The Scientific Working Groups on Southeast Asia and East Asia (German Geographical Society) will hold their Annual Meeting, …
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The Scientific Working Groups on Southeast Asia and East Asia (German Geographical Society) will hold their Annual Meeting, June 25–27, 2021
The conference will be held digitally via Zoom. Interested participants are welcome. Please register with Ms. Dorina Kley
(dkley@uni-koeln.de).

Link to the Meeting Program:
https://www.uni-due.de/imperia/md/content/in-east/events/ak_seas_oas_2021_programm.pdf weniger

Social Protection, Labour Mobility and the Rise of Life Insurance in Rural Central Vietnam  |  Wed, June 23, 2021, 16–18 …
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Social Protection, Labour Mobility and the Rise of Life Insurance in Rural Central Vietnam  |  Wed, June 23, 2021, 16–18 h  |  Online Meeting
Moderation: Karen Shire

Minh T.N. Nguyen is Professor of Social Anthropology at the Faculty of Sociology, Bielefeld University.

The lecture will be held as a web-seminar via Zoom. Please register (if not already done):
https://uni-due.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAsdeyspjgtG9WK4EtOrKgwQlwyhjbLlm-s

Link to the program of the IN-EAST Research Forum during summer term 2021:
https://www.uni-due.de/in-east/events/in-east_research_forum
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A Way Out or a Way In? Social competition in China and transnational mobilities  |  Tue, June 22, 2021, 14–16 h c.t.  |  Online …
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A Way Out or a Way In? Social competition in China and transnational mobilities  |  Tue, June 22, 2021, 14–16 h c.t.  |  Online Lecture
Biao Xiang is Professor of Social Anthropology, University of Oxford & MPI for Social Anthropology, Halle.

For abstract, bio, and registration link, please see:
https://www.area-ruhr.de/22-june-2021-14-16-h-biao-xiang-a-way-out-or-a-way-in-social-competition-in-china/ weniger

and Mercator School of Management, Full Time, for 36 Months, Application Deadline: July 8, 2021

We are a young, …
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and Mercator School of Management, Full Time, for 36 Months, Application Deadline: July 8, 2021

We are a young, innovative university located in the heart of the Ruhr metropolis. We pride ourselves on outstanding research and teaching, think in terms of opportunities rather than limitations and develop ideas with a view to the future. Diversity is an integral part of our culture as we promote potential and are committed to upholding genuine equity in education.

The University of Duisburg-Essen invites applications for

Two Postdoctoral Positions (F/M/X)

(Pay grade E 13 TV-L)

at the Mercator School of Management (MSM) and the Institute of East Asian Studies (IN-EAST), both located at the Duisburg campus.

Main Tasks:

The successful candidates should carry out independent research in the field of East Asian Business or Economic Studies (preferably with a focus on Japan or Korea) or in transnational studies with a focus on the East Asian region. It is expected that they teach up to 4 hours/week in the East Asian Studies programmes at BA and MA level and fulfil some administrative tasks. The job responsibilities allow opportunities for the further development of academic qualifications and skills.

Your Profile:

• MA (or equivalent) and a dissertation/thesis in economics, business administration or area studies with a focus on economics
• Excellent knowledge of the East Asian region or one of its countries (in particular Japan or Korea)
• Very good knowledge of an East Asian language and of the English language

The concept of East Asian Studies at the University of Duisburg-Essen grounds regional studies research and teaching in the theories and methods of the social and economic sciences. The IN-EAST and the MSM offer an attractive and international research and teaching environment with a large network of cooperation partners in East Asia and Europe.

The University Offers You:

• Access to further education
• A company ticket for public transport
• The opportunity to participate in sports and health programmes (university sports)

Expected start date: as soon as possible

Contract period: 36 months

Working time: full time

Application deadline: July 8, 2021

The University of Duisburg-Essen aims to promote diversity among its members (see http://www.uni-due.de/diversity; only available in German). It also aims to increase the number of women among its academic staff, and therefore encourages women with pertinent qualifications to apply. Women with equal qualifications will be preferred in accordance with state equality legislation. Applications from qualified disabled persons as defined by Section 2 (3) of the German Social Code, Book IX (SGB IX) are also encouraged.

Applications including the usual documents (CV, list of publications, documentation of academic and professional development, copies of relevant documents and certificates, an overview of the applicant’s research profile with reference to its relevance for the University of Duisburg-Essen) quoting Reference 463-21 should be sent by July 8, 2021 at latest to Prof. Markus Taube, Universität Duisburg-Essen, MSM/IN-EAST, 47048 Duisburg, markus.taube@uni-due.de.

Further enquiries regarding these positions should be directed to Mr. Helmut Demes, Executive Director IN-EAST, helmut.demes@uni-due.de,
+49 (0)203 37-94191.

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Denuclearisation Means Regime Change in North Korea. In: 9DASHLINE, June 15, 2021.

Transnational Comparison: Studying Standard Diffusion and the Glocalization of ­Medical Professional Practice ...  |  Wed, …
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Transnational Comparison: Studying Standard Diffusion and the Glocalization of ­Medical Professional Practice ...  |  Wed, June 16, 2021, 10–12 h  |  Online Meeting
... through a Quasi-Experiment in Ankara, Beijing, Groningen and ­Würzburg

Moderation: Karen Shire

Anja Weiß is Professor for Sociology with focus on macrosociology and transnational processes, University of Duisburg-Essen.

The lecture will be held as a web-seminar. Please register (if not already done):
https://uni-due.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAsdeyspjgtG9WK4EtOrKgwQlwyhjbLlm-s

Link to the program of the IN-EAST Research Forum during summer term 2021:
https://www.uni-due.de/in-east/events/in-east_research_forum weniger

The False Promise of Membership in the “Family of Nations”: Diplomacy, treaties, legations, and Choson Korea’s fall …
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The False Promise of Membership in the “Family of Nations”: Diplomacy, treaties, legations, and Choson Korea’s fall into colonial rule in the age of high imperialism  |  Tue, June 15, 2021, 6–8 pm  |  Online Lecture
Kirk Larsen is Professor of History at Brigham Young University, Provo, USA

For abstract, bio, and registration link, please see:
https://www.area-ruhr.de/15-june-2021-kirk-larsen-the-false-promise-of-membership-in-the-family-of-nations/ weniger

Harvesting State Support. Institutional Change and Local Agency in Japanese Agriculture. University of Toronto Press, 2021
Agriculture …
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Harvesting State Support. Institutional Change and Local Agency in Japanese Agriculture. University of Toronto Press, 2021
Agriculture has been among the toughest political battlegrounds in post-war Japan and represents an ideal case study in institutional stability and change. Inefficient land use and a rapidly aging workforce have long been undermining the economic viability of the agricultural sector. Yet vested interests in the small-scale, part-time agricultural production structure have obstructed major reforms. Change has instead occurred in more subtle ways. Since the mid-1990s, a gradual reform process has dismantled some of the core pillars of the post-war agricultural support and protection regime. Harvesting State Support analyzes this process by shifting the analytical focus to the local level.
Drawing on extensive qualitative field research, Hanno Jentzsch investigates how local actors, including farmers, local governments, and local agricultural cooperatives, have translated abstract policies into local practice. Showing how local variants are constructed through recombining national reforms with the local informal institutional environment, Harvesting State Support reveals new links between agricultural reform and other shifts in Japan’s political economy.

Link to publisher’s website:
https://utorontopress.com/us/harvesting-state-support-3

Hanno Jentzsch, a former doctoral student at the Junior Training Group 1613 Risk and East Asia at the IN-EAST, is now Assistant Professor at the Department of East Asian Studies / Japanese Studies, University of Vienna.

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Artikel von Florian Coulmas über Filmaufnahmen im Auftrag der Nazis aus dem niederländischen Lager Westerbork, Feuilleton …
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Artikel von Florian Coulmas über Filmaufnahmen im Auftrag der Nazis aus dem niederländischen Lager Westerbork, Feuilleton der NZZ vom 15.6.2021
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„Weniger fliegen“ ist ein Vorsatz, den Mitglieder vom IN-EAST gemeinsam mit anderen Kolleg#innen der UDE in der akademischen …
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„Weniger fliegen“ ist ein Vorsatz, den Mitglieder vom IN-EAST gemeinsam mit anderen Kolleg#innen der UDE in der akademischen Welt populär machen möchten
Auf „flyless.net“ http://www.flyless.net ) können sich Angehörige aller Hochschulen selbst zu einem Verzicht auf Kurzstreckenflüge verpflichten und so der Idee zu mehr Durchschlagskraft verhelfen, den Zug zu nehmen, wenn die Reise weniger als acht Stunden in Anspruch nimmt. Flyless.net wurde Anfang Juni 2021 als Teil der „UDE for Future“-Initiative vom Nachhaltigkeitsbeauftragten der UDE gewürdigt (https://www.uni-due.de/nachhaltigkeit/belobigungen.php ).

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NOlympia? Die Spiele in Tokyo und was von ihnen übrig bleibt  |  Freitag, 11. Juni 2021, 16–17.30 Uhr  |  Online-Veranstaltung
Die …
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NOlympia? Die Spiele in Tokyo und was von ihnen übrig bleibt  |  Freitag, 11. Juni 2021, 16–17.30 Uhr  |  Online-Veranstaltung
Die Olympiade und ihre Schwester, die Paralympiade, stehen unter keinem guten Stern. Die Pandemie hat 2020 IOC, IPC und japanische Regierung mit großen Unsicherheiten konfrontiert und nach langem Abwägen zu einer Verschiebung der Spiele um ein Jahr in den Juli 2021 bewogen. Dadurch sind die Sorgenfalten der Organisierenden jedoch nicht kleiner geworden. Auch diesen Sommer wird es unmöglich sein, „normale“ Spiele zu feiern. Ausländische Besuchende werden kaum einreisen können, wie viele Menschen überhaupt den Wettkämpfen an den Sportstätten beiwohnen dürfen, ist unklar. Selbst die Frage, ob Olympia nicht doch abgesagt werden sollte, gilt für viele im Gastgeberland noch als unbeantwortet. Eine Mehrheit der Menschen in Japan spricht sich für eine Absage aus. Was bleibt also von diesem größten Sportfest der Welt, das als friedliches und fröhliches Zusammenkommen von Athleten aller Länder gefeiert werden will?

Der diesjährige Ostasientag des IN-EAST beschäftigt sich mit diesen und anderen Fragen zu Olympia in Tokyo. Eingeladen sind Gäste, die nicht nur im Austragungsort leben, sondern auch aus verschiedenen Perspektiven über das Mega-Event und sein Gastgeberland sprechen können:

Katharina Bauernschmidt
Paralympia-Teilnehmerin in Tokyo für das Team Deutschland und außerdem für den WSV Niederrhein Duisburg in Va’a (Kanadier) und Kajak

Martin Fritz
Langjähriger Japan-Korrespondent und Autor

Barbara G. Holthus
Stellv. Direktorin des Deutschen Instituts für Japanstudien Tokyo und Olympia-Freiwillige (Olympic Volunteer)

Torsten Weber
Historiker am Deutschen Institut für Japanstudien Tokyo

Moderiert wird die Online-Veranstaltung von Axel Klein
Professor am Institut für Ostasienwissenschaften der Universität Duisburg-Essen

Mehr Informationen: https://www.uni-due.de/in-east/events/east_asia_day/ead_25.php


Wir bitten interessierte Zuhörer, sich zu registrieren unter:
https://uni-due.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5MsceyrpjgvHdVWVRb0X9ANhberue-2zlKe
Nach der Registrierung bekommen Sie eine automatische E-Mail mit den Zugangsdaten. weniger

The IN-EAST’s Axel Klein contributed his views on Japanese populism to this feature article published by Al Jazeera
Written …
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The IN-EAST’s Axel Klein contributed his views on Japanese populism to this feature article published by Al Jazeera
Written by Michael Penn for Al Jazeera, this article looks at Japanese populism or what has been called “populism” in the East Asian country.

The article is available online at: https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2021/6/10/why-is-populism-so-unpopular-in-japan weniger

Nele Noesselt (IN-EAST) gehörte zum Autorenteam des Fokus (S. 25–47) „China – Partner, Konkurrent oder Rivale?“
Harald …
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Nele Noesselt (IN-EAST) gehörte zum Autorenteam des Fokus (S. 25–47) „China – Partner, Konkurrent oder Rivale?“
Harald Krähe (IN-EAST) unterstützte sie mit einer graphischen Darstellung.

Das Friedensgutachten wird seit 1987 erstellt von BICC Bonn International Center for Conversion, HSFK Leibniz-Institut Hessische Stiftung Friedens- und Konfliktforschung, IFSH Institut für Friedensforschung und Sicherheitspolitik an der Universität Hamburg und INEF Institut für Entwicklung und Frieden an der Universität Duisburg-Essen. 2021 hat das im transcript Verlag erschienene Gutachten den Untertitel „Europa kann mehr!“. Es ist auch im Internet kostenfrei verfügbar: http://www.friedensgutachten.de und wurde am 8.6.2021 auf der Bundespressekonferenz vorgestellt. weniger

The Making of the 20th Century City: Towards a Transnational Urban History of Japan and Europe  |  Wed, June 9, 2021, …
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The Making of the 20th Century City: Towards a Transnational Urban History of Japan and Europe  |  Wed, June 9, 2021, 16–18 h  |  Online Meeting
Moderation: Karen Shire

Katja Schmidtpott is Professor for Japanese History at the Faculty of East Asian Studies, Ruhr University Bochum.

The lecture is co-organized by AREA Ruhr
https://www.area-ruhr.de )

The lecture will be held as a web-seminar. Please register (if not already done):
https://uni-due.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAsdeyspjgtG9WK4EtOrKgwQlwyhjbLlm-s

Link to the program of the IN-EAST Research Forum during summer term 2021:
https://www.uni-due.de/in-east/events/in-east_research_forum weniger

In: Nora Kottmann and Cornelia Reiher (Hg.): Studying Japan. Handbook of Research Designs, Fieldwork and Methods. Nomos, …
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In: Nora Kottmann and Cornelia Reiher (Hg.): Studying Japan. Handbook of Research Designs, Fieldwork and Methods. Nomos, 2020.
Book Chapter by Karen Shire: Transnational Research in Japan Studies – an Oxymoron? Studying cross-border labour mobility in globalising Japanese production organisations.

Some former doctoral students of IN-EAST also contributed to this book: Kai Schulze, Hanno Jentzsch and Steffen Heinrich.

Link to Publisher’s website:
https://www.nomos-shop.de/nomos/titel/studying-japan-id-89163/

Online book party:
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