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 who are visiting us this month:
Date: Tuesday, 7 October 2025, 11:15 – 12:45 CEST
Speakers:
- Prof. Hyung-Gu LYNN, PhD, AECL/KEPCO Chair in Korean Research, Department of Asian Studies, University of British Columbia, Canada
- Prof. em. Brantly WOMACK, PhD, Professor of Foreign Affairs emeritus, Department of Politics, University of Virginia, USA
- Prof. Lin-Chun WU, PhD, Professor of History, Department of History, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan
- Moderator: Professor Dr. Christine MOLL-MURATA, Professor of History of China, Faculty of East Asian Studies, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Topic: 80 Years Later: Memory and Remembrance in East Asia at the End of World War II
Commemoration of the end of World War II and the ensuing system change have been a topic of many public events and scholarly debates. Intellectuals, for instance from the fields of history, political science, and cultural studies, have discussed this turning point from various perspectives, looking back and forward, as well as to cities, states, macro-regions and the world.
For this AREA Ruhr Roundtable Discussion, AREA Ruhr invited the Mercator Fellow experts of the DFG-funded Research Training Group “East Asian Futures” to reflect upon hopes and aspirations for the future within East Asian societies at the end of World War II 80 years ago and the commemoration of the war’s end in East Asia in the year 2025. You are warmly welcome to join this AREA Ruhr Roundtable in physical presence or online via Zoom to discuss with us.
Place: AREA Ruhr, University of Duisburg-Essen, Geibelstr. 41, Room SG 183 (Map)
Zoom registration link (to receive digital access): https://uni-due.zoom-x.de/meeting/register/e4IYH0kBQz20JrK6wnVJUg
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