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]

News & events

| Conference
© Uni MS - Jan Lehmann

International Collaboration in Times of Conflict

ENTRANCE Regional Conference

The University of Münster is hosting the ENTRANCE Regional Conference "International Collaboration in Times of Conflict" on 9 February 2026, starting at 1 PM. The focus will be on confidence in international scientific cooperation, particularly with regard to China and the possible effects on cooperation with other countries such as the USA. All interested parties are welcome to attend. The event will be held in German, but contributions to the discussion in English are also possible. Registration is requested, but participation without registration is also possible: https://indico.uni-muenster.de/event/3918/.

| Cooperation in focus
© Dr. Philip Bockholt

Cooperative research on translation processes in the Ottoman Turkish region

Cooperation in focus

The new issue of the "Cooperation in focus" series looks at academic cooperation with partner universities in Turkey. Jun.-Prof. Dr. Philip Bockholt (Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies) talks about international cooperation in historical research, translation processes in the Ottoman context, and the importance of personal encounters for sustainable academic exchange.

| Cooperation in focus
Permaculture in East TimorPermaculture in East Timor
© Thomas Stodulka

The cooperations with Permatil and PermaYouth

Cooperation in focus

The latest article in the "Cooperation in focus" section takes us to East Timor. In conversation with Prof. Dr. Thomas Stodulka (Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology), we discuss cooperation with the grassroots organisation Permatil – an international network that combines ecological education, sustainable agriculture and social justice.