Dr. Florian Schneider - Curriculum Vitae
Lecturer for the Politics of Modern China
Sinology Institute (TCC), Leiden University
Arsenaalstraat 1, PO Box 9515
2300 RA Leiden, Netherlands
Tel.: +31 (0) 71 527 2544
E-Mail: f.a.schneider@hum.leidenuniv.nl
Education
Previous Employment
Language Skills
Experience Abroad
Scholarships and Grants
Education
PhD Research in Chinese Studies (politics and media focus) (2005-2008)
University of Sheffield (UK), School of East Asian Studies
Dissertation Title: "Visual Political Communication in
Popular Chinese Television Series"
Magister Artium (German Master Degree) (1999–2005)
University of Hamburg (Germany), Asia Africa Institute
Major: Sinology (Chinese Language and Culture),
Minors: Political Science and Economics
Dissertation Title: "Political Concepts in the Zhanguo Ce,
Analysis of Texts concerning the State of Qin",
Grade: Sehr Gut (Honors)
Abitur (German High School Diploma) (1998)
Gymnasium Corveystraße, Hamburg, Germany
Grade Average: 1.0 (A)
Previous Employment
Koninklijke Brill, Leiden
Function: Language Editor (2007-2008)
Translator (German to English) (2006-2008)
Project: Brill’s Encyclopaedia of China
University of Sheffield, School of East Asian Studies
Function: Teacher/Lecturer (since 2005)
Courses: Elementary Chinese (Grammar Review),
East Asian Cinema (Chinese Film)
University of Hamburg, Asia Africa Institute
Function: Tutor (2002-2005)
Course: Elementary Chinese
Senate of Hamburg, China Cooperation Office
Function: Project Management Assistant and Policy Advisor (2004-2005)
Projects: Planning Hamburg’s Chinese Internet Portal,
Supervising Delegation Visits from China,
Preparing Cultural and Policy Briefs on the PRC
GIGA Institute of Global and Area Studies, Hamburg
Function: Freelance Editor (2004-2005)
Project: GIGA Journal "China aktuell",
Section on Current Chinese Domestic Affairs
Gerlach International Business GmbH, Hamburg
Function: Freelance Editor, Translator, and Journalist (2003)
Project: Magazine "Asia Bridge",
Section on East Asian Politics and Macroeconomics
Arbeiterwohlfahrt (AWO), Hamburg
Function: Social Worker (1998-1999)
Project: Social and Educational Integration of Physically and
Mentally Disadvantaged Children into Public
Elementary Schooling
Language Skills
German
Native Language
Current Skill Level: Proficient in Writing and Speech
English
Second Language (Bilingual)
Current Skill Level: Proficient in Writing and Speech
Certificates: TSE (Test of Spoken English: 60/60) (2005)
TOEFL (computer-based score: 290/300) (2004)
Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English, Grade A (1997)
Chinese (Putonghua)
University Major 1999-2005, Language Teacher since 2002
Current Skill Level: Post-Advanced in Speech, Advanced in Writing
Classical Chinese (Gudai Hanyu)
University Studies 2000-2005, MA Thesis on Classical Chinese Texts
Current Skill Level: Advanced Reading Skills
Spanish (Castellano)
High-School Subject and Private Education since 1996
Current Skill Level: Intermediate in Speech and Writing
French
High-School Subject from 1990 to 1993
Current Skill Level: Elementary in Speech and Writing
Experience Abroad
United Kingdom (2 Years) (2005-2006 &
Ph.D. Research 2007-2008)
Institution: University of Sheffield
People’s Republic of China (11 Months) (2006-2007)
Field Research for Dissertation: Qualitative Interviews with
Media Experts in Shanghai, Beijing, and Nanjing
Associated Institution: Shanghai Fudan University
People’s Republic of China (10 Months) (2001–2002)
Chinese Language Studies
Institution: Nanjing University
United States of America (10 Months) (1994-1995)
High-School Exchange
Rome Catholic High School (Senior Class), Rome NY
United States of America (3 Years) (1980-1983)
Expatriate Work of Parents
Morristown NJ
Scholarships and Grants
Field Research Grant (2006)
Universities’ China Committee in London (UCCL)
Incentive Award for PhD Research (2005-2006)
University of Sheffield
Partial Scholarship for Studies in China (2001–2002)
DAAD – Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst
(German Academic Exchange Service)
Full Undergraduate and Graduate Studies Scholarship (1999–2005)
Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
(German National Academic Foundation)
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