Democratic Resilience and the Far-Right in South Korea and Japan  |  Wed, December 10, 2025, 13.45–17 h  |  NETZ Building, Room 2.42

PROGRAM

13:45   Opening
             Hannes …

Democratic Resilience and the Far-Right in South Korea and Japan  |  Wed, December 10, 2025, 13.45–17 h  |  NETZ Building, Room 2.42

PROGRAM

13:45   Opening
             Hannes Mosler, UDE
14:00   Introduction: Democratic Resilience and the Far-Right in South Korea
             Hannes Mosler, UDE
14:20   Democracy and Civic Virtue in South Korea
             Brendan Howe, Ewha Womans University
14:40   Break
14:50   Mobilizing 'China-Hatred' and Identity Politics in South Korea
             Hee Kyoung Chang, UDE
15:10   Populism and the Far-Right in Japan
             Axel Klein, UDE
15:40   Roundtable Discussion / Q&A
17:00   Closing


Founded by the Academy of Korean Studies

Download of the conference poster:
https://www.uni-due.de/imperia/md/content/in-east/events/democratic_resilience_poster.pdf

Link to the website of the event (incl. photos):
https://www.uni-due.de/in-east/events_neu/democratic_resilience_2025.php

Remembering the Military “Comfort Women”: Memory Activism and the Legacies of World War II  |  December 9, 2025, 16.15–17.45 h  |  Online …

Remembering the Military “Comfort Women”: Memory Activism and the Legacies of World War II  |  December 9, 2025, 16.15–17.45 h  |  Online via Zoom
Dorothea Mladenova is a Research Associate for Japanese Studies at the East Asian Institute at Leipzig University.

AREA Ruhr lecture and discussion series Eighty Years on: The End of the Second Word War in East Asia – Looking Back and Ahead
More Information: https://www.area-ruhr.de/202511051339371778/

“This is China”, The Story that Sells: The Politics of Rebranding National Images in the New Media. In: Media Realities. A West-Eastern Divan
Ed. …

“This is China”, The Story that Sells: The Politics of Rebranding National Images in the New Media. In: Media Realities. A West-Eastern Divan
Ed. by Markus Heidingsfelder, Yan Bo and Holger Briel. London and New York: Routledge, 2026, pp. 118–139.
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.4324/9781003528616/media-realities-markus-heidingsfelder-yan-bo-holger-briel

Deutschland – China: Aus der Kooperation in die Abhängigkeit? – China-Tag Ruhr Niederrhein  |  4. Dez. 2025, 10–15 Uhr  |  Beckmanns …

Deutschland – China: Aus der Kooperation in die Abhängigkeit? – China-Tag Ruhr Niederrhein  |  4. Dez. 2025, 10–15 Uhr  |  Beckmanns Hof, RUB

Einladung zur Mitgliederversammlung am Dienstag, den 2. Dezember 2025 um 18 Uhr im IN-EAST, Raum LE 736
Die Teilnahme ist auch per Videoschaltung …

Einladung zur Mitgliederversammlung am Dienstag, den 2. Dezember 2025 um 18 Uhr im IN-EAST, Raum LE 736
Die Teilnahme ist auch per Videoschaltung möglich. Bitte meldet Euch unter alfredo.ude@gmail.com an. Ihr erhaltet dann vor der Sitzung die Zugangsdaten per E-Mail. Hier findet ihr die Tagesordnung:
https://www.uni-due.de/imperia/md/content/in-east/alumni/alfredo/einladung_mitgliederversammlung_2025-11.pdf

Es wäre schön, möglichst viele von Euch begrüßen zu dürfen. Nach der Mitgliederversammlung planen wir, in den Finkenkrug zu gehen.

Herzliche Grüße

Dirk Petzold, Helmut Demes, Yasmin Taleghani

Liliia Peicheva (GRK 2833 East Asian Futures) hat sich erfolgreich auf das Promotionsprogramm der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung beworben.
Laufzeit: …

Liliia Peicheva (GRK 2833 East Asian Futures) hat sich erfolgreich auf das Promotionsprogramm der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung beworben.
Laufzeit: 36 Monate.
Titel der laufenden Dissertation: Taking Sides or Staying Neutral: Making Sense of China’s Neutrality in International Conflicts (Betreuerin: Nele Noesselt)

China in the World – Geoeconomics, Geopolitics, and Social Tension  |  Wed, November 26, 2025, 9.30–14.30 h  |  UDE, Duisburg Campus
Building …

China in the World – Geoeconomics, Geopolitics, and Social Tension  |  Wed, November 26, 2025, 9.30–14.30 h  |  UDE, Duisburg Campus
Building LN–NETZ, Room 2.42, Carl-Benz-Straße 199, 47057 Duisburg. Attendance is free of charge.
Registration required until Nov. 23, 2025: info@cnetrnr.de

Website of C-NET RNR:
https://www.cnetrnr.de/2025/11/14/china-in-the-world-geoeconomics-geopolitics-and-social-tension/

Book Talk: Youngah Guahk – Host: Axel Klein (IN-EAST)  |  Tue, Nov. 25, 2025, 5 pm CET  |  Online via Zoom
Sustainable Development …

Book Talk: Youngah Guahk – Host: Axel Klein (IN-EAST)  |  Tue, Nov. 25, 2025, 5 pm CET  |  Online via Zoom
Sustainable Development and Local Government in South Korea. The Politics of Eco-City Transition. London: Routledge, 2025, by Youngah Guahk (Luiss University, Rome).

Mehr Informationen:
https://www.area-ruhr.de/202510091205131751/

Der fünfte Band in der von Kenneth McElwain, Robert J. Pekkanen und Daniel M. Smith herausgegebenen Serie “Japan Decides” ist jetzt bei …

Der fünfte Band in der von Kenneth McElwain, Robert J. Pekkanen und Daniel M. Smith herausgegebenen Serie “Japan Decides” ist jetzt bei Palgrave Macmillan erschienen
Diese umfassende Analyse der japanischen Unterhauswahl vom Oktober 2024 beinhaltet 20 Kapitel, darunter das von Axel Klein und Levi McLaughlin verfasste zur Komeito.
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-98797-7

Beyond Control and Subversion: Ways of Being Online in China  |  Thu, November 20, 2025, 16–18 h  |  Room SG 183, Geibelstr. 41, 47057 …

Beyond Control and Subversion: Ways of Being Online in China  |  Thu, November 20, 2025, 16–18 h  |  Room SG 183, Geibelstr. 41, 47057 Duisburg
Jessica Imbach is Junior Professor at the Department of Sinology/Contemporary China at University of Freiburg

Download of the Poster:
https://www.uni-due.de/imperia/md/content/in-east/events/vortrag_imbach_2025_plakat.pdf

In an extensive interview with Selcuk Gultasli from the European Center for Populism Studies, Axel Klein explains his view on new Prime Minister …

In an extensive interview with Selcuk Gultasli from the European Center for Populism Studies, Axel Klein explains his view on new Prime Minister Takaichi and whether she should be seen as a populist
Link: https://www.populismstudies.org/prof-klein-it-is-difficult-to-label-japanese-pm-takaichi-a-populist-despite-her-nationalism-and-anti-feminism/

Association of Chinese Political Studies (ACPS) Annual Conference 2025 at King’s College London, November 20, 2025
In her role as president …

Association of Chinese Political Studies (ACPS) Annual Conference 2025 at King’s College London, November 20, 2025
In her role as president of the Association of Chinese Political Studies (ACPS), Nele Noesselt organized and hosted the 2025 Annual Conference at King's College London.
Xiaoli Guo presented her paper Flexibility as Emergent Property: China and the Dynamics of Adaptive Order.