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I supervise topics in the field of the history of Chinese thought
Prof. Dr. Joachim Gentz, born 18.10.65, studied Sinology, Religious Studies and Philosophy at the FU Berlin, continued his studies as DAAD scholarship holder at Nanjing University from 1988–1990. After his MA thesis 1995 on "The Chunqiu exegesis of the first 17 chapters of the Chunqiu fanlu" he wrote his PhD as a member of the Graduate College "Religion and Normativity" on "The Chunqiu exegesis of the Gongyang zhuan from its beginnings to Dong Zhongshu" for which he received the "Ruprecht-Karls-Award" of Heidelberg University. During the time of dissertation writing he carried out research for two months in Beijing (1996) and for two months with a Monbusho scholarship at the Institute of Oriental Culture at Tokyo University (1997) and he taught as Guest Lecturer at the Institute for the History of China at the Ruhr University Bochum (1998). After his dissertation he worked for three years (1999-2002) as Assistant Professor at the Institute of Chinese Studies in Heidelberg and was invited as Visiting Professor to the Institute of Oriental Culture at Tokyo University (2000). In the following four years (2002-2006) he worked as Juniorprofessor at the Dpt. of the Study of Religion, University of Göttingen. From 2006-2008 he joined an Asia Link project at the Cultural Studies programme at Edinburgh University as research fellow in co-operation with German and Chinese universities. In January 2008 he was invited as William James Visiting Professor by the University of Bayreuth to teach “Chinese Religions and Politics”. From 2009-2014 he was Reader in Chinese, Head of Chinese Studies and Research Officer of Asian Studies. Since 2014 he is Chair of Chinese Philosophy and Religion, since Aug 2015 he is Head of Asian Studies. His main fields of interest and research are Zhou and Early Han history and philosophy, text and commentary, Chinese religions, Chinese literary composition, Chinese histories of thought, theories of Cultural and Religious Studies especially theories on ritual, divination, sacred space and body conceptions.
I started teaching UG and PG seminars in 1997 at the Universities of Bochum and Heidelberg in the field of pre-modern and modern sinology such as:
From 2002-2006 onwards I taught in the Dpt of Religious Studies at Goettingen University where I set up and restructured the entire Religious Study programme together with my colleague A. Gruenschloss. We have created a new profile for Religious Studies and a network of interdisciplinary cooperations. I also started to do PhD and MA supervision. UG and PG courses that I taught included:
From 2006 I have taught full UG and PG courses and contributed to courses at the University of Edinburgh in Chinese Studies, Cultural Studies and Religious Studies and have conducted dissertation and PhD supervision in cooperation with the disciplines Cultural Studies, Islamic Studies, Religious Studies, Theology, Comparative Literature, History of Art, and Architecture. Taught courses included:
I have created e-learning courses and digital teaching materials and methods in Cultural Studies. In Chinese Studies, due to my expertise in the subject, I have been principal supervisor of the creation of the first LLC UG studies distance learning course “The First Emperor”, fully funded by the PELF.
Together with my former PhD student Dr Dirk Meyer (Oxford) I have designed and received AHRC funding (£60.000) for a workshop series of five workshops which provided additional teaching in Old Chinese for our PG students between 2009 and 2011. This series has helped to create a network between colleagues working in the field of Old Chinese in the UK. This has already proven to be of great help in receiving support at getting access to and sharing research resources and tools.
I have cooperated with colleagues from Chinese universities to create my course on Keywords in Chinese Studies to teach the course in accord with the discussions held in China and to find a more appropriate way of teaching Western theory to Chinese students. I have set up a programme of students exchange with two Chinese universities through the international office of Edinburgh University, and the first exchange PhD student has arrived in Edinburgh.
I have developed and published teaching material for European and Chinese universities in the form of a book (Keywords Re-Oriented, Goettingen University Press, 2009) which reflects on inter- and transcultural aspects of learning.
I have published another book which provides an introduction to Chinese religions for students (Understanding Chinese Religions, Dunedin Academic Press 2013).
On the basis of my student’s homework, I am preparing a publication on innovative teaching methodology via diagrammatic representations of texts in Classical Chinese.
Classical Sinology, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), The Chunqiu exegesis of the Gongyang zhuan from its beginnings to Dong Zhongshu, University of Heidelberg
Oct 1995 → Sept 1998
Award Date: 15 Jan 1999
Sinology, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Master of Philosophy (MPhil), The Chunqiu exegesis of the first 17 chapters of the Chunqiu fanlu, Universität Heidelberg
Mar 1991 → Sept 1995
Award Date: 15 Sept 1995
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Joachim Gentz (Speaker)
Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Joachim Gentz (Keynote speaker)
Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Joachim Gentz (Contributor)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Public Engagement – Public lecture/debate/seminar
Joachim Gentz (Organiser) & Sarah Queen (Organiser)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Joachim Gentz (Speaker)
Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Gentz, Joachim (Recipient) & Queen, Sarah (Recipient), Aug 2021
Prize: Fellowships awarded competitively
Gentz, Joachim (Recipient), 2012
Prize: Fellowships awarded competitively
Gentz, Joachim (Recipient), 1999
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
British Academy & Learned & Prof Socs
1/04/10 → …
Project: Research
Gentz, J. & Queen, S.
1/10/21 → 30/09/23
Project: Research
Gentz, J. & Kranioti, E.
1/01/16 → 29/06/16
Project: University Awarded Project Funding
Natascha Gentz & Joachim Gentz
17/07/14
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research