Jun.-Prof. Dr. Anne Schmiedl

Associate Professorship "Literature and Culture of Modern China"

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Phone: 0251-83 29901
E-Mail: anne.schmiedl@uni-muenster.de

Research Foci
  • Literature and Culture of Late Imperial China
  • Chinese Mythical Literature
  • Female Figures in Chinese Literature
  • Cultural Transfer Processes between China and Japan
  • Mantic Practices in China
  • Classification and Systematization in China
  • Animal Studies
CV

Academic Education

PhD (summa cum laude), Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Thesis title: “Realising a Character’s True Meaning: Divination and Script-Contemplation in the Zichu 字觸 by Zhou Lianggong 周亮工 (1612–1672)“
Academic stay in Taipei, Taiwan (funded by Villigst e.V.)
Academic stay at Zhouyi Center, Shandong University, in Jinan, China (funded by Villigst e.V.)
M.A. in English Cultural Studies, Sinology and Japanese Studies, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg
Japanese language and culture studies at Yamaguchi University in Yamaguchi, Japan

Positions

Visiting scholar, Institute for History and Philology, Academia Sinica, in Taipei, Taiwan
Associate Professor for Literature and Culture of Modern China, Institute of Sinology and East Asian Studies, University of Münster
Research fellow, Institute of Sinology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg
Visiting scholar, Tokyo University in Tokyo, Japan (funded by Emerging Talents Initiative ETI, FAU)
Visiting Fellow / Postdoctoral Fellow, International Consortium for Research in the Humanities (IKGF), Erlangen
Research fellow, Institute of Sinology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg
Research stay at Yonsei University in Seoul, Korea (funded by DAAD, PAJAKO Program)
Forschungsaufenthalt an der Universität Tokyo in Tokyo, Japan (gefördert durch den DAAD, PAJAKO Programm)
Research assistant, International Consortium for Research in the Humanities (IKGF), Erlangen
Publications

Book (Monograph)

Articles

Articles in Scientific Journals, Newspapers or Magazines
Research Articles (Journals)
Review (Journals)
Research Article (Book Contributions)
Scientific Talks
  • Schmiedl, Anne : “Same and/or Other? The Hare in Chinese Mythological Literature”. Same and/or Other? Animals in East Asian History, Münster, .
  • Schmiedl, Anne : “Unveiling the Hidden – Divining the Future through Chinese Characters”. Divination in the Ancient Near East: Indigenous and Borrowed Traditions and their ‘Sitz im Leben’, München, .
  • Schmiedl, Anne : “Founding ‘Myth’: The Formation and Ideological Ramifications of the Concept of ‘Myth’ in 20th Century China”. 25th International Conference on the History of Concepts – Political Ideologies: Tracing the History of Concepts and Languages in a Global Context, Rio de Janeiro, .
  • Schmiedl, Anne : “Transimperial Knowledge Transfer between Europe, China and Japan, 1850-1920”. Empire Studies: (Post)Colonial Histories and Global Entanglements, Universität Münster, .
  • Schmiedl, Anne : „Von Übernatürlichen Figuren und Menschlichen Normen: ‚Ab/Normalität‘ in der mythischen Literatur der chinesischen Kaiserzeit“. Yi/chang 異/常 – Ab-/Normalität in China - XXXIV. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Vereinigung für Chinastudien (DVCS), Lehrstuhl für Sinologie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, .
  • Schmiedl, Anne : “Defining the Undefinable – On the Formation and Definition of the Term and Concept of Myth in Japan, China, and ‚the West‘”. East Asian Academy for New Liberal Arts (EAA), Tokyo University, Tokyo, .
  • Schmiedl, Anne : “From Hunted Prey to Symbols of Life: Historical and Mythological Rabbits/Hares in China and Japan”. , Zoom, .
  • Schmiedl, Anne : „Krise der chinesischen Geschichtsschreibung? Die Formierung des Mythos-Begriffs“. , Zoom (Asien-Orient-Institut, Universität Zürich), .
  • Schmiedl, Anne : “‚A Living Tradition‘: Tracing Chinese Character Divination from Imperial China to Contemporary Taiwan”. , National Chengchi University, Taipei, .
  • Schmiedl, Anne : „‚Was haben Schulter und Bein gemeinsam, Kopf und Hand aber nicht?‘: Zur Semantik chinesischer Rätsel“. , Erlangen, .
  • Schmiedl, Anne : “A Puzzling Conundrum: The Concept of Chinese Riddle as Understood in Imperial China and the ‚Modern‘ West”. , El Colegio de Mexico, Mexico City, .
  • Schmiedl, Anne : “Explaining and Legitimising Chinese Character Manipulation: Contemplating Script and Divination in the Zichu by Zhou Lianggong (1612–1672)”. Präsentation, Internationales Kolloquium des Internationalen Kollegs für Geisteswissenschaftliche Forschung, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, .
  • Schmiedl, Anne : “(Re-)Writing Fate: Predicting and Dealing with the Future in Chinese Character Divination”. Internationale Vortragsreihe des Internationalen Kollegs für Geisteswissenschaftliche Forschung, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, .
  • Schmiedl, Anne : “Divining the Future during the Cold War: Divinatory Methods as a Tactic of Dealing with Insecurities in East Asia”. , City University of Hong Kong, .
  • Schmiedl, Anne : “Applying E-Learning Methods to Classical Chinese Classes”. , Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, .
  • Schmiedl, Anne : “Teaching the Present Generation by Using the Methods of the Ancients? – On Digital Methods and Didactical Problems in Teaching Classical Chinese Today”. , Universität Bonn, .
  • Schmiedl, Anne : „China im Licht der Medien: Frequenz, Themen und Ton Westlicher Berichterstattung über China“. , Lehrstuhl für Sinologie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, .
  • Schmiedl, Anne : “The Brush is Mightier than the Sword: Han Apocryphal Writings as a Tool to Popularize Orthodox Knowledge”. Internationaler Workshop „Transcontinental Perspectives on Knowledge Production“, Yonsei University, Seoul, .
  • Schmiedl, Anne : “Predictable Patterns: On the Reliability of Fate in Chinese-speaking Countries”. 22nd Biennial Conference of the European Association of Chinese Studies, University of Glasgow, .
  • Schmiedl, Anne : „Wundersame Schriftzeichen: Die chinesische Technik des Schriftzeichenorakels“. , Kunst Galerie Fürth, .
  • Schmiedl, Anne : „Die Zukunft selbst festschreiben? — Wahrsagung mit dem chinesischen Schriftzeichenorakel“. , Erlangen, .
  • Schmiedl, Anne : „Wundersame Schriftzeichen: Die chinesische Technik des Schriftzeichenorakels“. , Konfuzius-Institut Nürnberg-Erlangen, .
  • Schmiedl, Anne : “The Fact in Fate in the Postsecular Era: Legitimising Predictions in Chinese Character Divination”. , Tokyo University, .
  • Schmiedl, Anne : “Uncovering the Hidden: Manipulating Written Characters in order to Decode Messages from the Spirit World”. , Toronto, .
  • Schmiedl, Anne : “‚Word magic‘ or ‚Playing with characters‘? Mantic Techniques and Indigenous Contemplations on Script in the Zichu by Zhou Lianggong (1612-1672)”. , Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, .
  • Schmiedl, Anne : “Written in Stone? On Performativity and Creativity in Strategies of Dealing with Written Predictions”. 2nd Young Scholars' Forum, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, .