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Ruth AchenbachJapanese Studies/Chinese Studies/Law
September 2011 - November 2011
September 2011 - November 2011
Aya AdachiMarch 2020 - May 2020
Nicole AltmeierJapanese Studies
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October 2000 - August 2001
Dionyssios AskitisJapanese Studies, Psychology
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May 2019 - September 2019
Juliane AsoHistory, Japanese Studies
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Nadeschda BachemJapanese and Korean Literary Studies
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Inger M. BachmannPolitical Science
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Peter BackhausLinguistics
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Maria BaierPolitical Science
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Moritz BälzLaw
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Björn BeckerLabor Market related Gender Differences, Family Economics, Well-being
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Axel BerkofskyJapanese Studies
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Biru David BinderJapanese Studies, Gender Studies
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Verena BlechingerPolitics
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Friederike BosseBusiness Administration
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Anita BrockmannJapanese Studies
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Silke BromannEconomics
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Susanne BruckschSocial Science
Innovation Studies, Science & Technology Studies (STS)
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Innovation Studies, Science & Technology Studies (STS)
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Ferdinand BrüggemannHistory of photography in the 20th century
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Yosuke BuchmeierJapanese Studies, Communication Studies, Sociology
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Philippe BürginMarch 2023 - July 2023
Nadine BurgschweigerJapanese Studies/Law
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Michael BurtscherRecent History, Economics
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Thomas BüttnerHistory
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October 2005 - March 2006
Katja CaßingDIJ Comprehensive Japanese-German Dictionary
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October 1998 - February 1999
Hsiu-Jane ChenBiology, Science History
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May 2004 - January 2005
Claudia ChristPsychology, Japanese Studies
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Annika ClasenForeign Affairs of Japan and International Relations
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Harald ConradEconomics/ Social Science: Social Policy
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June 1998 - September 1998
Katharina DalkoJapanese Studies, Political Science
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Julian B. DierkesSociology
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Michael DietrichSeptember 2022 - June 2023
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Roman DitzerEconomics
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July 1993 - September 1993
Felix DröllFebruary 2024 - July 2024
Moritz EhlenJapanese Studies/Sociology
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Matthias EichhornJapanese Studies
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Susanna EismannJapanese Studies
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Steve R. EntrichSociology of Education
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Annette ErbeJapanese Studies
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September 1998 - November 1998
Simon EsslerJapanese Studies
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Alexandra FaustMarch 2024 - August 2024
Carolin FleischerJapanese studies, Theater studies
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Gudrun FranzenJapanese Studies, Economics
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Harald FuessSocial History, Gender Studies
September 1993 - August 1994
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Veronika Julie GaileLaw
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Petra GebetsbergerPolitical Science
December 1998 - March 1999
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Barbara GeilhornCultural Studies, Theater and Performance Studies
September 2006 - July 2007
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Katrin GengenbachApril 2008 - September 2008
Marie-Luise GoerkeJapanese Studies
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Wiebke GrimmigCultural Anthropology
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Florian GrosserSociolinguistics, Linguistic Anthropology
February 2025 - April 2025
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Deniz GünalLaw/Japanese Studies
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Dorit Ines GüntherJapanese Studies, Economics
July 1992 - August 1992
July 1992 - August 1992
Sabine HänsgenJapanese Science, Library Science
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May 2006 - February 2007
Maren Haufs-BrusbergJapanese Studies, Japanese Literature, Cultural Studies
August 2018 - September 2018
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Nadin HeeHistory, Art History of East Asia, Japanese Studies
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Viktoria HeindorfBusiness and Economics
April 2004 - May 2004
April 2004 - May 2004
Steffen HeinrichPolitical Science
April 2007 - February 2008
April 2007 - February 2008
Reglindis HelmerJapanese Studies, Film
April 2001 - September 2001
April 2001 - September 2001
Martin HemmertEconomics
September 1990 - February 1992
September 1990 - February 1992
André HertrichHistory, Japanese Studies
September 2004 - October 2005
September 2004 - October 2005
Katharina HeyerPolitical Science
June 1998 - September 1998
June 1998 - September 1998
Monika Hinkel (geb. Retterath)Japanese Studies, Oriental Art History
May 2003 - April 2004
May 2003 - April 2004
Sebastian HofstetterJapanese Studies, Law
June 2013 - February 2014
June 2013 - February 2014
Sybille HöheJapanese Studies, Study of Religions
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June 2004 - July 2005
Michel HohendannerHuman-Computer Interaction (HCI), Digital Ethics, Design Theory
August 2024 - December 2024
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Phoebe Stella HoldgrünJapanese Studies, Political Science
April 2008 - December 2008
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Barbara HolthusSociology
June 1999 - September 1999
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Uwe HoltschneiderBusiness and Economics
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Hinrich HomannJapanology/Sinology/Korean Studies
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Carola HommerichSociology
March 2007 - August 2007
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Stefan HöppeJapanese Studies, Philosophy
June 1996 - August 1996
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Matthias HuberOctober 2016 - June 2017
Stefan HübnerEast Asian History
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Tina HügelSocial Movements in Japan, Social Movement Theory, Japanese Civil Society, Anti-nuclear Movement, Nuclear Energy Policy
April 2017 - July 2017
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Thomas HülleinJapanese Studies, Philosophy
July 2011 - March 2012
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Sonja HülsebusJapanese Studies, Japanese postwar discourse, Heritage Studies
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Katharina HülsmannTranscultural Phenomena in Popular Culture, Gender Studies, Fan Studies, Media Culture in the Age of the Internet
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Momoyo HüstebeckPolitical Science
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Sarah JacobyInformation Science
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Shizuka Jäger-DresenSociology
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Reik JagnoHistory
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Adam JamborJapanese Studies
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Franziska JohnJapanese Studies, Physics
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Eva KaminskiJapanologie, Kunstgeschichte, Slavistik
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Axel KarpensteinPolitical Science
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Jana KatzenbergJapanese Studies, Sociology, Fashion
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Klaus-Jochem KeckerEconomics
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Nicole KeuschJapanese Studies and African Studies
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Jane KhanizadehSeptember 2023 - November 2023
Alexander KimotoJapanese studies, sociology, law
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Griseldis KirschJapanese Studies, English Literature, Ethnology
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Peter KleinenJapanese Studies
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Patrick KoellnerAdministrative Science
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April 1995 - September 1995
Josko KozicJune 2023 - February 2024
Jonathan KrautterEconomic History
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Clemens KrohnEconomics
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Harald KümmerleHistory of Science, Digital Humanities
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Julia LangeJapanese Studies
March 2008 - February 2009
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Sophia Anastasia LatsosEconomics
September 2016 - February 2017
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Vincent LeschJapanese Studies, Sociology
April 2017 - December 2017
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Junko LévayDeaf Studies & Sign Language Interpreting
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Ludgera LewerichModern Japanese Studies
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Felix LillOctober 2016 - June 2017
Emma Shu-Hui LinLaw, Art History
September 2018 - February 2019
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Jesco LindnerLaw
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Roland LöchliJapanese Studies, Chinese Studies, Political Science & International Law
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Bettina LockemannCultural Studies/Photography
April 2006 - June 2006
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Marc LöhrCommunication Science
May 1990 - September 1991
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Oliver LoidlJapanologie, Erziehungswissenschaft
April 2002 - March 2003
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Swantje LorenzJapanese Studies, Economics
May 1997 - October 1997
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Ralph LützelerGeography, Population Studies
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May 1990 - February 1992
Ingrid MackensenJapanese Studies
April 2016 - January 2017
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Mark MangerPolitical Science, Japanese Studies, Economics
October 2002 - March 2003
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Barbara MantheyJapanese Studies, Communication
October 1994 - September 1995
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Andreas MarksHistory of East Asian Art
March 2005 - February 2006
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David MarutschkeBusiness Sciences/Japanese Studies
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Verena MaserJapanese Studies/ Sociology
May 2011 - April 2012
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Sebastian MaslowPolitical Science
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Sven MatthiessenJapanese Studies
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Kristin MeißnerModern history
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Maria MengelJapanese Studies/Musicology/French Philology
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Manuel MetzlerPolitical Science
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May 1996 - April 1997
Hans MevesEconomic Geography
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Hendrik Meyer-OhleEconomics
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Dorothea MladenovaJapanese Studies
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Ben MoellerApril 2023 - March 2024
Lisa MundtJapanese Studies, Dramatics
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Andreas NaborEconomics
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Jan NiggemeierSocial Sciences, East Asian Studies
April 2018 - September 2018
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Tobias Nogami KamerlingLaw
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Wieland NötzoldJapanese Studies, Economics
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Michaela OberwinklerJapanese Studies, Linguistics
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Reinold OphülsJapanese Studies
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Melek OrtabasiComparative Literature Japanese-German
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Grit OseJapanese studies, political science / international relations
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Silke-Susan OttoBusiness Administration
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Sieun ParkMarch 2019 - January 2021
Maria PastukhovaPolitical Science
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Christoph PetermannLinguistics
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Michael PfeiferLaw
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Heide PhilippJapanese Studies
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Susanne PhilippsJapanese Studies
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Julian PlenefischJapanese Studies, History
October 2012 - February 2013
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Elli-Katharina PolymeropoulosJapanese Studies, Political Sciences
July 2010 - September 2010
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Michael PrielerMedia Studies
March 2008 - February 2009
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Florian PurkarthoferSocial Sciences, Urban Spaces, Spatial Planning, Critique and Utopia
July 2018 - February 2019
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Sarah PützerMay 2023 - September 2023
Bettina C. RabeEducation/Japanese Studies
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May 2006 - February 2007
Benjamin RabeSocial Science, East Asian Studies
March 2018 - July 2018
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Vyara RadulovaInternational Business
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Mathias RätherHistory / Modern East Asia History
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Jörg Raupach-SumiyaEconomics
January 1994 - January 1995
January 1994 - January 1995
Nikolaus RauppEconomics
July 2008 - November 2008
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Daniela RechenbergerPolitics
April 2002 - September 2002
April 2002 - September 2002
Stefanie ReitzigSociology, Japanese Studies
April 2014 - July 2014
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Holger RockmannSoziologie, Neuere Geschichte, Psychologie
April 2005 - March 2006
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Stefan RoesnerJapanese Studies, Sociology
September 2010 - August 2011
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Frank RövekampEconomics
July 1996 - June 1997
July 1996 - June 1997
Jasmin RückertOctober 2023 - April 2024
Esther RühlJapanese Studies
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May 1996 - October 1996
Christiane RühleJapanese Studies, Political Science
October 2012 - July 2013
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Köksal SahinLaw
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Harald SalomonJapanese Studies
April 2000 - December 2000
April 2000 - December 2000
Atussa SarvestaniPolitical Science, Sociology, Chinese
October 2001 - November 2001
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Stefanie SchäferJapanologie/Japanische Nachkriegsgeschichte
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Charlotte SchäferJapanese Studies, Disability Studies
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Sabine SchenkJapanese Studies/Art history
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Elisabeth SchererJapanese Studies, Rhetoric
August 2008 - November 2008
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Susanne SchermannArt Education, Film Science
July 1992 - March 1993
July 1992 - March 1993
Julien SchicklingNovember 2023 - February 2024
Arne C. SchmidtBusiness and Economics
August 2009 - May 2010
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Gunther SchnablJapanese Studies, Economics
July 1997 - September 1997
July 1997 - September 1997
Christian SchröppelSociology
July 2001 - January 2002
July 2001 - January 2002
Franziska SchultzJapanese Studies, Chinese Studies
March 2012 - February 2013
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Evelyn SchulzJapanese Studies
May 1993 - February 1994
May 1993 - February 1994
Martin SchulzEconomics
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Juliane SchulzJapanese Studies/Social Science
March 2015 - June 2015
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Kai SchulzePolitical Science
July 2009 - April 2010
July 2009 - April 2010
Rainer SchulzerJapanese Studies, Philosophy
April 2010 - November 2010
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Kevin SchumacherJapanese Studies, Art History, Literary Studies
May 2019 - February 2020
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Simon SchwenkeJapanese Studies, Social Sciences
March 2012 - February 2013
March 2012 - February 2013
Christiane SeitzJapanische Literatur
June 2000 - September 2000
June 2000 - September 2000
Isabel SeligerJapanese Literature
March 2000 - June 2000
March 2000 - June 2000
Franziska SeraphimJapanese History
May 1996 - April 1997
May 1996 - April 1997
Michael SiemerJapanese Studies
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March 1995 - February 1996
Anna SkarpelisSociology and political science
January 2009
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Anna K. SkarpelisSociology
April 2013 - June 2013
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Mira SonntagJapanese Studies, Religious Studies
July 2003 - March 2004
July 2003 - March 2004
Christian W. SpangHistory
December 2001 - September 2002
December 2001 - September 2002
Sabine SpellInternational Relations
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September 2000 - December 2000
André SpindlerJapanese Studies
April 2009 - July 2009
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Felix SprembergJapanese Studies, Sociology
April 2012 - March 2013
April 2012 - March 2013
Maik Hendrik SprotteJapanese Studies
June 1997 - August 1997
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Günther StahlPsychology
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September 1993 - November 1993
Franziska SteffenStudy of Religion, Japanese Language
April 2015 - March 2016
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Jan SteinbrennerBusiness Administration
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September 1991 - August 1992
Melanie StiehrJapanese Studies
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April 2009 - February 2010
Sophie TakahashiApril 2023 - March 2024
Sarah TankePolitical Science, International Relations, Japanese Studies
August 2017 - October 2017
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Kai Oliver ThieleBusiness Administration, Mergers & Acquisitions
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Wolfgang ThieleApril 2024 - December 2024
Markus ThierLaw/Japanese Studies
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Dan TidtenLaw
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Katja TriplettJapanese and Religious Studies
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Nadine VogelJapanese Studies, Social Sciences
February 2015 - July 2015
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Silke VogtGeography
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Gabriele VogtPolitical Science
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Michael WachutkaJapanese Studies, History
November 2001 - September 2002
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Cosima WagnerJapanese Studies / History
February 2006 - April 2006
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Julia WalklingLaw
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Torsten WeberModern East Asian History
Science Communication & Public Relations
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Science Communication & Public Relations
June 2006 - March 2007
Christian WeisgerberJapanese Studies
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Tobias WeissJapanese studies and political science
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Iris WieczorekJapanese Studies
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Anna WiemannJapanese Studies, Social Sciences
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Jeannette WilhelmyBusiness and Economics
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Jenny WillettJapanese Studies
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Ralf WindhabJuly 2024 - September 2024
Alexandra WittigPolitical Sciences
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Alexander P. WitzkeRegional Science of Japan, business studies
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Raymond YamamotoJapanese Studies, International Relations
September 2014 - March 2015
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Matthias Urs ZachmannJapanese and Chinese Studies
November 2002 - December 2003
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Ineke ZimmermannJapanese Studies
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