Category: News

Find general announcements, such as calls for applications, as well as reports on the various activities of the Research Training Group here.

  • Colloquium Jul 9, 2026

    Colloquium Jul 9, 2026

    The Colloquium series of the summer term 2026 by the Research Training Group GRK 2833 “East Asian Futures” will host an online lecture by Prof. Dr. Sandra MAẞ (Ruhr University Bochum), titled “Future Pasts. Writing History in the Anthropocene”, on Thursday, July 9, 2026, 6–8 pm (Central European Summer Time).…

  • Activity Report: Arne Moritz MEYER

    Activity Report: Arne Moritz MEYER

    From May 17 to May 19, 2026, doctoral researcher Arne Moritz MEYER of the Research Training Group GRK 2833 “East Asian Futures” participated in the Spring School “Outer Space Cooperation in the Middle East” at the …

  • Colloquium Jun 18, 2026

    Colloquium Jun 18, 2026

    The Colloquium series of the summer term 2026 by the Research Training Group GRK 2833 “East Asian Futures” will next feature an online lecture, titled “Radicalised Uncertainty. A Sociology of Imagined Future Perspective on Crises”, by Assoc. Res. Prof. Dr. Lisa SUCKERT, who already spoke during the Research Training Group’s…

  • Activity Report: Martyna SZOJA

    Activity Report: Martyna SZOJA

    As part of her doctoral research on the People’s Republic of China’s role in the global WMD non-proliferation regime, affiliated PhD researcher Martyna SZOJA of the Research Training Group GRK 2833 “East Asian …

  • Swinging a Striking Hammer for the Future of the Earth

    Swinging a Striking Hammer for the Future of the Earth

    The story of “Moon Man“ is set in our near future, where space capabilities already drastically surpassed today’s expectations. The movie initiates its narrative by presenting us and mankind with an apocalyptic threat …

  • On Doomsday Book (인류멸망보고서, 2012)

    On Doomsday Book (인류멸망보고서, 2012)

    On March 18, 2026, during the second event in the “Visions of the Future in East Asian Cinema” series, Team Korea invited the audience to consider an important question: how do East Asian societies envision, plan …