Statement on Fair Conduct

The Center for East Asian Studies (ZO) as a member of the Center for Asian and Transcultural Studies (CATS) at Heidelberg University is an institution devoted to lived diversity and fair conduct. The ZO fully implements the principles laid down in the “Guidelines on Fair Conduct” issued by Heidelberg University’s Senate and expects the same from all its members (staff and students), visitors, and guests.

Contact persons in cases of discrimination or sexual harrassment:

• Institute for Japanese Studies: Prof. Dr. Hans Martin Krämer
• Institute for East Asian Art History: Prof. Dr. Sarah Fraser
• Institute for Chinese Studies: https://www.zo.uni-heidelberg.de/sinologie/saoraozixun_en.html

You many also contact the central Equal Opportunities Office of the university, which has professional and trained staff who can counsel on matters including mobbing, stalking, or harassment:

• https://www.uni-heidelberg.de/gleichstellungsbeauftragte/belaestigung-mobbing-stalking_en.html