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2024 – 17th December


WHZ East Asia Centre Continues on its Path to Success:

International Collaboration with Nihon University, Tokyo, in Negotiations

from the left to the right: Prof. Wrobel (WHZ), Rector Prof. Kassel (WHZ), Prof. Yamazaki (NU), Ms. Schmidt (WHZ).

This week, the University of Applied Sciences Zwickau (WHZ) had the pleasure of welcoming Prof. Dr. Asuka Yamazaki from Nihon University in Japan. The visit marked another significant step in WHZ’s international cooperation with universities in the East Asian region and was organised by Prof. Dr. Dr. Ralph Wrobel, who recently returned from a research sabbatical in South Korea and Japan.

The highlight of the visit was a meeting with the university's Rector, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stephan Kassel. The diverse programme also included meetings with the International Office, the Student Services Organisation, and the Faculties of Languages as well as Business and Economics. Prof. Dr. Yamazaki also attended a lecture by Prof. Dr. Dr. Wrobel and discussed WHZ's English courses with Prof. Dr. Janina Vernal-Schmidt. Shared lunch and dinner provided an opportunity to deepen intercultural and academic exchange. Following Prof. Dr. Yamazaki’s visit, Nihon University’s committees will make a final decision regarding the cooperation with WHZ.

The collaboration aims to establish a reciprocal student exchange between the two institutions: two WHZ students will have the opportunity to spend a semester at Nihon University, while two Japanese students will be welcomed in Zwickau. The University of Applied Sciences Zwickau regards the partnership with Nihon University as a great enrichment for both students and faculty and looks forward to further projects that promote international exchange. For any enquiries, the organisational team led by Prof. Dr. Dr. Ralph Wrobel will be happy to assist you.

2024 - February to June

Prof. Ralph Wrobel teaches at Dong-A University in Busan, South Korea


Prof. Dr. Dr. Ralph Wrobel, from the East Asia Centre at the University of Applied Sciences Zwickau, is spending his research sabbatical (summer term 2024) teaching at Dong-A University in Busan, South Korea. There, he teaches two courses on current economic policy in the university's B.A. and M.A. programmes, which have received very positive feedback from students.


In parallel, he strengthens ties with the partner university and discusses expanding student exchange opportunities. He is also conducting research on the economic history of South Korea and is authoring several scholarly articles.


During a trip to Japan, he successfully initiates a new collaboration with Nihon University in Tokyo, Japan.

2023 - October: Special Lecture (in German language):

Conference Announcement:

2022 - November

University of Applied Sciences Zwickau appoints North Korea expert as honorary professor

On 1 November 2022, the internationally renowned expert on North Korea, Dr. habil. Bernhard Seliger, was appointed honorary professor at the University of Applied Sciences Zwickau. Prof. Seliger occupies a central position in the university's East Asia Centre, which was newly founded in 2019. He is known worldwide in the scientific community for his expertise in North Korea, which he has acquired during numerous visits to the closed country. For more than 20 years, Prof. Seliger has accompanied the development of the economy and environmental protection with various projects in North Korea. Through publications in science and the press as well as numerous interviews in the media, he has also been able to make his knowledge accessible to a wide audience.

Conference Report:

May 2022


The Online-Newsletter "ChinaHirn" reports about the East Asia Centre in Zwickau and about China related study opportunities at the University of Applied Sciences Zwickau at all. The newsletter says: "Because Zwickau - as university of applied sciences - offers very practical training, most graduates go on to work in industry." You can read more (in German language) here!

Conference report:

New Book Review online:


"Indian Ocean and India´s bid for regional leadership"




Here you'll find the book review!

Online conference in Seoul:
29 January 2021 between 06:00 and 07:45 German time.

At the online conference "Toward New Public Policies in the COVID-19 Era - Lessons from Korea and Abroad", organised by Hanns Seidel Foundation, Seoul, in cooperation with GSPA of Seoul National University, two members of the Zwickau East Asia Centre will present the following topics:

Dr. Bernhard Seliger - "Disaster management policies in South and North Korea - a comparison".

Prof. Dr. Dr. Ralph Wrobel - "Public Policy and Corona in Europe - the German experience".

New Partnership with South Korea!

On the initiative of Prof. Wrobel, the University of Applied Sciences Zwickau establishes a new partnership with South Korea in May 2020. The new partner for the exchange of students, lecturers etc. is the private Dong-A University in Busan.
The Dong-A university's comprehensive undergraduate programmes are provided through 12 faculties. In addition, there are eight specialized graduate schools, e.g. Northeast Asian Studies, Business Administration, etc. The cooperation provides the opportunity for our students one or more exchange semesters at Dong-A University.

The Leipziger Volkszeitung, for example, reports on 31 December 2019 on the new East Asia Centre at the WHZ. As it says there, the WHZ with its East Asia Centre is now also breaking new ground to bring the region further into the focus of teaching and research. The Chemnitzer Morgenpost reports similarly. You can read the entire article here.
2019/11/7

Dr. Seliger, external member of the East Asia Centre at the University of Applied Sciences Zwickau, is asked on Korean Ariang TV about German reunification 30 years ago and the consequences for the Korean peninsula.
More on our Media Page
2019/10/1

The East Asia Centre at the University of Applied Sciences Zwickau has its first direct appearance on German television!

In an interview with tagesschau24, Prof. Ralph Wrobel from the East Asia Centre comments on the military parade on the 70th birthday of the People's Republic of China.
2019/06/14

"Der weite Blick in den Osten"

This is the title of a report in the "Freie Presse" in Zwickau on the opening of the East Asia Centre at the University of Applied Sciences Zwickau. Thus the centre is "not a room, but a building of ideas, in which the corresponding competences, which exist in Zwickau, are to be combined. According to Dr. Seliger, member of the centre, there is, "hope that this centre will radiate into the Zwickau region." As the newspaper makes clear, "prospective students can find out there about the possibility of starting an education that combines languages, economics and intercultural communication and focuses on the Chinese language and cultural area." The newspaper also says that the centre will be a place where students can learn about the Chinese language and culture.


You can read the entire text here .

Grand opening:
East Asia Centre
at the University of Applied Sciences Zwickau

Thursday, June 13, 2019 - 11:20 a.m. - 12:50 p.m.

Lecture hall 2, Scheffelberg campus

Program:
  • Welcome (Prof. Dr. M. Richter, Dean of the Faculty WIWI)
  • Greetings
  • Presentation of the East Asia Center (Prof. Dr. Ralph Wrobel, fac. WIWI)
  • Lecture: "North Korea as a challenge for Asian research - a look at the development of the economic order under the condition of missing data"
(PD Dr. Bernhard Seliger, Seoul)

Keynote Speaker:
PD Dr. Bernhard Seliger, Seoul

May 2019 - Master's colloquia at Tianjin Foreign Studies University, PR China.

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