Sustainability in Japan  |  Fri–Sun, November 15–17, 2024  |  Japanese-German Center Berlin (JDZB)
The …
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Sustainability in Japan  |  Fri–Sun, November 15–17, 2024  |  Japanese-German Center Berlin (JDZB)
The Conference
Making human activity on Earth sustainable is currently the greatest challenge of mankind. Ever since the United Nations adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015, the topic has gained world-wide popularity, but what sustainability means, how it can be achieved, how it is politically negotiated, and which actors are involved differs widely across the world. The purpose of this conference is to gain a better understanding of how issues of sustainability are understood, framed and pursued by different actors in Japan. Focusing on economic, societal, and political perspectives, we hope not only to encourage more social science research and teaching related to sustainability issues in Japan, but also to interrogate more widely what sustainability means for the academic profession.

Organized by:
Harald Conrad, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU)
Barbara Holthus, German Institute for Japanese Studies (DIJ Tokyo)
Axel Klein, Institute of East Asian Studies (IN-EAST), University of Duisburg-Essen

Supported by:
Department of Modern Japanese Studies, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU)
German Association for Social Science Research on Japan (VSJF)
German Institute for Japanese Studies (DIJ Tokyo)
Gesellschaft von Freunden und Förderern der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
Institute of East Asian Studies (IN-EAST), University of Duisburg-Essen
Japanese-German Center Berlin (JDZB)

Link to the conference website of DIJ:
https://www.dijtokyo.org/event/vsjf-annual-conference-sustainability-in-japan/ weniger

Das IN-EAST feiert seine Studierenden /
IN-EAST Celebrates Its Students
Am 23. Oktober 2024 feiert das Institut mit …
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Das IN-EAST feiert seine Studierenden /
IN-EAST Celebrates Its Students
Am 23. Oktober 2024 feiert das Institut mit „Hello, Good-Bye & Welcome Back“ seine Studierenden: die neuen Erstsemester, alle, die ihren Abschluss gemacht haben, und diejenigen, die nach einem Jahr in Ostasien wieder zurück an der UDE sind. Die Veranstaltung beginnt um 19 Uhr in LX 1203. Eine Anmeldung ist über unsere Website möglich (und erforderlich): https://www.uni-due.de/in-east/study_programs/hello_and_goodbye_2024.php

On October 23, 2024, the Institute will honor its new students, graduates and those who have returned after a year in East Asia. “Hello, Good-Bye & Welcome Back” will commence at 7 pm in lecture hall LX 1203.
If you wish to join us, please register here: https://www.uni-due.de/in-east/study_programs/hello_and_goodbye_2024.php weniger

October 1–2 and 4–10, 2024, beginning at 9 a.m. (first week), and at 10 or 8 a.m. (second week)
The IN-EAST welcomes …
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October 1–2 and 4–10, 2024, beginning at 9 a.m. (first week), and at 10 or 8 a.m. (second week)
The IN-EAST welcomes a new generation of MA students in the study programs of Contemporary East Asian Studies CEAS and Modern East Asian Studies MEAS.

The Orientation Weeks are designed to ensure that all students have a smooth start into their studies and are able to familiarize themselves with the IN-EAST and the university.

Download Orientation Weeks Timetable:
https://www.uni-due.de/imperia/md/content/in-east/programs_meas_students/ma_orientation_week_2024.pdf weniger

Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK) and University of Hong Kong (UHK), Sep 23 and 24, 2024
EdUJK, Mon, Sep. 23, …
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Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK) and University of Hong Kong (UHK), Sep 23 and 24, 2024
EdUJK, Mon, Sep. 23, 2024, 5.00–6.15 a.m. CEST:
German-Style Shadow Education: Development, Specifics, and Implications
Zoom link:
https://eduhk.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_ctHGPdnXQw42K46?Q_CHL=qr
Abstract:
Shadow education (SE, i.e. private supplementary tutoring) has rapidly expanded since the 1990s and become part of mass schooling in many societies including Germany. As a result, SE is often understood as a cost-intensive status attainment strategy of upper classes that likely exacerbates the strong dependence of educational success on the students’ social origin, reflecting a failing public school system. However, research on SE in Germany does not provide clear evidence to answer the most pressing related questions: (1) What causes the (increased) investment in SE; and (2) what are the effects of SE on academic performance, school allocation and status attainment?
To answer both questions, the author draws on two major German panel studies: (1) the German National Education Panel Study (GNEPS); and (2) the German Life Courses into Middle Adulthood (LifE) study.
Results indicate that German-style SE is largely used by middle and low strata who use SE to achieve their (relatively higher) educational goals, but do not advance to educational tracks with the highest expectable returns. Our findings further indicate that dynamic factors behind the family decision for SE related to intergenerational transmission and individual characteristics should be stronger considered in future research.

UHK, Tue, Sep. 24, 2024, 8.00–9.30 a.m. CEST:
The Role of Shadow Education for Educational Success: Effects on Tracking Allocation in Germany and Japan
Zoom link:
https://hku.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAtc-uupzIsEtOj-VH1gSnUbFlihdiifqQT#/registration
Abstract:
The talk provides results from a comparative analysis examining the strategies behind family investment in SE and its outcomes for school allocation in two different institutional and cultural settings: Germany and Japan. Using national panel data, results show that in Germany SE is used largely independent of SES and does not improve the chances of admission to more advantageous schools. In contrast, SE provides students in Japan with significant advantages for educational progress at high costs (monetary and non-monetary). The results are discussed regarding the potential contribution of SE to educational success and social inequality within given country-specific constraints. weniger

in zbf (Zeitschrift für Bildungsforschung), Special Issue: Youth in Times of Crisis: Societal and Individual Challenges …
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in zbf (Zeitschrift für Bildungsforschung), Special Issue: Youth in Times of Crisis: Societal and Individual Challenges in Becoming an Adult Today, 14(4), 2024
Gniewosz, Gabriele, Steve R. Entrich & Alfred Berger [eds.] (2024): Youth in Times of Crisis: Societal and Individual Challenges in Becoming an Adult Today. Special issue of Zeitschrift für Bildungsforschung 14(4). https://link.springer.com/collections/ibaejdiede

Floiger, Madeleine, Steve R. Entrich & Wolfgang Lauterbach (2024): Against all odds – Factors explaining unexpected educational advancement of students from educationally disadvantaged families. Zeitschrift für Bildungsforschung. https://doi.org/10.1007/s35834-024-00439-4

Entrich, Steve R. (2024): How do school experiences in adolescence affect educational investment in adulthood? The case of parental investment in private tutoring in Germany. Zeitschrift für Bildungsforschung. https://doi.org/10.1007/s35834-024-00433-w weniger

Recalibrating ‘Skill’ in Changing Immigration Regimes: Skilled Migrants and the Nature of Work in Asia (16–17th Jan. …
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Recalibrating ‘Skill’ in Changing Immigration Regimes: Skilled Migrants and the Nature of Work in Asia (16–17th Jan. 2025, Singapore/hybrid)
QuaMaFA (Qualification and Skill in the Migration Process of Foreign Workers in Asia) is co-organizing a workshop Recalibrating ‘Skill’ in Changing Immigration Regimes: Skilled Migrants and the Nature of Work in Asia at the National University of Singapore (hybrid) on 16th–17th January 2025. This workshop is co-organized with the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, and it will be a hybrid event.

The Call for Papers is open, please check details from:
https://ari.nus.edu.sg/events/recalibrating-skill/

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Immigration and Quality of Life in Ageing Societies. How Attractive for Migrants are Japan and Germany? Abingdon / New York: …
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Immigration and Quality of Life in Ageing Societies. How Attractive for Migrants are Japan and Germany? Abingdon / New York: Routledge, 2024.
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Hannes Mosler war Teilnehmer beim 22. Deutsch-Koreanischen Forum in Dresden, 4. bis 6. August 2024
Er leitete unter anderem …
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Hannes Mosler war Teilnehmer beim 22. Deutsch-Koreanischen Forum in Dresden, 4. bis 6. August 2024
Er leitete unter anderem das Panel Wertebasierte strategische Partnerschaft Deutschlands und Koreas im Kontext aktueller geopolitischer Veränderungen und Herausforderungen als Moderator. Die IN-EAST-Studierenden Paula Kaminski, Wiebke Deipenwisch und Franziska Wagner nahmen am Deutsch-Koreanischen Juniorforum teil.

https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/kooperation-dulig-zusammenarbeit-mit-korea-fuer-deutschland-sehr-wichtig-dpa.urn-newsml-dpa-com-20090101-240905-930-223624 weniger

(1) Das IN-EAST bei der Friedenssommerschule in Seoul, 28. August 2024;
(2) IN-EAST at the KDIS-EU Summer School in Sejong …
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(1) Das IN-EAST bei der Friedenssommerschule in Seoul, 28. August 2024;
(2) IN-EAST at the KDIS-EU Summer School in Sejong / Seoul, 30 August 2024
Hannes Mosler hielt einen Vortrag mit dem Thema Das komplexe Innere Südkoreas Außenpolitik in Zeiten multipler Krisen bei der Sommerschule Frieden in Nordostasien in einer Zeit des globalen Wandels, 26.–31. August 2024, Zentrum für Deutschland- und Europastudien (ZeDES), Chung-Ang-Universität, Seoul. Auch Hee Kyoung Chang (wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin) und Elisabeth Rachstein (Doktorandin) nahmen am Programm der Friedenssommerschule teil.
https://static.daad.de/media/daad_de/pdfs_nicht_barrierefrei/infos-services-fuer-hochschulen/zedes_ausschreibung_nordostasiatische_friedenssommerschule.pdf

Hannes Mosler gave a presentation on IN-EAST at a glance – with a special focus on Korean Studies at the KDIS-EU Summer School on Economic Development that took place in Sejong and Seoul, and was organized by the KDI School of Public Policy and Management, August 26–30, 2024. Also, the two IN-EAST BA students Anna Hahn and Tim Kuhnen represented the IN-EAST at the KDI Summer School. https://kdis-eu-2024.framer.website/ weniger

How Germany uses its pardon power. In: The Hankyoreh’s opinion section, August 26, 2024 (in Korean)

Der Politikwissenschaftler Willy Jou (Universität Waseda, Tokyo) ist in diesem Sommer Gast des IN-EAST
Prof. Willy Jou …
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Der Politikwissenschaftler Willy Jou (Universität Waseda, Tokyo) ist in diesem Sommer Gast des IN-EAST
Prof. Willy Jou untersucht gemeinsam mit Axel Klein und Hannes Mosler populistische Phänomene in ostasiatischen Demokratien und ist Mitglied des PinEAD-Forschungsprojekts https://www.uni-due.de/in-east/research/pinead.php ).
Er wird zudem in der Lehre und bei der Research Training Group East Asian Futures mitwirken. weniger

Visualizations of Chinese Nation Branding: A Comparative Study of the 2008 and 2022 Beijing Olympic Games Opening Ceremonies …
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Visualizations of Chinese Nation Branding: A Comparative Study of the 2008 and 2022 Beijing Olympic Games Opening Ceremonies | Paper by Han Xie

Download: https://www.uni-due.de/in-east/news/green_series.php#2024
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From Non-Reality to Possibility: Sublating the Conceptions of the Future in St. Augustine and the Later Mohist Cannon | …
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From Non-Reality to Possibility: Sublating the Conceptions of the Future in St. Augustine and the Later Mohist Cannon | July 25, 2024, 18–20 h CEST | Online Lecture
Jana Rošker is professor of Sinology, co-founder and long-standing Head of the Department of Asian Studies at the University of Ljubljana.

Zoom Link:
https://ruhr-uni-bochum.zoom-x.de/j/68151233740?pwd=WFKVCbU3Zbeuj5r7TlrfeT9ekegMhr.1
Meeting-ID: 681 5123 3740
Passwort: 597650

Link to the website of East Asian Futures:
https://east-asian-futures.de weniger

Political Freedom to Civil Servants. In: The Hankyoreh’s opinion section, July 22, 2024 (in Korean)

Duisburg and Its Partnerships with China and Wuhan: An “All-Weather” Friendly Relationship amidst Contemporary Crises? …
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Duisburg and Its Partnerships with China and Wuhan: An “All-Weather” Friendly Relationship amidst Contemporary Crises? | Paper by Giulia C. Romano and Markus Taube

Download: https://www.uni-due.de/in-east/news/green_series.php#2024
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