Jun.-Prof. Dr. Anne Schmiedl
Associate Professorship "Literature and Culture of Modern China"
Room 1
Phone: 0251-83 29901
E-Mail: anne.schmiedl@uni-muenster.de
Research Areas
- Literature and Culture of Late Imperial China
- Chinese Mythical Literature
- Female Figures in Chinese Literature
- Cultural Transfer Processes between China and Japan
- Mantic Practices in China
- Classification and Systematization in China
- Animal Studies
CV
Education
- Research stay at Tokyo University in Tokyo, Japan (funded by Emerging Talents Initiative ETI, FAU)
- Research stay at Yonsei University in Seoul, Korea (funded by DAAD, PAJAKO Program)
- Rsearch stay at Tokyo University in Tokyo, Japan (funded by DAAD, PAJAKO Program)
- PhD (summa cum laude), Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Thesis title: “Realising a Character’s True Meaning: Divination and Script-Contemplation in the Zichu 字觸 by Zhou Lianggong 周亮工 (1612–1672)“
- Research stay in Taipei, Taiwan (funded by Villigst e.V.)
- Research stay at Zhouyi Center, Shandong University, in Jinan, China (funded by Villigst e.V.)
- M.A. in English Cultural Studies, Sinology and Japanese Studies, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg
- Japanese language and culture studies at Yamaguchi University in Yamaguchi, Japan
Positions
- Research fellow, Institute of Sinology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg
- Visiting Fellow / Postdoctoral Fellow, International Consortium for Reearch in the Humanities (IKGF), Erlangen
- Research fellow, Institute of Sinology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg
- Research assistant, International Consortium for Research in the Humanities (IKGF), Erlangen
Publications
Books (Monographs)
- Schmiedl, Anne Kathrin. (). Chinese Character Manipulation in Literature and Divination: The Zichu by Zhou Lianggong (1612–1672). Leiden: Brill. doi: 10.1163/9789004422377.
Articles
Articles in Scientific Journals, Newspapers or Magazines
Research Articles (Journals)
- Schmiedl, Anne Kathrin. (). Enigmatic Concepts: On the History of Riddles in China and the West. Contributions to the History of Concepts, 18(2), 28–48. doi: 10.3167/choc.2023.180203.
- Schmiedl Anne Kathrin, Brusadelli Federico, Grimberg Phillip. (). Of Words, Change, and Transplantations: Reshaping Chinese Concepts between Empire and Modernity. Contributions to the History of Concepts, 18(2), 18–27. doi: 10.3167/choc.2023.180202.
- Schmiedl, Anne Kathrin. (). ‚A Living Tradition‘: Tracing Chinese Character Divination from Imperial China to Contemporary Taiwan. Monumenta Serica, 71(2), 303–335. doi: 10.1080/02549948.2023.2263273.
- Schmiedl, Anne Kathrin. (). Written in Stone? On Creative Strategies in Chinese Character Divination. International Journal of Divination and Prognostication, 1(1), 75–99. doi: 10.1163/25899201-12340004.
- Schmiedl, Anne Kathrin. (). From Religious to Secular to Postsecular? On the Continuity of Divination in Chinese-speaking Countries. Bochumer Jahrbuch zur Ostasienforschung, 40/2017, 187–212.
Review (Journals)
- Schmiedl, Anne Kathrin. (). Review: Michael Loewe, Problems of Han Administration: Ancestral Rites, Weights and Measures, and the Means of Protest. Frontiers of History in China, 12(3), 508–510. doi: 10.3868/s020-006-017-0022-2.
Research Article (Book Contributions)
- Schmiedl, Anne Kathrin. (). Do Not Teach the Present Generation by Using the Methods of the Ancients: Applying Digital Methods to Enhance Literary Chinese Classes. In (Eds.), Teaching Classical Chinese: Zum Unterricht des Klassischen Chinesischen 文言文教學 (pp. 231–250). Schweinfurt: Ostasien-Verlag.
Scientific Talks
- Schmiedl, Anne (): „Von Übernatürlichen Figuren und Menschlichen Normen: „Ab/Normalität“ in der mythischen Literatur der chinesischen Kaiserzeit“. Yi/chang 異/常 – Ab-/Normalität in China 異/常 - XXXIV. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Vereinigung für Chinastudien (DVCS) (Deutsche Vereinigung für Chinastudien (DVCS)), Lehrstuhl für Sinologie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, .
- Schmiedl, Anne (): ‘Defining the Undefinable – On the Formation and Definition of the Term and Concept of Myth in Japan, China, and ‚the West‘’. East Asian Academy for New Liberal Arts (EAA), Tokyo University, Tokyo, .
- Schmiedl, Anne (): ‘From Hunted Prey to Symbols of Life: Historical and Mythological Rabbits/Hares in China and Japan’. International Workshop "Transgressive Beasts: Animals Challenging Boundaries in Chinese History" (Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge; Lehrstuhl für Sinologie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg), Zoom, .
- Schmiedl, Anne (): „Krise der chinesischen Geschichtsschreibung? Die Formierung des Mythos-Begriffs“. "Krise und Risiko. China und der Umgang mit Unwägbarkeit" - XXXI. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Vereinigung für Chinastudien (DVCS) (Deutsche Vereinigung für Chinastudien (DVCS)), Zoom (Asien-Orient-Institut, Universität Zürich), .
- Schmiedl, Anne (): ‘‚A Living Tradition‘: Tracing Chinese Character Divination from Imperial China to Contemporary Taiwan’. 2019 SEA International Young Scholars Conference (Sinophone Studies in Europe and the Americas (SEA)), National Chengchi University, Taipei, .
- Schmiedl, Anne (): „‚Was haben Schulter und Bein gemeinsam, Kopf und Hand aber nicht?‘: Zur Semantik chinesischer Rätsel“. Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften, Erlangen, .
- Schmiedl, Anne (): ‘A Puzzling Conundrum: The Concept of Chinese Riddle as Understood in Imperial China and the ‚Modern‘ West’. "Beyond Borders: Conceptualizing Boundaries, Crossings and Disruptions" - 22nd International Conference on the History of Concepts (The History of Concepts Group), El Colegio de Mexico, Mexico City, .
- Schmiedl, Anne (): ‘Explaining and Legitimising Chinese Character Manipulation: Contemplating Script and Divination in the Zichu by Zhou Lianggong (1612–1672)’. Präsentation, Internationales Kolloquium des Internationalen Kollegs für Geisteswissenschaftliche Forschung, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, .
- Schmiedl, Anne (): ‘(Re-)Writing Fate: Predicting and Dealing with the Future in Chinese Character Divination’. Internationale Vortragsreihe des Internationalen Kollegs für Geisteswissenschaftliche Forschung, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, .
- Schmiedl, Anne (): ‘Divining the Future during the Cold War: Divinatory Methods as a Tactic of Dealing with Insecurities in East Asia’. International Conference "Hopes and Fears in a Divided World: East and Southeast Asia during the Cold War" (City University of Hong Kong), City University of Hong Kong, .
- Schmiedl, Anne (): ‘Applying E-Learning Methods to Classical Chinese Classes’. Workshop „Sinology 3.0: Theoretical Framework and Practical Application of E-Learning Methods (Lehrstuhl für Sinologie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg), Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, .
- Schmiedl, Anne (): ‘Teaching the Present Generation by Using the Methods of the Ancients? – On Digital Methods and Didactical Problems in Teaching Classical Chinese Today’. International Symposium on the Teaching of Classical Chinese (Abteilung für Sinologie, Universität Bonn; Konfuzius-Institut Bonn), Universität Bonn, .
- Schmiedl, Anne (): „China im Licht der Medien: Frequenz, Themen und Ton Westlicher Berichterstattung über China“. Workshop (Konfuzius-Institut Nürnberg-Erlangen; Lehrstuhl für Sinologie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg), Lehrstuhl für Sinologie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, .
- Schmiedl, Anne (): ‘The Brush is Mightier than the Sword: Han Apocryphal Writings as a Tool to Popularize Orthodox Knowledge’. Internationaler Workshop „Transcontinental Perspectives on Knowledge Production“ (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg; University of Tokyo; Yonsei University Seoul), Yonsei University, Seoul, .
- Schmiedl, Anne (): ‘Predictable Patterns: On the Reliability of Fate in Chinese-speaking Countries’. 22nd Biennial Conference of the European Association of Chinese Studies (European Association of Chinese Studies (EACS)), University of Glasgow, .
- Schmiedl, Anne (): „Wundersame Schriftzeichen: Die chinesische Technik des Schriftzeichenorakels“. Ausstellung "pfeilschnell ist das Jetzt entflogen" von Dietmar Pfister, Kunst Galerie Fürth, .
- Schmiedl, Anne (): „Die Zukunft selbst festschreiben? — Wahrsagung mit dem chinesischen Schriftzeichenorakel“. Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften, Erlangen, .
- Schmiedl, Anne (): „Wundersame Schriftzeichen: Die chinesische Technik des Schriftzeichenorakels“. Stadt(ver)führungen 2017 (Stadt Nürnberg), Konfuzius-Institut Nürnberg-Erlangen, .
- Schmiedl, Anne (): ‘The Fact in Fate in the Postsecular Era: Legitimising Predictions in Chinese Character Divination’. Internationaler Workshop "The Fate of the Fact in the Postsecular Era" (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg; University of Tokyo; Yonsei University Seoul), Tokyo University, .
- Schmiedl, Anne (): ‘Uncovering the Hidden: Manipulating Written Characters in order to Decode Messages from the Spirit World’. Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference (Association for Asian Studies), Toronto, .
- Schmiedl, Anne (): ‘‚Word magic‘ or ‚Playing with characters‘? Mantic Techniques and Indigenous Contemplations on Script in the Zichu by Zhou Lianggong (1612-1672)’. Asien-Pazifik-Kolloquium, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, .
- Schmiedl, Anne (): ‘Written in Stone? On Performativity and Creativity in Strategies of Dealing with Written Predictions’. 2nd Young Scholars' Forum (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main; Fudan University (China); Konfuzius-Institut Frankfurt), Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, .