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Prof. Dr. Gotelind Müller-Saini



Tel.: (+49-6221) 54 77 64
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E-mail: mueller-saini [at] zo.uni-heidelberg.de.
web-site: http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/

Curriculum Vitae | Major Publications | Minor Publications | Maintained Websites 

Curriculum Vitae:

    Current position:
  • Professor of Sinology, Institute of Chinese Studies, University of Heidelberg
    University level education and degrees:
  • 1982-1984 Sinology / Japanology / Ethnology at the University of Freiburg, Germany (scholarship by the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes since 1984)
  • 1984-1985 Chinese language (modern and classical) at Fu-Jen-University Taipei, Taiwan
  • 1985-1988 Sinology / Japanology / Ethnology at the University of Munich, Germany
  • 1988 Magister Artium at the University of Munich. Topic of the MA-thesis in Sinology: "Lin Yutang (1895-1976) - His Personality as Mirrored in His Writings" (in German), written under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Bauer
  • 1988-1992 Ph.D. program at the University of Munich (Ph.D. scholarship by the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes since 1989)
  • 1989-1990 Additional studies of Sanskrit at the department of Indogerman Studies, University of Munich
  • July 1992 Ph.D. at the University of Munich. Topic of the Ph.D.-thesis: "Buddhism and Modernity - Ouyang Jingwu, Taixu and the Quest for a Timely Self-Definition of Chinese Buddhism in the Early Twentieth Century" (in German), written under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Bauer
  • 1992-1993 Additional studies of classical Tibetan and Sanskrit at the department of Tibetology and Indology at the University of Bonn, Germany. Contemporaneously start of the habilitation project "China, Kropotkin and Anarchism" (supported first by the Dr. Meyer-Struckmann-Foundation and later by the University of Freiburg)
  • 1994-1995 Additional studies of Russian and classical Greek at the University of Freiburg
  • 2002 Habilitation in Sinology at the University of Freiburg and appointment to the status of "Privatdozentin". Topic of the habilitation thesis: "China, Kropotkin and Anarchism: A Cultural Movement in Early Twentieth Century China under the Influence of the West and of Japanese Models"
    Teaching experience:
  • 1994 - 1995 Lecturer in Sinology at the University of Freiburg
  • 1996 - 1999 Lecturer at the Department of International Business Administration of the FH Furtwangen, Germany, specialization on East Asia, on "Chinese History and Culture", "Non-European Cultures" and (since spring 1998) on "Japan: Culture, Society, Economy"
  • 2003 Deputy chair of "Modern Sinology" at the University of Heidelberg, Germany
  • 2003-2004 Teaching obligations as "Privatdozentin" of Sinology at the University of Freiburg
  • 2004- Professor of Sinology at the University of Heidelberg
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    Research stays:
  • 1986 Member of a delegation of German, British and Dutch professors and students of Sinology to China on invitation of the Chinese government
  • 1989 Research stay in the U.S. in the context of preparing the Ph.D. thesis (special funding provided by the Studienstiftung)
  • 1990 - 1991 Research stay in Kyoto, Japan, in the context of preparing the Ph.D. thesis (funded by the DAAD)
  • 1991 Research stays in Taiwan, Hongkong and China in the context of preparing the Ph.D. thesis
  • 1993 - 1994 Research stay in the context of the habilitation project in Kyoto and Tokyo (funded by the Japanese-German Center Berlin)
  • 1994 Research stay in the context of the habilitation project in Taiwan
  • 1994 Research stay in the context of the habilitation project at Qinghua University, Peking, via a cooperation with the University of Heidelberg
  • 2003 Research stays in China, Hongkong, Taiwan and Japanv
    Further qualifications and activities:
  • 1985-1990 Member of the honorary committee of the Adam-Schall-Society, section Munich, for assisting Chinese scholars and students in Germany
  • 1987 Course on English culture and language in Southampton, UK, (sponsored by the Studienstiftung)
  • 1988 Intensive course of Italian in Rome, Italy
  • 1989-1990 Program "Students and the Labour Market" of the University of Munich (including basics of business administration, general electronic data processing, business electronic data processing etc.)
  • 1990 Practical training at Siemens / Munich, working on descriptions of Chinese computer platforms
  • 1991 Intensive course of Spanish in Salamanca, Spain (funded by the Studienstiftung)
  • 1992 Intensive course of Italian in Rome (funded by the Studienstiftung)
  • 1992 Study tour to Russia with a group of students of the Studienstiftung, directed by Prof. Dr. Hans Maier, Munich
    Language certificates:
  • Modern: Chinese, Japanese, English, French, Italian, some Spanish, Russian and Esperanto (no certificate)
  • Classical: Classical Chinese, basic classical Japanese, basic classical Tibetan, basic Sanksrit and Latin, some classical Greek (no certificate)
    Personal status:
  • Married, two sons

Curriculum Vitae | Major Publications | Minor Publications | Maintained Websites 

(Publications appeared in general under the name "Gotelind Müller")

Major Publications:

  • „Lin Yutang: Die Persönlichkeit im Spiegel des Werks“ (Lin Yutang: His Personality as Mirrored in His Writings), 134 pp., in: Erbes, Müller, Wu und Qin: Drei Studien über Lin Yutang (Three Studies on Lin Yutang), Bochum 1989;
  • Buddhismus und Moderne: Ouyang Jingwu, Taixu und das Ringen um ein zeitgemäßes Selbstverständnis im chinesischen Buddhismus des frühen 20. Jahrhunderts (Buddhism and Modernity: Ouyang Jingwu, Taixu and the Quest for a Timely Self-Definition of Chinese Buddhism in the Early Twentieth Century), Stuttgart 1993, vii, 230 pp.;
  • China, Kropotkin und der Anarchismus: Eine Kulturbewegung im China des frühen 20. Jahrhunderts unter dem Einfluß des Westens und japanischer Vorbilder (China, Kropotkin and Anarchism: A Cultural Movement in Early 20th Century China under the Influence of the West and of Japanese Models), Wiesbaden 2001, viii, 785 pp.
  • Representing History in Chinese Media: The TV Drama "Zou Xiang Gonghe" (Towards the Republic), Berlin 2007, viii, 210 pp.
Curriculum Vitae | Major Publications | Minor Publications | Maintained Websites 

(Publications appeared in general under the name "Gotelind Müller")

Minor Publications

  • Collaboration: T. O. Höllmann (ed.): Schnitzarbeiten der Paiwan im südlichen Taiwan. (Wood Carvings by the Paiwan in Southern Taiwan) (Fonticuli vol. 1), Berlin 1991.
  • "Zum Begriff des Traumes und seiner Funktion im chinesischen buddhistischen Kanon" (The Concept of Dream and its Function in the Chinese Buddhist Canon). In: ZDMG 142/2 (1992), pp. 343-377.
  • "Furukawa Rosen und das Zeitalter des Skeptizismus" (Furukawa Rosen and the Age of Scepticism). In: Zeitschrift für Missionswissenschaft und Religionswissenschaft 1993/3, pp. 235-243.
  • Review of Iso Kern: Buddhistische Kritik am Christentum im China des 17. Jahrhunderts (The Buddhist Critique of Christianity in China in the 17th Century). In: Monumenta Serica 42 (1994), pp. 583-588. (English)
  • "Ôe Kenzaburo, premio Nobel per la letteratura 1994" (Ôe Kenzaburo, Nobel laureate for Literature 1994). In: Vita e pensiero (Milan)1994/12, pp. 852-857. (Italian)
  • Review of Marcus Günzel: Die Morgen- und Abendliturgie der chinesischen Buddhisten (The Morning and Evening Liturgy of the Chinese Buddhists). In: Zeitschrift fü Missionswissenschaft und Religionswissenschaft 1997/2, pp. 166-168.
  • Review of Simone Heidegger: Die Frau im japanischen Buddhismus der Kamakura-Zeit (Women in Japanese Buddhism of the Kamakura Period). In: Asien 1998/1, pp. 96-98.
  • "Esperanto - 'Hoffnung' für China? Zu einer chinesischen Diskussion im frühen 20. Jahrhundert" (Esperanto - "Hope" for China? A Discussion in Early Twentieth Century China). (Lecture of 1995). Published in: Holger Preissler and Heidi Stein (ed.): Annäherungen an das Fremde. XXVI. Deutscher Orientalistentag vom 25. bis 29. 9. 1995 in Leipzig (Approaching the Foreign. Proceedings of the XXVI. Congress of German Orientalists 1995), Stuttgart 1998, pp. 556-565.
  • Review of Edward S. Krebs: Shifu: Soul of Chinese Anarchism. In: Asien 2000/1, pp. 130-132.
  • "Atarashiki mura versus Xincun: Zur chinesischen Rezeption eines japanischen Modells alternativer Lebensführung" (Atarashiki mura versus Xincun: The Chinese Reception of a Japanese Model of Alternative Ways of Living). (Lecture of 1998). Published in: Stefan Wild and Hartmut Schild (ed.): Akten des 27. Deutschen Orientalistentages (Bonn - 28. September bis 2. Oktober 1998)(Proceedings of the 27. Congress of German Orientalists 1998), Würzburg 2001, pp. 685-694.
  • "Chinesische Frauen zwischen Bildung und Geld: Ideal und Realita¨t der Werkstudentinnen in den frühen Jahren der Republik" (Chinese Women between Education and Money: Ideal and Realities of the Female Worker-Students in the First Years of the Republic). (Lecture of 1999). Published in: Monika Übelhör (ed.): Zwischen Tradition und Revolution. Lebensentwürfe und Lebensvollzüge chinesischer Frauen an der Schwelle zur Moderne (Between Tradition and Revolution: Life Designs and Life Perfomances of Chinese Women at the Treshold of Modernity), Marburg 2001, pp. 196-217.
  • "Hasegawa Teru alias Verda Majo (1912-1947). Eine japanische Esperantistin im chinesischen anti-japanischen Widerstand" (Hasegawa Teru alias Verda Majo: A Japanese Woman Esperantist in the Chinese Anti-Japanese Resistance). In: Denise Gimpel and Melanie Hanz (ed.): Cheng - All in Sincerity. Festschrift in Honour of Monika Übelhör, Hamburg 2001, pp. 259-274.
  • Rezension zu Gabriele Goldfuß: /Vers un bouddhisme du XXe siècle. Yang Wenhui (1837- 1911), réformateur laïque et imprimeur/. (Englisch). In: /Monumenta Serica/ 50 (2002), S. 689-692.
  • Knowledge Is Easy - Action Is Difficult: The Case of Chinese Anarchist Discourse on Women and Gender Relations and Its Practical Limitations. In: Mechthild Leutner, Nicola Spakowski eds.): Women in China. The Republican Period in Historical Perspective. (Berliner China-Studien Bd. 44), Münster 2005, S. 86 -106.
  • Terrorists or Heroes? Liang Qichao and Early Chinese Perceptions of Anarchism (prior to 1903) In: Li Xisuo (Hrsg.): Liang Qichao Yu Jindai Zhongguo Shehui Wenhua, Tianjin 2005, S. 441-458 .
  • 'Lin Yutang, Christianity and Jesus - A Bundle of Contradictions'. In: Roman Malek (Hrsg.): The Chinese Face of Jesus Christ, Bd. 3, Nettetal 2005, S. 1083-1105.
  • Gotelind Müller: "Chinese Anarchism and 'Glocalization'" in "Bochumer Jahrbuch zur Ostasienforschung", vol. 29, 2005, pp. 223-234.
  • Gotelind Müller and Gregor Benton: "Esperanto and Chinese anarchism, 1907-1920: The translation from diaspora to homeland" in: Language Problems & Language Planning 30:1 (2006), 45-73.
  • “Thinking globally, acting locally: Chinese anarchists between national and international concerns (1900-1930s)”. In: /Berliner China-Hefte /2006: „Global Conjectures: China in Transnational Perspective“, hrsg. von W. Kirby, M. Leutner and K. Mühlhahn, S.103-120.
  • Gotelind Müller and Gregor Benton: Esperanto and Chinese anarchism in the 1920s and 1930s. In: Language Problems & Language Planning vol. 30, no. 2, summer 2006, pp. 173-192.
  • Gu Hongming (1857-1928) und Chinas Verteidigung gegen das Abendland. In: Orientierungen. Zeitschrift zur Kultur Asiens, 1/2006, S. 1-23.
  • Review (engl.): Christian Uhl: "Wer war Takeuchi Yoshimis Lu Xun? Ein Annäherungsversuch an ein Monument der japanischen Sinologie". Munich: Iudicium 2003. In: "Asiatica Venetiana" vol. 8/9, 2003/2004, pp. 189-192 (published in 2006).
  • "Holz- und Königswege zur Republik: Diskussionen um eine chinesische Fernsehserie" (Blind alleys and royal roads towards the Republic: public discussions of a Chinese TV drama) in: Bochumer Jahrbuch zur Ostasienforschung vol. 30, 2006, pp. 133-157.
  • Gotelind Müller: Website "Representations of History in Chinese Film and Television": 87 new subpages in 2006.
  • Rezension zu Sabine Dabringhaus: "Geschichte Chinas 1279-1949" in "Damals" 2007/1, S. 62.
  • 顧德琳 (Gotelind Müller): "Zhi Yi Xing Nan: Zhongguo Wuzhengfuzhuyi De Funü Xingbie Lunshu Jiqi Luoshi Xianzhi 知易行難: 中國無政府主義的婦女性別論述及其落實限制" (Knowledge is easy, action is difficult: The case of Chinese anarchist discourse on women and gender relations and its practical limitations) in: 游鑑明 You Jianming et al (ed.): "Gonghe Shidai De Zhongguo Funü 共和時代的中國婦女" (Women in China: The Republican Period in Historical Perspective), Taibei 2007, pp. 61-86.
  • Gotelind Müller and Gregor Benton: "Esperanto". Chapter 8 in Benton, Gregor: "Chinese Migrants and Internationalism. Forgotten histories, 1917-1945". London and New York 2007, pp. 92-114.
  • Gotelind Müller-Saini: "Historical consciousness in the PR China between education and consumption: intersecting collective and individual narratives of identity" in: Peter Ackermann / Bruce White (ed.): Strategies of Belonging: Individual and Collective Construction of Narrative Continuity. (Diskussionsbeiträge Erlanger Japanstudien Nr. 14). Erlangen 2007. Pp. 71-79.
  • Gotelind Müller: "Wie sag ich's meinem Kinde? Strategien zur Vermittlung eines normativen Geschichtsbilds in zeitgenössischen chinesischen Schulbüchern" (How to tell my child? Strategies used in current Chinese school textbooks to transmit the normative view on history) in Orientierungen 2007/2, pp. 1-16.
  • Gotelind Müller: "Buddhism and Historicity in Early 20th Century China - Ouyang Jingwu, Taixu and the Problem of Modernity" in Orientierungen 2007/2, pp. 28-51.
  • Gotelind Müller: Website "Representations of History in Chinese Film and Television": 116 new or updated subpages in 2007.
  • "Chinesische Perspektiven auf den Russisch-Japanischen Krieg" (Chinese Perspectives on the Russo-Japanese War) in: Sprotte, Maik / Seifert, Wolfgang / Löwe, Heinz-Dietrich (eds.): Der Russisch-Japanische Krieg 1904/05. Anbruch einer neuen Zeit? (The Russo-Japanese War 1904/05. Dawn of a New Era?), Wiesbaden 2007, pp. 203-239.
  • "Wie sage ich's meinem Kinde? Strategien zur Vermittlung eines normativen Geschichtsbildes in zeitgenössischen chinesischen Schulbüchern" (How to tell my child? Strategies used in current Chinese school textbooks to transmit the normative view on history) in: Angelos Chaniotis, Amina Kropp, Christiane Steinhoff (eds.): Überzeugungsstrategien (Strategies of persuasion). Heidelberger Jahrbücher 2008, pp. 189-206 (enlarged and illustrated version).
  • Are We "Yellow" and Who is "Us"? China's Problems with Glocalising the Concept of "Race" (around 1900). In: BJOAF 2008, pp. 153-180.
Curriculum Vitae | Major Publications | Minor Publications | Maintained Websites 

(Publications appeared in general under the name "Gotelind Müller")

Maintained Websites

Curriculum Vitae | Major Publications | Minor Publications | Maintained Websites 
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