History of Chinese Studies

Welcome to the Project Website "History of Chinese Studies" by the International Chinese Studies Centre, Hunan Normal University, China.

Overview

ed. by Martin Woesler

every vol. is enriched by several contributors

vol. 1 by Prof. Collani for the early time (focus on missionaries) Also reflectively.

vol. 2 by Prof. Eberspächer on the time until the 18th century, Prof. Doering with a focus on philosophy and cultural studies

Prof. Datsishen, assistants: Vladislav Kruglov, Alena Pavlova (Russian Chinese Studies including Eastern European),

Margaret Chu (anglophone Chinese Studies [not yet US])

Martin Woesler (non-English and non-Russian European Chinese Studies) would have to cooperate on further volumes which may be sorted by

Intellectual History: Anna Lisa Ahlers?

vol. 3 1800-1850

vol. 4 1850-1914 volume editor Eberspaecher

vol. 5 1914-1949

vol. 6 1949-1966/76

vol. 7 1966/76-1989 Transition of China image from "stagnation" to "economic boom" and (approaches to) reasoning (e.g. Confucianism)

vol. 8 1989-2000

vol. 9 2000-2010

vol. 10 2010-2020

vol. editors: rules for the contributors of the volume

in every volume: self-perception/-'verortung' and organisation### der Sinologie in der Zeit

Kriterium für die Aufnahme/Beschreibung sollte die Relevanz sein, also statt Sinologen-Biographien die wichtigsten Forschungsbeiträge

Einteilung: Zäsuren

Fragestellungen: Schulen, Historische Entwicklungen, Diskurse, Erkenntnisfortschritt, klassische Sinologie und Gegenwarts-Chinastudien

Aufarbeitung auch von 'dunklen Kapiteln': westliche Sinologen schwenken rote Mao-Bibeln,

Gesamtschau: Themen, Werke (incl. Bedeutung, Rezeption), + Systemische Bezüge: Hermeneutik (Franke: Methodologisches Theorem; Unschuld: Warum arbeiten zu TCM nur Ärzte und keine Sinologen?), Sozialwissenschaften, Selbstperception der Disziplin