Welcome to the Asian Studies Centre at the University of Münster

The Institute of Sinology and East Asian Studies and the Institute for Missiology and the Study of Theologies Beyond Europe, in cooperation with the Cluster of Excellence "Religion and Politics" and the Asian Studies Centre, invite to the international conference "Intercultural Knowledge Transfer in (Transregional) Asian Religious Contexts", which will take place from 13 to 15 November 2025 in Münster.
Contact: knowledgetransfer2025@uni-muenster.de

What are the challenges for international trade negotiations - especially in the current conflict-ridden geopolitical context? What does it mean when large states (such as the USA) increasingly negotiate their trade relations bilaterally and thus increasingly assert their position of power? And how can individual states reposition themselves?
Professor Altemöller's guest lecture at the International College of the National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA) in Bangkok dealt with these and other questions of international trade. [Read more (in German)]

With a joint workshop, we at the Asian Studies Centre want to explore our possibilities for interdisciplinary research on the topic of body and age(ing) in Asia, in line with the thematic year "Body and Religion" of the Cluster of Excellence "Religion and Politics".
We invite interested scholars who are interested in the Asian cultural area to participate in the planned workshop. Short presentations (10-15 minutes) are planned, followed by a joint discussion of the next steps. For this reason, we ask for expressions of interest with a brief outline of the topic. We are considering the first week of the semester in October 2025 as the date for the workshop, possibly the 16th, 17th (Thu/Fri) or possibly also the 18th of October (Sat); the specific date will be discussed together.
Contact: asienzentrum@uni-muenster.de
Contact persons: Syrinx von Hees and Kerstin Storm