Prof. dr. Axel Schneider

Prof. dr. Axel Schneider - Publications

Articles
Editor
Monographs
Varia
Talks
Ongoing Projects

Articles

"The Research on CCP history in the Federal Republic of Germany", in CCP Research Newsletter No. 6 & 7 (Summer-Fall 1990), 36-44.
"Archive und Archivbestände zur Geschichte Chinas im 20. Jahrhundert in der Republik China auf T'ai-wan" [Archives and Archival Holdings Concerning Chinese History of the 20th Century in the Republic of China on T'ai-wan], in Bochumer Jahrbuch für Ostasienforschung 1994, 209-224.
"Der Koreakrieg aus der Sicht T'ai-wans" [The Korean War and the Future of T'ai-wan: A bibliographical Essay], in Periplus 1995, Jahrbuch für außereuropäische Geschichte, 63-71.
"Die Verfassungsreform in der Republik China auf T'ai-wan, 1990-1995: Verlauf, Ergebnisse und beeinflussende Faktoren" [The constitutional reform in the Republic of China on T'ai-wan, 1990-1995: Genesis, results and influencing factors], in Axel Schneider, Gunter Schubert (ed.), Taiwan an der Schwelle zum 21. Jahrhundert -- Probleme und Perspektiven eines asiatischen Schwellenlandes (Hamburg, Institut für Asienkunde), 1996, 7-38.
"Between Dao and History: Two Chinese Historians in Search of a Modern Identity for China", in Chinese Historiography In Comparative Perspective, History and Theory, Theme Issue (October 1996), 54-73.
"'Sind wir Chinesen oder Taiwanesen?' -- Taiwan im Konflikt konkurrierender nationaler und kultureller Identitäten" ('Are we Chinese or Taiwanese?' -- Conflicting national and cultural identities on T'ai-wan) (together with Gunter Schubert), in Asien, January 1997, 46-67.
"Tao shih chih chien: Wei Chung-kuo chao-hsün hsien-tai jen-t'ung te liang wei Chung-kuo shih-chia" ["Between Dao and History: Two Chinese Historians in Search of a Modern Identity for China"], in Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik, Axel Schneider (ed.), Chung-kuo shih-hsüeh yen-t'ao-hui: ts'ung pi-chiao kuan-tien ch'u-fa lun-wen-chi (T'ai-pei, Tao-hsiang Publ.) 1999, 297-322.
"Constitutional reforms in the ROC on T'ai-wan: Internal and external parameters of regime change", in Harvard Studies on Taiwan: Papers of the Taiwan Studies Workshop, vol. 3, 2000, pp. 171-202.
"Bridging the Gap: Attempts at Constructing a 'New' Historical-Cultural Identity in the PRC", accepted for publication in Geschichtsdenken im Umbruch: China und die Moderne [Historical Thought in Transformation: China and Modernity], ed. by Jörn Rüsen and Achim Mittag (Köln, Böhlau), (in print). (abstract)
"Tao shih chih chien: Wei Chung-kuo chao-hsün hsien-tai jen-t'ung te liang wei Chung-kuo shih-chia" ["Between Dao and History: Two Chinese Historians in Search of a Modern Identity for China"], in Chung-kuo wen-hua 17-18 (2001, Peking, Chung-kuo wen-hua yen-chiu-so), pp. 15-28.
China and the crisis of modernity (Inaugural speech, Leiden, Nov. 16, 2001. Text of the speech as pdf (version 3) file and version 5 file.
"Archives and Archival Holdings on 20th Century Chinese History in the Republic of China on Taiwan" (in print).
"Reconciling history with the nation? -- Historicity, national particularity, and the question of universals", in Asian Nationalism in an Age of Globalization, Ed. Roy Starrs (Curzon, 2001), pp. 223-233.
"Bridging the Gap: Attempts at Constructing a 'New' Historical-Cultural Identity in the PRC", in East Asian History vol. 22 (December 2001), pp. 129-144.
"Reconciling history with the nation? -- Historicity, national particularity, and the question of universals", in Historiography East and West vol.1 no. 1 (March 2003), 117-136.
"Reconciling history with the nation? -- Historicity, national particularity, and the question of universals", in Leidschrift Vol. 18, No. 3 (2004), 89-103.
"Which tradition? Where to go? -- The meaning of research on conservatism" (¦óºØ¶Ç²Î? ©¹¦ó³B¥h? «O¦u¥D¸qªº¬ã¨s·N¨ýµÛ¬Æ»ò), in Intellectual Inquiry (¾Ç³N«ä·Qµû½×) No. 11 (2004), 83-93 (in Chinese).
"The One and the Many: A Classicist Reading of China's Tradition and its Role in the Modern World", in Zhongguo wenxue lishi yu sixiang de huannian bianqian guoji xueshu yantaohui lunwenji (Taibei: Taiwan daxue wenxueyuan), 2005, 311-373.

Editor

Axel Schneider, Gunter Schubert (ed.), Taiwan an der Schwelle zum 21. Jahrhundert -- Probleme und Perspektiven eines asiatischen Schwellenlandes [Taiwan on the doorstep to the 21st century -- Problems and perspectives of an Asian NIC] (Hamburg, Institut für Asienkunde), 1996.
Axel Schneider, Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik (ed.), Chinese Historiography In Comparative Perspective, History and Theory, Theme Issue, October 1996.
Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik, Axel Schneider (ed.), Chung-kuo shih-hsüeh yen-t'ao-hui: ts'ung pi-chiao kuan-tien ch'u-fa lun-wen-chi (T'ai-pei, Tao-hsiang Publ.), 1999.
Editor-in-chief of the Leiden Series in Comparative Historiography (Brill, Leiden).
Editor-in-chief of the Leiden Series in Comparative Historiography, first volume: Helwig Schmidt-Glintzer, Achim Mittag and Jörn Rüsen (eds.), Historical Truth, Historical Criticism, and Ideology. Chinese Historiography and Historical Culture from a Comparative Perspective (Brill, Leiden), 2005.
Editor-in-chief of Historiography East and West - A multi-lingual on-line journal for studies in comparative historiography and historical thinking Vol. 1 No. 1, March 2003 (Brill, Leiden).
Editor-in-chief of Historiography East and West - A multi-lingual on-line journal for studies in comparative historiography and historical thinking Vol. 1 No. 2, September 2003 (Brill, Leiden).
Editor-in-chief of Historiography East and West - A multi-lingual on-line journal for studies in comparative historiography and historical thinking Vol. 2 No. 1, March 2004 (Brill, Leiden).
Editor-in-chief of Historiography East and West - A multi-lingual on-line journal for studies in comparative historiography and historical thinking Vol. 2 No. 2, September 2004 (Brill, Leiden).

Monographs

Wahrheit und Geschichte: Zwei chinesische Historiker auf der Suche nach einer modernen Identität für China [Truth and history: Two Chinese Historians in Search of a Modern Identity for China] (Wiesbaden, Harrassowitz), 1997. (Reviewed in China Review International Vol. 6, No. 2, Fall 1999, pp. 522-526, in China Review International Vol. 7, No. 1, Spring 2000, pp. 216-221, and in Neue Politische Literatur, Jg. 46 (2001), p.129).

Varia

Hans-Günther Herrmann, Axel Schneider, "Sinologische Dissertationen und Dissertationsprojekte im deutschsprachigen Raum" [Sinological Dissertations und Dissertation Projects in German Language], in Bochumer Jahrbuch für Ostasienforschung 1992, 187-190.
Hans-Günther Herrmann, Axel Schneider, "Sinologische Dissertationen und Dissertationsprojekte im deutschsprachigen Raum" [Sinological Dissertations und Dissertation Projects in German Language], in Bochumer Jahrbuch für Ostasienforschung 1993, 225-226.
Christine Moll-Murata, Axel Schneider, "Sinologische Dissertationen und Dissertationsprojekte im deutschsprachigen Raum" [Sinological Dissertations und Dissertation Projects in German Language], in Bochumer Jahrbuch für Ostasienforschung 1995.
Various reviews in Revue Bibliographique de Sinologie 1992/X, 1995/XIII, 1996/XIV, 1998/XVI.
Complete Bibliography of the Writings of Ch'en Yin-k'o and Fu Ssu-nien, published on the Internet,
Entry on "Historical Science" (together with Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik), in the new China Handbuch [China handbook], ed. by Brunhild Staiger and Stefan Friedrich. Hamburg: Institut für Asienkunde (in print).
Entry on "The Three Principles of the People", in the new China Handbuch [China handbook], ed. by Brunhild Staiger and Stefan Friedrich. Hamburg: Institut für Asienkunde (in print).
Entry on the "Kuo-min-tang", in the new China Handbuch [China handbook], ed. by Brunhild Staiger and Stefan Friedrich. Hamburg: Institut für Asienkunde (in print).
Entry on "Taiwan -- Political System", in the Encyclopedia of Asia (Berkshire Reference Works/Scribners), in preparation.
Review of Feng Youlan, The Hall of Three Pines: An Account of My Life (Translated by Denis C. Mair) Honolulu, University of Hawaii Press, 2000, published in New Zealand Journal of Asian Studies Vol. 3, No. 2 (December 2001), pp. 213-215.
Review of Wang Fan-sen, Fu Ssu-nien: A Life in Chinese History and Politics Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000, published in The China Quatrerly Vol. 168 (December 2001), pp. 1040-1041.
Review of Inventing China Through History: The May Fourth Approach To Historiography, by Edward Q. Wang, New York: State University of New York Press, 2000, published in The China Journal issue 47 (January 2002), pp. 219-221.
Review of New Confucianism: A Critical Examination, ed. by Makehan, John (New York: Palgrave Macmillan), 2003, forthcoming in New Zealand Journal of Asian Studies.
Review of China in War and Revolution, 1895-1949, by Peter Zarrow (New York: RoutledgeCurzon), 2005, forthcoming in China Information.

Talks

Reflections on the methodology of transcultural research (Lecture given at the Fu-hsing kang, Taipei, November 1990, in Chinese).
Was hat die Geschichte des chinesischen Altertums mit dem modernen China zu tun? Zur Entwicklung der chinesischen Geschichtsschreibung im 20. Jahrhundert [What has the history of Chinese antiquity to do with modern China? On the development of the Chinese writing of history during the 20^th century] (Heidelberg, März 1995).
Is "cultural conservatism" revolutionary and "iconoclasm" traditional? -- Reflections on the historiography of Ch'en Yin-k'o and Fu Ssu-nien (Conference on Chinese Historiography in Comparative Perspective, Heidelberg, April 1995).
The historiographical discourse in Republican times interpreted as an attempt to redefine the role of the Chinese literati (Edinburgh, April 1996).
Die Taiwan-Krise vom Frühjahr 1996: Ursachen, Hintergründe, Mißverständnisse [The Taiwan crisis of spring 1996: Causes, background, and misunderstandings] (Heidelberg, May 1996).
Die Taiwan-Krise vom Frühjahr 1996 und die politischen Reformen auf Taiwan seit 1990 [The Taiwan crisis of spring 1996 and the political reforms on Taiwan since 1990] (Munich, July 1996).
The constitutional reforms in the Republic of China on Taiwan: Political reforms, power struggle, or quest for a new national identity? (Harvard, November 1997).
The crisis of modernization and the answer of historiography: The historical methodology of Ch'en Yin-k'o (Essen, June 1998).
Bridging the Gap: Attempts at Constructing a "New" Historical-Cultural Identity in the PRC (1999 Annual Meeting of the AAS, Boston, March 1999). Part of a panel on "Memory, continuity, and identity in 20^th century China: three case-studies" organized by myself.
Ranke in China: Historical Methodology and the Search for a New Identity (EUxIN-Konferenz "Images of Europe in Asia", Heidelberg, June 1999).
Chinese Conservatism in the 20^th Century (Annual Meeting of the HSTCC, Venedig, July 1999).
"Reconciling history with the nation?" -- Historicity, national particularity, and the question of universals (Annual Meeting of the NZASIA, Dunedin, New Zealand, November 1999).
Squaring the circle? -- Becoming modern and staying Chinese (Leiden, March 29, 2000).
Taiwan nach den Wahlen: Chen Shuibians Möglichkeiten und Grenzen [Taiwan after the elections: Chen Shuibian's options and limits] (Heidelberg, April 13, 2000).
The disintegraton of meaning? Conservative reflections on language (ASAA 2000: Asian Studies Association of Australia, 13th Biennal Conference 2000 -- Whose Millenium?, University of Melbourne, Australia, July 2000). Part of a panel on "Are Conservatives 'conservative'?: Language, history and culture in early twentieth-century China" organized by Dr. Brian Moloughney, University of Otago, New Zealand.
Between coherence and individuality: Liang Ch'i-ch'ao and Neo-Kantianism (Heidelberg, May 25, 2001), paper presented on the conference on "Modern Chinese Historiography and Historical Thinking".
Reconciling history with the nation? -- Historicity, national particularity, and the question of universals (Heidelberg, May 26, 2001), paper presented on the conference on "Modern Chinese Historiography and Historical Thinking".
Bridging the Gap: Attempts at Constructing a "New" Historical-Cultural Identity in the PRC (Colorado Springs, Oct. 26, 2001), paper presented on the conference on "China's Intellectuals and Social Power in the 21st Century".
China and the crisis of modernity (Inaugural speech, Leiden, Nov. 16, 2001. Text of the speech as pdf (version 3) file and version 5 file.
The state of European studies on Taiwan (San Francisco, Jan 4-7, 2002), paper presented at the Annual meeting of the AHA.
Bridging the Gap: Attempts at Constructing a "New" Historical-Cultural Identity in the PRC (UCLA, Center for Chinese Studies, Jan. 8, 2002).
World history and the problem of historical relativism: The development of Liang Qichao's historiography after 1919 (Washington DC, April 5-8, 2002), paper presented at the Annual meeting of the AAS.
Bridging the Gap: Attempts at Constructing a ¡§New¡¨ Historical-Cultural Identity in the PRC (University of Colorado at Boulder, 7. April 2002).
Value and history: Liang Ch¡¦i-ch¡¦ao and German thought in modern China (Colorado College, Colorado Springs, 8. April 2002).
China und die Krise der Moderne [China and the crisis of modernity] (lecture given at the Institute for Chinese Studies, University of Vienna, Nov. 8, 2002)
Which tradition? Where to head for? - Are the New National Studies conservative and what does it mean to be conservative? (Lecture given at the conference "Public intellectuals and Modern China", Shanghai, Dec. 13-15 2002).
Between world history and relativism - A comparison of the historiography of Ranke, Ch'en Yin-k'o and Fu Ssu-nien (Lectures given at the Institute for Modern History, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing and at the Institute for History, Beijing University on Dec. 19 and 20, 2002).
"Why study Chinese historiography?" (Lecture given at the Platform Theoretische Geschiedenis, Utrecht, February 14, 2003).
"Liang Qichao and the problem of historical relativism" (Lecture given at the History Department of Taiwan National Chung-cheng University, Chia-yi, November 6, 2003, in Chinese).
"World history and historical relativism: Liang Ch'i-ch'ao's historiography after 1919" (Lecture given at the Department of Philosophy, National Taiwan Cheng-chi University, T'ai-pei, November 17, 2003, in Chinese).
"Liang Ch'i-ch'ao and Neo-Kantianism" (Lecture given at the History Department, Tung-wu University, T'ai-pei, November 19, 2003, in Chinese).
"World history and historical relativism: Liang Ch'i-ch'ao's historiography after 1919" (Lecture given at the History Department, National Taiwan Tung-hwa University, Hua-lien, November 27, 2003, in Chinese).
"History, Nation, and Universality -- Ch'en Yin-ch'üeh, Fu Ssu-nien and Leopold von Ranke" (Lecture given at the Institute for History and Philology, Academia Sinica, T'ai-pei, December 5, 2003, in Chinese).
"Is the National Studies Fever conservative? Japan and the PRC compared", (Lecture given at the Center for Asia-Pacific Area Studies, Institute for Sociology, Academia Sinica, T'ai-pei, December 12, 2003, in Chinese).
"World History and the Problem of Historical Relativism -- An Analysis of Liang Ch'i-ch'ao's Late Historiography", Lecture given at the Research Center for East Asian Civilizations, Taiwan National University, T'ai-pei, January 15, 2004, in Chinese).
"World History and the Problem of Historical Relativism -- An Analysis of Liang Ch'i-ch'ao's Late Historiography" (Lecture given at the Institute for Modern History, Academia Sinica, T'ai-pei, January 16, 2004, in Chinese).
"How should 21st century Chinese historiography look like?" (Lecture given on the conference "Chinese and Comparative Historical Thinking in the 21st Century", Shanghai, Fudan University, April 8-10, 2004, in Chinese).
"The one and the many: A classicist reading of China's tradition and its role in the modern world" (paper presented on "Annual meeting of the Historical Society for the Study of 20th Century China", Vienna, May 18, 2004).
"The one and the many: A classicist reading of China's tradition and its role in the modern world" (paper presented on the conference on "Perceptions of Antiquity in China's Civilization", Würzburg, May 28, 2004).
"Wu Mi's Confucian Platonism" (paper presented on the conference on "¦è¤è«ä·Q¹ïªF¨È¤å©úªº½ÄÀ»¡G¸ó¤å¤Æªºµø³¥¬ã°Q·|", Taipei, Taiwan University, September 10, 2004).
"How ideas become history and how history feeds ideas: On the dialectics of intellectual history?" (paper presented on the conference "Intellectual History in a Global Age", Wolffenbüttel, October 14-17, 2004).
"Modern Chinese Conservatism: A meaningful concept?" (paper presented on the international conference on "¤¤°ê¤å¾Ç¾ú¥v»P«ä·Q¤¤ªºÆ[©ÀÅÜ¾E", Taipei, Taiwan University, January 28, 2005).
"World history, historical relativism and the writing of history" (talk at the conference "Chinese Historiography in World Views" in Shanghai, October 2005, in Chinese).
"Continuity, change, and the question of ethics in modern Chinese conservatism" (Beijing Forum, November 2005).
"Is there a conservative view of history?" (talk at the workshop "Historical Revisionism: Theories, Concepts and Manifestations", Leiden, November 2005).
"Revising 20th century Chinese history: recent developments in Western research on mo-dern Chinese intellectual history" (talk at the conference "hŒWÑÐ¾¿Ö®»Øî™ÅcÇ°Õ°‡øëHŒWÐgÑÐÓ‘•þ", in Taibei, March 2006, in Chinese).
"Liang Ch'i-ch'ao's historiography and the influence of Buddhism" (talk at the workshop "Is there a 'Dharma of History'?", Leiden, May 2006).

Ongoing Projects

Monograph on "Chinese conservatism in 20^th century China".
VICI-grant on the topic "Historical Consciousness and the Future of Modern China and Japan: Conservatism, Revisionism, and National Identity" (starting July 1, 2003).
WWW projects
A website on Chinese historiography and historical thinking.
A website on China Taiwan Relations.

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