East Asia Institute of the Ludwigshafen am Rhein University of Applied Sciences
| East Asia Institute of the Ludwigshafen am Rhein University of Applied Sciences | |
|---|---|
| founding | 1988 |
| Sponsorship | state |
| place | Ludwigshafen am Rhein , Rhineland-Palatinate |
| executive Director | Frank Rövekamp |
| Students | 180 |
| Employee | 15th |
| Website | www.oai.de |
The East Asia Institute of the Ludwigshafen am Rhein University of Applied Sciences is an institution of the Ludwigshafen am Rhein University of Applied Sciences with a focus on the economy of Japan, Korea and China.
- Chinese : 东亚 学院 (Dōngyà Xuéyuàn)
- Japanese : 東 ア ジ ア セ ン タ ー (Higashi Ajia Senta)
- Korean : 동아시아 연구소 (Dongasia Yeonguso)
- English : East Asia Institute
The institute was founded in 1988 by the sinologist Siegfried Englert under the name Marketing East Asia and expanded to include Japan in 1992 by the American historian Peter Wetzler . In 2016, the focus on Korea was added.
Education
The course combines what was previously only possible with a second degree, namely the combination of business administration and the Chinese or Japanese language. At the end of their studies, the approximately 180 students are not Japanologists or Sinologists , but business administrators with an additional qualification for the two East Asian countries. A stay abroad of at least two semesters in the People's Republic of China or Japan is therefore also required. Due to the small learning groups, there is also intensive contact between teachers and students.
“While students and lecturers at universities usually struggle with overcrowded seminar rooms, broken photocopiers, poorly equipped libraries or outdated computers, just 500 meters as the crow flies from the Mannheim University, on the opposite bank of the Rhine, conditions are like those at a private American college. The East Asia Institute in Ludwigshafen with 18 lecturers and around 250 students (including a third from abroad) impresses with a library that is one of the best simply because of the large number of current Japanese and Chinese daily newspapers. "
Partnerships
The East Asia Institute has partnerships with the following universities in the People's Republic of China, Japan and Korea:
Partner universities in the People's Republic of China
- Beijing Pedagogical University (北京 师范大学), Beijing
- Guangxi University (广西 大学) in Nanning , Guangxi Autonomous Region
- Guilin Electrotechnical University (桂林 电子 科技 大学) in Guilin , Guangxi Autonomous Region
- Guizhou University in Guiyang (贵州 大学), Guizhou Province
- Hebei College of the North in Zhangjiakou (河北 北方 学院), Hebei Province
- Fuzhou University (福州 大学) in the Rhineland-Palatinate partner province of Fujian
Partner universities in Japan
- Akita International University (秋田 国際 教養 大学) in Akita , Akita Prefecture
- Aoyama Gakuin University (青山 学院 大学) in Tokyo
- Asahi University (朝日 大学) in Mizuho , Gifu Prefecture
- Kansai Foreign Language College (関 西 外国語 大学) in Hirakata , Osaka Prefecture
- Kyoto Sangyō University (京都 産業 大学)
- Fukushima University (福島 大学) in Fukushima , Fukushima Prefecture
- Nagoya City University (名古屋 市立 大学) in Nagoya , Aichi Prefecture
- Shimonoseki City University (下 関 市立 大学) in Shimonoseki , Yamaguchi Prefecture
- Sophia University (上智 大学) in Tokyo
- Takasaki University of Economics and Business (高崎 経 済 大学) in Takasaki , Gunma Prefecture
- Yamanashi Gakuin University (山 梨 学院 大学) in Yamanashi
The contracts allow students to study with no fees (with the exception of Nagoya). The institute also has internship programs with companies such as Merck and DaimlerChrysler .
Partner universities in Korea
- Korea University (고려 대학교 / 高麗 大 學校) in Sejong
- Konkuk University (건국 대학교 / 建國 大 學校) in Seoul
- Kyonggi University (경기 대학교 / 京畿 大 學校) in Seoul
- Pukyong National University (부경대 학교 / 釜 慶 大 學校) in Busan
- Seoul National University of Science and Technology (서울 과학 기술 대학교 / 서울 科學 技術 大 學校) in Seoul
Student activities
The students themselves are also involved in shaping the course through various activities. For this reason, an active student organization called StEAM e. V. ( St udents of E ast A sia M arketing), which undertakes a wide range of activities in and around the course.
activities
Lecturers at the East Asia Institute are not only active in research and teaching, but also in advising companies, authorities and institutions as well as individuals. Employees of the institute also played a decisive role in the construction of the Chinese tea house in Mannheim's Luisenpark . The East Asia Institute is also in charge of the partnerships between the state of Rhineland-Palatinate and the Chinese province of Fujian and the Japanese prefecture of Iwate .
timeline
- 1988: Founding as a model course in Marketing East Asia (MO) at the Rhineland-Palatinate University of Applied Sciences in Ludwigshafen am Rhein
- 1991: The first students go to the People's Republic of China for their compulsory study visit
- 1992: Expansion to include Japan
- 1994: The first graduates complete their studies with a degree in business administration.
- 1995: The Emil Helfferich collection is moved from Neustadt an der Weinstrasse to Ludwigshafen am Rhein
- 1997: New building on the banks of the Rhine and renaming to the East Asia Institute
- 1997: Visit of the Federal President Roman Herzog
- 1999: 10th anniversary of the course
- 2000: Visit of the Federal President Johannes Rau
- 2001: Reopening of the Emil Helfferich collection after extensive archiving by an ethnologist
- 2002: First issue of the Xiù Cai ( Sju Tsai ) newsletter by Jörg-Meinhard Rudolph
- 2004: Changeover from diploma to bachelor's degree
- 2004: Founding of the Rhineland-Palatinate Fujian Society
- 2005: Discussion of the Rhineland-Palatinate Prime Minister Kurt Beck with students of the institute and Berlin journalists
- 2006: Siegfried Englert becomes State Secretary in the Rhineland-Palatinate Ministry of Economics, Jörg-Meinhard Rudolph becomes Managing Director of the East Asia Institute
- 2008: The Central and Eastern European Institute (MOI) moves in, 20th anniversary with Kurt Beck
- 2009: Peter Wetzler retires, his successor is Frank Rövekamp
- 2013: Siegfried Englert's successor is Barbara Darimont
- 2015: Discussion with the former Japanese Prime Minister Kan Naoto
- 2016: Expansion to include Korea
logo
The logo of the East Asia Institute is made up of five stylized peonies . The bush peonies (Chinese: 牡丹Mudan ; Japanese: Botan ) are a symbol that has a positive reputation both in China and in Japan , the two main focuses of the course. The first seeds of tree peonies brought monks to Japan, whereas in China the peony is the flower par excellence. Poems and paintings glorify this flower, which, according to legend, defied even the will of Empress Wu Zetian and was the only flower that refused to bloom in winter. As a punishment for this, she was removed from the Imperial Gardens.
The peony (or peony ) is one of the oldest cultivated plants of mankind and has received a mystical veneration in East Asia that cannot be compared to anything in Europe. In European antiquity, they were highly revered as a medicinal plant. Paian , the doctor of the Greek gods - from whom it got its German name - used peony roots to heal Hades, who was wounded by Heracles .
Helfferich Collection
The East Asia Institute houses the Asian art collection of the Neustadt Southeast Asia merchant Emil Helfferich , who was active in trade in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia ) from 1899 to 1927 . From 1927 to 1972 he worked in Hamburg as chairman of the supervisory board of HAPAG , as chairman of the East Asian Association (OAV) and as a state councilor.
Helfferich moved to his Palatinate homeland at the age of 92 and spent the last years of his life in Neustadt an der Weinstrasse . Since he had no children, he bequeathed his estate to his hometown, which gave his collection to the East Asia Institute on permanent loan in 1997 .
See also
- University of Ludwigshafen am Rhein
- Rhineland-Palatinate Fujian Society
- Central Eastern Europe Institute
Web links
Individual proof
- ↑ Meier - Uni extra. Summer semester 2002.
Coordinates: 49 ° 28 ′ 42.6 " N , 8 ° 27 ′ 22.8" E