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
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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.

| General meeting
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General meeting

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

More information soon.

| Lecture
Center for Religion and ModernityCenter for Religion and Modernity
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Classics of Mystical Spirituality

Lecture in winter semester 2026/27

The lecture held by Prof. Dr. Perry Schmidt-Leukel offers an accessible introduction to classical texts of mystical spirituality from China, Japan, India, Arabia and Europe.