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Courses

• Friday 19:00-20:40 Chinese Language and Culture Fall 2022 87 MA students (starts Sep 30), fall term 2022, with Ole Döring, Cord Eberspächer
• Monday 14:30-16:10 Translation Theory ZH-DE 2022 29 BA students (starts Aug 29, weeks 1-16) 汉德翻译理论与实践 #腾讯会议：345-3281-9241, fall term 2022
• Monday 14:30-16:10 Foundations of Chinese Cultures 2022 29 BA students 中国文化基础(09166202.01) (starts Feb 21, weeks 1-16, 外国语学院大楼605机房) 20级翻译01班 jwglnew.hunnu.edu.cn, spring term 2022
• Friday 14:30-16:10 Chinese Classics Translation 2022 47+ MA students together with Prof. Cord Eberspaecher, class of 2020 Translation & Interpreting Major, Classroom 613 (starts Feb 25, weeks 1-16), spring term 2022
• Friday 16:30-18:10 Chinese Language and Culture 2022 76+ MA students together with Prof. Cord Eberspaecher , class of 2020 Translation & Interpreting, Classroom 613 (starts Feb 25, weeks 1-16), spring term 2022
• Wednesday 14:30-16:10 Introduction to Translation Studies 2021 for MA students of 2021, fall term 2021, Hunan Normal University
• Wednesday 14:30-16:10 Foundations of Chinese Cultures 2021 for BA students of 2019, spring term 2021, Hunan Normal University
• Corona - Scientific Methods and Ability of Dialogue, winter term 2021, Witten/Herdecke University
• Thursday 11:00-13:30 Childhood in China - Past and Present session in the seminar by Prof. David Martin Childhood and Development, Jan 21, 2021, Witten/Herdecke University
• Monday 14:30-16:10 Chinese Languages and Cultures for MA students of 2020, fall term 2020, Hunan Normal University
• Monday 16:30-18:10 Introduction to Translation Studies for MA students of 2020, fall term 2020, Hunan Normal University
• Monday 19:00-20:40 German Phonetics for BA students of 2020, fall term 2020, Hunan Normal University, Tuesday 14:30-16:10 (8:30-10:30), Wednesday 16:30-18:10 (10:30-12:10 Uhr), Thursday 19:00-20:40 (13:00-14:40 Uhr), Friday 14:30-16:10 (8:30-10:10 Uhr)
• Basics of Chinese Culture, summer term 2020, Hunan Normal University
• Cross Media Storytelling, summer term 2020, Witten/Herdecke University
• Holism as a Concept, summer term 2020, Witten/Herdecke University
• Introduction to Traditional Chinese Culture, winter term 2019/2020, Hunan Normal University
• Introduction to Translation Studies, winter term 2019/2020, Hunan Normal University
• Total Digitization – where is the place for humans?, winter term 2019/2020 Witten/Herdecke University
• How Social is Social Media?, winter term 2019/2020 Witten/Herdecke University
• Regional Digital Cultures - Disruptions (USA), Technology-Skip (Africa), Privacy Discussions (Europe), AI-Controlled Society (China) , winter term 2019/2020 Witten/Herdecke University
• Networks, Protocols, Authority Netzwerke - Protokolle - Macht - summer term 2019 Leuphana University Lueneburg, with Martin Warnke
• Propaganda - Rhetorics Propaganda - Die Rhetorik - summer term 2019 (Witten/Herdecke University, Germany) http://tinyurl.com/y6npurbn
• Master Pieces of Chinese Poetry Meisterwerke chinesischer Dichtkunst - summer term 2019 (Witten/Herdecke University, Germany) http://tinyurl.com/yymdbm39
• Crosscultural Comparison of Literary Works Literaturwerke verschiedener Kulturen im Direktvergleich - winter term 2018/2019 (Witten/Herdecke University, Germany) https://goo.gl/Fj4yeU
• Digitization models in China, the US and Europe - winter term 2018/2019 (Witten/Herdecke University, Germany) https://goo.gl/ZnbY6V
• China - Alternative to Western Societies? China – techno-autoritäre Alternative zur freiheitlich-westlichen Demokratie? - winter term 2018/2019 (Witten/Herdecke University, Germany) https://goo.gl/8fxyU7
• Ride through World Literature - summer term 2018 (Witten/Herdecke University, Germany)
• New (old) world power China. Today's foreign policy and political philosophical origins - summer term 2018 (Witten/Herdecke University, Germany)
• International Sinology - spring term 2018 (Beijing Normal University/China)
• Introduction to Foreign Literature 2018 - spring term 2018 (Beijing Normal University/China)
• Myth of Immortality / Mythos Unsterblichkeit - winter term 2017 (Witten/Herdecke University/Germany)
• Motifs of World Literature / Motive der Weltliteratur - winter term 2017 (Witten/Herdecke University/Germany)
• Research on the Overseas Distribution of Chinese Literature - fall term 2017/18 (Beijing Normal University/China)
• Selected Research Topics in Comparative Literature - fall term 2017/18 (Beijing Normal University/China)
• Internet in China - summer term 2017 (Witten/Herdecke University/Germany)
• Education in Dictatorships - summer term 2017 (Witten/Herdecke University/Germany)
• Early Western Translations of the Dream of the Red Chamber - summer term 2017 (Witten/Herdecke University/Germany)
• Introduction to Foreign Literature - spring term 2017 (Beijing Normal University/China)
• Mass communication in the Age of New Media - winter term 2016 (Witten/Herdecke University/Germany)
• First encounters between distant cultures - and the earliest translations of literature, focusing on China (from the German/European perspective) - winter term 2016 (Witten/Herdecke University/Germany)
• Dissemination of Chinese Literature abroad - fall term 2016 (Beijing Normal University/China)
• Translated Literature - fall term 2016 (Beijing Normal University/China)
• Communication 4.0 - New experimental communication apps (in China, the US and Europe) - summer term 2016 (Witten/Herdecke University/Germany)
• Internationale Softpower - mit einem Fokus auf China - summer term 2016 (Witten/Herdecke University/Germany)
• Modern Chinese Literature - Students' contributions - (Peking Normal University/China)
• Resolving Conflicts, Finding Compromises, Understanding Each Other -- summer term 2015 (Witten/Herdecke University/Germany)
• Early reception and translations of the Dream of the Red Chamber -- summer term 2015 (Nanking Normal University/China)
• EU-China Multi-level Comparison -- winter term 2014/2015 (Università Roma Tre/Italy)
• The Other -- winter term 2014/2015 (Witten/Herdecke University/Germany)
• Cultural memory and the Cultural Revolution -- summer term 2014 (Witten/Herdecke Universit/Germany)
• Communicating better -- summer term 2014 (Witten/Herdecke University/Germany)
• China and us -- winter term 2013/2014 (Witten/Herdecke University/Germany)
• Reading Course -- winter term 2013/2014 (Ruhr University Bochum/Germany)
• German as a Foreign Language B2.2 for Chinese Students (Ruhr University Bochum/Germany)
• Comparing Cultures -- Students' contributions (Witten/Herdecke University/Germany) - co-taught Dr. M. Kettner / Dr. M. Woesler
• Traditional Chinese History -- Students' contributions (Utah Valley University/USA) - Chinese History from the earliest times through the Ming Dynasty.
• Modern Chinese History -- Students' contributions (Utah Valley University/USA) - Chinese History from the Qing Dynasty to today.
• Classical Chinese Literature -- Students' contributions (Utah Valley University/USA) - The history of Chinese Literature from the earliest times through the Ming Dynasty.
• Modern Chinese Literature - Students' contributions - (Utah Valley University/USA)
• Introduction to Chinese Studies - Students' contributions (Utah Valley University/USA)
• Chinese Philosophy - Students' contributions (Utah Valley University/USA)
• Chinese Culture and Film -- Students' contributions (Utah Valley University/USA) - Chinese Films- from the earliest days of movies in China to now and their changing representations of Modern Chinese Culture.
• Success in the China Related Job Market -- (Utah Valley University/USA) Timeline and Students' contributions

Institutions and Chinese Studies Conferences

• 6th World Conference of Chinese Studies, August 2022 Witten and Berlin
• 5th World Conference of Chinese Studies, August 2021 Witten and Brussels
• International Chinese Studies Centre
• Jean Monnet Chair, Jean Monnet Work Team
• 4th World Conference of Chinese Studies, August 15-18, 2020 Witten and London (150 participants, 100 presentations online), program
• 3rd World Conference of Chinese Studies August 24-25, 2019 Witten/Germany and August 26-27, 2019 Paris/France, host: Witten/Herdecke University, convener: M. Woesler, R. Trappl, H. v. Senger, You Tianwei, Zhou Wenye organizers: WACS, GCA etc.
• 100th Anniversary of May Fourth Movement, Cologne, Dusseldorf, Witten
• 2nd World Conference of Chinese Studies August 18-19, 2018 Witten/Germany and August 21-22, 2018 Vienna University/Austria, host: Witten/Herdecke University, convener: M. Woesler, R. Trappl, organizers: WACS, GCA etc.
• 1st World Conference of Chinese Studies - Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the German China Association August 19-20, 2017 Witten/Germany, host: Witten/Herdecke University, convener: M. Woesler, organizers: WACS, GCA etc.
• Celebrating Cao Xueqin's 300th Anniversary - 3rd Int'l Dream of the Red Chamber Conference Europe M. Woesler for Folkwang University Essen and Cao Xueqin Society (Peking/China) 2016
• China's Way II - European Forum 2015 on the Chinese Path - Achievements and their reasons, Problems and their solutions Chinese Studies Conference, September 27, 2015 (Berlin, Germany), GCA (G. Paul/M. Woesler), Luxemburg Foundation & CASS. German version: Chinas Weg II - Europäisches Forum 2015 zum chinesischen Entwicklungsweg - Erfolge und Gründe, Probleme und Lösungen
• China's Way I - European Forum 2014 on the Chinese Path Chinese Studies Conference, October 20, 2014 (Berlin, Germany), GCA (G. Paul/M. Woesler) & CASS. German version: Chinas Weg I - Europäisches Forum 2014 zum chinesischen Entwicklungsweg
• China and Europe Chinese Studies Conference, March 27-28, 2014 (Italy, Rome), L. Moccia/M. Woesler
• Creation and Consumption of Cultural Commodities December 13-16, 2013 (Wuhan, China), Wenqian G./S. Li et al. and M. Woesler/M. Kettner/M. Frühauf
• China and the Asia-Pacific 2nd UVU Chinese Studies Conference, March 7-8, 2013 (USA), M. Woesler
• China's Global Impact Inaugural UVU Chinese Studies Conference, March 23-25, 2012 (USA), M. Woesler

The indicated colleagues are the chairs and co-chairs of the Organizing Committees.

Useful things

• Free online tools to learn Chinese -- Students' contributions Fall 2011 - Chinese Language
• Todo-Liste
• Übersetzungsprojekte