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Revision as of 12:43, 4 April 2026
📖 Contribute to this Book Project!
This is a collaborative scholarly publication. Researchers, scholars, and students of sinology are invited to contribute: correct errors, add references, expand chapters, or translate into new languages. Your contributions will be credited.
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History of Sinology
From Jesuit Missionaries to Digital Humanities
Martin Woesler
Hunan Normal University
European University Press · First Edition 2026.1
ISBN 978-3-86515-447-7 (EUP) / 978-1-68202-595-6 (APUSA)
Available in multiple languages / Mehrsprachig verfügbar / 多语言版本:
- English (this page) -- Complete
- Deutsch -- All chapters translated
- 中文（简体） -- All chapters translated
- 中文（正體） -- Chapters 1, 2, 4 translated; remaining in progress
- Français -- All chapters translated
- Español -- Chapter 1 translated; remaining in progress
- Русский -- Chapters 1, 2, 4, 5 translated; remaining in progress
Translation status: View translation status report
Table of Contents
PART I: ORIGINS AND PRECURSORS
- Chapter 1: Early Encounters — Travelers, Traders, and the First Reports on China
- Chapter 2: The Jesuit Enterprise — From Missionary Linguistics to Proto-Sinology (1582–1773)
PART II: THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SINOLOGY AS AN ACADEMIC DISCIPLINE
- Chapter 4: The Founding of Academic Sinology (1814–1900)
- Chapter 5: The Maturation of Sinology (1900–1945)
- Chapter 6: Cold War Sinology — Divided Fields, Competing Paradigms (1945–1990)
PART III: SINOLOGY BY COUNTRY AND REGION
- Chapter 7: Germany — From Leibniz to Contemporary Chinawissenschaften
- Chapter 8: France — The Collège de France Tradition and the Golden Age of Philological Sinology
- Chapter 9: Great Britain — Diplomats, Missionaries, and the Translator-Scholar Tradition
- Chapter 10: The Netherlands — From the VOC to Leiden’s Global Reach
- Chapter 11: Portugal and Spain — The Iberian Roots of European Sinology
- Chapter 12: Italy — From Matteo Ricci to Contemporary Italian Sinology
- Chapter 14: Scandinavia — Bernhard Karlgren and the Swedish School
- Chapter 15: Eastern Europe — Sinology in Poland, Czech Republic, Romania, Macedonia, and Belarus
- Chapter 16: Russia — From the Ecclesiastical Mission to Contemporary Chinese Studies
- Chapter 17: United States — From Friedrich Hirth to the Area Studies Model
- Chapter 18: Australia and New Zealand — Sinology in the Antipodes
- Chapter 19: East Asia — Sinology in Japan, Korea, and Vietnam
- Chapter 20: Turkey, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Indonesia — Sinology on the Silk Road and Beyond
- Chapter 21: Africa and Latin America — Emerging Chinese Studies
About This Project
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Status: 1st edition published 2026.1, 2nd edition in preparation