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Please note that the Department of East Asian Studies (incl. the secretariat) has limited office opening hours for students. Therefore, please book an appointment before going to their offices. For information on available time slots from Monday to Thursday, please visit secretariat's schedule. For your appointment request, please send an email with a detailed description of your inquiry to sinologie.ostasien[at]univie.ac.at. An appointment is not possible without prior notification.

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EcoS is a two-year multidisciplinary master program that focuses on the contemporary societal, political and economic issues in the East Asian region as a whole. East Asia is much more than just the sum of its parts, so the program emphasizes a comparativist approach to current transnational and regional issues.

The application period for the academic year 2024/2025 has closed. Dates for the next round will be announced between late 2024 and early 2025.

Read the latest announcements concerning courses, guest lectures, special events and other relevant changes within the program.

Get the latest insights and detailed analyses from EcoS staff on key issues and trends in the East Asian region.

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 Most Recent Announcements

19.11.2024
 

[Event] Art of the Deal Redux: Prospects for Diplomacy in the Second Trump-Kim Era

Save the date for a guest lecture with Prof. John Delury on December 9, 2024.

19.11.2024
 

[Event] Data Knowledge, and North Korean Scholarship

Save the date for a guest lecture with Prof. Hazel Smith on December 2, 2024.

18.11.2024
 

The Webster Vienna Private University hosts a special panel discussion on November 21st about ASEAN's role in Southeast Asia.

14.11.2024
 

[Podcast] Disastrous Consequences of Sending North Korean Troops Onto Ukrainian Soil (German)

In an NDR podcast, Prof. Rüdiger Frank talks about the Russian-North Korean partnership that raises the stakes for global security.

13.11.2024
 

[Podcast] North Korea and the Return of the Cold War (German)

In a podcast by 48forward, Prof. Rüdiger Frank discusses North Korea's growing alliance with Russia and China amid rising global tensions positions it...

12.11.2024
 

[Journal Article] Old Wine in New Bottles? A Triple Nexus Approach to Linking Aid Cooperation to Peacebuilding on the Korean Peninsula

Dr. Dan Gudgeon published a peer-reviewed article about the concept of the Triple Nexus and linking it to the Korean Peninsula.