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

Globe on a book
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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

| Lecture
Lecture by Prof. Dr. Giulia FalatoLecture by Prof. Dr. Giulia Falato
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Lecture by Prof. Dr. Giulia Falato

Wednesday, 17 June 2026

The Institute of Sinology and East Asian Studies and the Asian Studies Centre are jointly hosting a guest lecture by Prof. Dr Giulia Falato from the University of Parma as part of the "Sinological Lectures Münster" series, on the topic "Aesop and Mediterranean Wisdom in China: Processes of Circulation and Transformation". The lecture will take place on Wednesday, 17 June 2026, at 6 PM c.t., in seminar room RS 23 of the Institute of Sinology and East Asian Studies. All interested parties are very welcome!

| Cooperation in focus
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The German-Uzbek University Network (Münster-Uzbekistan)

Cooperation in focus

The new article in the "Cooperation in focus" series is dedicated to the cooperation between German Studies and partner universities in Uzbekistan, which has been in place for over 15 years and now encompasses a broad network in Central Asia. Albina Haas talks about regional networking, promoting young talents, exchange formats for students of German as a foreign language, and the further development of joint digital teaching and publication structures.