VITA & PROFILE
           
             
 

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION:
History of Early China (Western Zhou, Spring and Autumn, and Zhanguo periods);
Western Zhou bronze inscriptions.


    
 
ACADEMIC CAREER  
Since 01.10.2007 Post doctoral fellow in the German Science Foundation’s Postgraduate School “Forms of Prestige in Cultures of the Ancient World” at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich.
2003-present Visiting lecturer, Institute of Sinology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Germany.
01.02.-31.07.2007 Post-doctoral fellow in the frames of the High School and Science Program (HWP) for the chances equality for women in science at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich.
2003 - 2006 Research fellow of Gerda-Henkel-Foundation at Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich and Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany.
01.10.2005 - 28.02.2006 Assistant Professor (Wissenschaftliche Assistentin), Institute of Sinology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich (temporary substitution of an absent staff member).
2001 – 2003 Guest research fellow of Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Faculty of East Asian Studies of the Ruhr-University of Bochum, Germany.
2001-2003 Visiting lecturer, Faculty of East Asian Studies of the Ruhr-University of Bochum, Germany.
1999 – 2006 Research fellow, China Department, Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow.
1999 – 2004 Research fellow, Institute of General History of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Project “East-West”.
1997 - 2002

Project member, Center “History of Private and Everyday Life”, Institute of General History of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

     
 
EDUCATION      
1996 - 1999 Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
  Ph. D. in history.
  Dissertation: Institutions of “friends” and “guests” in Ancient China. Evolution of the social and politic phenomena and of the appropriate terminology during the Western Zhou, Chunqiu and Zhanguo periods.
  Advisor: Prof. Stanislav Kuczera
1990 - 1996 History Faculty of the Moscow State Lomonosov-University. Specialization: History of Ancient China at the Ancient World History Department.
  Moscow State University Diploma in history (equivalent to MA).
  Thesis: “Sacral and Political Role of Jade in Ancient China”.
1994 - 1995 College of International Cultures, Dalian Normal University, People Republic of China. Russian-Chinese interstate university exchange program. Modern Chinese language training.


 
 
 
     
MEMBERSHIP IN ACADEMIC ORGANISATIONS
European Association of Chinese Studies (Member of the Board)
Deutsche Vereinigung fuer Chinastudien (Member of the Board)
European Association for the Study of Chinese Manuscripts
 
  Organisation of Panels at Conferences:
 
  • Topoi of First and Last Rulers, VIIth Conference of the European Association of Chinese Studies, Lund, 6. August 2008;
  • Ankunftsland China: Identität und Integration der Einwanderer in der historischen Perspektive, XXX. Orientalistentag, Freiburg, 26. September 2007
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