The IZO maintains two series of publications: the book series "Frankfurt East Asian Studies" (FEAS) published by Iudicium and its own freely available digital working paper series. In addition, the bilingual Annual Reports provide a comprehensive overview of activities of the IZO and its active members, including individual publications and lectures. Current research contributions from IZO participants can be found in the IZO Research category.
The series of Frankfurt East Asian Studies is jointly published by the Interdisciplinary Centre for East Asian Studies (IZO) at the Goethe University in Frankfurt and Iudicium publishers. This book series promotes interdisciplinary research into the modern cultures and societies of East and Southeast Asia in their historical contexts. As the IZO's approach is an interdisciplinary one, the book series is open to a variety of research methods which include, but are not limited to, philological, historical and cultural methods as well as those of social sciences, jurisprudence and economics. Below is a list of books that have been published so far.
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Amelung, Iwo / Schreijäck, Thomas (eds.)
Religions and social change in China
Frankfurt East Asian Studies Series 2
In recent years the People's Republic of China has seen a dramatic revival of religiosity. Religious traditions that had been considered obsolete long since have sprung up again and new religious movements attract many followers. At the same time more and more worshippers flock to the Christian churches – not only to the officially recognized ones but also to non-institutionalized underground and private churches.
The present volume, which is the outcome of a series of lectures at Goethe University Frankfurt organized by the teaching project “Intercultural Theology" and the Interdisciplinary Centre for East Asian Studies, is devoted to this phenomenon and attempts to draw some systematic conclusions. Great care is taken to view the present developments in a historical perspective, which is essential for an understanding of religion and social change in present-day China.
2012 • ISBN 978-3-86205-383-4 • 168 pages, kt. • EUR 25,50
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Labahn, Marius (ed.)
Südostasien in der Außenpolitik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland - Eine Analyse der deutschen Außenpolitik gegenüber Staaten Südostasiens unter Anwendung des liberalen Handelsstaatsmodells
Frankfurt East Asian Studies Series 3
German news reports about Asia are mainly concerned with the economic rise of China and increasingly that of India. By contrast, the German public takes hardly any notice of the countries of Southeast Asia, except as exotic holiday destinations. Yet these countries, overshadowed by China and India, have also made remarkable progress in recent years. In a two-step analysis the present volume looks at German foreign policy towards Southeast Asia, China, India and certain states in Southeast Asia and seeks to determine the importance that German foreign policy attributes to Southeast Asia. The inquiry is based on the model of the liberal trading state, developed in foreign policy theory and applied in international relations, whereby a country's foreign policy is a form of pursuing domestic (economic) interests.
2013 • ISBN 978-3-86205-382-7• 144 pages, kt. • EUR 23,00
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Großmann, Eike / Tröster, Mirjam (Hg.)
Society, theatre and criticism – Current issues on the stages of Japan, China and Taiwan
Frankfurt East Asian Studies Series 4
This volume attempts for the first time to identify possible clusters of issues in contemporary sociocritical theatre. The contributions deal with productions and performances mainly from the period between 2000 and 2010. The common element in all of these papers is the fact that the productions are concerned with the human situation in times of globalization and its concomitant uncertainties. They ask questions about how dramatic productions in various regions approach the present social and political situations and their historical origins, and how they are translated into dramatic action. While the individual productions will differ, frequently influenced as they are by what is permissible or tolerated in their respective countries, it is possible to identify common tendencies.
2014 • ISBN 978-3-86205-381-0
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In the series published by the IZO itself, promising research work on East Asia that has not yet been published elsewhere is presented and put up for discussion at irregular intervals. Submissions for contributions to the series can be made by IZO members or at the suggestion of the IZO board of directors. A limited number of printed copies can be made available upon request.
Jean-Baptiste Pettier
Who is the Weak? A Critical Examination of the Construction of 'Weak' and 'Strong' Interests from the Case of Dog Protection in Chinese Society
Bengt Schwemann
Japans Beitritt zum Haager Übereinkommen über die zivilrechtlichen Aspekte internationaler Kindesentführung
Marlen Heislitz
»Begrünung der Betonwüste« - Institutionelle und private Strategien des Urban Gardenings in der Metropole Tōkyō
The IZO also publishes extensive activity reports in German and English on an annual basis, which provide an overview of the publications and activities of the Centre and its active members. Here you will find the current Annual Report for the year 2020/2021 as well as all activity reports of the past years for download.
Annual Report 2021/22
Annual Report 2019/2020
Annual Report 2018/2019
Annual Report 2017/2018
Annual Report 2016/2017
Annual Report 2015/2016
Archive of the Annual Reports:
IZO Annual Report from 2014 – 2015, Downloadlink
IZO Annual Report from 2013 – 2014, Downloadlink
IZO Annual Report from 2012 – 2013, Downloadlink
IZO Annual Report from 2011 – 2012, Downloadlink
IZO Annual Report from 2010 – 2011, Downloadlink
IZO Annual Report from 2009 – 2010, Downloadlink
IZO Annual Report from 2008 – 2009, Downloadlink
IZO Annual Report from 2007 – 2008, Downloadlink
IZO Annual Report from 2006 – 2007, Downloadlink
IZO Annual Report from 2005 – 2006, Downloadlink
You can download the center regulations for the IZO in accordance with the Executive Committee decision of July 18, 2017 and the Senate referral of April 18, 2018 here:
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Mirjam Tröster/SKW
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Matthew Kwan-ho Lee (IZO), E-Mail: k.lee[at]em.uni-frankfurt.de
John Droß, (IZO/MEAS), E-Mail: dross[at]em.uni-frankfurt.de