Conferences
GEAS Homecoming Symposium 2023
Doctoral candidates of Cohort IX (Cohort 2021) and of Cohort VIII (Cohort 2020) will be back from their fieldwork in Asia and present their findings and new ideas at our Homecoming Symposium. The purpose of the symposium is to give our PhD students the chance to receive feedback on their progress from a variety of different researchers and peers before they start writing their dissertations.Everyone is welcome to join!
Location: TBC, GradSchoolVilla Hittorfstr. 18, 14195 Berlin (Barrier free entrance: Landoltweg)
VSJF | Labor and (Im)mobility in Japan and East and Southeast Asia: Transnational, Regional and Rural-Urban Perspectives
The conference is organized by Ruth Achenbach (Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany), Helena Hof (University of Zurich / Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Göttingen, Germany), Aimi Muranaka (University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany), Joohyun Justine Park (Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany), Megha Wadhwa (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany), JDZB and VSJF. GEAS members will also present!
NCCU-FUB Winter School 2023
This year's hybrid Winter School on Greater China takes place 9-13 January 2023 in cooperation with National Cheng Chi University, Taiwan.
Location: hybrid event
GEAS Homecoming Symposium 2022
Doctoral candidates of Cohort VIII (Cohort 2020) will be back from their fieldwork in Asia and present their findings and new ideas at our Homecoming Symposium. The purpose of the symposium is to give our PhD students the chance to receive feedback on their progress from a variety of different researchers and peers before they start writing their dissertation.
Location: Graduate School Villa, VC Lecture Room 010/11 Freie Universität Berlin Hittorfstr. 18 (OLD building) 14195 Berlin
GEAS Start-off Conference 2022
Location: several venues
GEAS Start-off Conference 2021
Location: Graduate School Villa, Hittorfstr. 18,1 4195 Berlin Lecture hall
IKS/GEAS Joint Summer School 2021: The contentious Koreans: Civil society, social movements, and human rights struggles in South Korea
This year's IKS/GEAS Joint Summer School takes place in hybrid format from 2-13 August 2021. The topic of the Summer School is: The contentious Koreans: Civil society, social movements, and human rights struggles in South Korea
Location: online via Webex and in Berlin
10th Conference of the Young Scholars Group of the German Association for Asian Studies (DGA)
Location: digital
VSJF Conference: Continuity and Change 10 years after 3.11
Organized by Florentine Koppenborg (TUM, GEAS Alumna), Anna Wiemann (LMU) and Tobias Weiß (Uni Heidelberg), in cooperation with VSJF, JDZB and DIJ Tokyo.
KDIS-FU IKS Korea-Europe Center Inauguration Conference
Location: Webex online
GEAS Start-off Conference 2020
Location: Henry Ford Building
GEAS Homecoming Symposium
Doctoral candidates of Cohort V will be back from their fieldwork in Asia and present their findings and new ideas at our Homecoming Symposium. The purpose of the symposium is to give our PhD students the chance to receive feedback on their progress from a variety of different researchers and peers before they start writing their dissertation.
Location: Monday, K18 Japanese Studies Freie Unviersität Berlin Hittorfstr. 18 (new building) 14195 Berlin Tuesday, Lecture Room 010/11 Graduate Schools (GEAS) Hittorfstr. 18 (old building) 14195 Berlin
Grad Conference: Sovereignty and Institutions in East Asia
Location: Holzlaube Room 2.2058 Freie Universität Berlin Fabeckstr. 23-25 14195 Berlin
Autumn School 2019 @Nanjing University, China
This year's GEAS Summer School will become and an Autumn school and takes place in China at our partner university Nanjing, in cooperation with the School of Government and School of History. A detailed program will follow in the second week of October.
Location: School of History, Nanjing University, China School of Government, Nanjing University, China
EVFplus Workshop "Duelling Spatial Realities? China and Japan Redefining Spatial Order in (East) Asia"
The conference workshop brings together experts who have been continuously working with both Einstein Visiting Fellows Gunter Schubert (Sovereignty and International Law in the PR China) and Richard J. Samuels (East Asian Security).
Location: HFB/KIII Conference Room III Henry-Ford-Bau, Freie Universität Berlin Garystr. 35 14195 Berlin
Start-off Conference 2019
Location: GEAS Hittorfstr. 18 14195 Berlin
International Conference "Studying Japan"
Location: Freie Universität Berlin (Fabeckstr. 23-25, Holzlaube Room 2.2058 and 2.2059)
GEAS Colloquium WS 18/19 III
The GEAS colloquium provides our PhD candidates with a great opportunity to present, discuss and receive valuable feedback on their work in progress at various stages.
Location: Conference Room 1.36, Graduate School of East Asian Studies, Hittorfstr. 18, 14195 Berlin
GEAS Colloquium WS 18/19 II
The GEAS colloquium provides our PhD candidates with a great opportunity to present, discuss and receive valuable feedback on their work in progress at various stages.
Location: Conference Room 1.36, Graduate School of East Asian Studies, Hittorfstr. 18, 14195 Berlin
GEAS Colloquium WS 18/19 I
The GEAS colloquium provides our PhD candidates with a great opportunity to present, discuss and receive valuable feedback on their work in progress at various stages.
Location: Conference Room 1.36, Graduate School of East Asian Studies, Hittorfstr. 18, 14195 Berlin
Homecoming Symposium
The doctoral candidates from our fourth cohort will be back from their fieldwork in Asia and present their findings and new ideas at our Homecoming Symposium. The purpose of the symposium is to give our PhD students the chance to receive feedback on their progress from a variety of different researchers and peers before they start writing their dissertation.
Location: December 06: Henry-Ford-Building Conference Room III Garystr. 35 14195 Berlin December 07: Harnack-Haus Köhler-Zimmer Ihnestr. 16-20 14195 Berlin
Annual VSJF Conference 2018 (Japanese Social Sciences)
Location: Japanese-German Center Berlin Japanisch-Deutsches Zentrum Berlin (JDZB) Saargemünder Straße 2 14195 Berlin, Germany
Graduate Conference: "Invisibility and Institutions in East Asia”
Location: L116 Freie Universität Seminarzentrum (Seminar Centre) Otto-von-Simson-Str. 26 14195 Berlin
Start-off Conference 2018
Location: Room 1.36 GEAS Hittorfstr. 18 14195 Berlin
Conference (INCAS): Internationalization of Japanese Companies Put to the Test
Location: Japanese-German Center Berlin Japanisch-Deutsches Zentrum Berlin (JDZB) Saargemünder Straße 2 14195 Berlin, Germany
Summer School 2018 @ Tokyo University, Japan
This year's GEAS Summer School "Analyzing and Understanding Institutional Change – Perspectives from Japan" will take place from September 8 to September 16, 2018 at the Institute of Social Science at Tokyo University, Japan.
Location: Institute of Social Science, Tokyo University
17th German-speaking Japanese Studies Conference
Location: Holzlaube
GEAS Summer Symposium 2018
Location: L 113 (Seminar Centre @Silberlaube) Freie Universität Berlin Otto-von-Simson-Straße 26 14195 Berlin
4. Jahrestagung des Netzwerks der EXzellenz-geförderten GraduierTenschulen in Deutschland (NEXT)
NEXT Network of EXcellent Doctoral Training in Germany Netzwerk der EXzellenz-geförderten GraduierTenschulen in Deutschland
Location: Holzlaube
Homecoming Symposium II
Location: Lecture Hall Topoi Villa Hittorfstr. 18 14195 Berlin
Homecoming Symposium I
Location: Lecture Hall Topoi Villa Hittorfstr. 18 14195 Berlin
Conference: Democratic Legitimacy in Times of Globalization
Location: Japanese-German Center Berlin Japanisch-Deutsches Zentrum Berlin (JDZB) Saargemünder Straße 2 14195 Berlin, Germany
Berlin Forum on Korea and Northeast Asia
Inaugural Event: The Role of Europe and Germany in the Maintenance of Peace on the Korean Peninsula
Location: Harnack-Haus Berlin Ihnestr. 16-20 14195 Berlin
HUJI-FUB Workshop: The ‘End of History’ reversed?
This workshop is hosted by Nissim Otmazgin (Hebrew University) and Verena Blechinger-Talcott (GEAS, FU) at Hebrew University. It is supported by the Center for International Cooperation HUJI-FUB Joint Seed Money Calls 2017 , and co-sponsored by GEAS.
Graduate Conference: Transnationalism and Institutions in East Asia
Location: L115 Freie Universität Seminarzentrum (Seminar Centre) Otto-von-Simson-Str. 26 14195 Berlin
Start-off Conference 2017
Location: Blumenfisch am Großen Wannsee and GEAS
GEAS Summer Symposium 2017
Location: Room L 113 Seminar Centre (Silberlaube) Freie Universität Berlin Otto-von Simson-Straße 26 14195 Berlin
EVF Publication Conference 2017: Japan's Pivot within Asia
The EVF Publication Conference 2017 brings together all experts who have been continuously working with Richard Samuels and the Einstein Research Group East Asia Security in the last 3 years, to discuss their topics in a broader context and in preparation for a publication.
Mini-Homecoming Symposium
Location: Room 2.2059 (Holzlaube) Freie Universität Berlin Fabeckstr. 23-25 14195 Berlin
Graduate Student Conference 2016
How institutions work in real life depends to a considerable extent on how individuals relate to them in their everyday activities. As the structures given by institutions are often manifold, conflicting, and multi-leveled, diverging interpretations and pathways of action can be expected. There are various perspectives to study the relationship between institutions and individuals, among which some recent approaches emphasize the agency of individuals within an institutional setting. How do individuals interact with larger cultural, social, political, and economic contexts? Also, while doing research, how can scholars navigate the gap between concrete persons or situations, and the abstract models of agency?
Location: Freie Universität Berlin Room L 115 (Seminar Centre) Otto-von-Simson-Straße 26 14195 Berlin
Homecoming Symposium 2016
Location: Freie Universität Berlin Seminar Centre L113/L115 Otto-von-Simson-Str. 26 14195 Berlin
Start-off Conference 2016 @Zeuthen am See
Location: GEAS/TOPOI and Seehotel Zeuthen
Symposium: Sustainability and Innovation
Location: Japanese-German Center Berlin Saargemünder Str. 2 14195 Berlin
Homecoming Christmas Symposium
Location: K24/21 Silberlaube (2nd floor), Habelschwertdter Allee 35
Homecoming Symposium 2015
Location: Holzlaube Room 0.2051
Summer School 2015 @ Tokyo University, Japan
This year's GEAS Summer School "Understanding and Measuring Institutional Change" will take place from August 29 to September 6, 2015 at the Institute of Social Science at Tokyo University, Japan.
Location: Institute of Social Science, Tokyo University
Summer Symposium 2015
Location: TOPOI Lecture Room Hittorfstr. 18 14195 Berlin-Dahlem
Conference: Food Safety and Consumer Advocacy
Location: Japanisch-Deutsches Zentrum Berlin (JDZB) Saargemünder Str. 2 14195 Berlin
SYMPOSIUM: Science & Technology Studies (STS) as sub discipline of Japanese Studies
Location: Room 1.35, Hittorfstr. 18, 14195 Berlin
Start-off Conference@Zeuthen 2014
Location: GEAS/TOPOI and Seehotel Zeuthen
Summer School 2014 @ Korea
Please find a report of the summer school 2014 in South Korea in our column Reports of past events .
Summer Symposium 2014
Location: TOPOI
Human Rights and North Korea Conference 2014
International Symposium "Human Rights and North Korea" @ Bundesstiftung für Aufarbeitung der SED Diktatur 13 May 2014, 09:30-19:00 hrs Language: German - Korean (simultaneous interpreting) Organization: Institute of Korean Studies, Freie Universität Berlin Co Organization: Graduate School of East Asian Studies and Graduate Programme „Human Rights under Pressure“ Sponsor: National Human Rights Commission, South Korea Please find the programme in the download column to the left.
Location: Kronenstr. 5, 10117 Berlin
Startup Conference @Zeuthen 2013
Location: Seehotel Zeuthen, Brandenburg, Germany