Prof. Dr. Marion EGGERT
Chair Korean Studies (Korean Language and Culture)
Specialisation: Korean history of ideas, esp. of Chosŏn times; Korean hanmun literature; Modern Korean literature, esp. poetry; Korean-Chinese cultural connections
Faculty of East Asian Studies
Ruhr University Bochum, MB 3.133
Universitätsstraße 142, 44799 Bochum
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Prof. Dr. Carmen MEINERT
Chair Central Asian Religions
Specialisation: Transfer of Buddhism in Central Asia, Tibet and China; Cultural perspectives on environmental and climate change; Buddhism and Human Rights
Center for Religious Studies (CERES) and Faculty of East Asian Studies
Ruhr University Bochum
Universitätsstr. 90a, 1.05, 44789 Bochum
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Prof. Dr. Christine MOLL-MURATA (Speaker)
Chair History of China
Specialisation: Socioeconomic History of China, especially Song to Republic; History of Taiwan
Faculty of East Asian Studies
Ruhr University Bochum, MB 2.134
Universitätsstraße 142, 44799 Bochum
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Prof. Dr. Hannes MOSLER
Professor for Social Science of East Asia – Korean Society and Politics
Specialisation: South Korean politics; political systems; political parties; electoral institutions; comparative constitutional law; memory politics; civic education
Institute of East Asian Studies and Institute of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences
University of Duisburg-Essen, Campus Duisburg
Forsthausweg 2, LE 713, 47057 Duisburg
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Prof. Dr. Dr. Nele NOESSELT
Professor for Political Science with a special focus on East Asia / China
Specialisation: Chinese foreign relations; EU-China relations; Chinese International Relations theory; Governance in China; Transformation / transition of socialist systems
Institute of East Asian Studies and Institute of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences
University of Duisburg-Essen, Campus Duisburg
Forsthausweg 2, LE 709b, 47057 Duisburg
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Prof. Dr. Katja SCHMIDTPOTT
Chair Japanese History
Specialisation: Modern Japanese History (19th / 20th centuries), esp. social and economic history; German-Japanese economic relations; Urban &
architectural history; Rationalisation of everyday life.
Faculty of East Asian Studies
Ruhr University Bochum, MB 3.125
Universitätsstraße 142, 44799 Bochum
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Prof. Dr. Christian SCHWERMANN
Chair Chinese Language and Literature
Specialisation: Didactics, grammar, rhetoric of classical Chinese; Historical semantics and conceptual history; Ancient economic theory; Institutional history, Antiquity to the Middle Ages
Faculty of East Asian Studies
Ruhr University Bochum, MB 2.126
Universitätsstraße 142, 44799 Bochum
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Prof. Karen A. SHIRE, Ph.D.
Chair Comparative Sociology and Japanese Society
Specialisation: Social institutions; Work and employment; Gender-based inequalities; Economic sociology; Transnational labour markets; Japanese society
Institute of East Asian Studies and Institute of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, and Director, Essen College for Gender Research
University of Duisburg-Essen, Campus Duisburg
Forsthausweg 2, LE 715, 47057 Duisburg
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Prof. Dr. Markus TAUBE (Co-Speaker)
Chair East Asian Economic Studies / China
Specialisation: Institutional economics (state-business nexus, industrial policy, informal networks); Institutional transfers and policy diffusion (incoming to China, outgoing via BRI)
Institute of East Asian Studies and Mercator School of Management, Faculty of Business Administration
University of Duisburg-Essen, Campus Duisburg
Forsthausweg 2, LE 705, 47057 Duisburg
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