Maren Godzik
Japanology, Sociology
Since November 2006
(Senior Research Fellows, November 1, 2006 - March 31, 2013)Maren Godzik is a senior research fellow at the DIJ since November 2006. She has been working on the changes of elderly housing in the time of the ageing of the Japanese society. Special attention is focused on alternative (communal) forms of housing and living. One of the approaches used is qualitative interviews with residents. On the basis of their housing histories reasons for their choosing new forms of living are explored.
DIJ Projects
Completed DIJ Projects
Older people’s housing situation and future prospects in the Tōhoku region
Housing and living arrangements in Japan's ageing society
Challenges of Demographic Change
Selected Publications
Books
2006
[With: Godzik, Maren] Avantgarde Männersache? Künstlerinnen im Japan der 50er und 60er Jahre des 20. Jahrhunderts. München: iudicium Verlag. 255 p.
[With: Godzik, Maren] Avantgarde Männersache? Künstlerinnen im Japan der 50er und 60er Jahre des 20. Jahrhunderts. München: iudicium Verlag. 255 p.
Editorship
2013
[With: Iwata-Weickgenannt, Kristina; Tanaka, Hiromi] Beyond a Standardized Life Course. Biographical Choices about Work, Family and Housing in Japan and Germany. DIJ Publications. Tokyo: Shinyōsha. 380 p.
[With: Iwata-Weickgenannt, Kristina; Tanaka, Hiromi] Beyond a Standardized Life Course. Biographical Choices about Work, Family and Housing in Japan and Germany. DIJ Publications. Tokyo: Shinyōsha. 380 p.
2009
Japanstudien 21. Altern in Japan. Japanstudien. München: iudicium Verlag. 370 p.
Japanstudien 21. Altern in Japan. Japanstudien. München: iudicium Verlag. 370 p.
Articles
2013
Life Courses, Housing and Elderly Women in Japan: Why do They Choose Communal Living?
In: Iwata-Weickgenannt, Kristina; Tanaka, Hiromi; Godzik, Maren (Ed.) Beyond a Standardized Life Course. Biographical Choices about Work, Family and Housing in Japan and Germany. DIJ Publications. Tokyo: Shinyōsha. pp. 302-332.
Life Courses, Housing and Elderly Women in Japan: Why do They Choose Communal Living?
In: Iwata-Weickgenannt, Kristina; Tanaka, Hiromi; Godzik, Maren (Ed.) Beyond a Standardized Life Course. Biographical Choices about Work, Family and Housing in Japan and Germany. DIJ Publications. Tokyo: Shinyōsha. pp. 302-332.
2011
Older residents in communal forms of living: What do their biographies reveal about their housing decisions?
In: Meiji University, School of Information and Communication, Gender Center (Ed.) Nichidoku kokusai shinpojium: Raifu kôsu sentaku no rinkaiten: Ikikata wa doko made jiyû ni eraberu no ka? [Internationale Konferenz: Life Courses in Flux: New Opportunities and New Constraints]. Tokyo: Meiji University.
Older residents in communal forms of living: What do their biographies reveal about their housing decisions?
In: Meiji University, School of Information and Communication, Gender Center (Ed.) Nichidoku kokusai shinpojium: Raifu kôsu sentaku no rinkaiten: Ikikata wa doko made jiyû ni eraberu no ka? [Internationale Konferenz: Life Courses in Flux: New Opportunities and New Constraints]. Tokyo: Meiji University.
2011
New Housing Options for the Elderly in Japan: The Example of Tokyo’s Edogawa Ward
In: Lützeler, Ralph; Coulmas, Florian (Ed.) Imploding Populations in Japan and Germany. DIJ Publications. Brill. pp. 309-322.
New Housing Options for the Elderly in Japan: The Example of Tokyo’s Edogawa Ward
In: Lützeler, Ralph; Coulmas, Florian (Ed.) Imploding Populations in Japan and Germany. DIJ Publications. Brill. pp. 309-322.
2010
Elderly Housing in Contemporary Japan: Exploring Alternative Forms of Living
In: Schad-Seifert, Annette; Shimada, Shingo (Ed.) Demographic Change in Japan and the EU: Comparative Perspectives. Düsseldorf: Düsseldorf University Press. pp. 37–60.
Elderly Housing in Contemporary Japan: Exploring Alternative Forms of Living
In: Schad-Seifert, Annette; Shimada, Shingo (Ed.) Demographic Change in Japan and the EU: Comparative Perspectives. Düsseldorf: Düsseldorf University Press. pp. 37–60.
2010
Alternative housing for the elderly in Japan – attitudes of residents towards their housing choice
In: Ye, J.; Chiu, R. L.H. (Ed.) Proceedings of 2010 International Conference of Asia Pacific Network for Housing research (APNHR). Housing Affordability, Sustainability and Liability. Beijing: China Architecture & Building Press. pp. 233–241.
Alternative housing for the elderly in Japan – attitudes of residents towards their housing choice
In: Ye, J.; Chiu, R. L.H. (Ed.) Proceedings of 2010 International Conference of Asia Pacific Network for Housing research (APNHR). Housing Affordability, Sustainability and Liability. Beijing: China Architecture & Building Press. pp. 233–241.
2010
Choosing new places to live: Alternative housing solutions for the elderly in Japan
In: Randolph, B.; Burke, T.; Hulse, K.; Milligan, V. (Ed.) Refereed papers presented at the 4th Australasian Housing Researchers Conference, Sydney, 5th - 7th August 2009. Sydney, City Futures Research Centre, University of New South Wales.
Choosing new places to live: Alternative housing solutions for the elderly in Japan
In: Randolph, B.; Burke, T.; Hulse, K.; Milligan, V. (Ed.) Refereed papers presented at the 4th Australasian Housing Researchers Conference, Sydney, 5th - 7th August 2009. Sydney, City Futures Research Centre, University of New South Wales.
2009
Vorwort
In: Godzik, Maren (Ed.) Japanstudien 21. Altern in Japan. Japanstudien. München: iudicium Verlag. pp.15-24.
Vorwort
In: Godzik, Maren (Ed.) Japanstudien 21. Altern in Japan. Japanstudien. München: iudicium Verlag. pp.15-24.
2009
Altern in Japan. Herausforderungen und Chancen
In: Godzik, Maren (Ed.) Japanstudien 21. Altern in Japan. Japanstudien. München: iudicium Verlag. pp. 15-24.
Altern in Japan. Herausforderungen und Chancen
In: Godzik, Maren (Ed.) Japanstudien 21. Altern in Japan. Japanstudien. München: iudicium Verlag. pp. 15-24.
2009
Zur Konstruktion der Japanischen Kunstgeschichte
In: Distelrath, Günther (Ed.) Referate des 13. Deutschsprachigen Japanologentages. Bd. 2: Sozial-, Geschichts- und Rechtswissenschaft (=Bonner Asienstudien; 8/II). Berlin: EB-Verlag. pp. 389-400.
Zur Konstruktion der Japanischen Kunstgeschichte
In: Distelrath, Günther (Ed.) Referate des 13. Deutschsprachigen Japanologentages. Bd. 2: Sozial-, Geschichts- und Rechtswissenschaft (=Bonner Asienstudien; 8/II). Berlin: EB-Verlag. pp. 389-400.
2008
戦後美術と戦争―継続と革新 (The War in Japanese Postwar Art: Continuity and Innovation)
In: Sugitani, Kyoichi; Bauer, Tobias (Ed.) 日本とドイツの戦後史。日独国際ワークショップ報告書 2008年2月27日～28日. Nachkriegsgeschichte von Japan und Deutschland. Beiträge des internationalen japanisch-deutschen Workshops in Kumamoto 27.-28. Februar 2008. Kumamoto: Forschungsgruppe für die interkulturellen Beziehungen Universität Kumamoto. pp. 97-108.
戦後美術と戦争―継続と革新 (The War in Japanese Postwar Art: Continuity and Innovation)
In: Sugitani, Kyoichi; Bauer, Tobias (Ed.) 日本とドイツの戦後史。日独国際ワークショップ報告書 2008年2月27日～28日. Nachkriegsgeschichte von Japan und Deutschland. Beiträge des internationalen japanisch-deutschen Workshops in Kumamoto 27.-28. Februar 2008. Kumamoto: Forschungsgruppe für die interkulturellen Beziehungen Universität Kumamoto. pp. 97-108.
2008
ドイツにおけるジェンダー研究と美術 (Art and Gender Studies in Germany)
In: イメージ&ジェンダー ８ (Image & Gender 8). pp. 78–80.
ドイツにおけるジェンダー研究と美術 (Art and Gender Studies in Germany)
In: イメージ&ジェンダー ８ (Image & Gender 8). pp. 78–80.
2008
Ruheständler als Lebenselixier? Ruhestandswanderung und lokale Neubelebungsstrategien am Beispiel von Atami und Ishigaki
In: Elis, Volker; Lützeler, Ralph (Ed.) Japanstudien 20. Regionalentwicklung und regionale Disparitäten (Regional Development and Regional Disparities). Japanstudien. München: iudicium Verlag. pp. 129-162.
Ruheständler als Lebenselixier? Ruhestandswanderung und lokale Neubelebungsstrategien am Beispiel von Atami und Ishigaki
In: Elis, Volker; Lützeler, Ralph (Ed.) Japanstudien 20. Regionalentwicklung und regionale Disparitäten (Regional Development and Regional Disparities). Japanstudien. München: iudicium Verlag. pp. 129-162.
2007
Hausaufgaben: Über die Diskussion zu Kinderzimmern in Japan seit der Meiji-Zeit
In: Legeland, Marie-Luise, Manthey; Barbara, Ölschleger, Hans Dieter, Distelrath, Günther (Ed.) Von Bauern, Beamten und Banditen: Beiträge zur historischen Japanforschung (On peasants, bureaucrats and bandits. Contributions to historical research on Japan). (= Bonner Japanforschungen; 27). Bonn: Bier'sche Verlagsanstalt. pp. 159–180.
Hausaufgaben: Über die Diskussion zu Kinderzimmern in Japan seit der Meiji-Zeit
In: Legeland, Marie-Luise, Manthey; Barbara, Ölschleger, Hans Dieter, Distelrath, Günther (Ed.) Von Bauern, Beamten und Banditen: Beiträge zur historischen Japanforschung (On peasants, bureaucrats and bandits. Contributions to historical research on Japan). (= Bonner Japanforschungen; 27). Bonn: Bier'sche Verlagsanstalt. pp. 159–180.
2005
[With: von Landenberg, Silke; Legeland, Marie-Luise; Wallentowitz, Anneli; Lützeler, Ralph; Elis, Volker; Klein, Axel] Japanese Collections in European Museums – A Bibliography
In: Kreiner, Josef (Ed.) Japanese Collections in European Museums. (JapanArchiv: Schriftenreihe der Forschungsstelle Modernes Japan; Bd. 5,1). Bonn: Bier'sche Verlagsanstalt. pp. 147–232.
[With: von Landenberg, Silke; Legeland, Marie-Luise; Wallentowitz, Anneli; Lützeler, Ralph; Elis, Volker; Klein, Axel] Japanese Collections in European Museums – A Bibliography
In: Kreiner, Josef (Ed.) Japanese Collections in European Museums. (JapanArchiv: Schriftenreihe der Forschungsstelle Modernes Japan; Bd. 5,1). Bonn: Bier'sche Verlagsanstalt. pp. 147–232.
2002
Die Umwandlung der staatlichen Museen in sogenannte Independent Administrative Institutions
In: Herausgeberkollektiv (Ed.) Beiträge zur Japanforschung (Contributions to Research on Japan). Bonn: Bier'sche Verlagsanstalt. pp. 51–60.
Die Umwandlung der staatlichen Museen in sogenannte Independent Administrative Institutions
In: Herausgeberkollektiv (Ed.) Beiträge zur Japanforschung (Contributions to Research on Japan). Bonn: Bier'sche Verlagsanstalt. pp. 51–60.
2002
田部光子．アーティストとして女性として (Woman and Artist: Mitsuko Tabe)
In: T.M.T.スタジオ (Ed.) 田部光子Recent Works (Mitsuko Tabe. Recent Works). Fukuoka: Gallery Toile. pp. 13–14.
田部光子．アーティストとして女性として (Woman and Artist: Mitsuko Tabe)
In: T.M.T.スタジオ (Ed.) 田部光子Recent Works (Mitsuko Tabe. Recent Works). Fukuoka: Gallery Toile. pp. 13–14.
Article Translations
2006
Kuraya Mika: Das Haus, in dem das Äußere sich im Inneren ausbreitet – Shiro Matsuis Jonah’s Green
In: Hentschel, Martin, Kunstmuseen Kreefeld (Ed.) Shiro Matsui – Jonah’s Green. Bielefeld: Christof Kerber. pp. 34–46.
Kuraya Mika: Das Haus, in dem das Äußere sich im Inneren ausbreitet – Shiro Matsuis Jonah’s Green
In: Hentschel, Martin, Kunstmuseen Kreefeld (Ed.) Shiro Matsui – Jonah’s Green. Bielefeld: Christof Kerber. pp. 34–46.
2006
Sekimura Makoto: Khôra als Ort künstlerischen Schaffens
In: Hiroshima City University and AbBK Nurnberg Art project Team (Ed.) Art Project Khôra. Hiroshima: Hiroshima City University and AbBK Nurnberg Art Project Team, Hiroshima City University, Faculty of Arts. pp. 46–51.
Sekimura Makoto: Khôra als Ort künstlerischen Schaffens
In: Hiroshima City University and AbBK Nurnberg Art project Team (Ed.) Art Project Khôra. Hiroshima: Hiroshima City University and AbBK Nurnberg Art Project Team, Hiroshima City University, Faculty of Arts. pp. 46–51.
2005
Nakanishi Hiroyuki: Stephan Balkenhol und Japan
In: National Museum Osaka (Ed.) シュテファン・バルケンホール – 木の彫刻とレリーフ / Stephan Balkenhol – Skulpturen und Reliefs. Osaka: National Museum Osaka. S. 72–76.
Nakanishi Hiroyuki: Stephan Balkenhol und Japan
In: National Museum Osaka (Ed.) シュテファン・バルケンホール – 木の彫刻とレリーフ / Stephan Balkenhol – Skulpturen und Reliefs. Osaka: National Museum Osaka. S. 72–76.
2003
Tazawa Hiroyoshi: Rinpa – Bedeutung und Charakter
In: Japans Schönheit, Japans Seele. Meisterwerke aus dem Tokyo National Museum. München: Hirmer. pp. 353–360.
Tazawa Hiroyoshi: Rinpa – Bedeutung und Charakter
In: Japans Schönheit, Japans Seele. Meisterwerke aus dem Tokyo National Museum. München: Hirmer. pp. 353–360.
Reviews
2010
Housing, Care and Inheritance. Misa Izuhara. London/New York: Routledge, 2009, ISBN 978 0 415 41548 4
In: International Journal of Housing Policy, Vol. 10, No. 2. pp. 214 - 216.
Housing, Care and Inheritance. Misa Izuhara. London/New York: Routledge, 2009, ISBN 978 0 415 41548 4
In: International Journal of Housing Policy, Vol. 10, No. 2. pp. 214 - 216.
2008
NPO西山夘三記念すまい・まちづくり文庫『昭和の日本のすまい ― 西山夘三写真アーカイブズから』創元社NPO Nishiyama Uzō Kinen Sumai, Machizukuri Bunko (Hg.): Shōwa no Nihon no sumai. Nishiyama Uzō shashin ākaibuzu kara [Wohnen in der Shōwa-Zeit. Aus dem Fotoarchiv von Nishiyama Uzō]
In: Elis, Volker; Lützeler, Ralph (Ed.) Japanstudien 20. Regionalentwicklung und regionale Disparitäten (Regional Development and Regional Disparities). Japanstudien. München: iudicium Verlag. pp. 333-338.
NPO西山夘三記念すまい・まちづくり文庫『昭和の日本のすまい ― 西山夘三写真アーカイブズから』創元社NPO Nishiyama Uzō Kinen Sumai, Machizukuri Bunko (Hg.): Shōwa no Nihon no sumai. Nishiyama Uzō shashin ākaibuzu kara [Wohnen in der Shōwa-Zeit. Aus dem Fotoarchiv von Nishiyama Uzō]
In: Elis, Volker; Lützeler, Ralph (Ed.) Japanstudien 20. Regionalentwicklung und regionale Disparitäten (Regional Development and Regional Disparities). Japanstudien. München: iudicium Verlag. pp. 333-338.
Other Reviews
2007
Makoto Ueda: Shūgō jūtaku monogatari [Stories of apartment houses] and Toshio Ōtsuki: Shūgō jūtaku no jikan [The Time of apartment houses]
In: DIJ Newsletter. Tokyo: Deutsches Institut für Japanstudien. pp. 7-8.
Makoto Ueda: Shūgō jūtaku monogatari [Stories of apartment houses] and Toshio Ōtsuki: Shūgō jūtaku no jikan [The Time of apartment houses]
In: DIJ Newsletter. Tokyo: Deutsches Institut für Japanstudien. pp. 7-8.
Other Books
2000
[With: Merker, Peter; Oda, Kenji; Zöllner, Reinhard] Hinweise zur Abfassung schriftlicher Arbeiten. (Erfurter Reihe zur Geschichte Ostasiens: Studienhefte; ERGOS 1). Erfurt:
[With: Merker, Peter; Oda, Kenji; Zöllner, Reinhard] Hinweise zur Abfassung schriftlicher Arbeiten. (Erfurter Reihe zur Geschichte Ostasiens: Studienhefte; ERGOS 1). Erfurt:
Other Articles
2011
Japan und der demografische Wandel: Leben und Wohnen in einer der am schnellsten alternden Gesellschaften der Welt
In: BAGSO Nachrichten 2/2011. 2/2011. pp. 47-48.
Japan und der demografische Wandel: Leben und Wohnen in einer der am schnellsten alternden Gesellschaften der Welt
In: BAGSO Nachrichten 2/2011. 2/2011. pp. 47-48.
2003
ボン女性美術館。設立の経緯とその活動 (The Women’s Museum in Bonn)
In: イメージ&ジェンダー 4 (Image & Gender 4). pp. 146–147.
ボン女性美術館。設立の経緯とその活動 (The Women’s Museum in Bonn)
In: イメージ&ジェンダー 4 (Image & Gender 4). pp. 146–147.
2002
田中敦子展 (The Exhibition of Tanaka Atsuko in Ashiya und Shizuoka)
In: イメージ&ジェンダー 3 (Image & Gender 3 ). pp. 134–136.
田中敦子展 (The Exhibition of Tanaka Atsuko in Ashiya und Shizuoka)
In: イメージ&ジェンダー 3 (Image & Gender 3 ). pp. 134–136.
Presentations
October 3, 2012
ドイツの住まい。オムニバス講座：ドイツの現在、日本の未来.
, 明治大学情報コ ミュニケーション学部.
August 29, 2012
Teilnahme am Panel "Katastrophenhilfe - Japanologie nach der Katastrophe: forschungs- und praxisrelevante Aspekte".
15. Deutschsprachiger Japanologentag, Gesellschaft für Japanforschung (GJF) / Universität Zürich.
August 30, 2012
Wohnen nach dem 11. März: neue Wohnformen für ältere Menschen?.
15. Deutschsprachiger Japanologentag, Gesellschaft für Japanforschung (GJF) / Universität Zürich.
June 24, 2012
Alternative housing in Japan – Prospects for elderly people after the March 11 earthquake.
European Network of Housing Research (ENHR) Conference 2012: Housing: Local Welfare and Local Markets in a Globalised World, Lillehammer.
May 16, 2012
Discussing the emergence of alternative housing in Japan II.
2nd International Workshop on Urban Utopianism, Department of Geography, Baptist University Hong Kong and Urban Research Plaza Osaka City University. Baptist University Hong Kong.
March 12, 2012
基調講演日本とドイツにおける高齢化.
徳島県国際シンポジウム「高齢者が元気に安心して暮らせる地域社会の実現に向けて」, 徳島.
March 2, 2012
居住・健康・介護に関する研究.
2011年 度ワークショップ「新しい『日本研究』の展望」, 慶応義塾大学SFC.
February 25, 2012
Changing society, changing housing needs: The discourse on alternative housing in Japan.
Session: Japanese Cities in Global Networks, AAG (Association of American Geographers) 2012. New York.
August 26, 2011
Memories of homes. Housing biographies of older people.
13th EAJS conference, Section Anthropology and Sociology, Tallinn University.
July 8, 2011
Alternative forms of housing for the elderly in Japan and their role of creating new places of encounter between older and younger people in urban neighbourhoods.
Section 28: Living with Difference. Annual ISA RC21 Conference 2011 (Sociology of Urban and Regional Development, International Sociological Association), Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research – Urban Studies, University of Amsterdam.
June 4, 2011
高齢者の暮らし.～ドイツと日本～.
Ｔａｍａ市民大学, 東京.
May 14, 2011
Discussing the emergence of alternative housing in Japan.
Urban Utopianism. Dept. of Geography, Baptist University Hong Kong and Urban Research Plaza Osaka City University, Baptist University Hong Kong.
October 22, 2010 - October 23, 2010
Older Residents in Communal Forms of Living: What Do their Biographies Reveal about their Housing Decisions?.
Life Courses in Flux.
August 22, 2010
Alternative housing for the elderly in Japan – attitudes of residents towards their housing choice.
International Conference of Asia-Pacific Network for Housing Research (APNHR): Housing Affordability, Sustainability and Livability: Towards a Comparative Approach, Renmin University of China, Beijing.
July 5, 2010
Alternative housing for the elderly in Japan – examining the housing histories of residents.
European Network of Housing Research (ENHR) Conference 2010: Urban Dynamics & Housing Change. Crossing into the 2nd Decade of the 3rd Millenium. Workshop „Housing & Living Conditions of Ageing Populations“, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul.
March 23, 2010
Wohnen im Alter: Das Beispiel Japan.
Trinationale ForschungsStudienwoche, Universität Vechta.
March 15, 2010
Older residents in communal housing in Japan: Meaning of home and family.
Japan Anthropology Workshop (JAWS) 2010, The University of Texas, Austin.
January 13, 2010
Alternative Wohnformen für Japans ältere Generation: Familienflucht – Familienersatz?.
Gastvortrag, Universität Tübingen.
August 5, 2009
Choosing new places to live: Alternative housing solutions for the elderly in Japan.
2009 Housing Researchers Conference (Combined conference of the 4th Australasian Housing Researchers Conference and the 7th Asia-Pacific Network for Housing Research), Citigate Central, Sydney.
June 21, 2009
Living Arrangements of Elderly People: New Choices in a Changing Society.
13th Asian Studies Conference Japan (ASCJ), Sophia University, Tokyo.
February 1, 2009
1950～60年代の日本で活躍した女性アーティスト.
イメージ&ジェンダー研究会 101回例会, 世田谷区男女共同参画センター らぷらす.
November 29, 2008
Elderly Housing in Contemporary Japan – Exploring Alternative Forms of Living.
Jahrestagung der Vereinigung für Sozialwissenschaftliche Japanforschung (VSJF): Demographic Change in Japan and the EU – Comperative Perspectives, Tagungszentrum MutterHaus, Düsseldorf.
September 21, 2008
Housing the Elderly in Japan: Changes in Elderly Law.
12th European Association of Japanese Studies (EAJS) International Conference, University of Salento, Lecce.
July 7, 2008
Housing the Elderly in Japan: Diversification of Housing and Living Arrangements.
European Network of Housing Research (ENHR) Conference 2008: Shrinking Cities, Sprawling Suburbs, Changing Countrysides, Centre of Housing Research, University College, Dublin.
February 28, 2008
戦後美術と戦争継続と革新.
Internationaler japanisch-deutscher Workshop in Kumamoto: 日本とドイツの戦後史 / Nachkriegsgeschichte von Japan und Deutschland, 熊本大学.
November 24, 2007
Tendenzen einer Altersmigration in Japan? Atami und Ishigaki im Vergleich.
Jahrestagung der Vereinigung für Sozialwissenschaftliche Japanforschung (VSJF), Fachgruppe Stadt- und Regionalforschung, JDZB, Berlin.
June 1, 2007
住みやすい環境とは何か。今後のコミュニティーづくりのチャレンジ.
NPO法人粋なまちづくり倶楽部, 東京.
June 2, 2009 - June 4, 2009
New Housing Options for the Elderly in Japan.
Imploding Populations – Global and Local Challenges of Demographic Change.
October 16, 2008
Wohnmaßnahmen für ältere Menschen in Deutschland. Wo liegen die Unterschiede zu Japan?.
Housing the Elderly in Japan.
Curriculum Vitae
Nov. 2006 – present
Research fellow at the German Institute for Japanese Studies
2002 – 2006
Lecturer at the Department for Japanese Studies at the University of Bonn
1999 – 2005
Doctoral student of Japanese Studies at the University of Bonn, Research assistant at the Department for East Asian History at the University of Erfurt (1999-2000), Research stay at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music on a scholarship by the German Academic Exchange Service (2000-2002), Dr. phil. (2005)
1991 – 1999
Student of Japanese Studies, Sociology and Oriental Art History at the University of Bonn, Student at Kumamoto University receiving a scholarship by the Japanese Ministry of Education (1993-1994), M. A. from the Department of Philosophy at the University of Bonn (1999)