Centre for Modern East Asian Studies (CeMEAS)

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Launched in 2012, the Centre for Modern East Asian Studies (CeMEAS) plays a key role in Goettingen's strategy to strengthen research and teaching in the field of East Asian Studies. It is one of the multi-regional and multi-disciplinary research centres at the University of Goettingen and its primary aims are:

• to encourage and support innovative research on East Asia across disciplinary and regional boundaries


• to strengthen the presence of East Asian studies on campus and in the community


• to become the intellectual centre for a community of scholars and students dedicated to research of East Asia


• to provide a wide range of resources pertaining to East Asia to scholars, students, and the general public


• to build international research networks with institutes and scholars of East Asia