Welcome to the Asian Studies Centre at the University of Münster

The Asian Studies Centre is based at the Faculty of Philology at the University of Münster and was founded in 2024. It aims at networking scholars, students, and employees interested in Asia, who do research on Asia, or who are from Asia, to bundle their wide-ranging interests and competencies and make use of otherwise unknown synergies. [more]

Academic collaboration with the PRC

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© Uni MS - Jan Lehmann

Since academic collaboration with China has recently become a challenge and raises questions that cannot always be answered, we have collected valuable information which might render some assistance. [see more]

News & events

| ESRA lecture series
Poster ESRA BockholtPoster ESRA Bockholt
© Uni MS - Asienzentrum

Lecture by Kevin Bockholt

Emerging Scholars Research Asia (ESRA)

Kevin Bockholt (Ruhr University Bochum) will give a talk on Tuesday, 10 November 2026, at 4 PM c.t., on the topic "Helden oder Opfer? Das ungeklärte Erbe der chinesischen Arbeiter im Ersten Weltkrieg". The talk is part of the "Emerging Scholars Research Asia (ESRA)" series and will be held in German.

No registration is required. Anyone interested is very welcome to attend!

| Event for students
Students for students, winter semester 2026/27Students for students, winter semester 2026/27
© Uni MS - Institut für Sinologie und Ostasienkunde

Students for students, winter semester 2026/27

As part of the "Students for Students - Students report on their experiences in internships and studying abroad" series, in winter semester 2026/27 two students from the Institute of Sinology and East Asian Studies report on their experiences at the Yunnan Normal University 云南师范大学 in Kunming and at the Sichuan University 四川大学 in Chengdu.

| Workshop

Dynamics of (De-)Industrialisation: Linguistic and Cultural Studies Perspectives

Workshop as part of the GIP Münster–Genoa–Shenzhen

29–30 October 2026, University of Münster

The workshop forms part of the German Studies Institute Partnership (GIP) ‘Multilingualism in (post-)industrial metropolitan regions’ organised by the University of Münster in collaboration with the Università di Genova (Italy) and Shenzhen Technology University (PR China).

| General meeting
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General meeting

Monday, 26 October 2026, 6 PM c.t.

The schedule and topics were communicated via the mailing list.