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  • Arrival of the Second Cohort of Doctoral Researchers

    Arrival of the Second Cohort of Doctoral Researchers

    On October 1, 2025, the second cohort of Research Training Group GRK 2833 “East Asian Futures” took up their work at the Universities of Duisburg-Essen and Ruhr University Bochum. The seven fully-funded and two …

  • AREA Ruhr Roundtable to feature Mercator Fellows

    AREA Ruhr Roundtable to feature Mercator Fellows

    The Research Training Group GRK 2833 “East Asian Futures” is pleased to announce the details for the upcoming AREA Ruhr Roundtable Discussion (hybrid format), featuring three of the RTG’s Mercator Fellows …

  • Colloquium Oct 20, 2025

    Colloquium Oct 20, 2025

    The Online Colloquium of the winter term 2025/26 by the Research Training Group GRK 2833 “East Asian Futures” will set off with a lecture by Professor Aaron William MOORE, titled “Planners, Popularisers, and Prognosticators: Envisioning the Future of Warfare in East Asia, 1900–1937”. You are cordially invited to …

  • Activity Report: Kohei MATSUURA

    Activity Report: Kohei MATSUURA

    During his fieldwork stay in South Korea from September 2024 to June 2025, Research Training Group GRK 2833 “East Asian Futures” Doctoral student Kohei MATSUURA visited Busan, Tongyeong, and Seoul to do research on …

  • Activity Report: Anna-Maria RAU

    Activity Report: Anna-Maria RAU

    From July 4 to 8, 2025, the 28th Annual CHIME Conference was held at the Department of Music at the University College Cork in Ireland. Titled “Digital Futures for Chinese Music”, the conference was chiefly …

  • Activity Report: Eetu LAUSTELA

    Activity Report: Eetu LAUSTELA

    In the 4-year curriculum for doctoral students of the Research Training Group GRK 2833 “East Asian Futures”, the second year comprises of 6 to 12 months of Fieldwork and Archival and Library Research in East …