Japanology in German-speaking countries

The page Japanese Studies in German-speaking countries offers an overview of Japanese Studies as a subject at German-speaking universities and research institutions. For the history and objectives of the subject, see Japanese Studies .

Japanology or courses of study related to Japan in German-speaking countries

• University of Augsburg
• Free University of Berlin , East Asian Seminar ; Language, literature, politics, economics
• Humboldt University of Berlin , Center for Language and Culture of Japan; Language, culture and intellectual history. BA "Asia / Africa" ​​with a focus on Japan, MA in Japanese Studies
• State Language Institute North Rhine-Westphalia
• Ruhr University Bochum / Faculty for East Asian Studies Japanese Studies: Bachelor / Master, focus: Japanese Linguistics, Japanese History
• University of Bonn , Institute for Oriental and Asian Studies, Department for Japanese Studies and Korean Studies; "BA Asian Studies", "MA Asian Studies: Focus on Japanese Studies", "MA Asian Languages ​​(Translation)" each with Japanese as the first language
• Bremen University of Applied Sciences , course in applied business languages ​​and international business management - business Japanese studies
• Technical University of Dresden , East Asia Center
• Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf , Chair of Modern Japan and Modern China; East Asia Institute Modern Japan: Bachelor / Magister
• University of Duisburg-Essen , Duisburg location, Institute for East Asian Studies Modern Japan: Magister, only minor subject; East Asian Studies: Diploma (WS), focus: Japan / China
• University of Erfurt , Chair for East Asian History
• Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg , Institute for Non-European Languages ​​and Cultures Japanese Studies: two-subject bachelor's degree; "Enrollment for the MA Popular and Media Culture of Japan will be temporarily suspended for the winter semester 2019/20"
• Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main , Institute for Oriental and East Asian Philologies Japanese Studies: BA Japanese Studies, MA Japanese Studies
• Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg , Department of History, Philosophy and Social Sciences; Chair of Japanese Studies: Bachelor (expiring course),
• University of Hamburg Asia-Africa Institute: International Bachelor's degree in East Asia (IBO) with a focus on Japanese Studies
• Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg , Institute for Japanese Studies: BA East Asian Studies with a focus on Japanese Studies, MA Japanese Studies; MA Interpreting (Japanese)
• Friedrich Schiller University Jena , Department of Intercultural Communication
• University of Cologne , Philosophical Faculty, Japanese Studies: BA Japanese Culture Past and Present; BA in Japanese as a teaching subject (teacher training at high schools and comprehensive schools); MA Japanese Popular and Media Culture; M.Ed. Japanese as a subject (teaching at high schools and comprehensive schools)
• University of Konstanz , Faculty of Social Sciences, Orientation Program Modern Japan
• University of Leipzig , East Asian Institute of Japanese Studies: Magister (WS)
• East Asia Institute of the University of Ludwigshafen am Rhein studying business administration focusing on Japan's economy
• Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz , Institute for General and Comparative Linguistics
• Philipps University Marburg , Japan Center (closed since March 31, 2012)
• Ludwig Maximilians University Munich , Department for East Asian Studies, Japan Center, Japanese Studies: Bachelor + Master
• Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster , Institute for Sinology and East Asian Studies
• University of Passau , Language Center for Southeast Asian Studies: Magister
• University of Trier , Department II, Japanese Studies: BA Japanese Studies (major); BA Japanese Studies (minor); MA Japanese Studies (major subject); MA Japanese Studies (minor); Elective Japanese Studies
• Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen , Department of Japanese Studies Japanese Studies: Bachelor of Arts / Master (WS); Japanese Studies: Magister (WS)
• Ulm University , Center for Language and Philology
• University of Vienna , Institute for East Asian Studies, Department of Japanese Studies
• Austrian Academy of Sciences , Vienna, Institute for the cultural and intellectual history of Asia
• University of Witten / Herdecke , Institute for comparative research into culture and economic systems
• Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg , Institute for Cultural Studies of East and South Asia Japanese Studies: Magister
• University of Zurich , Asia-Orient Institute, Japanese Studies and Sinology

Japanology professors in the German-speaking area

With selected publications.

• Peter Ackermann , Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg :
• Klaus Antoni , Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen : Religion and National Identity in the Japanese Context. Lit Verlag 2002, ISBN 3-8258-6043-4 ; The heavenly ruler. Essays on the position of the Tenno in modern Japan. 1991, ISBN 3-89129-283-X
• Judit Árokay , Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
• Verena Blechinger-Talcott , Free University of Berlin
• Florian Coulmas , University of Duisburg-Essen . On leave since 2004.
• Franziska Ehmcke , University of Cologne : Lived contemporary history. Everyday life of Germans in Japan 1923-1947. Study 2000, ISBN 3-89129-639-8 ; About heroes, monks and beautiful women. Böhlau 2000, ISBN 3-412-04497-0 ; The Japanese way of tea. Consciousness training and total work of art. DuMont 1991, ISBN 3-7701-2290-9
• Gesine Foljanty-Jost , University of Halle : School, pupils and violence. Study 2000, ISBN 3-89129-640-1 ; Textbook design as system stabilization in Japan. 1979, ISBN 3-88339-045-3 ; Violence among young people in Germany and Japan: causes and control. Nomos publishing company; ISBN 3-7890-4780-5
• Lisette Gebhardt , Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main : Japan's new spirituality. Harrassowitz 2001, ISBN 3-447-04398-9
• Kay Genenz , University of Bonn : Basic Japanese vocabulary for young people. Buske 1996, ISBN 3-87548-143-7 ; KanjiQuick Voice
• Irmela Hijiya-Kirschnereit , Free University of Berlin: The end of the exotic. Suhrkamp 1988, ISBN 3-518-11466-2 ; Japan. Insel 2000, ISBN 3-458-17011-1 ; Japanese contemporary literature. Edition text and criticism 2000, ISBN 3-88377-639-4 ; Research and support under the sign of the Ginkgo. Ten years at the German Institute for Japanese Studies. Iudicium 1999, ISBN 3-89129-505-7
• Axel Klein , University of Duisburg-Essen : The political system of Japan. Bier'sche Verlagsanstalt, Bonn, 2006, ISBN 978-3-936366-12-9
• Christoph Kleine , University of Leipzig
• Klaus Kracht , Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin : Japanische Geistesgeschichte, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag 1988 (together with Gerhard Leinss and Olof Lidin), ISBN 3-447-02802-5 . Together with Katsumi Tateno-Kracht: Kurisumasu. Dô yatte Nihon ni teichaku shita ka ("Christmas - as it became native to Japan"), Tôkyô: Kadokawa Shoten 1999, ISBN 4-04-883598-X .
• Sepp Linhart , University of Vienna : East Asia 1600-1900. Promedia 2004, ISBN 3-85371-228-2 ; China and Japan. The cultures of East Asia. Gondrom-Verlag 1990, ISBN 3-8112-0731-8 ; Japan: language, culture, society. Literas, ISBN 3-85429-046-2
• Michiko Mae , University of Düsseldorf : Between globalization and national identity. Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften 2004, ISBN 3-8100-3304-9 ; Physicality, Identity and Sexuality in Japan. LIT, ISBN 3-8258-3977-X
• Regine Mathias , Ruhr University Bochum : The Hanseatic Cities and Japan, 1855-1867: Selected Documents. Marburg Japan series, ISBN 3-927607-06-1 ; Japanese women's story (s). Marburg Japan series, ISBN 3-927607-13-4
• Werner Pascha , University of Duisburg-Essen: The Japanese economy; Bibliographisches Institut 1994, ISBN 3-411-10401-5 ; The internationalization of Japan in the field of tension between economic and social dynamics. Evangelical Academy Loccum, ISBN 3-8172-5792-9
• Erich Pauer , Philipps University Marburg: Aso: Past and present of a rural area in southern Japan. University of Vienna, ISBN 3-900362-18-1 ; Technology transfer Germany-Japan from 1850 to the present. Study 1992, ISBN 3-89129-482-4
• Peter Pörtner , Ludwig Maximilians University Munich : Japan. Dumont Reiseverlag 2002, ISBN 3-7701-4092-3 ; But the mandarins have yet to be stolen tonight. Konkursbuchverlag 2003, ISBN 3-88769-414-7 ; Japan, Vol. 1, A Reader. Konkursbuchverlag 1992, ISBN 3-88769-216-0 ; Japan, Vol. 2, Reader II. Konkursbuchverlag 1992, ISBN 3-88769-046-X
• Manfred Pohl , University of Hamburg : Japan. CH Beck 2002, ISBN 3-406-48104-3 ; History of japan. CH Beck 2002, ISBN 3-406-47990-1 ; Small Japan Lexicon. CH Beck 1996, ISBN 3-406-39861-8
• Steffi Richter , University of Leipzig
• Jens Rickmeyer , Ruhr University Bochum : Japanese Morphosyntax. Groos 1995, ISBN 3-87276-718-6 ; Classical Japanese reading Genji no Monogatari Kiritsubo: Movement 1 to 30. H. Buske 1998, ISBN 3-87548-014-7
• Wolfgang Schamoni , Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg : Under renovation. Insel 1994, ISBN 3-458-16627-0 ; Kitamura Tokoku. Steiner 1998, ISBN 3-515-03469-2 ; Sad toy. Insel 1994, ISBN 3-458-16604-1
• Evelyn Schulz , Ludwig Maximilians University Munich
• Wolfgang Seifert (Japanologist) , Heidelberg University: Japan in comparison. Study 2002, ISBN 3-89129-680-0 ; Unions in Japanese Politics 1970-1990. The Third Partner? Westdeutscher Verlag 1998, ISBN 3-531-13154-0
• Karen Shire , University of Duisburg-Essen
• Maik Hendrik Sprotte , Freie Universität Berlin : Conflicts in Authoritarian Systems of Rule - A Historical Case Study on the Early Socialist Movement in Japan during the Meiji Period. Marburg, Tectum. 2001, ISBN 978-3-8288-8323-9
• Christian Steineck , University of Zurich
• Cornelia Storz , Goethe University Frankfurt am Main: Small and medium-sized enterprises in Japan. Nomos 2000, ISBN 3-7890-6927-2 ; Medium-sized entrepreneurs in Japan. Nomos, ISBN 3-7890-4816-X
• Klaus Vollmer , Ludwig Maximilians University Munich: Poetry competition of professions: A Japanese picture scroll from the Sieboldiana collection of the Ruhr University Bochum. Edition, translation and commentary. Harrassowitz, ISBN 3-447-03725-3
• Peter Wetzler , East Asia Institute at the Ludwigshafen University of Applied Sciences : Hirohito and War: Imperial Tradition and Military Decision Making in Prewar Japan; University of Hawaii Press, 1998, ISBN 0-8248-1925-X
• Urs Matthias Zachmann , Free University of Berlin
• Reinhard Zöllner , University of Erfurt : Introduction to the history of East Asia. Study 2002, ISBN 3-89129-780-7 ; Japanese calendar. Study 2003, ISBN 3-89129-783-1 ; Japan's Carnival of Crisis. Study 2003, ISBN 3-89129-784-X

Web links

• Japanese Studies at German Universities ; Retrieved June 17, 2012

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Japanese Studies two-subject Master
2. ↑ [1]
3. ↑ MA Japanese Studies