14:55:20

Xi Jinping, der mächtigste Mann der Welt

Stefan Aust und Adrian Geiges stellen ihr Buch über Xi Jinping vor | Mittwoch, 27. Oktober 2021, 19 Uhr | Webinar (online)
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20.10.2021 - 17:04:57

Nele Noesselt bei der Tagung der Evang. Akademie Loccum

Neue Systemrivalität? Zwischen Kooperation und Konfrontation im Umgang mit autoritären Mächten | 18. bis 20. Oktober 2021 in Loccum

Nele …

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08.10.2021 - 14:10:27

Orientierungsveranstaltung BA MOAS

für alle Erstsemester des Studiengangs BA MOAS | Fr, 8.10.2021, 11 Uhr | Gebäude/Raum LE 105, Campus Duisburg, Forsthausweg
Ablauf: …

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04.10.2021 - 12:03:58

Orientation Weeks for New MA Students

The IN-EAST welcomes a new generation of MA students in the study programs of Contemporary East Asian Studies CEAS and Modern East Asian Studies …

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29.09.2021 - 16:47:08

Axel Klein moderiert Diskussion zu postpandemischer Demokratie

Die Zukunft der Demokratie I – Postpandemische Demokratie in Japan und Deutschland | Mi, 29.9.2021, 12–14 h MESZ / 19–21 h JST
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10.09.2021 - 15:06:08

PinEAD at Berlin Populism Conference

Hannes Mosler, Frédéric Krumbein and Axel Klein presented their research on Populism in East Asian Democracies (PinEAD)
at the Joint conference …

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28.07.2021 - 14:49:58

JLU_UDE Workshop

Jilin University – IN-EAST Online Workshop took place on July 28, 2021
Especially when times are difficult and conflicts become more intense, …

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22.07.2021 - 19:01:12

160 Jahre Freundschaft Deutschland–Japan

Präsentation beim Plakatwettbewerb von Studenten der Universitäten Fukuoka und Duisburg-Essen: Werbung für Reisen in das jeweils andere Land
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Präsentation beim Plakatwettbewerb von Studenten der Universitäten Fukuoka und Duisburg-Essen: Werbung für Reisen in das jeweils andere Land
2021 jährt sich die Aufnahme diplomatischer Beziehungen zwischen Deutschland und Japan zum 160. Mal. Unterstützt durch die Staatskanzlei des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen trafen sich am 22.7.2021 aus diesem Anlass Studierende der Universitäten Fukuoka und Duisburg-Essen, um die Beiträge zu einem ungewöhnlichen Wettbewerb zu präsentieren. Die Aufgabenstellung lautete: Wähle einen beliebigen Zeitraum der letzten 160 Jahre und überzeuge die Zeitgenossen mit einer Werbung, ins andere Land zu reisen.
Die japanischen Beiträge luden u.a. in das Deutschland zur Zeit der Gründung der Firma Steiff 1880, zur Osterparade der Sorben 1900, ins Berlin der Olympischen Spiele 1936 und des Mauerfalls, sowie zur Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft 1974 nach München ein. Deutsches Essen, bayerische Volkstrachten und das Schloss Neuschwanstein fungierten als zentrale Argumente in zahlreichen Projekten, aber Oktoberfest und Bier wirkten – wenig überraschend – ebenfalls überzeugend.
Die Studierenden des IN-EAST wiederum versuchten Zeitgenossen mit Werbekampagnen ins Kyoto und auf die Insel Okinawa der 1880er Jahre zu locken. Ein Plakat war für das Deutschland der späten 1930er vorgesehen und sollte den „Achsenpartner Japan“ als Reiseziel attraktiv machen. Der zeitgleich zur Präsentation beginnenden Olympiade ist es wohl mit geschuldet, dass drei Kampagnen ins olympische Tokyo des Jahres 1964 einluden und dort besonders mit dem neuen Schnellzug Shinkansen warben, ganz im Sinne des Slogans „Ruck-zug durch das Land“.
Da zu einem Wettbewerb auch eine Jury gehört, hatte Prof. Axel Klein, Initiator der Veranstaltung, zwei professionelle Werbetreibende aus Berlin eingeladen, die Kampagnen zu kommentieren. Das Feedback der Jury auf die Kampagnen war jedoch so positiv, dass Axel Klein danach die Sorge äußerte, einige der Studierenden an die Werbebranche zu verlieren.
Dank der Unterstützung durch die Staatskanzlei des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen konnten den Teilnehmenden als Belohnung für Ihre Kreativität und die Beschäftigung mit der bilateralen Geschichte landestypische Lebensmittel überreicht werden. Bier war nicht darunter.

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21.07.2021 - 00:26:39

IN-EAST Research Forum Guest Lecture by Harald Conrad

Overcoming the Ethnocentric Firm? – Perspectives on Foreign Fresh University Graduate Employment in Japan | Wed, July 21, 2021, 10–12 …

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14.07.2021 - 10:28:55

IN-EAST Research Forum Lecture by Markus Taube

From Cooperation to Conflict (and back?) Endogenous Institutional Change and Strategic Logic in China’s International Economic Relations | Wed, …

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08.07.2021 - 10:40:05

IN-EAST Research Forum Guest Lecture by Jörn-Carsten Gottwald

The Politics of Fintech Regulation in China | Thu, July 8, 2021, 16–18 h | Online Meeting
Moderation: Karen Shire

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02.07.2021 - 12:12:44

Workshop "How to Measure Populism"

As part of the project "Populism in East Asian Democracies" (PinEAD), Hannes MOSLER, Frédéric KRUMBEIN & Axel KLEIN invited scholars working …

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30.06.2021 - 17:43:56

IN-EAST Research Forum Lecture by Giulia Romano

Pursuing Sustainable Urban Development in a Chinese City: Policy learning under multiple hierarchies | Wed, June 30, 2021, 10–12 h | …

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25.06.2021 - 17:02:52

Jahrestagung AK Ost- und Südostasien der DGfG

The Scientific Working Groups on Southeast Asia and East Asia (German Geographical Society) will hold their Annual Meeting, June 25–27, 2021
The …

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23.06.2021 - 10:46:15

Research Forum Guest Lecture by Minh T.N. Nguyen

Social Protection, Labour Mobility and the Rise of Life Insurance in Rural Central Vietnam | Wed, June 23, 2021, 16–18 h | Online …

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22.06.2021 - 13:23:20

AREA Ruhr Guest Lecture by Biao Xiang

A Way Out or a Way In? Social competition in China and transnational mobilities | Tue, June 22, 2021, 14–16 h c.t. | Online Lecture
Biao …

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16.06.2021 - 15:08:27

IN-EAST Research Forum Guest Lecture by Anja Weiß

Transnational Comparison: Studying Standard Diffusion and the Glocalization of Medical Professional Practice ... | Wed, June 16, 2021, …

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15.06.2021 - 18:00:00

AREA Ruhr Guest Lecture by Kirk Larsen

The False Promise of Membership in the “Family of Nations”: Diplomacy, treaties, legations, and Choson Korea’s fall into colonial rule …

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11.06.2021 - 12:01:27

25. Duisburger Ostasientag

NOlympia? Die Spiele in Tokyo und was von ihnen übrig bleibt | Freitag, 11. Juni 2021, 16–17.30 Uhr | Online-Veranstaltung
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09.06.2021 - 10:03:48

IN-EAST Research Forum Guest Lecture by Katja Schmidtpott

The Making of the 20th Century City: Towards a Transnational Urban History of Japan and Europe | Wed, June 9, 2021, 16–18 h | Online …

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19.05.2021 - 16:53:59

IN-EAST Research Forum Guest Lecture by Mika Toyota

Shut-in Abroad: Social Incapacitation among Low-Income Male Japanese Elderly in Thailand | Wed, May 19, 2021, 10–12 h | Online …

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13.05.2021 - 20:26:56

Forschungsprojekt zur „Neuen Seidenstraße“

Auftaktworkshop am 9.3.2021 mit den Projektbeteiligten – Gesellschaftspolitisch-ökonomische Begleitforschung zur „Neuen Seidenstraße“
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12.05.2021 - 21:10:32

IN-EAST Research Forum Lecture by Karen Shire

The Ramseyer Affair as an Opportunity for Reflecting on the Social Organization of Sexual Exploitation | Wed, May 12, 2021, 10–12 h | Online …

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05.05.2021 - 11:07:55

IN-EAST Research Forum Lecture by Nele Noesselt, Tanja Eckstein, and Elizaveta Priupolina

Daguo Waijiao (Great Power Diplomacy): Visualized Narratives of Chinese Global Role Claims | Wed, May 5, 2021, 16–18 h | Online …

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04.05.2021 - 21:38:16

Vortrag von Thomas Heberer

Wanderer zwischen zwei Welten | Dienstag, 4. Mai 2021, 19 Uhr | Online-Vortrag
Veranstaltet von Alumni der Ostasienwissenschaften …

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29.04.2021 - 12:52:06

Guest Lecture by Zi Wang at LMU München

Book Presentation | Thu, April 29, 2021, 13–14 h | Online Lecture via ZOOM
Zi Wang: The Discursive Construction of Hierarchy in …

Book Presentation | Thu, April 29, 2021, 13–14 h | Online Lecture via ZOOM
Zi Wang: The Discursive Construction of Hierarchy in Japanese Society: An Ethnographic Study of Secondary School Clubs. DeGruyter, 2020.

Registration required:
https://www.japan.uni-muenchen.de/veranstaltungen/index.html

Seniority-based hierarchy (jouge kankei) is omnipresent in Japanese group dynamics. How one comports depends on one’s status and position vis-à-vis others. Yet, despite its prevalence, extant literature on contemporary Japanese society offers little explanations as to how and where individuals growing up in Japan acquire such social knowledge on a collective scale, nor the nature and characteristics of this hierarchy.
This book provides an ethnographic account on the social construction of hierarchy to address the afore-mentioned questions. Set in the critical adolescent years of growing up, it examines how jouge kankei as an enduring feature of Japanese social life is created and reproduced among secondary school students. It shows the ways in which students in school club activities use language and a range of discursive practices to enact, legitimise, and transmit jouge kankei. Although rigid and conservative in appearance, findings suggest that jouge kankei may also have an egalitarian role to play in Japanese society. In addition, this book presentation also covers topics such as doing research in Japanese school contexts, as well as implications of findings for secondary school education in Japan.

Zi Wang is a postdoctoral fellow and co-investigator of the research project Language, migration and happiness in Germany, based at the University of Duisburg-Essen. He received his PhD in sociology and Asian Studies in 2018 and has since held visiting fellowships/lectureships in France (Sciences Po Paris and Sciences Po Lille), Italy (Ca’ Foscari Venice), Japan (Waseda University, Tokyo) and Turkey (Altinbas University, Istanbul). His most recent research and publication activities span multiple fields such as discourse, education, migration and well-being studies. These include the monographs The Role of Language in the Well-Being of Migrants (Routledge, forthcoming) and The Discursive Construction of Hierarchy in Japan (De Gruyter, 2020). Zi Wang’s works are funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG Research Grant, 2018–2021) and the European Commission (Marie Curie Individual Fellowship, 2021–2023).

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29.04.2021 - 01:01:01

Lecture by Thomas Heberer

A Disciplining Agency: The State in Xi Jinping China | Thu, April 29, 2021, 12.30–13.45 h | Online Lecture
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28.04.2021 - 20:48:26

IN-EAST Research Forum Guest Lecture by Florian Freitag

Middle Magic Kingdoms: Theme Parks in China? | Wed, April 28, 2021, 16–18 h | Online lecture
Moderation: Karen Shire

Florian …

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21.04.2021 - 21:55:13

IN-EAST Research Forum Guest Lecture by Janet Hui Xue

The Use of Facial and Health Data in AI: The Case of the Health Code System in China and Implications for Implementations of the GDPR | Wed, …

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21.04.2021 - 02:29:38

IN-EAST Research Forum Lecture Series

The IN-EAST Research Forum Lecture Series of summer term 2021 starts on April 21, 2021, 10 h
The lectures will be held as a web-seminar via …

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25.03.2021 - 09:27:36

Conference of DFG Project by Tao Liu and Anja Weiß

Empirical Globalization Research – Professions, Medical Practices, and Travelling Knowledge | March 25–26, 2021, 12.45 h
The online …

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20.03.2021 - 11:59:38

DGA AREA Conference

Transnational Asian Studies – Multi-Level Dynamics of Identity Formation and Institution Building | March 10–12, 2021 – Online Conference

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18.03.2021 - 12:20:24

18.–19. März 2021: InZentIM-Nachwuchstagung

Identität im Kontext von Migration: Methoden, Befunde und Analysen | 18. und 19. März 2021, 9 Uhr | Online-Konferenz. Anmeldung …

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08.03.2021 - 20:30:10

Chinas Frauen – Gesprächsrunde zum Weltfrauentag

Podiumsdiskussion vom Konfuzius-Institut Metropole Ruhr mit Thomas Heberer, Danhong Zhang und Nicola Spakowski

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08.03.2021 - 10:27:30

Vortrag von Markus Taube beim ifo-Institut

Zur politischen Ökonomie der chinesischen Volkswirtschaft – Weltwirtschaftliches de-coupling und nationale Neuorientierung. 3. März 2021, …

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10.02.2021 - 12:22:48

Guest Lecture by Byung-hoon Suh

Is Gov. Lee Jae-myung a Populist? Focusing on Korean People’s Assessment of his Economic Policies | Wed, Feb. 10, 2021, 10–11 h | …

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09.02.2021 - 12:49:59

AREA Ruhr Guest Lecture by Motokazu Matsutani

Tohoku Christians’ Vision to Evangalize Korea – Oshikawa Masayoshi and his missionary interest in Korea | Tue, February 9, 2021, 10–11.30 …

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03.02.2021 - 16:47:33

Guest Lecture by Sook Jong Lee

South Korea’s Tamed Populism: Popular Protests from Below and Populist Politics from the Top | Wed, Feb. 3, 2021, 10–11 h | Online …

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27.01.2021 - 10:21:22

Guest Lecture by Ken Hijino

Winds, Fevers, and Floating Voters: Populist Revolts in Urban and Rural Japan | Wed, Jan. 27, 2021, 10–11 h | Online Meeting
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26.01.2021 - 12:39:29

AREA Ruhr Guest Lecture by Anders Karlsson

Unequal Inequality: The Great Ming Code and the construction of a Confucian penal system in Choson Korea | Tue, January 26, 2021, 2.00–3.30 …

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20.01.2021 - 12:19:51

Guest Lecture by Ulrike Schaede

The Business Reinvention of Japan: How Japanese companies have responded to the rise of China and the globalization of supply chains | Wed, …

The Business Reinvention of Japan: How Japanese companies have responded to the rise of China and the globalization of supply chains | Wed, Jan. 20, 2021, 18–19.30 h
Moderation: Karen Shire

Research Forum Guest Lecture (co-organized with AREA Ruhr) – Online Meeting –

Ulrike Schaede is Professor of Japanese Business at the University of California, San Diego, School of Global Policy and Strategy. Her work focuses on Japan’s changing corporate strategies, including business culture, employment practices, and corporate governance. She is the author of The Business Reinvention of Japan: How to Make Sense of the New Japan (Stanford University Press, 2020).

This lecture discusses how Japan’s industrial architecture has changed over the 20 years, and how Japan’s leading companies are now re-emerging as major players in the new digital economy and digital manufacturing. They are reinventing by moving upstream into advanced components and materials, and building new innovation capabilities to compete in connectivity, sensoring, AI, and big data. Many Japanese companies now occupy leading market shares in deep-tech input components, and in the aggregate, these pole positions not only add up into not only a sizable presence but also make Japan the technology anchor in many global product supply chains. This discussion looks at how this business reinvention has occurred, and in what ways Japan’s societal preferences and business norms that focus on stability have affected the process.

Due to public health measures and travel restrictions during the Covid-19 crisis the IN-EAST Research Forum is planned as a webinar, held as a video conference, to which all members and students of the IN-EAST will be invited by E-mail including instructions for online access.
Students and colleagues of all faculties and partner institutions are welcome to (virtually) join the lectures and participate in the discussions, they are kindly asked to register by the following link:
https://uni-due.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcocuusrD8jH9EUkcCqmbWB5-Zk9YUpfg9A.

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13.01.2021 - 12:27:33

Guest Lecture by Nathan Batto

The (Rapid) Rise and Fall of Populism in Taiwan | Wed, Jan. 13, 2021, 10–11 h | Online Meeting
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16.12.2020 - 15:35:16

Guest Lecture by Toru Yoshida

Putting New Wine into Old Bottles? Institutions and Actors behind Japanese Populism | Wed, Dec. 16, 2020, 10–11 h | Online Meeting
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15.12.2020 - 10:59:32

Covid-19 – Was können wir von den Strategien ostasiatischer Länder lernen?

Online-Podiumsgespräch | Dienstag, 15. Dezember 2020, 18–19.30 Uhr.
Alle Interessierten sind herzlich eingeladen, Registrierung erforderlich! …

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03.12.2020 - 14:50:09

EU-Japan EPA Conference 2020: Results now online

Videos, presentations, and graphic recording of the workshop and the symposium on “The European Union – Japan Economic Partnership Agreement” …

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02.12.2020 - 15:36:48

Guest Lecture by Won Taek Kang

Populism, Polarized Partisanship and Democracy in South Korea | Wed, December 2, 2020, 10–11 h | Online Meeting
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27.11.2020 - 10:26:52

Frei sein: Alles eine Frage der Perspektive?

Europa und China im Vergleich – Podiumsgespräch von Thomas Heberer und Yu Zhang. Moderation: Nora Frisch | Freitag, 27. November 2020, …

Europa und China im Vergleich – Podiumsgespräch von Thomas Heberer und Yu Zhang. Moderation: Nora Frisch | Freitag, 27. November 2020, 17.15–18.45 Uhr. Online-Veranstaltung
Eine Frage, zwei Perspektiven: Prof. Thomas Heberer und die Präsidentin der Gesellschaft für Deutsch-Chinesischen Kulturaustausch Prof. Yu Zhang beleuchten den Begriff der Freiheit vor den Aspekten der Menschenrechte, der Moral und des gesellschaftlichen Vertrauens in den Staat und die Mitbürger.
Im aktuellen Tagesgeschehen ist gerade das Thema Freiheit besonders in den Fokus gerückt: Hierzulande gehen die Leute auf die Straße, um gegen die Beschränkung ihrer Freiheit zu demonstrieren, in China hingegen hat eine massive Freiheitsbeschränkung zu einer (angeblich) kompletten Virenfreiheit geführt. Wer ist nun also wirklich frei? Angesichts der zunehmenden Kontrolle des chinesischen Staates durch Überwachungs- und Disziplinierungssysteme mutet diese Frage hierzulande vielleicht merkwürdig an. Doch ist nicht Deutschland zuweilen von den Idealen der „Freiheit“ so gefesselt, dass wiederum die Handlungsfreiheit darunter leidet?

Die Veranstaltung wird organisiert vom Konfuzius-Institut an der Universität Heidelberg und dem Drachenhaus-Verlag. Sie findet online über die Plattform Zoom statt. Um teilnehmen zu können, melden Sie sich bitte an: info@drachenhaus-verlag.com

Yu Zhang lebt seit 1992 in Berlin. Sie ist Unternehmerin, Gastprofessorin, Buchautorin, Philanthropin und gründete nach ihrem Studium der Publizistik und Kommunikationswissenschaft sowie Japanologie an der FU Berlin die Unternehmensberatung China Communications Consulting.

Thomas Heberer ist Senior-Professor für Politik und Gesellschaft Chinas am IN-EAST. Seit 2009 ist er Co-Direktor des Konfuzius-Instituts Metropole Ruhr, Duisburg und betreut den Programmteil Politik und Gesellschaft Chinas.

Nora Frisch studierte Sinologie und Musikwissenschaften in Wien, Peking, Taipei und Heidelberg. 2010 gründete sie den Drachenhaus-Verlag und verlegt seither chinabezogene Publikationen. Mit ihren Publikationen möchte sie China in allen Facetten Kindern, Jugendlichen und Erwachsenen wissenschaftlich fundiert und zugleich spannend und vielseitig dargestellt näherbringen.

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25.11.2020 - 12:49:54

Guest Lecture by Jung Chen

Dehumanization and Polarization in the 2020 Taiwanese Presidential Election | Wed, November 25, 2020, 19–20 h | Online Meeting
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20.11.2020 - 11:23:59

Lunch Seminar by Jun Imai (Online Seminar)

Japanese Economy and Society Diversification as Stratification. Work-Style Reform and its Consequences on Inequality in Japan | Fri, Nov. …

Japanese Economy and Society Diversification as Stratification. Work-Style Reform and its Consequences on Inequality in Japan | Fri, Nov. 20, 2020, 12.30–14 h JST = 4.30–6 h a.m. MEZ (!)
Invitation by the French Research Institute on Japan (IFRJ) at Maison Franco-Japonaise (MFJ), Tokyo.
Jun Imai is Professor at Department of Sociology, Sophia University, Tokyo. From 2006 until 2009 he was Postdoctoral Researcher at the IN-EAST.

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The standard employment centrism shapes the direction of stratification in Japan. In this presentation, I will pick up the recent developments of labor management in Japan including work-style reform. Diversification of work-style is one of the major initiatives of the reform, which is supposed to narrow the gap between regular and non-regular employment as well as to allow workers to work more flexibly in order to solve the problems of work-life balance. Under such circumstances, Japanese companies began to segment regular employment into various types of “restricted” regular workers (gentei seishain), in much the same way as they found ippanshoku and >jun-sogoshoku tracks in the 1980s and the 1990s. They are called “restricted” since they do not accept unlimited flexibilities required by employers with regard to the scope of job rotation and regional transfer and working time that core regular workers need to accept. Some regular workers change their track from core regular to restricted regular due to their, for instance, care needs at home, or non-regular workers would be hired in this career track as the revised Labor Contract Law (in effect since 2013) mandates companies to secure unlimited term contract to the non-regular workers with long-enough tenure. The establishment of these career tracks reveals that Japanese companies (and even workers) see the ability to accept flexibilities of working time, (functional and regional) mobilities within a firm as important but tacit, taken-for-granted criteria of evaluating their employees, which have been the central features of the regular employment. The fact that these new tracks are associated to inferior wages and promotion prospect means that the diversification is in fact the stratification of workers based on the extent of worker commitment to the flexibilties.

The event is open to all. Registration is required at
https://www.mfj.gr.jp/agenda/2020/11/20/ls_imai/
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19.11.2020 - 23:59:56

Governance and Emerging Technological Change in China

Workshop organized by Shuanping Dai, Nele Noesselt, and Markus Taube | Thu/Fri, November 19–20, 2020, 14–18 h | Closed Workshop
Internal …

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19.11.2020 - 22:54:28

EU-Japan EPA Conference 2020 – Part 2: Symposium

European Union - Japan Economic Partnership Agreement and beyond. Symposium, Nov. 19, 2020, 9–11 h. Digital Conference via ZOOM
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18.11.2020 - 18:43:36

Guest Lecture by Thung-Hong Lin

Populism in Taiwan, 2014–2020 | Wed, November 18, 2020, 10–11 am | Online Meeting
Lecture Series
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11.11.2020 - 23:51:56

Guest Lecture by Airo Hino

Japan as an Uncharted Territory of Global Populism? Disentangling Its Myth with New Research | Wed, Nov. 11, 2020, 9–10 am | Online …

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11.11.2020 - 23:35:55

Populism in East Asian Democracies

IN-EAST Lecture Series, organized by Axel Klein, Hannes Mosler (both IN-EAST) and Frédéric Krumbein, Heinrich Heine guest professor, Tel Aviv …

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10.11.2020 - 16:39:51

EU-Japan EPA Conference 2020

European Union - Japan Economic Partnership Agreement and beyond. Research Workshop, Nov. 10, 2020, 9–11.30 h, and Symposium, Nov. 19, 2020, …

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09.11.2020 - 18:30:00

Virtueller Round-Table – Implikationen der US-Wahlen für Ostasien

Die US-Wahlen sind vorbei (und vielleicht noch lange nicht entschieden). Die Auswirkungen auf unsere Welt, auf Ostasien, sind kaum zu unterschätzen. …

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26.10.2020 - 23:47:39

Orientierungswoche für den BA MOAS

Die Orientierungswoche für alle Erstsemester des BA Moderne Ostasienstudien beginnt am 26.10.2020 und endet am 30.10.2020.
In den ersten …

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26.10.2020 - 00:27:58

Orientation Weeks for New MA Students

The IN-EAST welcomes a new generation of MA students in the study programs of Contemporary East Asian Studies CEAS and Modern East Asian Studies …

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22.10.2020 - 15:44:19

Workshop China-US-EUrope

Global Power Triangles and the Remaking of the International Order. Thu–Sun, October 22–25, 2020, 14–17 h (Oct 25: 13–16 h!). Digital …

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21.10.2020 - 00:20:47

Diana Schüler beim Deutsch-Koreanischen Sonderjuniorforum

Als Mentorin beim Deutsch-Koreanischen Sonderjuniorforum dabei
Am 16.10.2020 war Dr. Diana Schüler als Mentorin der Gruppe 1 Youth Unemployment …

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20.10.2020 - 11:34:56

Karen Shire at Japan Zoominar@UCSD

Karen Shire, Saki Tomita, and Ulrike Schaede gave a talk about Women in Japan: Similar Challenges, Different Solutions, University of California …

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30.09.2020 - 09:19:32

„Sayonara“ für Prof. Werner Pascha

Am 30. September hat das IN-EAST sein langjähriges Mitglied Prof. Werner Pascha in den Ruhestand verabschiedet
Neben zahlreichen elektronischen …

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25.09.2020 - 10:09:42

AREA Ruhr Preliminary Results Workshop

The second cohort of the doctoral researchers in the AREA Ruhr Doctoral Programme will present their field research findings. September 25, 2020, …

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09.09.2020 - 17:32:17

Hannes Mosler at Korea Global Forum for Peace

Hannes Mosler has chaired a panel on Dynamic International Relations on the Korean Peninsula, at the Korea Global Forum for Peace 2020 …

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02.07.2020 - 16:00:00

AREA Ruhr Guest Lecture by Henrik Sørensen

Dunhuang as Sacred Space: On the History and Formation of a Major Religious Site in the Eastern Central Asia | Thu, July 2, 2020, 4.00–5.30 …

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01.07.2020 - 09:56:34

IN-EAST Forum Lecture by Thomas Kalinowski

The Rise of East Asia and the Clash of Capitalisms | Wed, July 1, 2020, 10–12 h s.t. | Online Forum
Thomas Kalinowski …

The Rise of East Asia and the Clash of Capitalisms | Wed, July 1, 2020, 10–12 h s.t. | Online Forum
Thomas Kalinowski is Professor at the Graduate School of International Studies, Ewha Womans University in Seoul, Korea. He holds a PhD in Political Science from Free University Berlin. He teaches International Political Economy, Comparative Political Economy, International Organizations, and Sustainable Development. His recent research has focused on bringing the Comparative Capitalist perspective into the investigation of international cooperation and conflict. His key contribution to the study of Comparative Capitalism has been to help overcome the euro-centric perspective within Comparative Political Economy by systematically including East Asia in the field.

This Presentation is based on my new book Why International Cooperation Is Failing. How the Clash of Capitalisms Undermines the Regulation of Finance. In the book I am explaining the failures of international economic and financial cooperation in the G20 since the Global Financial Crisis of 2008/09. In this presentation I will focus on the role of East Asia in this failure. I argue that East Asia’s preferences for international cooperation (or non-cooperation) can be best understood by investigating the characteristics and “defects” of the East Asian state-led and export-oriented model of capitalism.

Link to Oxford University Press: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/why-international-cooperation-is-failing-9780198714729?cc=de&lang=en&#
Link to Google Books page: https://books.google.com/books?id=lmmtDwAAQBAJ&redir_esc=y
Link to introduction video: https://youtu.be/qWVJvtzBOgU

Please note that the lecture starts sharply at the time given, without academic quarter (s.t.)
Find the complete schedule of the IN-EAST Research Forum in summer term 2020 here:
https://www.uni-due.de/imperia/md/content/in-east/events/research_forum_ss_2020.pdf

Due to public health measures and travel restrictions during the Covid-19 crisis the IN-EAST Research Forum is planned as a webinar, held as a video conference, to which all members and students of the IN-EAST will be invited by E-mail including instructions for online access.
Students and colleagues of all faculties and partner institutions are welcome to (virtually) join the lectures and participate in the discussions, they are kindly asked to send an E-mail to events@in-east.de .

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26.06.2020 - 10:59:54

AREA Ruhr Guest Lecture by Tracy Miller

Creativity, Geometry, and Generative Design in the Architecture of Medieval Chinese Buddhism | Fri, June 26, 2020, 4.00–5.30 h s.t. | Zoom …

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24.06.2020 - 17:46:25

IN-EAST Forum Lecture by Hannes Mosler

The Kwangju Uprising 1980 and the Politics of Memory in South Korea | Wed, June 24, 2020, 10–12 h s.t. | Online Forum
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The Kwangju Uprising 1980 and the Politics of Memory in South Korea | Wed, June 24, 2020, 10–12 h s.t. | Online Forum
Prof. Hannes Mosler holds the Chair of Social Sciences of East Asia – Korea at the IN-EAST.

Abstract
Together with the case of divided Germany, the division of the Korean peninsula was a key manifestation of the Cold War that began at the close of World War II in the mid-1940s and officially ended after the Fall of the Berlin Wall, German reunification, and the demise of the Soviet Union. However, the Korean peninsula remains divided, and the Cold War continues through other means. Besides the decades-old standoff between the two Koreas, the continuing polarization within South Korea between the progressives and the conservatives represents this phenomenon of a Cold War that still simmers. Even the Kwangju Uprising (Democracy Movement) – one of the most crucial turning points in South Korea’s history of democracy – is still not fully accounted for its causes and consequences, and remains contested by conservative forces 40 years after the event occurred. While there is a rich body of research on the May 18 Kwangju Democracy Movement including the topic of memory politics, presidential commemorative speeches so far have been neglected despite the fact that they represent an important mode of political communication in modern societies regarding the production of authoritative remembrance narratives. Against this backdrop, this talk will first shortly reiterate the uprising's meaning for democracy in South Korea, then briefly introduce the hegemonic-discourse battle regarding its political remembrance, and finally present the analysis of memorial addresses by South Korean presidents between 1993 and 2019.

Please note that the lecture starts sharply at the time given, without academic quarter (s.t.)
Find the complete schedule of the IN-EAST Research Forum in summer term 2020 here:
https://www.uni-due.de/imperia/md/content/in-east/events/research_forum_ss_2020.pdf

Due to public health measures and travel restrictions during the Covid-19 crisis the IN-EAST Research Forum is planned as a webinar, held as a video conference, to which all members and students of the IN-EAST will be invited by E-mail including instructions for online access.
Students and colleagues of all faculties and partner institutions are welcome to (virtually) join the lectures and participate in the discussions, they are kindly asked to send an E-mail to events@in-east.de .

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19.06.2020 - 07:49:19

24. Duisburger Ostasientag 2020

Die Beziehungen zwischen der EU und China. Herausforderungen – Risiken – Chancen. Zoom-Video-Konferenz | Freitag, 19.6.2020, 16–18 …

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17.06.2020 - 14:25:52

IN-EAST Forum Lecture by Lei Li

Skill-biased Imports, Human Capital Accumulation, and the Allocation of Talent | Wed, June 17, 2020, 10–12 h s.t. | Online Forum
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10.06.2020 - 16:28:54

IN-EAST Forum Lecture by Megha Amrith

Ageing, Migration and the Inequalities of Care in Southeast Asia | Wed, June 10, 2020, 10–12 h s.t. | Online Forum
Dr. Megha …

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27.05.2020 - 09:27:06

IN-EAST Research Forum Lecture by Nele Noesselt

The PRC’s Global Leadership Claims in the ‘Green’ Economy | Wed, May 27, 2020,
10–12 h s.t. | Online Forum
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25.05.2020 - 10:40:34

AREA Ruhr Doktorandenworkshop verschoben

Der für 9.–10. Juli 2020 geplante Doktorandenworkshop (AREA Ruhr Preliminary Results Workshop) wird verschoben. Der neue Termin steht noch …

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20.05.2020 - 00:09:15

IN-EAST Research Forum Lecture by Anke Scherer

Survey the Soil, Control the Country: The role of the Manchurian Colonization Corporation (Mantaku) in Manshukoku in the 1930s and 1940s | Wed, …

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18.05.2020 - 23:42:02

Populismus-Workshop #1

Zusammen mit dem Center for Global Cooperation Research der UDE (GCR) führte das IN-EAST am 18.05.2020 den „Populismus-Workshop #1“ …

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12.05.2020 - 13:44:02

Markus Taube spricht bei der Monopolkommission

Das besondere Verhältnis zwischen Staat und Wirtschaft in der VR China ist auch für die Monopolkommission ein wichtiges Thema und wird …

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06.05.2020 - 12:33:41

Expertendiskussion/Webinar zur Corona-Pandemie

Thomas Heberer und Markus Taube (IN-EAST) sowie Mengji Lu (Uniklinikum Essen) diskutieren im KI | Mi, 6.5.2020, 18–19 Uhr. Anmeldung …

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04.05.2020 - 15:21:01

Gespräch Markus Taube – Sierk Horn

China is Slowly Awakening from the Crisis. – Talk of Sierk Horn with Markus Taube for Resilience Podcast at www.asia-observatory.org, May 4, …

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24.04.2020 - 16:10:28

Vorbildliches Krisenmanagement? Chinas Kampf gegen Corona

Vortrag von Thomas Heberer anlässlich des „Welttages des Buches“ am 23.4.2020 | Fr, 24. April 2020 | Online-Veranstaltung
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12.02.2020 - 14:42:23

Lecture by Thomas Heberer at Oxford Conference

China’s Disciplining and Civilizing State: A Modernizing Model? – Vortrag bei der Internationalen Konferenz New Political Imaginaries and …

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30.01.2020 - 14:56:48

Thomas Heberer at IN-EAST Lecture Series

Decoding the Chinese Puzzle: Rapid Economic and Social Development Despite a High Level of Corruption | Thu, Jan 30, 2020, 16–18 h | SG …

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29.01.2020 - 10:47:40

IN-EAST Research Forum Lecture by Flemming Christiansen

Flemming Christiansen: Is there an End to the Peasant Problem in China? | Wed, January 29, 2020, 16–18 h | Room SG 183, Geibelstr. …

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28.01.2020 - 10:42:25

Guest Lecture by Doris Hertrampf

The North Korean Nuclear Program | Tue, January 28, 2020, 16–18 h | New: Room LF 035, Forsthausweg, Campus Duisburg
Mrs. Hertrampf …

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22.01.2020 - 22:39:01

Guest Lecture by Jaok Kwon-Hein

Globalization and Corporate Elites in South Korea: Education and Career Mobility | Wed, Jan. 22, 2020, 16–18 h | Room LE 736, Forsthausweg, …

Globalization and Corporate Elites in South Korea: Education and Career Mobility | Wed, Jan. 22, 2020, 16–18 h | Room LE 736, Forsthausweg, Campus Duisburg
Abstract
Mainstream globalization literature has maintained that a rapidly globalizing economy and neo-liberal reforms will lead to the emergence of a transnational business elite. The South Korean economy has implemented neo-liberal policies and reforms since the Asian financial crisis and has rapidly integrated into the global economy; these developments have occurred simultaneously with the globalization and growth of the Korean economy. Have these transitions led to the transnationalization of the corporate elite in South Korea? Using life-course data for top Korean managers from the top 100 industrial enterprises in 2010 and 2015, including information on educational background, career and mobility patterns, and the share of globally recruited top managers, we explore the evidence for the emergence of a transnational business elite in Korea. Our analysis indicates that nationally recruited company men – not global job- and company-hoppers – are still predominant in the South Korean economy.

Jaok Kwon is an Assistant Professor in the Centre for East Asian Studies at the University of Heidelberg, Germany. Her research interests include the sociology of development, labour and gender in East Asia, economic elites in East Asia, and transnational labour migration. Her work on socioeconomic issues in East Asia has appeared in Gender Studies, Labor History, International Journal of Japanese Sociology, and Korea Observer, among others. She is also a journal reviewer of Asian Management & Business and Economy and Society. She teaches courses on Asian capitalism, labour and gender, labour market and industrial relations, the civil society and social movements in East Asia.

Guest Lectures Series Contemporary Issues of Korea
IN-EAST / Chair of East Asian Economic Studies, Japan and Korea
Contact: Ms. Diana Schüler
diana.schueler@uni-due.de
http://www.in-east.de

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22.01.2020 - 11:43:19

AREA Ruhr Guest Lecture Series

Karen Shire: An Economic Sociological Perspective on the Regulation of Transnational Labor in the Asia Pacific | Wed, Jan. 22, 2020, 16.15–17.45 …

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16.01.2020 - 02:53:19

Thomas Heberer at IN-EAST Lecture Series

40 Years of Fieldwork in China: Preconditions, Environment, Methodologies | Thu, Jan 16, 2020, 16–18 h | SG 183, Geibelstr. 41, …

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15.01.2020 - 17:18:39

Guest Lecture by Fabian Froese

International Careers in Korea | Wed, Jan 15, 2020, 16–18 h | Room LE 736, Forsthausweg, Campus Duisburg
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18.12.2019 - 11:13:46

Guest Lecture by Sunkung Choi

Korea-Japan Trade Dispute – when Economic Relations are Disturbed by Politicians | Wed, Dec 18, 2019, 16–18 h | Room LE 736, …

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17.12.2019 - 14:08:55

Adventsabend zu Donald J. Trump

Einladung von Axel Klein (IN-EAST), Philipp Adorf (Uni Bonn) und Betsy Leimbigler (FU Berlin) | Di, 17.12.2019, 18.15 Uhr | Hörsaal …

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12.12.2019 - 10:42:22

Thomas Heberer at IN-EAST Lecture Series

Political Representation in an Authoritarian Context: Formal, Informal and Digital Forms of Representation in China | Thu, Dec 12, 2019, …

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11.12.2019 - 23:23:10

Fifth International Forum on the "New Silk Road" and Sino-European Cooperation

Panel discussion | Wednesday, December 11, 2019, 16–20 h | Mercatorhalle, CityPalais, Landfermannstr. 6, 47051 Duisburg
New …

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11.12.2019 - 20:09:37

Research Forum Guest Lecture by Joanna Ciesielska-Klikowska

Cooperation between China and the Countries of Central and Eastern Europe with the 16+1 Initiative (17+1) | Wed, Dec. 11, 2019, 10–11.30 …

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11.12.2019 - 18:47:40

Labor Migration Workshop at IN-EAST

New Directions in Labor Migration in Europe and the Asia-Pacific | Wed, Dec. 11, 2019, 9.00 am | Rotonda, Building LF 310, Campus …

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09.12.2019 - 22:44:16

AREA Ruhr Guest Lecture Series

Marc R. Mullins: Neo-Nationalism, Japanese Religions, and Restorationist Politics in Contemporary Japan | Mon, Dec. 9, 2019, 4.15–5.45 …

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04.12.2019 - 22:56:17

AREA Ruhr Guest Lecture Series

Momoyo Hüstebeck: Deliberative Democracy in Japan against the Backdrop of Democratic Challenges | Dec. 4, 2019, 4–6 pm | Campus …

Momoyo Hüstebeck: Deliberative Democracy in Japan against the Backdrop of Democratic Challenges | Dec. 4, 2019, 4–6 pm | Campus Ruhr University, Building UNI 134, Room 2.06
Abstract
Like other representative democracies, Japan has been facing a partial crisis of its political system. Democratic challenges have eroded democratic norms such as equality, representation, political accountability and legitimacy. The voter-turnouts for the last Lower House elections, for instance, have been at a record low. They express the decreasing trust in the political elites and the political abstinence of major parts of the society. To counteract the partial crisis of democracy, Japanese national and local governments have implemented new instruments of citizen participation, especially deliberations.
Deliberations are here defined as top-down implemented participatory forums where randomly selected citizens discuss among each other given political topics. After exchanging their arguments and forming their opinions, the participants submit their recommendations for a policy to the government.
This talk aims at scrutinizing the impact of deliberative policy-making processes on the quality of Japanese representative democracy. Therefore, theoretical concepts which deal with the quality of democracy and with deliberations (Diamond and Morlino 2005; Smith 2009) are applied. Two deliberative methods, namely mini-publics and a deliberative poll, serve as cases for evaluating qualitatively the democratic impact. Local mini-publics (shimin tôgikai) have been the most frequently implemented deliberative method in Japan. Randomly selected citizens are asked to develop recommendations for a local city planning. The first deliberative poll (tôrongata yoronchôsa) at the national level was held in Japan in 2012 under the impression of 3/11. A random sample of 285 citizens deliberated national energy strategies until the year 2030. By evaluating these cases conceptually, the presentation highlights the merits and the challenges of improving the quality of a representative democracy.

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Momoyo Hüstebeck is a postdoctoral research fellow at the IN-EAST (University of Duisburg-Essen) and the principal investigator for the BMBF-funded research project over the impact of deliberations on Japanese and German democracies. Her current research project combines theories of deliberative and participatory democracy with qualitative empirical case studies of implementing deliberations for understanding their effects on democratic challenges. Her previous research has focused on decentralization, local governments, citizen participation, state-citizen relationships, democratic innovations and political representation of women with an area focus on Japan, Germany and South Korea.

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04.12.2019 - 10:03:59

IN-EAST Research Forum Lecture by Yuan Li

The Implications of the New Silk Road Railways on Local Development | Wed, Dec 4, 2019, 10–11.30 h | SG 183, Geibelstr. 41, Duisburg
Yuan …

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28.11.2019 - 15:54:56

Lecture by Ningjing Ge at University of Macau

Why does Corruption Appear to be “Unavoidable”? – Tacit Rationality and the Reinforcement of Informal Institutions in China. | Nov. …

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18.11.2019 - 17:53:34

Travelling Conferences on Urban Transformations in Industrial Regions

The first two Travelling Conferences will be held at Osaka City University, Nov. 18–19, and at University of Ulsan, Nov. 21–22, 2019
Participants …

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14.11.2019 - 10:55:22

Thomas Heberer at IN-EAST Lecture Series

Weapons of the Rich: Strategic Behavior and Collective Action of Private Entrepreneurs in China | Thu, Nov 14, 2019, 16–18 h | SG …

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13.11.2019 - 10:51:26

Research Forum Lecture by Guanghua Wan

Inequality and Domestic Consumption in China: A Puzzle and an Explanation | Wed, Nov 13, 2019, 17.30–19 h | Room LB 338, Lotharstraße, …

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13.11.2019 - 10:46:19

Guest Lecture by Christoph Pollmann

Strategic Partnerships Using the Example of Germany and Korea – a Possible Model or an Illusion? | Wed, Nov 13, 2019, 16–18 h | Room …

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06.11.2019 - 23:57:51

AREA Ruhr Workshop Leadership

Rhetoric and Evidence of Leadership Aspirations in East Asia | Wed, Nov. 6, 2019, 11–17 h | SG 183, Geibelstr. 41, Duisburg

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06.11.2019 - 15:31:18

Research Forum Guest Lecture by Jens Wrona

Trade and Market Integration in Japan | Wed, November 6, 2019, 9–10.30 h | SG 183, Geibelstr. 41, 47057 Duisburg
Jens Wrona …

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06.11.2019 - 15:30:35

China Migrant – Fotoausstellung von Daniel Traub

China Migrant – Fotografien und Kurzfilme von Daniel Traub. Eröffnung: Mittwoch, 6. Nov. 2019, 18 Uhr im Gebäude LE, 7. Stock, der Künstler …

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31.10.2019 - 23:59:50

Thomas Heberer at IN-EAST Lecture Series

China as a Developmental State. The Functionality and Logic of the Chinese Party State | October 31, 2019, 16–18 h | SG 183, Geibelstr. …

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31.10.2019 - 18:09:14

Lecture Series by Thomas Heberer

Prof. Thomas Heberer is going to hold a lecture series about his China research, starting on October 31, 2019 | Room SG 183, Geibelstr. …

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30.10.2019 - 09:19:29

Workshop Brazil and China in Policy Diffusion

organized by IN-EAST School of Advanced Studies / Giulia Romano | Tue/Wed, October 29/30, 2019, 9.30 h | SG 183, Geibelstr. 41, 47057 …

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29.10.2019 - 10:25:45

Yuan Li at the 2019 Shanghai Global Think Tank Forum

Upon the invitation from Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, Yuan Li attended the 2019 Shanghai Global Think Tank Forum, Oct 24–25, 2019
Themed …

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28.10.2019 - 23:27:20

Travelling Conferences on Urban Transformations in Industrial Regions

The Initial Workshop Travelling Conferences took place at the IN-EAST School of Advanced Studies, October 22, 2019
Travelling Conferences …

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26.10.2019 - 11:00:44

Workshops about Language by Florian Coulmas

Florian Coulmas has organized Workshops for Multilingualism and for Language Policy and Language Planning at Shanghai International Studies University, …

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25.10.2019 - 16:29:16

Zi Wang neues Mitglied der Global Young Faculty

Zi Wang, Postdoc am IN-EAST, wurde zum Mitglied der VI. Kohorte der Global Young Faculty ernannt.
Zusammen mit anderen jungen Wissenschaftlerinnen …

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25.10.2019 - 14:21:41

Hello, Good-bye and Welcome Back 2019

Celebrating our Graduates – Welcoming our New Students and Returnees | Fri, October 25, 2019, 18.30 h | Venue: SG 135 (Aula), Geibelstr. …

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23.10.2019 - 11:14:05

Das IN-EAST beim Deutsch-Koreanischen Forum

Prof. Werner Pascha und MA-Studentin Hannah Grüttgen nahmen am Deutsch-Koreanischen Forum und Juniorforum 2019 in Berlin teil
Das IN-EAST …

Prof. Werner Pascha und MA-Studentin Hannah Grüttgen nahmen am Deutsch-Koreanischen Forum und Juniorforum 2019 in Berlin teil
Das IN-EAST beim Deutsch-Koreanischen Forum und Juniorforum

Vom 18. bis 22. September 2019 fand in Berlin das Deutsch-Koreanische Forum und das Deutsch-Koreanische Juniorforum statt. Das Forum tagte damit bereits zum 18. Mal, seit 2002, und auch das Juniorforum fand seit 2012 bereits zum 8. Mal statt. Gegründet wurde das DKF als bilaterales Regierungsforum, um gemeinsame Fragen zu diskutieren und Schlussfolgerungen sowie Politikempfehlungen für die deutsche und die südkoreanische Regierung zu entwickeln.
Das IN-EAST war vertreten durch Prof. Dr. Werner Pascha, der bereits seit 2003 regelmäßig am DKF teilnimmt, und im Juniorforum durch Hannah Grüttgen, die im Masterstudiengang Contemporary East Asian Studies seit dem Wintersemester 2018/19 mit den Schwerpunkten Politik und Soziologie Koreas und Chinas am IN-EAST studiert. Werner Pascha referierte im diesjährigen DKF zum Thema der Energie- und Klimapolitik in Deutschland, insbesondere zur Frage einer Energiewende, was durch die grundlegenden Entscheidungen des sog. Klimakabinetts just am dritten Tag des Forums besonders aktuell war. Hannah Grüttgen wurde die besondere Ehre zuteil, gemeinsam mit einem Vertreter der koreanischen Studierenden die Überlegungen des Jugendforums vor dem „Senior“-Forum vortragen zu dürfen. Im Anschluss finden sich ihre Eindrücke von der Veranstaltung.

Das 8. Deutsch-Koreanische Juniorforum – Ein Erfahrungsbericht
Von Hannah Grüttgen

Um das Vorhaben einer Vertiefung der bilateralen Zusammenarbeit zwischen Deutschland und Korea auch bei der jungen Generation zu verwirklichen, findet seit 2012 parallel zum Seniorforum auch das Deutsch-Koreanische Juniorforum statt. Hierbei haben junge Arbeitnehmer, Auszubildende sowie Studenten beider Länder die Möglichkeit, sich miteinander über relevante Themen auszutauschen und ebenfalls Politikempfehlungen an die Regierungen Deutschlands und Koreas zu erarbeiten.
In diesem Jahr fand vor Beginn des Juniorforums auch ein Einführungskurs in Form eines einwöchigen politischen Bildungsprogramms statt, an dem Koreaner wie Deutsche gemeinsam teilnahmen. Dabei standen neben einem Gespräch mit der Deutsch-Koreanischen Parlamentariergruppe auch ein Treffen mit Staatsminister Hendrik Hoppenstedt im Bundeskanzleramt sowie ein Besuch des Auswärtigen Amtes und der Erinnerungsstätte Berliner Mauer an. Schon während des einführenden Programms wurden zahlreiche Fragen gestellt, und die Teilnehmer setzten sich besonders mit dem Thema der deutschen Wiedervereinigung auseinander.
Während des Forums erarbeiteten die Teilnehmer des Juniorforums in fünf Gruppen Politikempfehlungen zu den Themen 1) Digitalisierung und künstliche Intelligenz, 2) Energiepolitik und Klimakrise, 3) Frieden und Wohlstand auf der koreanischen Halbinsel, 4) politische Erinnerung und Vergangenheitsbewältigung und 5) soziale Chancengleichheit. Als Teilnehmerin der Gruppe 3 kann ich sagen, dass über die gesamte Tagungszeit alle Gruppenmitglieder sogar noch in den Pausen und am Abend nach der Hauptarbeitsphase höchst engagiert und angeregt miteinander diskutierten. Dabei war es überaus interessant, die Meinungen der koreanischen Teilnehmer zum Thema Wiedervereinigung und Nordkorea zu erfahren. Auch war es schön zu sehen, wie sehr sich die Teilnehmer unserer Gruppe auf das Thema vorbereitet hatten, wodurch ein konstruktives Arbeiten ermöglicht wurde.
Über die Arbeitsphasen hinaus war das Zusammentreffen und der Austausch mit den Teilnehmern des Seniorforums eine gute Gelegenheit, sich zu vernetzen. Die Möglichkeit der Präsentation unserer erarbeiteten Ergebnisse vor den Fachleuten war ein abschließendes Highlight einer sehr spannenden und lehrreichen Zeit. Die vollzogene Gründung eines Alumninetzwerks wird uns weiterhin die Möglichkeit geben, neu geschlossene Freundschaften zu vertiefen und sich weiter zu vernetzen.
Wer mehr detaillierte Berichte über das Deutsch-Koreanische Juniorforum, die Arbeitsprozesse innerhalb der Gruppen sowie die erarbeiteten Politikempfehlungen erfahren möchte, der findet all diese Informationen auf der offiziellen Website des Forums:
http://www.dekrforum.de/de/junior-forum/.

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23.10.2019 - 10:30:00

Research Forum: Lecture by Chie Iguchi

The IN-EAST research forum invites Prof. Chie Iguchi (Keio University, Japan | University of Reading, UK) to give a lecture on "Foreign Market …

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07.10.2019 - 16:32:47

Orientation Weeks for new MA students

The IN-EAST welcomes a new generation of MA students in the study programs of CEAS, MEAS and MEAS + 1. Orientation Weeks: 7.10.–18.10.2019
The …

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02.10.2019 - 10:22:35

Thomas Heberer speaks at Peking University

Thomas Heberer, “Distinguished Guest Professor” at Peking University (September/Oktober 2019) speaks at the Opening Ceremony celebrating …

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01.10.2019 - 17:43:12

CfP: Neue Seidenstraße Thema beim AK SOAS OAS

Arbeitskreis Südostasien und AK Ostasien in der DGfG – Jahrestagung in Duisburg | 19.–21. Juni 2020 | UDE, Campus Duisburg | Vortragsangebote …

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30.09.2019 - 18:40:13

Thomas Heberer Gastprofessor an Peking-Universität

Gastprofessur an der School of Government and the Research Center for Chinese Politics
Vorlesungen zu Themen wie Strategisches Verhalten chinesischer …

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17.09.2019 - 09:00:00

DIJ-Symposium on "The Politics of Migration in Japan"

Date: Tuesday, 17 September, 2019 | Venue: German Institute for Japanese Studies, Tokyo | Co-organizied by Axel Klein (IN-EAST) and Daniel Kremers …

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02.09.2019 - 12:50:47

CfP Conference coorganized by Yuan Li

4th Intern’l Conference of the Political Economy of Democracy and Dictatorship | Conference at University of Münster | Feb 27–29, …

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24.07.2019 - 08:23:20

East Asia Forum: Economic (Dis)integration

Yuan Li for the IN-EAST co-organized a joint workshop with University of Westminster and FernUniversität Hagen in London on June 14, 2019
Professor …

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19.07.2019 - 10:45:51

AREA Ruhr Workshop System Competition

System Competition in East Asia | Workshop at Ruhr University Bochum, Mensa, Bistroebene, Room II | Fri, July 19, 2019, 9.00 h
All …

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10.07.2019 - 15:13:56

Shusenjo – Documentary Film about Comfort Women

Film presentation at IN-EAST and discussion with director Miki Dezaki | Wed, July 10, 2019, 18.30 h | LX Kleiner Hörsaal, Lotharstr. …

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10.07.2019 - 14:08:20

Research Forum Lecture by Thomas Heberer

Connective Representation in the Cyberspace: The Case of Chinese Entrepreneurs | Wed, July 10, 2019, 10–12 h | SG 183, Geibelstr. …

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10.07.2019 - 11:13:04

Giulia Romano mit Best Paper Award ausgezeichnet

Dr. Giulia Romano wurde für ihr auf der ACPS (Association of Chinese Political Studies) Annual Conference 2019 in Hangzhou vorgestelltes Paper …

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09.07.2019 - 15:06:59

AREA Ruhr Guest Lecture Series

Detlef Nolte: Overlapping Regionalism and the Venezuelan Crisis | Tue, July 9, 2019, 16 h | Campus Duisburg, Geibelstr. 41, SG 183
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03.07.2019 - 15:26:31

Vortrag von Thomas Heberer an der Universität Mainz

Internet und Soziales Kreditsystem in China – Überwachungs-, Disziplinierungs- oder Partizipationsinstrumente? – Vortrag an der Universität …

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03.07.2019 - 14:02:16

Research Forum Guest Lecture by Jens Wrona

Trade and Market Integration in Japan | Wed, July 3, 2019, 10–12 h | Room SG 183, Geibelstr. 41, Duisburg
Jens Wrona is Junior …

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22.06.2019 - 11:45:53

Koreanisch-Redewettbewerb 2019 an der UDE

Über Menschen und Nudelsuppen, Buddhismus und Popkultur, Forschung und Poesie – Am 22. Juni 2019 fand der 3. Koreanisch-Redewettbewerb für …

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19.06.2019 - 13:55:40

Research Forum Guest Lecture by Feng Xu

Eldercare Workers in Shanghai and Vancouver: An Essential yet Invisible Labour Force in Two Aspiring Global Cities | Wed, June 19, 2019, …

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18.06.2019 - 02:00:48

AREA Ruhr Guest Lecture Series

Martin de Jong: Urban and Infrastructure Development in China in an International Perspective | Tue, June 18, 2019, 2–4 pm | Room …

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14.06.2019 - 12:14:17

Festveranstaltung 25 Jahre IN-EAST

Das IN-EAST feiert sein 25-jähriges Jubiläum mit einem Festakt. Festvortrag: Christian Wulff, Bundespräsident a.D. | Fr, 14.6.2019, …

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14.06.2019 - 12:09:29

23. Duisburger Ostasientag 2019

Das IN-EAST lädt ein zum 23. Duisburger Ostasientag, Thema: Eine neue Industriepolitik? Japan, China, Deutschland | Fr, 14.6.2019, 15 …

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14.06.2019 - 03:57:30

IN-EAST Research Forum, Summer Term 2019

The Lectures take place at IN-EAST, Geibelstraße 41, Room SG 183, Campus Duisburg, usually on Wednesday, 10–12 h. All students and colleagues …

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14.06.2019 - 00:10:59

Call for Papers – East Asia Forum 2019

Jointly organized by IN-EAST, FernUniversität Hagen, and University of Westminster | June 14, 2019 | Westminster Business School, …

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12.06.2019 - 16:44:06

AREA Ruhr Guest Lecture Series

Jörn Dosch: Is Asia still Unique? The Continent’s Relevance for Theory-building in Social Sciences | Wed, June 12, 2019, 4–6 pm | …

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12.06.2019 - 13:39:53

Research Forum Guest Lecture by Xueguang Zhou

The Chinese Bureaucracy in Three Lenses: Weberian, Confucian, and Marchian | Wed, June 12, 2019, 10–12 h | Room SG 183, Geibelstr. …

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06.06.2019 - 11:50:20

Political Representation in Digitalizing China and Russia

Evaluation Workshop held by Anna Shpakovskaya | Thursday, June 6, 2019, 9.30–13.00 h | Room SG 183, Geibelstr. 41, Campus Duisburg
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29.05.2019 - 17:07:25

MA Student Breakfast

The IN-EAST coordination unit is organizing a MA student breakfast | Wednesday, May 29, 2019, 9–11 am | Room SG 183, Geibelstraße …

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29.05.2019 - 15:43:25

IN-EAST-Fachschaft beim UDE-Sommerfest 2019

Die IN-EAST-Fachschaft organisierte den Länderstand Japan-Korea beim diesjährigen UDE-Sommerfest am 21. Mai 2019, Campus Duisburg
Mit viel …

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28.05.2019 - 16:28:58

AREA Ruhr Guest Lecture Series

Mark Pendleton: Gender, Sexuality and Historical Memory in Transnational Northeast Asia | Tue, May 28, 2019, 3–5 pm | Campus Duisburg, …

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24.05.2019 - 21:40:06

Work in Japan: Jobs and Internship Opportunities

The IN-EAST is hosting a seminar hold by Connect Job, a Japanese recruitment agency | Fr, May 24, 2019, 2–3 pm | Room SG 183, Geibelstr. …

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23.05.2019 - 16:11:07

Thomas Heberer bei Diskussionsrunde am KI Berlin

A New Chinese Culture Coming Into Being: Confucianism, Marxism, Liberalism? – 23. Mai 2019, Konfuzius-Institut an der FU Berlin
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22.05.2019 - 13:02:02

Florian Coulmas auf Kolloquium „Roboter in der Pflege“

Cogito ergo sum? Von Kintaro bis Erica. – Vortrag von Florian Coulmas beim Kolloquium „Roboter in der Pflege – wer hilft uns, wenn wir …

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22.05.2019 - 09:09:32

China – Partner oder systemischer Rivale?

Diskussionsveranstaltung mit Thomas Heberer und Markus Taube. Gesprächsleitung: Susanne Löhr | Mi, 22.5.2019, 18.30 Uhr | Konfuzius-Institut …

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17.05.2019 - 09:29:18

Markus Taube beim IHK-Außenwirtschaftsausschuss

Welche Implikationen hat die Umsetzung der Belt & Road Intiative für die deutsche Wirtschaft? Was sind die Interessen der chinesischen …

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14.05.2019 - 08:56:54

Vortrag von Thomas Heberer am KI Erfurt

Herausforderungen der westlichen Demokratie durch das politische System Chinas? – Konfuzius-Institut Erfurt und Hochschule Erfurt

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13.05.2019 - 10:23:05

Florian Coulmas delivered keynote

Nationalism, Identity and Language: Global Perspectives – Conference New Nationalisms in the Baltic Sea Region, University of Greifswald | May …

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09.05.2019 - 16:21:02

IN-EAST School Final Conference

The Final Conference of the IN-EAST School of Advanced Studies takes place at and is co-organized by the Japanese-German Center Berlin (jzdb)

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07.05.2019 - 11:20:35

Vortrag von Thomas Heberer an Hochschule Konstanz

Chinas neue Außenpolitik: Auf dem Weg zur Hegemonialmacht? 7. Mai 2019, Hochschule Konstanz HTWG

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07.05.2019 - 10:24:43

Deutschland und Japan – eine Partnerschaft in der Praxis

Gastvortrag von Friederike Bosse in der Vorlesung „Einführung in die Wirtschaft Japans und Koreas“ von Werner Pascha | Di, 7.5.2019, …

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06.05.2019 - 11:24:43

Vortrag von Thomas Heberer an der Uni Freiburg

Herausforderungen der westlichen Demokratie durch das politische System Chinas? – Vortrag im Rahmen der China 360°-Serie der Uni Freiburg

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24.04.2019 - 13:46:32

Guest Lecture by Mori McElwain

What Do Japanese People Want from Their Constitution? | Wednesday, April 24, 2019, 10–12 am | Room SG 183, Geibelstr. 41 (Campus …

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18.04.2019 - 15:43:21

Fit IN-EAST 2019

Fitness, geistige und körperliche Gesundheit –
dazu wollen wir möglichst viele animieren in der Fastenzeit von Aschermittwoch bis Ostern

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16.04.2019 - 11:40:36

7. Duisburg-Frankfurt-Workshop: Report

The 7th Duisburg-Frankfurt Workshop on “Institutions in East Asia’s Development” took place on Thursday, 11 April 2019, 2–6 pm, in 47057 …

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08.04.2019 - 11:35:34

International Conference in Hangzhou

Thomas Heberer and Anna Shpakovskaya participate at International Conference on Chinese Governance in Global Context, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou

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08.04.2019 - 11:29:34

Vortrag von Thomas Heberer an Renmin University

Wie erforscht man die chinesische Gesellschaft? Lehren aus 50 Jahren Chinaforschung

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26.03.2019 - 13:22:26

Rita Németh koordinierte die 47. Konferenz des AKJB

Arbeitskreis der Japan-Bibliotheken | Freitag, 15. März 2019 | Fachbibliothek LK und Institut für Ostasienwissenschaften (IN-EAST). …

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26.03.2019 - 10:42:32

Guest Lecture by Keiichi Satoh

Digital Media that Woke New Protesters up: A case of anti-nuclear movements after the Fukushima Accident | Tue, March 26, 2019, 14 h | Room …

Digital Media that Woke New Protesters up: A case of anti-nuclear movements after the Fukushima Accident | Tue, March 26, 2019, 14 h | Room SG 183, Geibelstr. 41, Duisburg
Digital media such as Twitter and Facebook are connecting so-far disconnected people and activating their political participation (Bennet and Segerberg 2011). Connecting this discussion, this paper aims to explain how the spread of digital media contributed to the anti-nuclear demonstration in Japan after the Fukushima accident.

Although the sudden upsurge of the demonstrations after the Fukushima accident is widely reported (Chiavacci & Obinger 2018; Brown 2018; Oguma 2016), the exact mechanism how this upsurge came about was still not answered. Given the fact that Japan had suffered from the prolonged “ice-age of the social movements” (Pekkanen 2006), it is crucial to examine (1) who the new-comers to demonstrations are and (2) how these new-comers are activated. Based on the online survey conducted at the end of the year 2017 to around eighty thousand people living in greater Tokyo area, this paper answers to these questions.

According to our survey, we can classify 37 % of the demonstrators as “new-comers”, as they have no prior experience to the participation in a demonstration in general before the accident. As compared to those who had prior experiences to the demonstrations or “veterans”, the new-comers are less leftist and more culturally liberal. The new-comers showed a favorable attitude toward social movements even before the accident. But they did not actively participate in it, because most of them did not belong to political or citizen groups. Our survey shows that new-comers are more dependent on digital media than “veterans”. Accordingly, we conclude that digital media contributed to widening the participants of the demonstrators after the accident.

Dr. Keiichi Satoh is Postdoctoral research fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) and guest researcher at University of Konstanz. In March 2019 he is Hiroshi Kitamura Fellow at the IN-EAST School of Advanced Studies in Duisburg. His current research themes include social movements after the Fukushima accidents, climate change, digital transformation and social networks. His books and articles include Anti-nuclear Social Movements after Fukushima Accident (co-editor with Takashi Machimura, 2016), Participation to the Post 3.11 Protest: Focusing on Anti-Nuclear and Anti-Anpo Social Movements, in: Research on Social Sciences, University of Tokushima 32: 1–84, 2018, with other co-authors), in Japanese.

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21.03.2019 - 11:58:19

Yuan Li at the Global Solution Summit 2019

– The World Policy Forum – held by the Global Solutions Initiative, March 18–19, 2019 in Berlin
The summit aimed to provide policy recommendations …

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14.03.2019 - 10:34:26

NE Asian Industrialisation Workshop

The workshop The Frontier of Continental North East Asian Industrialization. The Long perspective (1895–Now) was organised on 25th–26th …

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27.02.2019 - 12:57:16

Workshop: City of Tomorrow

Urban Innovations and the Tokyo 2020 Games. IN-EAST School Workshop | Wed, Feb 27, 2019, 10–17 h | SG 183, Geibelstr. 41, 47057 …

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25.02.2019 - 10:40:51

AREA Ruhr Joint Workshop at IN-EAST

The Frontier of Continental North East Asian Industrialization. The Long Perspective (1895–Now) | Mon/Tue, Feb. 25–26, 2019 | SG …

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19.02.2019 - 10:15:46

Miyo ARAMATA Visiting Fellow at IN-EAST School

Professor Miyo Aramata will visit the IN-EAST School of Advanced Studies as Hiroshi Kitamura Fellow from February 23 until February 28, 2019
She …

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14.02.2019 - 13:18:36

Guest Lecture by Lijia Tan

Evaluating the Car License Auction Formats of Shanghai, Guangzhou and Singapore: Theory and Experimental Evidence | Thu, Feb. 14, 2019, …

Evaluating the Car License Auction Formats of Shanghai, Guangzhou and Singapore: Theory and Experimental Evidence | Thu, Feb. 14, 2019, 14 h | Room SG 183, Geibelstr. 41, 47057 Duisburg
The IN-EAST School of Advanced Studies is pleased to announce that Dr. Lijia Tan, Research Fellow at the IN-EAST School, is going to give a guest lecture to which we cordially invite all interested scientists and students.

Abstract
Auctions are used to implement a quota system of car ownership in Singapore and in many fast growing cities of China. Three such cities where influential auction formats have been developed for allocating car licenses are the Asian metropolises of Singapore, Shanghai and Guangzhou, with other cities following suit. In this paper, we examine these auction formats theoretically and experimentally. We introduce reaction time as an important non-economic factor to model bidding behaviors in car license auctions. At the theoretical level, reaction time causes inefficient allocations in the Shanghai auction but not in the Singapore or Guangzhou auctions. The experimental results are consistent with our theoretical prediction that late bids prevail in all of these auction formats, but only lead to inefficient allocations in the Shanghai auction. Additionally, we scored the subjects' reaction time in the Shanghai treatment by conducting a number comparison task and we found a positive correlation between winning probability and the score for reaction time.

Bio
Lijia Tan is a postdoctoral researcher at Eindhoven University of Technology. She received a Ph.D. in Economics from Xiamen University in China, where she stayed seven years and earned M.A. degree in Finance.
Her research interests are Experimental Economics, Behavioral Operation Management, and Game Theory. Her main research focus is the relationship between buyer and seller in procurement, including prosocial behaviour and negotiation protocol which could contribute to the efficiency of a supply chain; Auctioneer’s systematic bias in optimal auction mechanism; Laboratorial investigation for the efficiency of the practical auction formats. Her works have been published in Management Science and Pacific Economic Review.

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01.02.2019 - 13:08:17

Lecture of Deirdre Sneep at JKI, Cologne

Cell Phone City: Mobile Phone Use and the Hybridization of Space in Tokyo. Japan Foundation, Cologne, February 1, 2019, 17 h
Cities all over …

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31.01.2019 - 19:29:49

Antonia Hmaidis Vortrag über Chinas Sozialkreditsysteme

’The’ Social Credit System in China – What We Don’t Know | 35. Chaos Communications Congress (35c3) | Leipzig, 27. Dezember …

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30.01.2019 - 11:24:30

AREA Ruhr Guest Lecture Series

Shuanping Dai: Hermes or Hephaistos: Arthurian technological progress and the future of mobile payment | Wed, Jan 30, 2019, 4–5.30 pm | Room …

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29.01.2019 - 11:30:28

Guest Lecture by Gracia Liu-Farrer

Immigrant Japan – Mobility and Belonging in an Ethno-nationalist Society | Tue, January 29, 2019, 6 pm | Room SG 183, Geibelstr. …

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21.01.2019 - 13:42:12

Guest Lecture by Doris Hertrampf

The North Korean Economy: Between Chaotic Planning, Nascent Capitalism and International Sanctions Regime | Monday, January 21, 2019, 12–2 …

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18.01.2019 - 14:16:38

Fair Trade Relations China–USA

Markus Taube bei Podiumsdiskussion des Ethik Forums Köln | Freitag, 18.1.2019, 19–20.30 Uhr | Rotonda Business Club, Pantaleonswall …

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18.01.2019 - 01:16:33

Thomas Heberer von Hanban geehrt

beim Jahrestreffen des Dachverbands der Konfuzius-Institute (Hanban) in Chengdu für seine Leistungen als intellektueller "Brückenbauer" zwischen …

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16.01.2019 - 13:36:08

Guest Lecture by Heung-Soon Jung

Monetary Policy of the Bank of Korea | Wednesday, January 16, 2019, 4–5.30 pm | Room LE 736 (Campus Duisburg)
Heung-Soon Jung, …

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30.12.2018 - 22:45:59

Antonia Hmaidi beim 353C in Spiegel Online

Spiegel Online vom 30.12.2018: zu den Videotipps der Redaktion gehört Antonia Hmaidis Vortrag beim Chaos Communication Congress zum geplanten …

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28.12.2018 - 15:04:50

Was hat Ostpreußen mit China zu tun?

Vortrag von Thomas Heberer bei der J.-G.-Herder-Bibliothek in Siegen über personelle Beziehungen zwischen Ostpreußen und China (November 2018) …

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19.12.2018 - 11:20:45

Guest Lecture by Sunkung Choi

Energy Policy in South Korea and a Small Case | Wednesday, December 19, 2018, 2 pm – 3.30 pm | Room LE 736 (Campus Duisburg)
Sunkung …

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01.12.2018 - 12:19:19

Guest Lecture by Bernhard Seliger

Hybridization of the North Korean Economy – Historical perspectives and current trends | Sat, December 1, 2018, 9–16 h | Room …

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30.11.2018 - 12:43:06

22. Duisburger Ostasientag

Am Freitag, den 30. November 2018, 16 bis 19.30 Uhr, veranstaltet das IN-EAST den 22. Duisburger Ostasientag mit einem Podiumsgespräch zum Thema …

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14.11.2018 - 12:10:09

Vortrag von Werner Pascha bei „Die Kleine Form“

Jetzt als Video: Werner Paschas Vortrag Japans internationale Infrastrukturinitative versus Chinas Seidenstraßenprojekt: Wettbewerb und Kooperationschancen
Die …

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07.11.2018 - 22:09:06

Neue Ausstellung "AS_pedia" im IN-EAST

On Tuesday, Oktober 30, 2018 the new exhibition "AS_pedia Project Vol. 2: A Tale of Korea and Japan" in the hallway of IN-EAST has been opened
with …

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07.11.2018 - 00:29:04

Social Processes and Effects of Innovations

in Tokyo and beyond – Workshop of the IN-EAST School of Advanced Studies | Wed/Thu, November 7–8, 2018, 13.15 h | Geibelstr. 41, …

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01.11.2018 - 15:02:58

CrossAreaStudies-Konferenz

CrossAreaStudies – Wie lokal können Regionalstudien sein? Konferenz von IN-EAST, CrossArea e.V. und BMBF | 1. und 2. November 2018 | Duisburg

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29.10.2018 - 19:34:21

Takashi Machimura Visiting Fellow at IN-EAST School

Professor Takashi Machimura will visit the IN-EAST School of Advanced Studies as Hiroshi Kitamura Fellow from October 29 until November 9, 2018
He …

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26.10.2018 - 16:39:20

Hello, Good-bye and Welcome Back 2018

Celebrating our Graduates – Welcoming our New Students and Returnees | Fri, October 26, 2018, 18 h | “Getränkebar” from 17.30 …

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10.10.2018 - 12:31:20

CEC Conference

Sino-European Cooperation Conference – 40th Anniversary of China's Reform and Opening-Up: Institutional Change and Reconfigurations of China’s …

Sino-European Cooperation Conference – 40th Anniversary of China's Reform and Opening-Up: Institutional Change and Reconfigurations of China’s Political Economy
Organized by IN-EAST Institute of East Asian Studies,
Organization Committee: Yuan Li, Nele Noesselt, Markus Taube

October 10–12, 2018, Duisburg

The year 2018 marks the 40th anniversary of the Third Plenum’s decisions on opening-up and reform (1978). The experimental integration of market elements into China’s centrally planned economy, sometimes classified as “Chinese variety of capitalism” or “Socialism with Chinese Characteristics”, is still an ongoing and dynamically evolving process. To cope with the negative externalities and unexpected socio-ecological side-effects of the 1978 decisions, the 19th Party Congress held in 2017 redefined the guidelines of China’s official development path in the “New era”. This refined developmental strategy reflects domestic challenges as well as changing constellations at the global level and China’s role in international institutions.

This conference seeks to undertake a systematic, theory-guided analysis of China’s socio-economic development path in retrospective and comparative perspective. During the past four decades, China’s economic system has evolved in a highly idiosyncratic fashion, in which bottom-up entrepreneurship and pressure for change have been as important as top-down decrees for economic development envisaged by the ruling party and government elite. Likewise, an increasingly intensive exposure to the global markets and its usances has resulted in institutional transplantations becoming a major stimulus for the design of the domestic socio-economic regime.

As the fifth generation of China’s political leaders has proclaimed the entrance into the stage of “new normal” (xin changtai), core features of the post-Maoist economic modernization strategy have become revised and partially reconfigured. Instead of separated reforms mainly limited to the fields of economy, the PRC now seeks to engage in simultaneous, coordinated reforms in five interrelated fields (wu wei yi ti). At the same time, China is positioning itself as defender of global free trade and actively pushes for the reform of the existing post-World War II international institutional order.

While propagating a selected set of liberal market values in the global arena, the domestic economy remains strictly controlled by the Communist Party and a specific regime of state-business collusion, in which the dividing line between a regulating state and the regulated business sector becomes blurred. The specific roles state-owned firms, private entrepreneurs and foreign invested players take up in the Chinese economy remain shrouded in mystery.

This international conference, organized by the IN-EAST /
University of Duisburg-Essen, aspires for an interdisciplinary exchange of ideas and insights. Scholars form the disciplines of business administration, economics, sociology, political science, and others are invited to submit proposals on the following topics:

Specific phenomena of China’s reform and opening-up process, that have transcended (“contradicted”) established theoretical paradigms
The role of the government/party-state in economic development and business innovation
The role of institutional transfers in the evolution of China’s politico-economic regime since 1978
Reform policies and institutional change targeting the unexpected negative side-effects of high-speed economic growth
China’s role in international economic governance (especially in the institutional context of WTO; IMF; World Bank; ADB; AIIB; OBOR/BRI)
Financial reform and the internationalization of the RMB
Formation and transformation of (transnational) labor markets
Urbanization and labour migration
Characteristic features of entrepreneurship in China’s politico-economic regime
Patterns of innovation in China’s modern economy - digital innovation, fintec, AI, etc.
Ecological dimensions of China’s new developmental model (e.g. green finance; emission trading).

Several distinguished scholars have accepted our invitation to give keynote speeches at the conference:
Thomas Heberer, Senior Professor at Institute of East Asian Studies and Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Duisburg-Essen
Jean-François Huchet, Vice-President for Research, National Institute for Oriental Languages and Civilization
Jun Zhang, Dean, School of Economics, Fudan University
Suisheng Zhao, Editor, Journal of Contemporary China; Professor of Chinese Politics and Foreign Policy, University of Denver
Yang Yao, Dean, National School of Development, Peking University
Akio Takahara, Professor of Contemporary Chinese Politics, University of Tokyo

Conference website: http://www.cec-duisburg.org
Download of the Conference Program:
https://www.uni-due.de/imperia/md/content/in-east/events/programm_40th_2018.pdf

Twitter: Account University of Duisburg-Essen (@unidue):
https://twitter.com/unidue/status/1050390272906055680

Facebook: Confucius Institute @KonfuziusInstitutMetropoleRuhr):
https://www.facebook.com/KonfuziusInstitutMetropoleRuhr/

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08.10.2018 - 13:00:33

Workshop "Travelling Ideas and Concepts ..."

Travelling Ideas and Concepts in Urban Development: Limits of Transfers and Local Contexts | October 8, 2018 | IN-EAST School of …

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08.10.2018 - 10:33:40

Shiqiao Li Guest Professor at IN-EAST

Shiqiao Li will visit the IN-EAST and the IN-EAST School as Hiroshi Kitamura Fellow on Oct. 6–13, 2018 and will give a talk on Monday, Oct. …

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30.09.2018 - 10:08:26

Yu Keping Mercator Fellow at IN-EAST

Prof. Yu Keping is going to visit the IN-EAST from September 30 to October 7, 2018. He will give a talk on Friday, October 5, 14–16 h, Room …

Prof. Yu Keping is going to visit the IN-EAST from September 30 to October 7, 2018. He will give a talk on Friday, October 5, 14–16 h, Room SG 183
Prof. Yu Keping (Director of the Center for Chinese Government Innovations at Peking University, Director of the Institute of Political Development at Tsinghua University and Director of the China Center for Global Governance and Development (CCGGD)) is a frequent visitor at IN-EAST and Mercator Fellow of the DFG Research Training Group Risk and East Asia. His fields of expertise include political philosophy, comparative politics, globalization, civil society, governance and politics in China. Among his many books are Governance and Rule of Law in China (ed., Brill 2012) and Democracy Is a Good Thing (Brookings 2010).
During his stay he will supervise PhD students, conduct collaborative research, and investigate possibilities for further collaboration.

He will give a talk entitled "Challenges and Priorities for China’s Two Hundred Years’ Goals" on Friday, October 5, 14–16 h, in Room SG 183 (Geibelstr. 41)
Abstract:
There have been so many great changes in Chinese political, economic and social life since President Xi Jinping has become the top leader of China. Everything that changes is referred to as the “New Normal” or the “New Era”. Nevertheless, there are some things unchanged behind the changed, at least, for instance, the fundamental goals for China’s development in the long term. That is to have constructed a Xiaokang Society by 2020, to have made China a modernized country by 2050 and to then realize the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Mr. Xi Jinping refers to them as the “Two Hundred Years’ Goals” and the “Chinese Dream”. However, in order to reach the “Two Hundred Years’ Goals” China faces great challenges, and even risks. The presentation will explain and analyze the main challenges faced by China. Meanwhile, the speaker tries to summarize and evaluate the policy priorities to meet these challenges taken on by the Chinese government.

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28.09.2018 - 15:57:19

IN-EAST bei der WissensNachtRuhr

Das IN-EAST öffnet seine Flure zur WissensNachtRuhr | Freitag, 28. September 2018, 16–22 Uhr | Gebäude LE, 7. Stock, Forsthausweg, …

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29.08.2018 - 12:16:06

Axel Klein: Vortrag in Harvard

Explaining Change in Organized Votes. – Vortrag von Axel Klein beim „Harvard Symposium on Japanese Politics“, 29. August 2018
Die Veranstaltung …

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28.08.2018 - 10:57:52

Three IN-EAST students at YICGG

Miquel Salvadó Gracia, Julia Pallanch, and Angelica Vidal, three MA students at IN-EAST, participated as a team in the Youth International Competition …

Miquel Salvadó Gracia, Julia Pallanch, and Angelica Vidal, three MA students at IN-EAST, participated as a team in the Youth International Competition on Global Governance (YICGG)

organized by Fudan University, July 14–20, 2018 at Chongming Island in Shanghai. They were introduced to the YICGG 2018 through the mailing list of the IN-EAST.

The YICGG brings together students from all over the world in order to collect valid proposals that seek to find alternative and innovative solutions to the current most urgent transnational issues. The competition is the first of its kind and it is organized each year by the School of International Relations and Public Affairs of Fudan University. Since its establishment, it has seen more the 1000 participants from 81 different countries and 143 universities. This year’s edition hosted 88 participants from 43 universities located in 41 countries. Ours has been the first team ever from University of Duisburg-Essen to participate in the competition and we hope that our positive experience will inspire other students to apply.

We would like to encourage other students from UDE to participate in the next editions because:
1. The focus of the competition (Global Governance from an eastern-centered perspective) is extremely in line with our fields of study and gives us the chance to explore in depth some of the concepts discussed in class.
2. The competition requires the participants to actively find feasible solutions to current issues by bringing together students from all over the world.
3. It is an opportunity to exercise and develop leadership and public speaking skills, learn how to work under time pressure, meet a series of ambitious, charismatic and accomplished students.
4. YICGG has given us the valuable chance to present our projects and discuss them with the international jury (Latvia, Japan, Germany, Mexico, Indonesia, UK, China, United States, Denmark, and Nepal) which did a great job in showing us the weak links and strengths of our work.
5. The competition is held in a different country each year and it provides a great opportunity to visit new places.

In general, the competition is divided into two major stages. During the first one, a primary selection of the projects is made. According to the information given by the organizing committee, about 400 students have submitted their projects this year of which only 74 made it to the finals in Shanghai. The project that we submitted for the first stage of the competition is titled "Implementing Green Development. Km China: Towards the Rural Revitalisation of China". During the second part of the competition, new teams are created and a new challenge is given. This year’s topic concerned the Revitalisation of Chongming with regard to maintaining its rural characteristics while becoming an ecological island.

We are very proud to announce that we won the Award for Best Performance presenting Km China. As a prize, we have been invited to participate in next year’s edition in Indonesia with a scholarship. Also, one of our team member’s world team classified third for the most valuable project. We are also very grateful for the support that the University has given us financially and through constant counseling in the application process.

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05.07.2018 - 11:12:08

Vortrag von Thomas Heberer im Rathaus Duisburg

Die aktuelle Situation und Entwicklung in China | Do, 5. Juli 2018, 18 Uhr | Rathaus Duisburg, Ratssaal (Zimmer 100), Burgplatz, …

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03.07.2018 - 14:18:09

Benjamin Rabe: Workshop an der Dt. Botschaft in Tokyo

Potential and Challenges of Cluster Cooperation - Workshop at the German Embassy in Tokyo on June 28, 2018, organized by and with contributions …

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03.07.2018 - 10:51:04

Guest Lecture by John Opie

Japan’s Place in the World: View from the European Rating Agency (in conjunction with the lecture “Einführung in die Wirtschaft Japan und …

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03.07.2018 - 08:45:04

AREA Ruhr Guest Lecture Series

Sven Grimm: The Belt-and-Road Initiative – Is China’s "modern Silk Road" eclipsing China's engagement with Africa? | Tue, July 3, …

Sven Grimm: The Belt-and-Road Initiative – Is China’s "modern Silk Road" eclipsing China's engagement with Africa? | Tue, July 3, 2018, 4–6 pm | Room SG 183, Geibelstr. 41, Duisburg
The Chinese Belt-and-Road Initiative (BRI) receives much public attention, as did China’s engagement in Africa in the mid-2000s. Exotism of the “Silk Road” narrative might be one reason for media attention in the West. Yet, in international discussions, the vast sums of money pledged for the initiative and massive Chinese public support play a major role. The narrative and amounts of money, however, also cause concern, both in those countries predominantly targeted by BRI, and in Africa, where some observers fear being outpaced by BRI and pushed (back) into a marginal position. In order to assess these fears, we need to understand the BRI and China-Africa narratives, their main protagonists and mechanisms for implementation.
The presentation will unpack BRI as well as the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) and compare mechanisms that should stimulate actors into engagement. The engagement can be presented as peaceful engagement for mutual development or increasing strategic engagement for larger, geopolitical purposes. The focus is on institutional arrangements and particularly business actors as transnational agents (or not) of BRI and FOCAC. What are the interests of the business community and which parts? How do these sit with the political intentions of BRI and the official mechanisms (funding and institutional arrangements) in place?
The main argument of the presentation is a policy learning on the Chinese side: officials build on experiences in Africa for their broader narrative. However, learning is limited to regulating and incentivising a certain segment of the business community. Ultimately, BRI serves as the catch-all narrative for a “globalization with Chinese characteristics”, thereby encompasses China’s Africa engagement while, at the same time, shifting emphasis.

Dr. Sven Grimm is Extraordinary Associate Professor at German Development Institute (Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik), Bonn

Since there are only a limited number of seats available, please register with
kerstin.lukner@area-ruhr.de

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26.06.2018 - 11:41:50

Guest Lectures by Kenneth Tan and Lijie Gao

Singapore: Identity, Brand, Power (Tan) | Theoretical Evolution and Trend of Sustainable Urban Construction in China – From eco-city …

Singapore: Identity, Brand, Power (Tan) | Theoretical Evolution and Trend of Sustainable Urban Construction in China – From eco-city to eco-civilization (Gao) | Tue, June 26, 2018, 14 h | Building SG, Room SG 183, Geibelstr. 41, 47057 Duisburg
The IN-EAST School of Advanced Studies is pleased to announce that Kenneth Paul Tan, Associate Professor at the National University of Singapore’s (NUS), Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, is currently visiting fellow at the IN-EAST School of Advanced Studies (Hiroshi Kitamura fellow). At a joint event together with Lijie Gao, Institute of Urban Environment of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, both are going to give a guest lecture to which we cordially invite you.

Abstract (Kenneth Tan)
It is useful to think of contemporary Singapore, for all its complexity, as having a dual nature: Singapore is simultaneously a small postcolonial multicultural nation-state and a cosmopolitan global city of the top rank. This duality has produced a dynamic variety of contradictions and tensions, which have made all the more challenging the task of keeping the authoritarian Singapore system stable, durable, and successful. For one thing, the state has had to exert continuous effort to contain, rather than resolve, these contradictions in a pragmatic (that is to say, adaptive and undogmatic) fashion, whilst directing the public narration of a coherent and persuasive story that is acceptably meaningful and even inspiring to Singaporeans and other countries looking for ideas, role models, and partners for development and governance. This balancing act partly involves an internal process of nation building, but it is also achieved through more commercially motivated and outward facing efforts at nation and city branding. Both sets of processes contribute to Singapore’s capacity to influence foreign affairs, if only for national self-preservation. For a small state with resource limitations, this will mainly be through the exercise of soft (persuasive and attractive) power, which – when strategically combined with hard (military and economic) power – gives Singapore what former Harvard Kennedy School dean Joseph Nye (2013) called ‘smart power’. In this lecture, I analyze the increasingly multivocal and contested nature of the Singapore narrative – undergirding its national identity, brand, and soft power – by adopting a critical-analytical approach, inspired by Antonio Gramsci, which is centred on the notion of ideological hegemony.

CV Kenneth Tan
Kenneth Paul Tan is an Associate Professor at the National University of Singapore’s (NUS) Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, where he has taught since 2007 and served as its fourth Vice Dean for Academic Affairs from 2013 to 2017. He has published in leading international journals such as Asian Studies Review, Critical Asian Studies, International Political Science Review, and positions: asia critique. His books include Governing Global-City Singapore: Legacies And Futures After Lee Kuan Yew (Routledge, 2017), Cinema and Television in Singapore: Resistance in One Dimension (Brill, 2008), and Renaissance Singapore? Economy, Culture, and Politics (NUS Press, 2007). His forthcoming book is titled Singapore: Identity, Brand, Power (Cambridge University Press).

Abstract (Lijie Gao)
Despite the significant environmental problems resulting from China’s rapid economic development, the country is actively seeking solutions. Since the 1980s, the theory and practice of modern ecology in China have developed rapidly (Ma and Wang, 1984). A relatively complete set of theory, methodologies and plans for the construction of ecological cities guided by the socio-economic-natural complex ecosystem theory has been formed, providing theoretical and practical foundation for ecologically oriented sustainable construction beginning from 1990s. In practical phases, demonstration projects such as the Ecological Cities Construction Demonstration Zones accrediting different level of cities, towns, districts and development zones are effective incentives to facilitate sustainable development at local level, often all translated as eco-cities in China. At the other hand, international cooperation projects with government support, and paired with foreign involvement, with planners, architects after 2000s also flourished. With the new concept of Ecocivilization put forth, political and cultural dimensions of development are addressed. Some regions, such as Karamay, Guiyang, and the Minhang Development Zone, have been leaders in the implementation of the Ecological Civilization development model, and their experience offers valuable lessons for other regions in China as well as for other developing countries. During these theoretical evolution and trend of sustainable urban construction, a series of financial and political support policies supports from home and abroad has generated positive results nationwide, lessons are also learned through the process of these innovative ecological exploration. In this lecture, based on introducing sustainable urban construction trials, I will try to give a picture of their processes, challenges, institutional structures, development modes and approaches.

CV Lijie Gao
Dr. Lijie Gao from the Institute of Urban Environment of the Chinese Academy of Sciences who is currently on a DAAD PostDoc Fellowship at the Institute of City Planning and Urban Design at the University of Duisburg-Essen. Ms Lijie Gao has worked as a postdoctoral researcher with the focus on „Ecological-Sustainable Planning and Assessment” for several years with her main research interests in Sustainability; Low Carbon Development; IndustrialEcology; Urban Ecology. Her projects were awarded with several prestigious grants such as the National Natural Science Foundation China or the Foreign & Commonwealth Office’s Strategic Programme Fund (SPF). Her works has been publish in several peer-reviewed journals, monographs and edited volumes.

Download of this announcement as pdf:
https://www.uni-due.de/imperia/md/content/in-east/2018-06-26_guest_lecture_kenneth_tan_lijie_gao.pdf

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14.06.2018 - 15:25:46

Florian Coulmas: Keynote bei der "Grafematik"

Graphemics in the 21st century – From graphemes to knowledge | June 14–15, 2018 | Pôle numérique Brest Iroise, Brest (France)

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12.06.2018 - 15:21:57

Vortrag von Nele Noesselt am Konfuzius-Institut

Chinesische Weltordnungsmodelle: Globale und regionale Gestaltungsideen | Di, 12. Juni 2018, 18.30 Uhr | Konfuzius-Institut, Tec-Center, …

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12.06.2018 - 14:38:12

Berufungsvorträge New Economic Geography

Di, 12.6.2018 und Mi, 13.6.2018: Öffentliche Berufungsvorträge für die W1-Juniorprofessur „New Economic Geography“ (MSM und IN-EAST)
Dienstag, …

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05.06.2018 - 09:56:38

Florian Coulmas bei Cross-disciplinary Workshop in Tokyo

Towards New Interplays of Science, Technology and Society, Beyond Disciplinary Boundaries | RCAST, University of Tokyo | June 5, …

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30.05.2018 - 16:42:04

IN-EAST auf dem Shanghai Forum 2018

Roundtable von Yuan Li (Federführung), Nele Noesselt, Werner Pascha und Markus Taube auf dem Shanghai Forum, 26.–28. Mai 2018
Vom 26. bis …

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23.05.2018 - 10:36:52

Vortrag von Florian Coulmas in Göttingen

„Die Alphabetschrift ist an und für sich die intelligentere“ | Mi, 23.5.2018, 18–20 Uhr | Akademisches Konfuzius-Institut, …

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15.05.2018 - 12:05:21

AREA Ruhr Lecture Series

Shaun Breslin: The Role of Transnational Governance in East Asian Regionalisation and Regionalism | Tue, May 15, 2018, 4–6 pm | Room …

Shaun Breslin: The Role of Transnational Governance in East Asian Regionalisation and Regionalism | Tue, May 15, 2018, 4–6 pm | Room SG 183, Geibelstraße 41, Duisburg
Since we have only a limited number of seats available, please register with kerstin.lukner@area-ruhr.de by this Friday (May, 11th).

Abstract
It is hard to put in place effective regional institutions if there is no shared agreement over what the region actually is (or should be). And despite the longevity of ASEAN, it’s fair to say that one characteristic of region building in Asia is competition to define the regional space in ways that best suit the interests of major powers. One consequence is the promotion of a range of regional projects which individually and collectively do not have a particularly good track record in providing either regional public goods or effective regional governance. But are understandings of what regionalism should look like and do still overly shaped by European experiences and theorising? Does regional governance have to be provided by an overarching regional institution? Or can operational methods of dealing with different shared transnational problems instead be provided on an ad-hoc and functional basis?
Indeed, does the existence of a regional body designed to deal with one transnational concern actually get in the way of finding working solutions to problems in different issue areas?
An analysis of different types of regional processes and initiatives in East Asia reveal five different stories of region – stories that end with conclusions about success and effectiveness that vary depending on what it is that is being studied (regional governance or regionalism) and perceptions of the geostrategic price worth paying for building transnational solutions. And the consequences of the rise of China looms very large in all five of these regional stories.

Bio
Shaun Breslin is Professor of Politics and International Studies at the University of Warwick. He is also co-editor of The Pacific Review, Senior Associate Research Fellow at ISPI in Milan, and an academician of the UK Academy of Social Sciences. He currently holds a Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship to study the nature of China as a Great Power. Shaun’s research focuses on the interplay between China’s domestic political economy and China’s changing global role, with a side interest in comparative studies of regional integration processes.

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19.04.2018 - 23:53:05

6. Duisburg-Frankfurt-Workshop

Institutionen in der Entwicklung Ostasiens | Do, 19. April 2018, 13.30–18 Uhr | Duisburg, Geibelstr. 41, Raum SG 183
Die drei …

Institutionen in der Entwicklung Ostasiens | Do, 19. April 2018, 13.30–18 Uhr | Duisburg, Geibelstr. 41, Raum SG 183
Die drei großen Volkswirtschaften Ostasiens (China, Japan, Korea) zeichnen sich seit nunmehr fast einem dreiviertel Jahrhundert durch ihre idiosynkratischen Strukturen und Entwicklungsmuster aus. Ausgehend von ihren jeweiligen „Wirtschaftswunder“-Jahrzehnten bis hin zu aktuellen Entwicklungen im Bereich der Akkommodierung einschneidender demographischer Veränderungen, der Ausbildung neuer Innovationsparadigmen wie auch der Suche nach einer nachhaltigen ökologischen Ausgestaltung von Wirtschaftsprozessen werden in dieser Region ganz eigene Lösungsmuster generiert. Es stellt sich von daher die Frage, inwiefern die traditionellen Theorien und Methoden der Ökonomik geeignet sind, die Entwicklungen in der Region zu erfassen und zu erklären. Umgekehrt gilt es zu fragen, inwiefern besondere Facetten der in Ostasien zu beobachtenden Prozesse und Strukturen Hinweise auf eine Fortentwicklung unserer wissenschaftlicheren Ansätze und Methoden ermöglichen.
Seit nunmehr zwei Jahrzehnten greifen drei Lehrstühle mit kongruenten Forschungsansätzen diese Fragen im Rahmen einer Workshop-Reihe auf: die Professuren für Ostasienwirtschaft Japan/Korea bzw. China an der Universität Duisburg-Essen (UDE, Profes. Werner Pascha und Markus Taube) sowie die Professur Institutionen- und Innovationsökonomik, insb. Japan/Ostasien an der Universität Frankfurt (Prof. Cornelia Storz).
Institutionentheoretische bzw. i.e.S. institutionenökonomische Ansätze werden dabei von den Veranstaltern als besonders fruchtbares Feld gesehen, um Besonderheiten der wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung Ostasiens zu erfassen. Auf mikroökonomischer Basis lassen sich auf der Ebene des individuellen Verhaltens Anhaltspunkte suchen, um insbesondere marktliche Prozesse in den Ländern der Region besser zu verstehen. Ein besonderes Augenmerk wird dabei auch auf Aspekte der organisatorischen und technologischen Innovation gelegt.

Im Jahr 2018 wird dieser Workshop in Duisburg stattfinden:
am Donnerstag, 19. April 2018, 13:30h – 18:00 Uhr in Duisburg
(Registrierung/Getränke ab 13.00)
Geibelstraße 41, Raum SG 183 https://www.uni-due.de/verwaltung/orientierung_lf.php).

Der Workshop dient der Präsentation und Diskussion laufender Forschungsarbeiten. Theoretische Ansätze und methodische Verfahren werden in verschiedenen Anwendungsbereichen mit ihren Stärken und Schwächen erörtert.
Zu der Veranstaltung sind Externe im Rahmen der räumlichen Möglichkeiten herzlich eingeladen. Bitte melden Sie sich dazu bitte bei dem in diesem Jahr organisierenden Lehrstuhl an: Ostasienwirtschaft / China, z. Hd. Frau Andrea Werry, Universität Duisburg-Essen, LE 705 (andrea.werry@uni-due.de Tel. 0203 379-4189).

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23.02.2018 - 08:22:09

Chinesisches Frühlingsfest zum Jahr des Hundes

Das Konfuzius-Institut Metropole Ruhr lädt ein zum Chinesischen Frühlingsfest am 23. Februar 2018, ab 15 Uhr in der Mercatorhalle Duisburg …

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31.01.2018 - 13:22:36

Guest Lecture by Hee Wook Ahn

Monetary Policy of the Bank of Korea | Wed, January 31, 2018, 16–18 h | Room LE 736 (Campus Duisburg)

Dr. Hee Wook Ahn is …

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31.01.2018 - 12:25:15

Guest Lecture by Shingo Torigoe

The Sociology of Time in Japan | Wed, January 31, 2018,
18–20 h | Room LF 310 (Lehrstuhlkolloquium)

This presentation …

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30.01.2018 - 10:48:52

Gastvortrag von Ryuta Mizuuchi, Jap. Generalkonsul

Historischer und sicherheitspolitischer Überblick über die gegenwärtige Lage in Ostasien | Dienstag, 30. Januar 2018, 14.30–16 Uhr | Raum …

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29.01.2018 - 09:17:33

Guest Lecture by Haijiao Yang

The History, Current Situation and Trend of Chinese Politics (in Chinese) | Mon, January 29, 2018, 14–16 h |
Room: LE 736 (Campus …

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26.01.2018 - 12:08:04

Internationaler Workshop: China unter Xi Jinping

Öffentliche Diskussion von China-Experten: Policy Innovation and Governance Change under China’s Fifth Generation | Jan. 26, 2018, 16–18 …

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25.01.2018 - 11:36:45

Hokori – Fußball.Fan.Kultur in Japan

25. Januar 2018, 19 Uhr: Eröffnung der neuen IN-EAST-Fotoausstellung im Gerhard-Mercator-Haus. Special Guest: Pierre Littbarski

Als Pierre …

25. Januar 2018, 19 Uhr: Eröffnung der neuen IN-EAST-Fotoausstellung im Gerhard-Mercator-Haus. Special Guest: Pierre Littbarski

Als Pierre Littbarski im Sommer 1993 als erster deutscher Profi in die japanische Fußballliga wechselte, gab er dem Sport dort einen gewaltigen Schub. Nicht zuletzt ihm ist es zu verdanken, dass Fußball dort immer populärer wurde und Japan 2002 sogar die WM (zusammen mit Südkorea) ausrichten durfte.
Mit dem Sport haben auch organisierte Fanclubs und Ultras Einzug gehalten und präsentieren sich heute mit einer Mischung aus importierten und originär japanischen Elementen. Manche Gruppennamen und Gesänge mögen aus Europa oder Südamerika stammen, zahlreiche andere Aspekte in und um die Fankurven aber sind echt japanisch – und wirklich erlebenswert. Das Institut für Ostasienwissenschaften der Universität Duisburg-Essen widmet dieser Fankultur seine neue Fotoausstellung im 7. Stock des LE-Gebäudes.

Eröffnet wird die Ausstellung am 25. Januar 2018 um 19 Uhr im Gerhard-Mercator-Haus der Universität Duisburg-Essen, Lotharstr. 57, Duisburg mit einer Veranstaltung, bei der Geschichten erzählt und lebendige Eindrücke aus Fußball-Japan dargeboten werden, die auch eingefleischte Fußballfans hierzulande erstaunen lassen dürften. Ehrengast ist: Pierre Littbarski.
Setzen Sie sich zu uns, der Eintritt ist frei.
Es erzählen:
Pierre Littbarski, Fußballweltmeister und Profitrainer in Deutschland, Australien und Japan
Benjamin Rabe, als aktives Mitglied der Fanszenen von Kashiwa Reysol und des VfL Wolfsburg Pendler zwischen beiden Fußballwelten

Link zur Ausstellung: https://www.uni-due.de/in-east/about_in-east/exhibitions/2018_01_hokori.php

Die WAZ weist am 17.1.2018 in einem Artikel auf die Ausstellung hin: https://www.waz.de/kultur/ueber-50-fotos-zeigen-an-der-ude-japanische-fussballfan-kultur-id213131549.html

Auch die Rheinische Post (RP Online) kündigt am 18.1.2018 mit einem Artikel die Ausstellung an: http://www.rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/duisburg/litti-san-und-der-fussball-in-japan-aid-1.7327282

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24.01.2018 - 16:00:00

Research Forum Lecture by Jürgen Howaldt

Social Innovation – concepts and international trends | Wed., Jan. 24, 2018, 16–18 h | Room SG 183, Campus Duisburg
Abstract:

The …

Social Innovation – concepts and international trends | Wed., Jan. 24, 2018, 16–18 h | Room SG 183, Campus Duisburg
Abstract:

The importance of social innovation in successfully addressing social, economic, political and environmental challenges of the 21st century is recognised not only within the Europe 2020 strategy but also on a global scale. However, despite this growing awareness of the significance of social innovation, there is still no sustained and systematic analysis of social innovation, its theories, characteristics and impacts. As a novel approach to address complex problems in global health, social care, education, energy, and environmental policies, social innovation has been embraced by stakeholders and communities on the local, regional and even national level.

But what are the conditions under which social innovations flourish? Who are the stakeholders and in what capacity do they understand and develop social innovation? How do social innovations diffuse and lead to social change? What are the challenges for a comprehensive innovation policy, which focuses on new participation structures, empowerment and human resources development as basic conditions for social innovation?
In light of increasing importance of social innovation the presentation looks at the theoretical concepts, areas of empirical research and observable trends in the field of social innovation on a global scale. On the basis of the results of the global research project SI-DRIVE it gives an overview of the current situation and the perspectives of social innovation research.

Biography:

Prof. Dr. Jürgen Howaldt, born 1960 is director of Social Research Centre at TU Dortmund University and professor at the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences. He is an internationally renowned expert in the field of social innovation. He has consulted German as well as European policy-makers and has also presented his concept of social innovation in all parts of the world. In 2011 he was one of the organizers of the international conference “Challenge Social Innovation” in Vienna.
He is member of the Science Forum Ruhr and of the committee of the Waterloo Institute for Social Innovation and Resilience (Canada); Affiliate of SIERC (Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research Centre, Massey University, New Zealand); Co-founder of the European School of Social Innovation; Expert of the German Federal Chancellor’s Dialog for the Future; Scientific Coordinator of the global research project SI-DRIVE, funded within the 7th Framework Programme of the European Commission. Since 2016 he is member of the Expert group of the German Rector’s Conference “Innovation und Transfer” and the editorial board of the European Journal of Workplace Innovation.

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22.01.2018 - 11:59:49

Research Forum Lecture by Thomas Kalinowski (in conjunction with the lecture East Asia in Economic Science)

Contemporary Issues and Problems of the East Asian Model of Capitalism | Mon, Jan. 22, 2018, 12–14 h | Room LE 104, Campus Duisburg …

Contemporary Issues and Problems of the East Asian Model of Capitalism | Mon, Jan. 22, 2018, 12–14 h | Room LE 104, Campus Duisburg
Abstract:
The East Asian region and in particularly Japan, Taiwan, Korea and the PRC have developed successfully through a distinct developmental state-led model that is based on investments and export orientation. In the comparative political economy literature, this development model is referred to as “East Asian capitalism” highlighting similarities in the region and differences with Western liberal models of capitalism in the US as well as coordinated varieties in continental Europe. Indeed so far the hyper-globalization thesis that all countries would converge towards one best practice model of (neoliberal) capitalism have been wrong. This does not mean that the East Asian growth model is unchallenged and without problems. On the contrary, declining growth rates, high debt levels, increasing social inequality, environmental degradation, political corruption and weak civil societies are impeding the transformation of East Asia towards a balanced, sustainable and equitable future. Is the path dependency of a previously successful development model impeding progress in the region?

Biography:
Thomas Kalinowski is a professor of Political Science at the Graduate School of International Studies at Ewha Womans University in Seoul, Korea. He is teaching International Political Economy, Comparative Political Economy, European Integration, International Organizations and Development. After receiving his PhD from Freie Universität Berlin in 2004 he was a lecturer at Humboldt University Berlin, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California in Berkeley and a visiting assistant professor at Brown University. Recent publications include works on the political economy of financial crisis and crisis management, global governance, the global role of East Asia, the diversity of capitalism and the transformation of the East Asian developmental state. You can follow his research at
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Thomas_Kalinowski

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17.01.2018 - 15:44:32

AREA Ruhr Lecture Series

Prof. Christine Moll-Murata and Prof. Flemming Christiansen: Frontiers of Industrialisation in Continental Northeast Asia | Wed, January 17, …

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17.01.2018 - 10:15:52

Guest Lecture by Doris Hertrampf

Bilateral Relations between Germany and North Korea | Wed, January 17, 2018, 4–6 pm | Room LE 736 (Campus Duisburg)
Master Course …

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14.12.2017 - 15:54:51

28th Käte Hamburger Lecture by Jeffrey Wasserstrom

China, the Global Order, and Two Ages of Rising Powers: Comparing and Contrasting the World of 1900 and the World of Today | Dec. 14, 2017, …

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14.12.2017 - 09:51:32

Inhouse & Guest Workshop by KHK / IN-EAST School

Strategic Power without Normative Intentions: A New Paradigm in International Relations? The Case of China | December 14–15, 2017, 10 …

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13.12.2017 - 14:34:17

Antrittsvorlesung von Prof. Tao Liu

Grenzen und Entgrenzung des Sozialstaates: Die chinesische Sozialpolitik im historischen Wandel | Mi, 13.12.2017, 18.00 Uhr | Gebäude …

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07.12.2017 - 12:36:24

Guest Lecture by Peng Guo

Public Pension in China: Challenges and Possible Solutions | Thu, Dec. 7, 2017, 14–16 h | Room LE 736, Forsthausweg, 47057 Duisburg
Because …

Public Pension in China: Challenges and Possible Solutions | Thu, Dec. 7, 2017, 14–16 h | Room LE 736, Forsthausweg, 47057 Duisburg
Because of the wide coverage of social security, Chinese government received the‘2014–2016 Outstanding achievement award of social security’ rewarded by ISSA (International Social Security Association, Geneva). Until the end of 2016, China’s Pension System covers more than 888 million people. Among them, about 379 are covered by the urban employees’ scheme, others are covered by residents’ scheme which is highly related to Hukou. However, these two schemes are very different from each other. Besides, contribution, benefits and fund differences between different areas in China are huge. This study will (1) introduce different schemes of China’s pension system. (2) present the challenges that China’s pension system facing from four perspectives: coverage, adequacy, multi pillars and sustainability. (3) analyze the reasons of the above challenges. (4) show what the Chinese government has done. (5) propose possible solutions.

Peng Guo, PhD is Senior Lecturer of Public Administration at China University of Labor Relations, Beijing.
Her PhD studies (2008-2011) were at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), Beijing (Thesis: The Comparative Political Economy Analysis of Pension Privatization).
Her research focuses on pension administration, management and reform in China, transnational actors and their influence on pension, pension comparison between China and Japan. She has joined many co-research programs with the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security of China, and has rich experiences in research on China’s pension management system.
She is a member of China Association of Social Security, and China Association of Work Injury Insurance. She is also the Chinese Representative of OECD Pension Expert Meeting in Asia/Pacific Region since 2013.

Peng Guo is going to visit the IN-EAST from Dec. 2 to Dec. 17, 2017.

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06.12.2017 - 11:17:40

Auftaktveranstaltung des AREA-Ruhr-Graduiertenkollegs

mit Gastvortrag von Prof. Glenn Hook: Institution Building in East Asia – Fishing for Governance | Mi, 6. Dez. 2017, 17–19 Uhr | Gerhard-Mercator-Haus, …

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05.12.2017 - 09:53:42

Florian Coulmas: Die beste Schrift der Welt

Vortrag von Florian Coulmas in der Reihe „Dialog im Museum“ im Mercedes-Benz-Museum, Mercedesstr. 100, 70372 Stuttgart | 5. Dezember …

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03.12.2017 - 22:44:08

Call for Papers for Special Issue with JCEBS

– Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies – on “Belt and Road Initiative and China-Europe Relation”. Deadline for paper submissions: …

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24.11.2017 - 16:00:00

21st Duisburg East Asia Day

A New President in South Korea – Economic, Political and Social Challenges for President Moon Jae-in | Gerhard-Mercator-Haus, Lotharstr. …

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21.11.2017 - 10:02:12

Karen Shire organized a panel at DFG Conference

Karen Shire organized the panel “Social Institutional Change and Social Inequalities” at a German Research Foundation (DFG) symposium, November …

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15.11.2017 - 09:49:33

Research Forum Lecture by Susanne Brandtstädter

Barefoot lawyers and the search for justice in rural China | Wed, Nov. 15, 2017, 16–18 h | Room SG 183, Campus Duisburg
Based …

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14.11.2017 - 12:11:18

China stellt die Weichen – wohin geht die Fahrt?

Diskussionsrunde zum 19. Parteitag der KPCh mit Thomas Heberer und Markus Taube, Moderation: Johannes Pflug | 14. Nov. 2017, 18.30 Uhr | Konfuzius-Institut, …

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08.11.2017 - 14:00:00

The Third International Forum on the "New Silk Road" and Sino-European Cooperation

will be held in Duisburg, Nov. 8–9, 2017. Public Panel Discussions on Nov. 8, 14.15–18.15 h, Intercity Hotel, Mercatorstr. 57, Duisburg
Silk …

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02.11.2017 - 13:36:56

Guest Lecture by Huamin Peng

Assessment of Unequal Distribution of Education Welfare Resources for Children in China | Thu, November 2, 2017, 14.00 h | Room …

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27.10.2017 - 12:06:09

Hello, Good-bye and Welcome Back 2017

Celebrating our Graduates – Welcoming our New Students and Returnees | Fri, October 27, 2017, 19 h | Happy Hour from 18.15 h | Venue: …

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24.10.2017 - 10:18:29

Vortragsreihe AREA Ruhr

Prof. Nele Noesselt und Prof. Axel Klein: Recent Developments in East Asian Politics | Di/Tue, 24.10.2017, 18.30–20 Uhr | Universität …

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23.10.2017 - 23:33:30

Guest Lecture by Osmany Porto de Oliveira

Brazil Exporting Social Policies: From Local Innovation to a Global Model | Mon, Oct. 23, 2017, 15–17 h | Room SG 183, Geibelstr. …

Brazil Exporting Social Policies: From Local Innovation to a Global Model | Mon, Oct. 23, 2017, 15–17 h | Room SG 183, Geibelstr. 41, Campus Duisburg
Importation of foreign models is part of Brazil’s institution building story, owing to Portuguese colonialism, the presence of European countries, and the dominance of the United States, until the past century. After the transition to democracy and the New Constitution of 1988, the scenario started to change. The country developed important social policy innovations that rose to a national scale when the Workers Party (PT) took office. These innovations started to spread globally, and international organizations such as the World Bank and the United Nations began to recommend Brazilian social policies to developing countries. Examples of the “Brazilian way of social policy-making“ that have been transferred to different countries are Participatory Budgeting (PB), the Family Allowance Program (PBF) and the National School Feeding Program (PNAE). How did Brazil move from importing foreign institutions to becoming Southern countries’ reference on social policies?
The main argument of this article is that Brazil, while building itself as a rising power over the last two decades, developed new patterns of policy transfers that have so far been overlooked by the literature. By analyzing the engagement of the country on international diffusion of social policies, it was possible to identify different mechanisms that facilitate transfers. These involve a quest for international legitimacy, the role of “policy ambassadors“, the joint efforts of different national institutions, the reversal of relations with international organizations, the occupation of international positions in institutions, an policy transfer costs.
This article presents the results of research developed with qualitative methods, that gathered data from fieldwork that included 150 interviews, participant observation in more than 10 countries, and a set of official documents.

Osmany Porto de Oliveira is Professor of International Relations at the Federal University of São Paulo.

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17.10.2017 - 10:33:16

Chinas Rolle in einer globalisierten Welt:

Verständnis der inneren Beschaffenheit Chinas. Vortrag von Thomas Heberer in der Volkshochschule Krefeld, Di, 17. Okt. 2017, 19 Uhr, VHS-Haus, …

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04.10.2017 - 23:42:51

Vorträge von Helmut Schneider

Aspekte der politische Geographie Asiens: Beim diesjährigen Deutschen Kongress für Geographie in Tübingen (29.9. – 4.10.2017) hat sich Helmut …

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18.09.2017 - 16:21:01

Research Forum Lecture by Mahito Hayashi

Labor/Poverty Politics against the Japanese Developmental State: De-Nationalization after 1945, Nationalization by New Actors | Mon., Sept. 18, …

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06.09.2017 - 03:06:30

IN-EAST School goes Brazil

IN-EAST School of Advanced Studies at the International Conference on Policy Diffusion and Development Cooperation, 16–19th May 2018 – São …

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28.07.2017 - 22:55:55

Workshop “Policy Process and Knowledge Transfer”

The IN-EAST School is organizing a workshop on “Policy Process and Knowledge Transfer”. Date: July 28, 2017
This brainstorming workshop …

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26.07.2017 - 15:13:40

Research Forum Lecture by Peng Lu

Cadre Parents and Their Children for Business? The Dual-Track Intergenerational Reproduction of Elites in China: 1978–2010 | Wed, July 26th, …

Cadre Parents and Their Children for Business? The Dual-Track Intergenerational Reproduction of Elites in China: 1978–2010 | Wed, July 26th, 2017, 16–18 h |
Room LE 736 | Campus Duisburg
Abstract:

This article tries to demonstrate and conceptualize a mode of reproduction of elites in a transitional society away from state domination to market oriented. By focusing on China’s market transformation, we aim to explore how parents’ advantaged occupations have influenced the chance of their children’s status attainment in certain elite positions (administrative, technocratic, market), and whether these patterns have shown variation during three periods (1978–1992, 1993–2002, and 2003–2010).
Based on China Social Survey 2011 data, statistical analyses show that although parents’ advantaged position has a persistent effect on children’s status attainment, the reproduction of the state elite and the market elite still follows two separate tracks: the children of cadres do not show systematic advantage in the process of becoming entrepreneurs and managerial elites, and the children of entrepreneurial and managerial elites are unlikely to join cadres.
It also shows that the effects of reproduction model could still be enhanced and dominated by state power in different historical times. Findings further direct our attention to important interplays between the family socioeconomic conditions and the contextual inequality in achieving a deeper understanding of the elites’ trajectory inequality in contemporary

Biography:

Peng LU is an associate professor at Institute of Sociology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. He earned his Ph.D. degree in sociology at Tsinghua University in 2010, plus a visiting student experience at Yale University from 2007-2008. He worked at New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) as a postdoctoral research fellow from 2011 to 2012. He works in the fields of social stratification, business-government relationship, Chinese entrepreneurship, and comparative studies in post-communist and new emerging economies. He serves several vital academic posts, including secretary-in-general of Research Center for Private Entrepreneurs of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and under-secretary-general of Committee of Social Stratification and Social Mobility of Chinese Sociology Association. He is also the managing director of Chinese Private Entrepreneur Survey, a nationwide survey conducted every two years since 1993.

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21.07.2017 - 10:44:21

3. Japan-Tage am LSI Bochum

21. Juli, 18–21 Uhr und 22. Juli 2017, 11–18 Uhr | Landesspracheninstitut in der RUB, Laerholzstr. 84, 44801 Bochum | Eröffnungsvortrag …

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19.07.2017 - 16:18:20

Vortragsreihe AREA Ruhr

Nele Noesselt: Chinas Neue Seidenstraße (OBOR) | 19.7.2017, 19.30–21.00 Uhr | Ruhr-Universität Bochum | Raum: Akafö-Haus, …

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18.07.2017 - 12:04:54

Asphalt 2017 – Kunstfestival in Düsseldorf

Vom 14. bis 23. Juli 2017 findet in Düsseldorf das Sommerfestival der Künste statt – „Asphalt 2017“.
Mit dabei: Philipp Rathmer mit …

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13.07.2017 - 23:22:12

IN-EAST School at Tianjin Forum 2017

The 2017 Tianjin Forum has been held under the motto of "Innovation and Cooperation" on July 7–8 in Tianjin. The IN-EAST School of Advanced …

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13.07.2017 - 12:39:20

Peng Lu Guest Researcher at IN-EAST

Dr. Peng Lu (Institute of Sociology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences) will visit our institute from July 23 to August 12, 2017
He earned …

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12.07.2017 - 10:51:47

Research Forum Lecture by Zhongyuan Enoch Wang

Coaching Representation: Congressional training in China's single-party system | Wed, July 12th, 2017, 16–18 h |
Room LE 736, Forsthausweg …

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10.07.2017 - 08:47:20

Research Forum Lecture by Hsin-Lun Yu

Being Forced to be Herdsmen: The Process of Modernization of Evenki Hunters under the State Power of China | Monday, July 10th, 2017, 16–18 …

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09.07.2017 - 14:35:59

Research Forum Schedule

The detailed schedule for summer 2017 at a glance

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05.07.2017 - 10:09:05

Käte Hamburger Lecture by Claudia Derichs

Knowledge Production, Area Studies and Global Cooperation | Wed, July 5, 2017, 17.30–19.30 h | Gerhard-Mercator-Haus, Lotharstraße …

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05.07.2017 - 08:35:39

Research Forum Lecture by Sarah Eaton

Ecosystem Governance in China: Incentives Structures and Adaptive State Capacity | Wed, July 5th, 2017, 16–18 h |
Room LE 736, …

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30.06.2017 - 10:30:59

Grillen und Karaoke-Abend mit der Fachschaft

Fachschaft Ostasienwissenschaften und Konfuzius Institut Metropole Ruhr laden ein: 14.7.2017, 18 Uhr Grillen, 19.30 Uhr Karaoke | AStA-Keller, …

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28.06.2017 - 16:14:02

Vortragsreihe AREA Ruhr

Sebastian Bersick: Normative Ordnung und institutioneller Wandel in Ostasien | 28.6.2017, 16.30–18.00 Uhr | Universität Duisburg-Essen, …

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23.06.2017 - 11:10:21

Research Forum Lecture by Fan Ke

Fredrik Barth and Paradigm Change in Chinese Ethnology | Tuesday. June 27th, 2017, 16 - 18 h | Room SG 183, Geibelstr.41, Campus Duisburg
Fan …

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22.06.2017 - 11:36:16

China zwischen den Fronten

Öffentliche Podiumsdiskussion im Rahmen der Tagung „China and Political Instability in Sub-Saharan Africa“ | Do, 22. Juni 2017, 17.30 …

Öffentliche Podiumsdiskussion im Rahmen der Tagung „China and Political Instability in Sub-Saharan Africa“ | Do, 22. Juni 2017, 17.30 Uhr | Gerhard-Mercator-Haus, Lotharstr. 57
Libyen, Sudan/Südsudan, Mali – zahlreiche Bürgerkriege und Konflikte erschüttern den afrikanischen Kontinent. Zwischen den Fronten steht China, seit 2009 wichtigster Handelspartner Afrikas. Mit den Auswirkungen befasst sich eine Tagung („China and Political Instability in Sub-Saharan Africa“) an der Universität Duisburg-Essen (UDE) vom 22. bis 24. Juni mit Experten aus China, Afrika und den USA.

Veranstalter sind Prof. Nele Noesselt und Prof. Christof Hartmann aus dem Institut für Politikwissenschaft mit Unterstützung der Fritz-Thyssen-Stiftung. Die öffentliche Podiumsdiskussion beleuchtet die Neuausrichtung der chinesischen Afrikapolitik und Chinas Rolle in Bürgerkriegen und Konflikten.

Afrika hat eine Schlüsselrolle in der globalen Positionierungsstrategie Chinas: Seit 2013 ist der Kontinent ein zentraler Knotenpunkt auf der „Neuen Seidenstraße“, die von Peking aus ein globales Netz an Handels- und Transportrouten knüpft. Schon zwei Mal bereiste Staatspräsident Xi Jinping seit seinem Amtsantritt 2013 afrikanische Staaten, schloss neue Wirtschafts- und Finanzabkommen ab und sicherte weitere 60 Milliarden US-Dollar an chinesischen Krediten zu.

Mehr Einmischung vor Ort
Prof. Nele Noesselt: „Je enger die Verflechtungen werden, desto mehr wirken sich die afrikanischen Krisen und Konflikte auch direkt auf die sozio-ökonomische Entwicklung in China aus – sei es durch instabilere Rohstofflieferungen oder geschwächte Absatzmärkte für chinesische Produkte.“ Deshalb ist ein vorsichtiges, pragmatisches Umdenken in der chinesischen Afrikapolitik festzustellen, sagt Prof. Christof Hartmann: „Man rückt zunehmend vom Prinzip der Nichteinmischung ab. Im Rahmen von UN-Missionen entsendet China nun auch Bodentruppen und versucht sich als Mediator bei der Konfliktschlichtung.“
Doch wie positioniert sich China bei einem Regimewechsel oder einem Militärputsch? Was tun, wenn in Wahlkämpfen Stimmenfang mit antichinesischen Parolen betrieben wird? Und wie agiert China in unsicheren afrikanischen Ländern, in denen Wirtschaftsaktivitäten auch Aushandlungsprozesse mit lokalen Oppositions- oder Rebellenführern erfordern? Diese und weitere Fragen werden auf der Tagung erörtert.

Weitere Informationen:
Prof. Christof Hartmann, Professur für Politikwissenschaft, insbesondere Internationale Beziehungen und Politik Afrikas, Tel. 0203/379-2046, christof.hartmann@uni-due.de
Prof. Nele Noesselt, Professur für Politikwissenschaft mit dem Schwerpunkt China/Ostasien, Tel. 0203/379-2239, nele.noesselt@uni-due.de

Anmeldung unter: julia.nachtigall@uni-due.de

(Quelle: Beate Kostka, UDE/Aktuelles/Meldungen)

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20.06.2017 - 15:20:34

Vortrag von Markus Taube im KI

China auf Zukunftssuche – Ökonomische Neuausrichtung im stürmischen weltpolitischen Fahrwasser | 20. Juni 2017, 18.00 Uhr | „Baba …

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19.06.2017 - 12:39:19

Guest Lecture by Sonja Opper

Regional Culture, Entrepreneurial Talent, and Institutional Change: Evidence from private firm allocation in China | Mon, June 19, 2017, …

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14.06.2017 - 12:45:07

Vortragsreihe AREA Ruhr

Elisabeth de Boer: Riddles in Japanese Dialect Geography in an East Asian Context | 14.6.2017, 16.30–18.00 Uhr | Universität …

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12.06.2017 - 16:21:00

Gastvortrag Prof. Kenichiro Kondo

Historische Entwicklungen des japanischen Bildungssystems und ihre Folgen (in japanischer Sprache) | Mo, 12.6.2017, 14–16 Uhr im Rahmen …

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07.06.2017 - 15:10:08

Vortrag von Thomas Heberer bei Tongyuanju

Nachbarschaft und Nachbarschaftsviertel – Wie China seine Städte und seine Bewohner verwaltet | 7. Juni 2017, 19.00 Uhr | LVR-Industriemuseum …

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07.06.2017 - 11:12:06

Research Forum Lecture by Yilong Lu

The coming of Post-earthbound China | Wed. June 7th, 2017, 16–18 h | Room LE 736, Forsthausweg 2, Campus Duisburg
Professor of School of …

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01.06.2017 - 22:06:36

UDE-Sommerfest am Campus Duisburg

Am Donnerstag, den 1. Juni 2017 wird der Campus Duisburg ab 13 Uhr zur bunten Sommer-Oase. Mit dabei: das IN-EAST und seine Fachschaft mit einem …

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31.05.2017 - 15:57:30

Vortragsreihe AREA Ruhr

Markus Taube: Zur Idiosynkrasie, Konvergenz und Transferabilität von Institutionen | 31.5.2017, 16.30–18.00 Uhr | Ruhr-Universität …

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31.05.2017 - 11:08:01

Research Forum Lecture by Dingxin Zhao

Confucian-Legalist State, and Patterns of Social Change | Wed. May 31st, 2017, 14 - 16 h | Room SG 183, Geibelstraße 41, Campus Duisburg
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Confucian-Legalist State, and Patterns of Social Change | Wed. May 31st, 2017, 14 - 16 h | Room SG 183, Geibelstraße 41, Campus Duisburg
Abstract

This talk presents a general theory of social change that I have developed in my recent book entitled "Confucian-Legalist State: A Theory of Chinese History" published by the Oxford University Press. The theory is based on the premise that human nature has political, ideological, territorial and economic aspects, and humans compete for dominance and try to institutionalize the gains along these aspects. The bulk of the theory is to analyze how each of the four aspects of human nature has given rise to distinctive mechanisms and institutions shaping the contours of history. The empirical implications of the theory will be illustrated by the patterns of the world history, particularly the premodern history of China and Europe.

Biography
Dingxin Zhao is Max Palevsky Professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago and Qianren Jihuai Professor of Zhejiang University. He is also the director of the Center for Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences of Zhejiang University. His research covers the areas of historical sociology, social movements, nationalism, social change, and economic development. His interests also extend to sociological theory and methodology. Zhao has publications in journals such as American Journal of Sociology, American Sociological Review, Social Forces, Sociology, American Behavioral Scientist, Mobilization, Problems of Post-Communism and China Quarterly. He is the author Power of Tiananmen (2001) and the following four books in Chinese: Social and Political Movements (2006), Eastern Zhou Warfare and the Rise of the Confucian-Legalist State (2006), The Limit of Democracy (2012), and State and War: A Comparative Analysis of the Chinese and European Historical Development (2015).

Currently, Zhao is researching student nationalism and US-China relations. He has also started a project on historical sociology, which, based on a comparison with the European experiences, is intended to develop an empirically-grounded theory to explain the changes in state, military, economy and philosophy during China's Axial Age (722-221 BC), the unification of China under the Qin Empire (221-206 BC), and how the developments of this period shaped China's later history.

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17.05.2017 - 10:19:30

Vortrag von Prof. Tao Liu im KI

Die Entstehung eines chinesischen Wohlfahrtsstaates in der Ära Xi Jinping | 17. Mai 2017, 18.30 Uhr | Konfuzius-Institut Metropole …

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17.05.2017 - 08:09:41

Research Forum Lecture - Yanfei Sun

Twists of Fate: Growth Trajectories of Catholicism and Protestantism in Modern China Compared | Wed. May 17th, 2017, 16 - 18h | Room LE 736, …

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04.05.2017 - 13:26:18

Guest Lecture by Mingang Lin

(in Chinese) Understanding Welfare Stigma in China: The Implementation Effect of the Urban Dibao | Thu, May 4, 2017, 12–14 h | Room …

(in Chinese) Understanding Welfare Stigma in China: The Implementation Effect of the Urban Dibao | Thu, May 4, 2017, 12–14 h | Room LE 736, Forsthausweg, Campus Duisburg
Abstract
Understanding Welfare Stigma in China: An Empirical Study on the Implementation Effect of the Urban Dibao
In social assistance programmes, it is generally believed that applying the principle of selectivity leads to welfare stigma. Earlier studies have shown that the causes of welfare stigma differ from country to country. The object of this article is to explore how welfare stigma is generated in the most important social assistance programme in China – the Urban Minimum Living Standard Guarantee Scheme, or Dibao – in terms of both system design and individual characteristics. Analysis of data on Dibao, collected in 29 provinces in 2015, reveals that the poorest families perceive less stigma, and that this can be accounted for by the generosity of welfare benefits and other programmes attached to Dibao. In addition, welfare stigma is still fostered by the ways in which means testing is implemented. Stringent and complicated screening procedures determining eligibility lead to increased stigma.

About
Lin Mingang is Professor at Department of Social Security and Director of Center for Social Security Research at Nanjing University. He graduated from Central China Normal University in 1989 and holds a master degree of sociology (1994) from Nanjing University and a Ph.D. of sociology (2000) from Nanjing University. His main research interests include social policy, social security system of China.
Professor Lin also serves as committee member of Expert Consultative Committee of Ministry of Civil Affairs, member of Teaching Steering Committee of Public Administration of Ministry of Education, committee member of Expert Committee of National Elderly Service, member of China Social Security 30 Forum, member of China Social Governance 50 Forum, council member of Social Policy Expert Committee, chairman of China Social Assistance Research Branch.
E-mail: mglin@nju.edu.cn

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03.05.2017 - 09:28:29

Research Forum Lecture by Misook Lee

Transnational Communicative Networks in South Korea’s Democratization Movement … | Wed, May 3rd, 2017, 16–18 h | Room LE 736, …

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04.04.2017 - 16:26:22

Guest Lecture by Xiaohua Yu

Memory and Discounting | Wed, April 26, 2017, 16–18 h |
Room SG 183, Building SG, Geibelstr. 41, Campus Duisburg
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Heterogeneous …

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21.03.2017 - 13:30:00

Research Colloquium | Brown Bag lunch

Alessandra Cappelletti will present her paper on "China's smart power" | March 21, 2017, 13:30h | Centre for Global Cooperation Research, SH111, …

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08.03.2017 - 08:01:37

Institutionen in der Entwicklung Ostasiens

5. Duisburg-Frankfurt Workshop | 08.03.2017, 14:00 Uhr - 18:00 Uhr | Frankfurt a.M. | Goethe Universität, Campus Westend | Raum RuW …

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07.03.2017 - 12:33:06

6th International ACCER Workshop

Cross-Cultural Experiments in the Social Sciences, Economics and Management. Date: March 6 and 7, 2017. Venue: University of Duisburg-Essen, …

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16.02.2017 - 11:37:11

OBOR and RMB Internationalization

Workshop at the IN-EAST School of Advanced Studies | Wed, Feb. 16, 2017, 10.00–17.30 h | Room SG 183, Geibelstr. 41, 47057 Duisburg | Please …

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15.02.2017 - 21:51:19

Sustainable Development and Carbon Market

Workshop at the IN-EAST School of Advanced Studies | Wed, Feb. 15, 2017, 10.00–18.20 h | Room SG 183, Geibelstr. 41, 47057 Duisburg | Please …

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09.02.2017 - 11:21:58

Regional Economic Integration of Japan and Asia

Co-organized by the Japan Foundation / Japanisches Kulturinstitut and the IN-EAST | Thu, Feb. 9, 2017, 14–17.30 h | Japanisches …

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08.02.2017 - 16:00:59

Research Forum Lecture by King Lun NGOK

China's Social Turn and Social Policy Expansion in the New Century: Toward A New Welfare Regime? | Wed, Feb. 8, 2017, 16 - 18 h | Room SG …

China's Social Turn and Social Policy Expansion in the New Century: Toward A New Welfare Regime? | Wed, Feb. 8, 2017, 16 - 18 h | Room SG 183, Geibelstraße 41, Campus Duisburg
Abstract
At the turn of the century, concerning about increasing social risks and social instability in contexts of globalization and marketization has caused the Chinese government to pay more attention to the balance between economic growth and social development. As a result, a ‘social turn’ occurred in China at the every early years of the new century, especially since the year of 2003. The ‘social turn’ has brought about a rapid expansion of social policy in China and the scope of social policy has broadened. In the recent a decade-odd, while many new social programs have been launched (beyond the occupation-based social insurance model), many old programs have expanded their coverage, especially the social insurance programs. With the broadening of the scope of social policy, trends associated with universal coverage are apparent, for instance, coverage of the health insurance was almost universalized. Accordingly, overall social expenditure has increased gradually.
Meanwhile, many new approaches and innovations were suggested to implement social policy. To conclude, China has elevated the importance of social policy in its policy portfolios. Based on the review of the recent social policy expansion and the development of social protection system in China, this presentation will describe the process of the welfare state rebuilding in China, explore its dynamics behind, and discuss the nature and future of the emerging welfare state in China.

About the lecturer
Kinglun Ngok is the Pearl River Scholar Distinguished Professor of Social Policy at School of Government/Centre for Chinese Public Administration Research, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China. Prior to joining Sun Yat-sen University in 2004, he taught at Department of Public and Social Administration, City University of Hong Kong where he completed his PhD. His current research interest is social policy, social insurance, and social services. He is the founding director of the Institute for Social Policy at Sun Yat-sen University. His publications have appeared in journals such as Social Policy and Administration, Social Policy and Society, International Review of Administrative Sciences, and Australian Journal of Public Administration. His English books include Social Policy in China: Development and Wellbeing (2008, Policy Press), Welfare Reform in East Asia: Towards Workfare? (2011, Routledge), and China’s Social Policy: Transformation and Challenges (2016, Routledge). He is also the editor-in-chief of Chinese Public Policy Review.

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07.02.2017 - 15:10:29

Final Conference Advanced School

Concluding the first funding period of the IN-EAST School of Advanced Studies, the conference focused on electromobility and urban systems. February …

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02.02.2017 - 15:09:33

Research Forum Schedule

The detailed schedule for autumn/winter 2016/17 at a glance.

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01.02.2017 - 15:31:06

Guest Lecture by Sabine Burghart

North Korea and Its Relationship to the South | Wed, Feb. 1, 2017, 14–16 h | Room LE 736, Building LE, Campus Duisburg
Dr. Sabine …

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01.02.2017 - 11:19:51

Vortragsreihe AREA Ruhr

Prof. Dr. Marion Eggert (RUB): Grenzen des Sinozentrismus: Diglossie, Übersetzung und Literaturproduktion im Chosôn-zeitlichen Korea. 1.2.2017, …

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31.01.2017 - 23:07:50

Guest Lecture by Lijia Tan

Reserve Prices versus Renegotiation in Procurement Auctions: An experimental comparison | Tue, Jan. 31, 2017, 14–16 h | Room SG …

Reserve Prices versus Renegotiation in Procurement Auctions: An experimental comparison | Tue, Jan. 31, 2017, 14–16 h | Room SG 183, Geibelstr. 41, 47057 Duisburg
Abstract
We provide the first direct experimental comparison of auctioneer behaviour in English auctions with a reserve price and the English auctions with renegotiation, two popular methods of procurement. In our experiment, the auctioneer in these two mechanisms have systematic bias to deviate the theoretical prediction. We find that a transformed probability model ideally indicates where the deviations in the two mechanisms come from. Auctioneer's choose reserve prices consistent with maximization of a utility with transformed conditional probability of executing reserve prices, while they choose take-it-or-leave offers as though they distort Bayesian posterior probabilities of executing offers. To test the robustness of our model, especially, by considering of an alternative behavioural model with anticipated regrets, we then show in a subsequent experiment that the auctioneer's expected benefit is well estimated by transformed probability model rather than the other in an environment in which the distribution of seller's cost is right skewed.

CV
Lijia Tan is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Cologne. She received a Ph.D. in Economics and earned a M.A. degree in Finance from Xiamen University in China, where she stayed seven years. Her research interests include Experimental Economics, Behavioral Operation Management, and Game Theory. Her main research focus is the relationship between buyer and seller in procurement, including prosocial behaviour and negotiation protocols which could contribute to the efficiency of a supply chain; auctioneer’s systematic bias in optimal auction mechanism as well as laboratorial investigation for the efficiency of the practical auction formats. Her works have been published in Management Science and Pacific Economic Review.

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25.01.2017 - 15:10:45

Guest Lecture Heungsoon Jung (Bank of Korea)

Monetary Policy of the Bank of Korea
Time: Wednesday, 25 January 2017, 16:00 - 18:00 |
Venue: LE 736 (Campus Duisburg)

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25.01.2017 - 14:14:27

Paper Submission Duisburg-Frankfurt Workshop

5. Duisburg-Frankfurt Workshop | Institutionen in der Entwicklung Ostasiens | Workshopreihe Ostasienökonomen in Frankfurt und Duisburg | …

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11.01.2017 - 13:42:29

VSJF 2016 - Conference Material Online

Following the conference on "Mobility and the City of the Future" in November, conference slides, posters as well as selected photos are now …

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09.01.2017 - 12:20:59

Vortragsreihe AREA Ruhr

Werner Pascha: Die neue Dynamik multilateraler Kooperationsprojekte in Ostasien zwischen ökonomischer und politischer Logik. 11.01.2017, 16.30 …

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07.12.2016 - 10:26:53

Vortrag Jörg Plassen - AREA Ruhr

Die Alliance for Research on East Asia Ruhr lädt zur zweiten Veranstaltung der AREA Ruhr Vortragsreihe im Wintersemester 16/17 ein. 7.12.2016, …

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02.12.2016 - 07:52:31

Research Forum Schedule

The detailed schedule for autumn/winter 2016/17 at a glance.

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01.12.2016 - 12:58:13

International Workshop: China’s “New Normal”

Politics, Economic Reforms and Political Philosophy | Date: December 1 - 3, 2016 | Venue: Campus Duisburg, LR Building (Mercator-Haus) | Language: …

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30.11.2016 - 12:13:02

Evening Roundtable: China´s "New Normal"

National and Global Dimensions of China’s New Governance Model | November 30, 2016 | 16:15-18:00 | Mercator-Saal (Mercator-Haus, Campus Duisburg) …

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20.11.2016 - 12:56:41

Annual Conference VSJF

Mobility and the City of the Future. November 17-20, 2016. Annual Conference Vereinigung für sozialwissenschaftliche Japanforschung e.V. (VSJF) …

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18.11.2016 - 09:49:41

20th Duisburg East Asia Day

Mobility in Metropolitan Regions – Tokyo and the Ruhr Area
Panel Discussion and Supporting Program | Fraunhofer-inHaus-Zentrum, Duisburg | Fri, …

Mobility in Metropolitan Regions – Tokyo and the Ruhr Area
Panel Discussion and Supporting Program | Fraunhofer-inHaus-Zentrum, Duisburg | Fri, Nov. 18, 2016, from 15 h
The 20th annual East Asia Day will focus on mobility in two metropolitan areas: Greater Tokyo and the Ruhrgebiet.
Despite being quite different in size, structure and historical development, they also share quite a few similarities: Both are the biggest economic areas in their respective countries with a rapidly aging population. The two regions face the enormous challenge of organizing the transportation of goods and people in a sustainable manner. The combustion engine driven car as most important mean of transport has already reached its limits.
The panelists, all renowned scholars in their field, will address the following questions: How is the transport of people and goods organized? What does the public and private transport infrastructure look like and how further developed? How are new and old means of transport linked? How do the various players in the transportation sector coordinate and cooperate with each other? How do inhabitants cope with (and survive) the growth in the volume of transport? How will factors such as structural economic change, the aging population, new technical developments and environmental needs change mobility in metropolitan areas?

Free entrance, please register by November 14, 2016: events@in-east.de.

PROGRAM

16.00 PANEL DISCUSSION
Kai Rüsberg (Journalist), Moderation
J. Alexander Schmidt (UDE, Main Research Area Urban Systems)
André Sorensen (University of Toronto Scarborough)
Mamoru Taniguchi (Tsukuba University)
Hans-Werner Wehling (UDE, Geography of Old Industrialized Regions)

18.00–20.00 RECEPTION

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15.00 REGISTRATION

15.00–20.00 SUPPORTING PROGRAM –
EXPERIENCING THE MOBILITY OF THE FUTURE:

Driving Simulator (Mechatronik, UDE) / assisted driving
Exoskeleton (Cyberdyne Care Robotics)
Age Simulation Suit GERT
Rickshaw (Initiative Radeln ohne Alter)
Cargo bike Dein-RUDOLF.de (in cooperation with Zentrum für Logistik & Verkehr, UDE)
“Bicycle Highway Ruhr” – Radschnellweg Ruhr – RS 1 (Metropoleruhr)
Match the Maps

Download of the Invitation Flyer:
https://www.uni-due.de/imperia/md/content/in-east/events/ead/ostasientag_2016.pdf

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15.11.2016 - 08:15:01

Recruitment Seminar - How to find a job in Japan

IN-EAST will host a recruitment seminar by Virginie Grillet, Europe Manager Forth Valley | Venue: SG 183 | Date: Nov. 15, 8:15h | Please register …

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14.11.2016 - 10:00:01

Workshop: The Frontier of Northeast Asian Industrialization: The Long Perspective (1895 - now)

Date: 14.11.2016 | Time: 10 am - 6 pm | Venue: Building SG, Room 183, Geibelstraße 41, Duisburg Campus
This workshop is a joint project of …

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10.11.2016 - 12:22:12

DIS-Orders: China in her own rights

The workshop on Dec. 9-10, 2016 aims to open up conceivabilities of law in China. Please register until November 21, 2016, we will inform you …

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02.11.2016 - 16:30:00

Start der AREA Ruhr Vortragsreihe

Die Alliance for Research on East Asia Ruhr lädt zur ersten Veranstaltung der AREA Ruhr Vortragsreihe im Wintersemester 16/17 ein. Thomas Heberer …

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28.10.2016 - 14:13:05

Hello, Goodbye and Welcome Back 2016

Celebrating our Graduates - Welcoming our New Students and Returnees | October 28, 2016 18h | Happy Hour from 17.30h | Venue: SG 135 (Aula), …

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25.10.2016 - 11:25:35

IMF China Representative Visited IN-EAST

Alfred Schipke, Senior Resident Representative for China, International Monetary Fund (IMF), delivered a keynote speech at a meeting of experts …

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17.10.2016 - 10:36:15

Research Forum Schedule

The detailed schedule for autumn/winter 2016/2017 at a glance.

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13.10.2016 - 13:12:17

Research Exchange Forum 2016

The Research Exchange Forum took place on the 6th of October. It's main function was to help integrate scholars, new to the University of Duisburg-Essen, …

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27.09.2016 - 10:50:19

September Seminar in Tokyo: Sept. 21–30, 2016

Organized by Prof. Karen Shire, Kei Takata Ph.D. (both IN-EAST), Prof. Shigeto Sonoda and Misook Lee Ph.D. (University of Tokyo).
The event …

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27.09.2016 - 00:11:51

September Seminar in Beijing: Sept. 26–28, 2016

Organized by Prof. Flemming Christiansen, Prof. Tao Liu (both IN-EAST), and Prof. Yu Xianyang of Renmin University of China (RUC), Beijing
For …

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03.09.2016 - 13:59:18

Conference Chinese Economic Association

China’s New Way of Integration with the World - The New Silk Road and the Opportunities for the World Economy. September 1st–3rd, 2016 at …

China’s New Way of Integration with the World - The New Silk Road and the Opportunities for the World Economy. September 1st–3rd, 2016 at the University of Duisburg-Essen.

In recent years, China has quickly developed into a new engine for global economic growth and has become a new ascendant power in the international system. In order to uphold its development and growth momentum, the Chinese government has taken bold moves to deepen economic reforms and further integrate the country into the global division of labour. In autumn, 2013, Chinese President Xi Jinping successively proposed the initiatives of the “Silk Road Economic Belt” and the “21st Century Maritime Silk Road” that are known as the “One Belt, One Road” Initiative. In 2015, with the release of the “Vision and Actions on Jointly Building ‘One Belt, One Road’”, the creation of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), and the setting up of the Silk Road Fund, the “One Belt, One Road” Initiative has moved on to the stage of implementation. Furthermore, the EU and Chinese leaders issued joint statements to develop synergies between EU policies, especially the € 315 billion EU Commission Investment Plan (also known as the Juncker Plan), and China’s “One Belt, One Road” Initiative. Given the resources made available for the “One Belt, One Road” Initiative, the latter will undoubtedly have a decisive impact on the structure and future development of global economic interaction. What does the Initiative mean to the development of the involved countries and regions? What does it mean to the international order and relations between China and the world? These are just some of the questions brought forward by politicians, business leaders, and academic researchers worldwide. In search of well-founded answers to the micro and macro issues concerning the economics, finance, and politics of China’s development, and especially the “One Belt, One Road” Initiative, the main theme of the 27th Annual Conference of CEA (UK) and the 8th CEA (Europe) Conference concerns China’s new way of integration with the world whilst exploring the opportunities of the “One Belt, One Road” Initiative for the global economic system.

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http://cea2016.org/

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01.08.2016 - 16:03:28

Call for Papers – until August 1, 2016

The International Conference The Political Economy of Democracy and Dictatorship is co-organized by Prof. Yuan Li.
Date: February …

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21.07.2016 - 11:47:22

Brown Bag Talk Karen Shire

Transnational Work in World Regional Comparison: A Résumé. 21.07.2016, 12:15 Uhr - 13:45 Uhr, LE 736, Forsthausweg 2, Campus Duisburg. Bring …

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19.07.2016 - 13:36:30

Research Forum Schedule

The detailed schedule for spring/summer 2016 at a glance.

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19.07.2016 - 12:26:26

Auszeichnung Young Scholar Award

Buying back face - Martin Heinbergs Paper wurde auf der AIB Konferenz in New Orleans mit dem Alan M. Rugman Young Scholar Award ausgezeichnet. …

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17.07.2016 - 12:43:55

IfS Brown Bag Lectures Schedule SS 2016

The Institute of Sociology’s Brown Bag Talks (“Bring your own lunch!”) for spring/summer 2016 – Thursdays 12.15–13.45 in LE 736

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16.07.2016 - 15:57:07

IfS Brown Bag Talks – Sigrid Quack

Cross-Border Careers in "Global" Civil Society
Date: Thu, June 30, 2016, 12.15 h
Venue: IN-EAST, LE 736 – Bring your own lunch!

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15.07.2016 - 10:59:38

Call for Papers - Deadline July 15, 2016

The IN-EAST is going to host an international workshop on China’s “New Normal”: Politics, Economic Reforms and Political Philosophy" on …

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14.07.2016 - 23:50:14

Empirical Methods Workshop

Everything about field research – by Dr Kathrin Thomas, Center of Comparative Social Surveys at City University London. Date: July 11–14, …

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08.07.2016 - 17:00:00

IN-EAST Fachschaft Grill Party - BBQ Students Union

The IN-EAST Fachschaft Grill Party is going to take place on July 8, 2016 at the ASTA-Keller with free food and drinks! Please register at fs-oawiss@uni-due.de
The …

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07.07.2016 - 14:21:43

IfS Brown Bag Talks – Yuping Zhang

Gender Disparities in China's Labor Market Date: Thu, July 7, 2016, 12.15 h Venue: IN-EAST, LE 736 – Bring your own lunch!

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23.06.2016 - 17:57:11

Annual Scientific Forum for Mobility No 8

When you spot the latest models of electric cars on the Campus Duisburg, it is most likely Wissenschaftsforum Mobilität time.
The annual …

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23.06.2016 - 16:20:24

June Workshop 2016 - GRK Risk and East Asia

Der "June Workshop” ist ein Highlight im Kalender des DFG Graduiertenkollegs 1613/2 “Risk and East Asia”. In diesem Jahr fand die Veranstaltung …

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16.06.2016 - 16:38:27

IN-EAST @ UDE Sommerfest 2016

Am 16.6. steigt das UDE Sommerfest auf der Campuswiese Essen und wir feiern mit. Lasst Euch von Magier Yuta verzaubern (CANCELLED) und vom Manga-Künstler …

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13.06.2016 - 09:56:38

Kawasaki Takeshi Gastprofessor am IN-EAST

Der japanische Politikwissenschaftler Kawasaki Takeshi war zu Gast am IN-EAST. Er ist Experte für den Vergleich der politischen Systeme Japans …

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08.06.2016 - 11:52:29

Antrittsvorlesung von Nele Noesselt

Chinas „Neue Normalität“ – Präemptive Staatschirurgie und pathologische Lernprozesse
Datum: Mittwoch, 8. Juni 2016, 16 Uhr s.t.
Ort: …

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03.06.2016 - 10:27:10

Der Konfuzianismus und die Gesellschaft Chinas

Podiumsdiskussion. Alle Interessierten sind herzlich eingeladen! Zeit: 3.6.2016 (Freitag), 18:00–19:30. Ort: LE 104, Universität Duisburg-Essen, …

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02.06.2016 - 14:17:47

Berufungsvorträge für MSM-/IN-EAST-Lehrstuhl

Business and Economic Studies on East Asia
Mi, 1. Juni 2016, 9.30 bis 14.00 Uhr,
Do, 2. Juni 2016, 8.30 bis 11.45 Uhr, Raum SG 183

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02.06.2016 - 14:00:36

IfS Brown Bag Talks – Tao Liu

Contingency and Transnational Knowledge Transfer in Labour Protections in China | Date: Thu, June 2, 2016, 12.15 h | Venue: IN-EAST, LE 736 – …

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30.05.2016 - 12:45:01

„Made in China 2025“ und „Industrie 4.0“

Chancen für deutsch-chinesische Kooperationen im Bereich Digitalisierung der Industrie und Intelligente Fertigung. Mo, 30.5.2016 im Duisburger …

Chancen für deutsch-chinesische Kooperationen im Bereich Digitalisierung der Industrie und Intelligente Fertigung. Mo, 30.5.2016 im Duisburger Rathaus, 15 Uhr.
The Deutsch-Chinesische Wirtschaftsvereinigung e.V. and the twin towns Duisburg and Wuhan organized an event evolving around the topics „Made in China 2025“ and „Industry 4.0“: Chances for German-Chinese Cooperation. A delegation of 25 participants from Wuhan with government representatives as well as participants representing local companies joined the event at the town hall of Duisburg on May 30, 2016. Participants had the chance to explore Wuhan as an industrial site while learning about its program on the regional industry development. Presentations as well as face-to-face interviews allowed for a vivid exchange of ideas.

Mira Schüller attended the event, presented the IN-EAST School of Advanced Studies and pointed out links between the School’s research and the industry.

Das IN-EAST und seine School of Advanced Studies beteiligten sich an der Veranstaltung der Deutsch-Chinesischen Wirtschafts-vereinigung e.V. und der Partnerstädte Duisburg und Wuhan zum Thema „Made in China 2025“ und „Industrie 4.0“: Chancen für deutsch-chinesische Kooperationen.

Auf der Veranstaltung wurden die vielfältigen Chancen zwischen Deutschland und China im Bereich Digitalisierung der Industrie und Intelligente Fertigung diskutiert. Teilnehmer hatten die Möglichkeit, einen Überblick über den Wirtschaftsstandort Wuhan und seine konkreten Maßnahmen für die Weiterentwicklung der regionalen Industrie zu erhalten. Zudem gewannen Sie einen Einblick in die benannten staatlichen Strategien und konnten sich mit einer 25-köpfigen Delegation mit Regierungs- und Unternehmensvertretern aus Wuhan intensiv austauschen.

Das Programm und die Namenslisten der Delegation sowie das Anmeldeformular finden Sie hier:
https://www.uni-due.de//imperia/md/content/in-east/MadeinChina2025_Industrie4.0.pdf
Die Veranstaltung wurde ins Deutsche und Chinesische simultan gedolmetscht.

Die Teilnahme ist unentgeltlich, eine Anmeldung ist bis zum 25.5.2016 erforderlich. Die Teilnehmerzahl ist begrenzt. Anmeldungen von Vertretern von Industrieunternehmen werden von der Delegation bevorzugt bestätigt.
Termin: Montag, 30.5.2016 im Duisburger Rathaus,
Beginn: 15 Uhr, Registrierung ab 14.30 Uhr.

Unterstützt wird diese Veranstaltung von: Stadt Duisburg, Gesellschaft für Wirtschaftsförderung Duisburg, Konfuzius-Institut Metropole Ruhr, Niederrheinische IHK, Unternehmerverbands-gruppe e.V., Institut für Ostasienwissenschaften an der Universität Duisburg-Essen und Zhonghua / Deutsch-Chinesische Industrie & Handels e.V.

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17.05.2016 - 13:38:47

IfS Brown Bag Talks – Nele Noesselt

World Regional Comparisons with East Asia | Date: Thu, May 19, 2016, 12.15 h | Venue: IN-EAST, LE 736 – Bring your own lunch!

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27.04.2016 - 10:46:21

The Chinese Cultural Revolution Revisited

The Chair of Chinese Politics invites all interested participants to a film and lecture series. Venue: Campus Duisburg, LK 051 (Mai 12) or LK …

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16.03.2016 - 14:58:51

Laboratorium Stadt - IN-EAST School @ Urania Berlin

Gemeinsame Veranstaltung der Research Group 'Urban Systems in East Asia' und der Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung zu "Innovationen in Europa …

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02.03.2016 - 11:34:57

Midterm Conference on Innovation in East Asia

The Midterm Conference of the IN-EAST School of Advanced Studies took place on March 2nd & 3rd, 2016.
Event Impressions can be found …

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01.03.2016 - 14:41:57

Duisburg-Frankfurt-Workshop

Institutionen in der Entwicklung Ostasiens
Datum: Dienstag, 1. März 2016, 14–18 Uhr (Einlass 13:30)
Ort: Gebäude SG | Raum SG 183 | …

Institutionen in der Entwicklung Ostasiens
Datum: Dienstag, 1. März 2016, 14–18 Uhr (Einlass 13:30)
Ort: Gebäude SG | Raum SG 183 | Geibelstr. 41 | 47057 DU
Der Aufstieg der Region Ostasien in der Weltwirtschaft stellt eine doppelte Herausforderung für die Sozialwissenschaften und insbesondere für die Wirtschaftswissenschaft dar: Welche theoretischen Ansätze und Methoden der Ökonomik sind geeignet, die Entwicklungen in der Region zu erfassen und zu erklären, und wie können umgekehrt besondere Facetten der dortigen Prozesse und Strukturen Hinweise auf eine Fortentwicklung wissenschaftlicher Ansätze und Methoden geben? Seit vielen Jahren greifen drei Lehrstühle mit kongruenten Forschungsansätzen diese Fragen im Rahmen einer Workshopreihe auf: die Professuren für Ostasienwirtschaft Japan/Korea bzw. China an der Universität Duisburg-Essen (Profes. Werner Pascha und Markus Taube) sowie die Professur Institutionen- und Innovationsökonomik, insb. Japan/Ostasien an der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt (Prof. Cornelia Storz). Institutionentheoretische bzw. i.e.S. institutionenökonomische Ansätze werden dabei von den Veranstaltern als besonders fruchtbares Feld gesehen, um Besonderheiten der wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung Ostasiens zu erfassen. Auf mikroökonomischer Basis lassen sich auf der Ebene des individuellen Verhaltens Anhaltspunkte suchen, um insbesondere marktliche Prozesse in den Ländern der Region besser zu verstehen. Ein besonderes Augenmerk wird dabei auch auf Aspekte der organisatorischen und technologischen Innovation gelegt. Seit dem Jahr 2013 wird dieser Workshop im wechselnden Turnus an den beteiligten Lehrstühlen durchgeführt. Eine inhaltliche Zusammenarbeit gibt es dabei mit dem DFG-Graduiertenkolleg „Risk and East Asia“ und der vom BMBF geförderten IN-EAST School of Advanced Studies an der Universität Duisburg-Essen sowie dem von der Volkswagen-Stiftung im Rahmen der Initiative „Key Issues for Academia and Society" geförderten Forschungsprojekt „Protecting the Weak“ und dem vom BMBF geförderten Forschungsverbundprojekt „Afrikas asiatische Optionen“ (AFRASO) an der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt. Im Abschluss besteht die Möglichkeit zum gemeinsamen Abendessen im „Finkenkrug“, Sternbuschweg 71, 47057 Duisburg. Das detaillierte Programm des Workshops sowie die Details zur Anfahrt finden Sie hier: https://goo.gl/EtlarQ Der Workshop dient der Präsentation und Diskussion laufender Forschungsarbeiten. Theoretische Ansätze und methodische Verfahren werden in verschiedenen Anwendungsbereichen mit ihren Stärken und Schwächen erörtert. Je nach Teilnehmerkreis findet die Veranstaltung auf Deutsch oder Englisch statt. Zu der Veranstaltung sind Externe im Rahmen der räumlichen Möglichkeiten herzlich eingeladen; bei besonderem Interesse werden gerne noch Anmeldungen bis einschließlich 24.02.2016 entgegen genommen. Kontakt: Lehrstuhl Ostasienwirtschaft - Japan und Korea Annemarie Tappert Telefon 0203/379-4114 | Fax 0203/379-4157

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25.02.2016 - 10:34:53

Fachstudientag für soziale Unternehmen

Wie ist Pflege in Japan, dem Land der Hochbetagten, strukturiert und organisiert? Welche Veränderungen sind zu erwarten? Dies interessierte …

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22.02.2016 - 09:07:29

GRK 1613 Retreat Beijing 2016 - February 22-24

Our annual field research retreat will take place at the Sino-German Center for Research Promotion, providing mid-term support to PhD students …

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11.12.2015 - 15:30:00

Duisburger Ostasientag: Alterung – Japan als Vorreiter

Am 11. Dezember 2015 veranstaltet das IN-EAST seinen 19. Duisburger Ostasientag. In diesem Jahr diskutieren Experten zum Thema „Alterung – …

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03.11.2015 - 10:32:45

Speed Networking Students & Alumni

Where do IN-EAST Alumni work? AlFreDO invited graduates from the past years to share their experience with IN-EAST students and give personal …

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Academic Discourses and Public Events on East Asia

Wissenschaftliche Diskurse und öffentliche Veranstaltungen zu Ostasien 学术会议暨活动 이벤트 · 컨퍼런스 イベント · 会議

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