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--></style></head><body bgcolor=white lang=DE link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Dear Koreanists,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>The Alliance for Research on East Asia (AREA) Ruhr, supported by the <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Mercator Research Center Ruhr (MERCUR),<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>invites application for <b>up to three 3-year doctoral stipends </b>to study <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>transnational institution building and transnational identities in East Asia.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>The structured three-year doctoral programme on Transnational <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Institution Building and Transnational Identities in East Asia aims<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>to advance knowledge on East Asian regional institution building, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>identity formation, and the interaction between both processes<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>throughout history and today. By applying transnational and comparative <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>approaches to the study of East Asia, the programme looks<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>beyond national borders and seeks to unleash the potential of combining <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>humanities and social sciences and to base research projects<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>on interdisciplinary perspectives.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Deadline for applications is<b> June 25th, 2017</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>For details, please see<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><a href="https://www.area-ruhr.de/call-for-applications-area-ruhr-doctoral-programme/">https://www.area-ruhr.de/research-and-teaching/call-for-applications-area-ruhr-doctoral-programme/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>AREA Ruhr is a joint research alliance of the Institute of East Asian Studies (IN-EAST) at the University <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>of Duisburg-Essen (UDE) and the Faculty of East Asian Studies at Ruhr-University Bochum (RUB).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Please direct any inquiries to the persons/addresses named on the linked homepages.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Gwendolin Kleine Stegemann<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:DE'>-- <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Gwendolin Kleine Stegemann<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Managing Director<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>AREA RUHR – Alliance for Research on East Asia Ruhr<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Edmund-Körner Platz 2<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>45127 Essen, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>phone: +49 201-183 6449<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><a href="https://www.area-ruhr.de/"><span style='color:#0563C1'>https://www.area-ruhr.de/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>