Staff

The staff of the Japan-Center.

Professors

Prof. Dr. Martin Lehnert

Professor of East Asian Religion and Philosophy

Prof. Dr. Evelyn Schulz

Professor of Japanese Studies

Prof. Dr. Gabriele Vogt

Chair of Japanese Studies

Professor of Japanese Studies (W 3), Director to Department of Asian Studies

Prof. Dr. Franz Waldenberger

Professor for Japanese Economy

Administrative staff

MA Tanja Eberl

Team Assistant

Carola Peñas

Team Assistent

Academic staff

Dr. phil. Simone Heidegger

Research associate, Coordination of the Doctoral Program in Buddhist Studies

Dr. Paulus Kaufmann

Research Associate

Paul Johann Kramer, M.A.

Researcher at the CRC 1369 Cultures of Vigilance, Project B08

Antonia Vesting, M.A.

Research Associate at DFG-Project "Demography and Democracy: How Population Aging Alters Democracy – The Case of Japan"

Christoph Völker, M.A.

Research Associate

Dr. Anna Wiemann

Assistant professor

Japanese language lecturers

Dr. Yumiko Kato

Lecturer in Japanese

Dr. phil. Yumiko Murata

Research & Teaching Associate

Yoshio Takahashi, MA

Lecturer in Japanese

Part-time lecturer

Dr. Daniel Schley

Part-time lecturer

Dr. Kevin Schumacher-Shoji

Part-time lecturer

Visiting Researcher

Emeriti and Alumni (since 2019)

Yosuke Buchmeier, Dr. des.

Research Associate

Dr. Carolin Fleischer-Heininger

Research Associate

Dr. phil. Christian Göhlert

Lecturer

Dr. phil. i.R. Yoshiharu Kasai

Lecturer in Japanese (retired)

Retired since 1 March 2022

Jane Sarah Khanizadeh, Dr. des.

Research Associate

Anne-Sophie L. König, M.A.

Research Associate at DFG-Project "Demography and Democracy: How Population Aging Alters Democracy – The Case of Japan"

Felicia Krammling, M.A.

Part-time lecturer

Prof. Dr. Peter Pörtner, (i.R.)

Professor for Japanese Studies

Retired since 1 April 2019

Stefanie Schwarte, M.A.

Research Associate at DFG-Project "Demography and Democracy: How Population Aging Alters Democracy – The Case of Japan"

Prof. Dr. Klaus Vollmer, (i.R.)

Chair of Japanese Studies

Retired since October 1, 2025

Dr. Holger Wöhlbier

Senior lecturer