Personal Dates

name: Prof. Dr. Angela Schottenhammer
nationality: German
sex: female

Education

09/1975–07/1984: Albertinum High–School (specialization in foreign languages: English, French, and Latin); 1984: High school–leaving Exam (Abitur)
09/1971–07/1975: Primary School Ebersdorf/Coburg and Ahorn.

University Studies

12/1993: Julius–Maximilians University, Würzburg: PhD. Title of the PhD thesis: “Grabinschriften in der Song–Dynastie” [Tomb Inscriptions in Song China]
05/1990–10/1993: Würzburg University, Sinological Institute: Participation in a socio-archaeological research project on tombs” in Liao, Song, and Jin China
03/1990–04/1990: Study trip to Japan (Tōkyō, Kyōto Universities)
1989–1992: Würzburg University: Study of Human Medicine
11/1989: Magister Artium (M.A). Title of the thesis: “Liao Mosha und die Literaturkampagne zu Beginn der Kulturrevolution, dargeboten am Beispiel seiner essayistischen Beiträge zum Sanjiacun zhaji” [Walking and Falling Down. Dialogues with Liao Mosha about the beginning of the Cultural Revolution].
11/1988–11/1989: Würzburg University: Sinology (main subject), Japanese and European History; Human Medicine.
09/1987–09/1988: University Study at Peking University, History Department
10/1984–07/1987: Julius–Maximilians–University Würzburg: Sinology (main subject), Japanese and European History

Professor title

03/2007: Award of an un-scheduled professor title (außerplanmäßiger Professor; this means professor without a tenure position as German government official) by the Department for Asian Studies, Munich University

Habilitation (Post doctoral professor university teaching qualification)

07/2000: habilitatus Dr., title of the thesis: “Quanzhou, China, during the Song Period: The Inter-dependency of Central Politics and the Development of Local Commerce and their Impact on Maritime Trade” (particular emphasis was laid on economic and technological questions).

Research Grants

05/2002: Interdisciplinary (Sinology, Japanese and Korean Studies) Volkswagen (VW) Foundation grant for a research project on “The East Asian „Mediterranean“, c. 1500–1850: A New Quality in the Development of its Neighbouring Countries” (until 04/2009); 1,250,000 €
07/2001–2002: Heisenberg–professorship grant of the German Research Council (DFG); topic: “Tomb inscriptions in ancient China”; this scholarship can only be obtained after having passed the Habilitation procedure with outstanding results and having received the professor title while not being older than 35
07/1998–06/2000: research grant of the Volkswagen Foundation for the publication of an interdisciplinary monograph describing East Asia (China, Japan, and Korea) in the 10th to 11th centuries
07/1998–03/1999: research grant of the “German Research Council” (DFG) for the completion of the Habilitation thesis (Habilitationsstipendium) 03–04/1998: Scholarship of the International Institute for Asian Studies for a lecture trip to the USA (Washington (AAS), Harvard University, Binghamton University (History Department), SUNY
06/1998: Grants of the IIAS, the Leiden University Funds and the Koninklijke Academie for Wetenschapen (Royal Academy of Science) for the organization of an International conference on “The Overseas Trade of Quanzhou in the Song and Yuan Dynasties”
06/1997: IIAS grant for the participation of the 6th Conference of the World History Association (WHA), Pamplona, Spain
04/1996–04/1998: research grant of the IIAS as an individual research fellow, Leiden, the Netherlands
09/1996: IIAS grant for the participation of the 11th EACS conference (European Association for Chinese Studies), Barcelona, Spain
10–11/1996: DFG scholarship for a research trip to China (Beijing, Fukien)
04/1990–12/1993: DFG research grant for the completion of the Ph.D. dissertation (Doktoranden-Stipendium)
06–07/1992: DFG scholarship for a research trip to China (Beijing, Shandong)
1987–1988: Northern Bavarian Government scholarship to undertake Academic Studies at Peking University, China

Professional Experience

after 06/2009: Professor for Pre-modern Chinese History, El Colegio de México, México City, México
since 04/2008: Professor replacementship (Lehrstuhlvertretung) of Chinese History at the Department for Chinese Studies, Head of Department, Marburg University (cf. http://www.uni-marburg.de/ fb06/sinologie)
10/2006–09/2007: Professor replacementship (Lehrstuhlvertretung) of Chinese History at the Department for Chinese Studies, Head of Department, Marburg University
since 05/2002-07/2009): Professor of Chinese History at the Department of Asian Studies, Munich University, project supervisor and leader of an international group of students and scholars within a research project entitled “The East Asian ‘Mediterranean’, c. 1500–1850: A New Quality in the Development of its Neighbouring Countries” sponsored by the VW–Foundation (special program for the new generation of academics, Nachwuchsgruppenprojekt); further details may be obtained from the website of the Institute for East Asian Studies, Munich University (http://www.eamh.net); the status is equivalent to that of an ordinary professor but with less teaching load; the project comprises management, organization and administration responsibilities, supervision of M.A. and PhD students as well as post-doc scholars, own research and teaching; the results are being published mainly in English; close cooperation with foreign universities have been established; I have been invited as guest professor by the History Department, Peking University (Beijing daxue), and Fuzhou Shifan University
07/2001–05/2002: Heisenberg-scholarship of the DFG (research topic: Tomb inscription in ancient China: “On the origins of tomb inscriptions”, “The tomb inscription of Wang Chuzhi, 863–923)”; professor (Privatdozentin) of Chinese History at the University of Munich
since 07/2000: Professor (Privatdozentin) of Chinese History at Munich and Hamburg University; lecturer for English and German as a foreign language
07/1998–06/2000: Research fellow at Martin–Luther–University, Halle–Wittenberg; research topic: “East Asia around 1000”
since 1994: Organization of international workshops, seminars, and conferences; numerous official lectures and seminars
since 1990: Extensive teaching experience (4 to 8 hours weekly) at Universities and High Schools
04/1996–06/1998: Individual Research Fellow, International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden, The Netherlands; topic: The Overseas Trade of Quanzhou in the Song Dynasty. The IIAS Fellowship comprised the writing¬ of scientific articles and monographs, the participation and organization of international conferences and seminars, the giving of¬ lectures, and the completion of the post–doctoral dissertation
09/1994–04/1996: Research fellow and lecturer in Modern and Premodern Chinese Political and Economic History, Modern and Premodern Chinese Language, Sinological Institute, University of Würzburg, Germany (qualification position for the Professor title: 8 hours weekly¬ teaching (primary and secondary course students), administration of the professional magazine library of the institute, administrative duties of the institute
04/1994–09/1994: Lecturer for Chinese History, Modern and Premodern Chinese Language, Sinological Institute, University of Kiel, Germany
01/1994–01/1999: Preparation of the postdoctoral dissertation (Habilitation) on “Quanzhou, China, during the Song Period: The Inter–dependency of Central Politics and the Development of Local Commerce and Maritime Trade”
05/1990–11/1993: Lecturer and PhD candidate, Sinological Institute, University of Würzburg (DFG scholarship)
1988–1995: Interpreting (Chinese, Japanese, English and French) and organizational assistance for the Siebold–Society and Museum, Würzburg, the city–administration of Würzburg, and the hospital: Staatsbad (spa) Oeynhausen; interpreter for German, Chinese and Japanese companies: (Henkel, Akebono, Starlight Co.)
11/1988–03/1994: Further Education of students, adult education (advanced training) at several education institutes (Centre of Advanced Training of the Bavarian Employers Association (bfz), protege (bfz branch in Greiz, Thüringen), Centre of Advanced Training for Apprentices (afz) in the fields of social sciences, economics, politics, mathematics, German language, and biology/ medicine

Other Professional Experience Including Activities for Public Organizations

since 01/2008: Jury member of the Cundill Price, Peter Cundill Foundation, McGill University, Canada
since 11/2006: Member of the editorial board of the journal “Frontiers of History in China: Selected Publications from Chinese Universities”, ed. by Li Xueqin (chief editor), Yuan Zujie et.al.
since 2004: Peer reviewer for Journal of Sung Yuan Studies, Journal of World History
01/2005–2007: Cooperation with the National Folk Museum, Seoul, Korea
since 2005: editor of a book series on Chinese and Asian studies Dongya jingji yu shehui wenhua luncong 東亞經濟與社會文化論叢; the series is published with the renowned German publisher Otto Harrassowitz; multi–lingual, Chinese and Japanese publications are also accepted;
– founding of an international “Indian Ocean Project Institution“ covering research on countries from the Persian Gulf over the Indian Ocean Region to East Asia together with Prof. Dr. Gwyn Cambell, Director of the Indian Ocean World Centre, McGill University, Canada
– founding of a research and discussion forum „Economy, Trade, and Technologies in Asia“ (proceedings are going to be published in Germany and China)
between 2000 and 2006: establishment of a close network of cooperation with Chinese, Japanese and Korean institutions and universities, for example Peking University and the Peking University Centre of Research on Ancient History (Zhongguo gudai shi yanjiu zhongxin 中國古代史研中心), History Department of Fuzhou Shifan daxue; Kyūshyū University, Kagoshima University, Japan; National Folk Museum, Seoul, Korea and others
since 1996: Planning, organization, and managing of international projects and conferences in the fields of Chinese history; lectures and organization of international seminars, besides in Germany, above all, in the Netherlands, the USA, France, and China; e.g. 10/2004 a symposium in Fuzhou, China (Fuzhou Shifan daxue);
01/2001 planning and organization on an international symposium on “Globalization, WTO, and Information Technology” at Hainan, China, in cooperation with the People’s Daily, the Foundation of Globalization Cooperation, and the Ministry of Information Technology;
09/1997: international symposium on “Quanzhou and its Overseas Trade during the Song and Yuan Dynasties”, Leiden, NL

Foreign Languages

German (mother tongue)
English, Chinese, Spanish (fluent)
French, Japanese (good)
fundamental knowledge in Dutch
basic knowledge in Latin, Italian, Finnish
rudimentary, expandable knowledge in Korean, Manchu, Russian, Turkish and some other languages

Further Particular Knowledge

Economy and political economy of pre–modern and modern China
Good knowledge in the field of political economy
Good knowledge of China’s historical “international” trade and cultural relations
Medicine: Basic knowledge in Western and Traditional Chinese Medicine
Classical music