Prof. dr. Axel Schneider
Professor of Modern China Studies
Editor-in-chief of Historiography East and West
Sinological Institute, Leiden University
Arsenaalstraat 1, Postbus 9515
2300 RA Leiden, Netherlands
Tel.: +31-(0)71-5272216, Fax: +31-(0)71-5272526
E-Mail: a.schneider@mearc.eu
Curriculum Vitae
University education and academic degrees
Professional experience
Scholarships, grants
Other activities
University education and academic degrees
11/1982 - 07/1985: Studying Sinology, Japanology, and Political Science, Friedrich-Alexander University, Erlangen.
08/1985 - 09/1987: Studying Chinese Language and Chinese History supported by a grant from the German Academic Exchange Foundation (DAAD) at the National Taiwan Normal University and the Graduate Institute for History of the National Taiwan Cheng-chi University in the Republic of China on Taiwan.
09/1987 - 07/1989: Studying Chinese History, East Asian Politics, and Political Science, Ruhr-University, Bochum.
07/1989: M.A. thesis on "'Nationalism' and 'Identity': Hu Han-min's writings after the Mukden-Incident". Advisor: Prof. Dr. B. Wiethoff.
09/1994: Ph.D., Dissertation thesis on "Historiography between scholarship, weltanschauung, and political action: Exemplified by the historiography of Ch'en Yin-k'o and Fu Ssu-nien from the Institute for History and Philology from the Academia Sinica" (published as "Wahrheit und Geschichte: ..."). Advisors: Prof. Dr. B. Wiethoff (Ruhr-University, Bochum) and Prof. Dr. S. Weigelin-Schwiedrzik (University of Heidelberg).
Professional experience
09/1989 - 10/1994: "Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter" at the chair for Modern Sinology, Institute for Chinese Studies, University of Heidelberg.
11/1994 - 03/1997: Assistant Professor at the chair for Modern Sinology, Institute for Chinese Studies, University of Heidelberg.
04/1997 - 03/1998: Visiting scholar at the Fairbank Center for East Asian Research, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
03 - 04/1998: Exchange scholar at the Institute for Comparative Literature and Culture, Beijing University.
04/1999 - 10/2000: Assistant Professor at the chair for Modern Sinology, Institute for Chinese Studies, University of Heidelberg.
01/2000 - 09/2000: Member of the Study Committee of the Faculty of Oriental and Ancient Studies, Univ. of Heidelberg.
Since 11/2000: Professor for Modern China Studies, Sinological Institute, University of Leiden.
Since 03/2002: Editor-in-chief of Historiography East & West together with Prof. Dr. Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik (Vienna), published by Brill, Leiden, and supported by Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange (CCKF).
08/2003 - 01/2004: Guest professor, Institute for History, National Cheng-chi University, Taipei, Republic of China.
Since 05/2005: Managing the Philips Program in Modern Chinese Economy.
Since 01/2006: Director of the newly established Modern East Asia Research Center.
Scholarships, grants
08/1985 - 09/1987: Studying Chinese Language and Chinese History supported by a grant from the German Academic Exchange Foundation (DAAD) at the National Taiwan Normal University and the Graduate Institute for History of the National Taiwan Cheng-chi University in the Republic of China on Taiwan.
09/1990 - 03/1991: Research supported by a grant from the German Academic Exchange Foundation (DAAD) at the National Taiwan Cheng-chi University and the Academia Sinica in the ROC on Taiwan, at the Feng P'ing-shan Library, University of Hong Kong, and at the Qinghua University, Beijing, PRC.
03 - 04/1995: Organization of the "International Symposium on Chinese Historiography in Comparative Perspective" in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Weigelin-Schwiedrzik and Hans-Gunther Herrmann, sponsored by the German Research Foundation (DFG), the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange (Taiwan), and the state of Baden-Württemberg.
08 - 09/1995: Research project sponsored by German Research Foundation (DFG) on the topic "Between national sovereignty and Chinese reunification: Taiwan on its way towards its own identity" in cooperation with Dr. Gunter Schubert from the Protestant Institute for Interdisciplinary Research, Heidelberg.
04/1997 - 03/1999: Habilitation grant from the German Research Foundation (DFG) on the subject "Origins and structures of Chinese Conservatism, 1900-1937".
07/2000: Workshop grant from the Asia Committee of the European Science Foundation (ESF), the German Research Foundation (DFG), and the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for Scholarly Academic Exchange for organizing an international conference on "Modern Chinese Historiography and Historical Thinking".
10/2002: Received together with Prof. dr. Rikki Kersten a workshop grant from the International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS) and the Research School CNWS on the topic "Historical Consciousness and the Future of Modern China and Japan: Conservatism, Revisionism, and National Identity" (to be held in Leiden May 22-25, 2003).
01/2003: Received together with Prof. dr. Rikki Kersten a VICI-grant from the NWO (Dutch Organization for Scientific Research) on the topic "Historical Consciousness and the Future of Modern China and Japan: Conservatism, Revisionism, and National Identity" (starting July 1, 2003).
12/2004: Acquisition of funds from the IIAS, CNWS, LUF, and the Dharma Drum Mountain Foundation Taiwan) to organize a workshop in cooperation with Professor Alexander Mayer (Illinois University) on the topic "Is there a 'Dharma of History'?," held in Leiden, May 29-31 2006.5/2005: Acquisition of funds for establishing an externally funded Philips Professor in Modern Chinese Economy at the Chinese Department of Leiden University. 6/2005: Acquisition of funds for establishing a Modern East Asia Research Center at Leiden University.
Other activities
1990 - 2000: Establishment and coordination of the "Association of Young China Scholars".
1991 - 1994: Establishment and coordination of the Taiwan Research Group at the Institute for Chinese Studies, University of Heidelberg.
04/1993: Organization of a workshop on "The image of women in Taiwanese film".
03 - 04/1995: Organization of the "International Symposium on Chinese Historiography in Comparative Perspective" (see above).
03/1999: Organizer of a panel on "Memory, continuity, and identity in 20th century China: three case-studies" at the 1999 annual meeting of the AAS, Boston, MA.
05/2001: Organizer of a workshop on "Modern Chinese Historiography and Historical Thinking", at Heidelberg University.
05/2003: Organizer of a workshop on "Historical Consciousness and the Future of Modern China and Japan: Conservatism, Revisionism, and National Identity", at Leiden University.
03/2005: Organizer of a Harvard-Leiden workshop on "Modern Chinese Conservatism and Japanise Revisionism", Boston, Harvard University.
03/2005: Organizer of a panel on "Reconciling the Self to its History: Conservative and Revisionist Pasts in Modern China and Japan", at the 2005 annual meeting of the AAS, Chicago.
04/2005: Organizer of a UBC-Leiden workshop on "Revising Memories" in Vancouver.
11/2005: Organizer of a workshop on "Historical Revisionism: Theories, Concepts and Manifestations" in Leiden.
05/2006: Organizer of a workshop on "Is there a 'Dharma of History'?" in Leiden.
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