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Interdisciplinary Centre for East Asian Studies Annual Report 2018/19 IZO | Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Ostasienstudien Tätigkeitsbericht 2018/19 Interdisciplinary Centre for East Asian Studies Annual Report 2018/19 INTERDISZIPLINÄRES i ZENTRUM FÜR z o OSTASIENSTUDIEN IZO | Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Ostasienstudien Tätigkeitsbericht 2018/19 Interdisciplinary Centre for East Asian Studies Annual Report 2018/19 Inhalt 4 Grußwort des Geschäftsführenden Direktors 8 Rückblick auf das akademische Jahr 2018/2019 10 Zielsetzung und Aufgaben des Zentrums 12 Geschäftsführung, Direktorium und Koordination 14 Wissenschaftlicher Beirat 14 Kuratorium 16 Förderer und Sponsoren 17 Forschung 17 Interdisziplinäre Forschungsprojekte 23 Kooperationspartner in Frankfurt und dem Rhein-Main-Gebiet 24 Forschungsschwerpunkte und Forschungsaktivitäten der dem IZO zugeordneten Professuren 52 Forschungsaktivitäten der Koordinatorinnen des IZO und des MEAS-Studiengangs 53 Forschungsaktivitäten weiterer und assoziierter Mitglieder des IZO 55 IZO Fellows und GastwissenschaftlerInnen 56 Studium und Lehre 56 Studiengänge 58 Fächerübergreifende und internationale Lehrprojekte 60 Abschlussarbeiten von Studierenden und Postgraduierten 64 Veranstaltungen 64 Gastvorträge am IZO 70 Veranstaltete Tagungen, Workshops, Symposien 82 Weitere Einzelveranstaltungen 83 Internationales 83 Kooperationen 84 Auslandsaufenthalte von Zentrumsmitgliedern 86 Herausgebertätigkeit, Gremien- und Verbandsarbeit 94 Frankfurt East Asian Studies Series 95 Frankfurt Working Papers on East Asia 2 Contents 5 A Word of Welcome from the Executive Director 8 The Academic Year 2018/19 in Retrospect 11 Mission of the Centre 13 Executive Board, Board of Directors and Coordination 15 Academic Advisory Board 15 Board of Trustees 16 Supporters and Sponsors 17 Research 17 Interdisciplinary Research Projects 23 The Centre’s Academic Partners in Frankfurt and the Rhine-Main Region 24 Key Research Areas and Activities by Centre-affiliated Faculty 52 Research Activities by Coordinators of IZO and MEAS 53 Research Activities by Other IZO Members and Associates 55 IZO Visiting Fellows 57 Studying and Teaching 57 Degree Programmes 59 Interdisciplinary and International Teaching Projects 60 Graduate and Postgraduate Dissertations 64 Events 64 Guest Lectures at the IZO 70 Conferences, Workshops, Symposia 82 Other Events 83 International 83 Cooperations 85 Research Stays Abroad 87 Professional Activities 94 Frankfurt East Asian Studies Series 95 Frankfurt Working Papers on East Asia 3 Grußwort des Geschäftsführenden Direktors Liebe Mitglieder, Freunde und Förderer des Interdisziplinären Zentrums für Ostasienstudien, sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ein besonderes akademisches Jahr 2018/19 liegt hinter uns: Mit vielen von Ihnen konnten wir das 10-jährige Jubiläum unseres Zentrums feiern. Aus diesem Anlass hielt im Dezember Tang-Preisträger Prof. Dr. Stephen Owen, Harvard University, die Richard-Wilhelm-Vorlesungen zur chinesischen Lyrik. Im Januar sprach der ehemalige Chef-Ökonom der Weltbank, Prof. Dr. Justin Yifu Lin, Peking University, gleichsam vor „ausverkauftem“ Haus zur chinesischen Wirtschaftsentwicklung. Die gemeinsam mit dem Research Center SAFE und der Society for International Development ausgerichtete Veranstaltung markierte den Beginn eines neuen Veranstaltungsformats, des Goethe Asia Forum Frankfurt, das künftig in größeren Abständen öffentlichkeitswirksame Vortragsver- anstaltungen mit Asienbezug für ein breites Publikum im Rhein-Main-Gebiet bieten soll. Diese Gelegenheiten konnten wir zugleich nutzen, um uns mit unserem Wissenschaft- lichen Beirat und Kuratorium sowie unseren Unterstützern innerhalb und außerhalb der Universität über die weiteren Entwicklungen des IZO auszutauschen. So endete nach über 6-jähriger Laufzeit die Förderung des Inter-Zentren-Programms „Afrikas Asiatische Optionen“ (AFRASO) im Februar 2019. Die Arbeiten und Kooperationen werden nunmehr unter dem neuen Dach „Forum AFRASO“ fortgeführt, um diesen wichtigen Forschungsschwerpunkt an der Goethe-Universität verankert zu halten und von Frankfurt aus weiter ein Netzwerk mit Partnern im Globalen Süden aber auch in den USA, China und Japan zu spannen. Als neues Forschungsprojekt treiben wir unter der Leitung unserer Stellvertretenden Geschäftsführenden Direktorin, Prof. Dr. Zhiyi Yang, das Thema „Classicism in Asia“ voran. Im aktuellen Sommersemester findet hierzu eine Ringvorlesung mit Expertinnen 4 A Word of Welcome from the Director Dear Members, Friends and Sponsors of the Interdisciplinary Centre for East Asian Studies, Ladies and Gentlemen, The academic year 2018/19 was a special year in that, together with many of you, we were able to celebrate the tenth anniversary of our Centre. To mark this occasion, the Tang Prize winner Professor Stephen Owen (Harvard University) gave the Richard Wilhelm Lectures on Chinese poetry in December. In January, Professor Justin Yifu Lin (Peking University), the former chief economist of the World Bank, spoke to a packed auditorium on economic development in China. This lecture, organized in cooperation with the SAFE Research Center and the Society for International Development, was the first of a new type of academic event, the Goethe Asia Forum Frankfurt, to be held from now on at irregular intervals. Its aim is to present topics of Asian interest to a wider public in the Rhine-Main region. These events also provided an opportunity for discussions with our Academic Advisory Board and Board of Trustees as well as our supporters within and outside the University about future developments at the IZO. One such development is that in February 2019 after more than six years the financial support ended for Africa’s Asian Options (AFRASO), our inter-centre-programme with the Centre for Interdisciplinary African Studies. However, its activities and cooperative ventures will now be carried on under the new umbrella “Forum AFRASO”. This enables us to keep this important field of research firmly anchored at Goethe University and to continue building a network with partners in the Global South, as well as in the United States, China and Japan. Under the aegis of our deputy chair, Professor Zhiyi Yang, a new research project, “Classicism in Asia”, is making good headway. In this context a series of lectures by experts on East and South-East Asia are held in the course of the current summer 5 und Experten zu Ost- und Südostasien in Kooperation mit dem Max-Planck-Institut für empirische Ästhetik statt. Weiter verfolgen wir ein künftiges Projekt zur Mobilität in Ostasien, in dem wir die Verknüpfung von Erinnerung und Migration interdisziplinär untersuchen. Aber auch der wissenschaftliche Nachwuchs, dessen Förderung sich das IZO besonders auf die Fahnen geschrieben hat, trägt neue Impulse für unsere Forschung bei. Beispielhaft sei hier der von Ryanne Flock, M.A., organisierte internationale Work- shop „Street Vending and the Dynamics of Modern Urbanization“ genannt. In personeller Hinsicht gibt es zu berichten, dass Frau Jun.-Prof. Dr. Elsa Clavé auf eine Tenure-Track Professur für Sprachen und Kulturen Südostasiens an der Universität Hamburg berufen wurde. Prof. Dr. Zhiyi Yang hat für 2019/20 ein Fellowship am Wissen- schaftskolleg zu Berlin erhalten. Das IZO gratuliert den Kolleginnen herzlich zu dieser Anerkennung ihrer Arbeit. Aus unserem wissenschaftlichen Beirat ausgeschieden ist Prof. em. Dr. Klaus Antoni, Universität Tübingen, dem wir für seine langjährige Unter- stützung sehr zu Dank verpfl ichtet sind. Wenn Sie diese Zeilen lesen, dürfte meine Nachfolgerin oder mein Nachfolger mich als Geschäftsführender Direktor turnusmäßig abgelöst haben. Im Namen des IZO, aber auch persönlich möchte ich den zahlreichen Partnern, Förderern und Freunden des Zentrums, aber auch dessen Mitgliedern für Ihre Arbeit und Unterstützung danken. Was auf diese Weise ermöglicht wurde, darüber geben die folgenden Seiten Auskunft. Ich wünsche anregende Lektüre und hoffe, Sie bleiben uns weiter gewogen! Ihr Prof. Dr. Moritz Bälz, LL.M. Frankfurt a.M., im Juli 2019 6 semester, in cooperation with the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics. A future project focuses on mobility in East Asia, conducting interdisciplinary studies on the interconnexions between memory and migration. Our junior staff, whose careers the IZO is committed to promoting, are also giving new impulses to ongoing research. One example of many is the international workshop “Street Vending and the Dynamics of Modern Urbanization”, organized by Ryanne Flock, MA. The latest staff news is that junior professor Elsa Clavé has been offered a tenure track professorship for the languages and cultures of South East Asia at the University of Hamburg. Professor Zhiyi Yang has been awarded a fellowship at the Berlin Institute for Advanced Studies (Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin) for 2019/20. The IZO extends its sincere congratulations to our colleagues on this recognition of their work. Professor Emeritus Klaus Antoni (University of Tübingen) has retired from his position on our Academic Advisory Board. We owe him many thanks for his engagement of many years. As you read these lines it will have been the turn of one of my colleagues to take over my position as Managing Director. On behalf of the IZO but also on my own behalf I would like to thank the many partners, sponsors and friends of the Centre for their work and commitment. The following pages, which I trust make interesting reading, will give you an idea of the results of our joint efforts. I do hope that you will continue to give us your support. Yours sincerely
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