We cordially invite all students and faculty to our Lecture Series "Research Fields in Global East Asia" this semester. The lecture series is a constituent part of the English-taught Master's program "MA Global East Asia". University faculty in Chinese, Korean, and Japanese studies will provide insights into their areas of research.
Time
Wednesday, 12-14 (c.t.)
Venue
Holzlaube, Fabeckstraße 23-25, room 1.2051
Program April - July 2026
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22.4.2026 |
From Hamel to KeDeHon - Korea in Europe Eun-Jeung Lee |
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29.4.2026 |
Digital Disruption and Streaming Wars: Transformation of Korean TV Industry in the Netflix era Sookeung Jung |
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6.5.2026 |
Sources on North Korean Humanities Vladimir Glomb |
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13.5.2026 |
Melting Labour, Welfare State Drift, and the Rise of the Youth Precariat in South Korea Sophia Seungyoon Lee |
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20.5.2026 |
Planning for Victory: How the Japanese Elite Envisioned the World after Winning the "Greater East Asian War" Urs Matthias Zachmann |
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27.5.2026 |
Digital Practice as Resilience: Navigating Uncertain Futures in Rural Japan Cornelia Reiher |
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3.6.2026 |
The Most Important Relationship in the World? US-Japan Relations in a New Era Verena Blechinger-Talcott |
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10.6.2026 |
Intergenerational Justice in an Ageing Japan Steffen Heinrich |
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17.6.2026 |
KompChin: A Project on the Definition of Competence Levels for Chinese as a Foreign Language Andreas Guder |
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24.6.2026 |
Civic Defense and Everyday Security (Perceptions) in Taiwan Sabrina Habich-Sobiegalla |
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1.7.2026 |
Mapping China: Negotiating „All under Heaven“ and Borders in Modern China Ines Eben v. Racknitz |
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8.7.2026 |
Critical Thinking and Recognition of the Other: The Path to a Fair Intellectual Beyond Prejudice Duk-soo Kim (Daegu National University of Education) |


