Rudolf G. Wagner
Rudolf G. Wagner (3 November 1941 — 25 October 2019) was a German
Professional career
Rudolf G. Wagner studied
During the following years, Wagner was a Fellow at the Society for the Humanities at Cornell University (1981–1982),[3] a Research Fellow at the John K. Fairbank Center for East Asian Research at Harvard (1984, 1986–87) and Research Linguist at the Center for Chinese Studies at Berkeley (1984–1986). He also worked as a freelance science journalist for the radio station Sender Freies Berlin. From 1973–1981, he was editor of the journal Befreiung. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaft und Politik.
In 1987, Wagner accepted the Chair of Sinology at Heidelberg University. He worked at the Academy of Social Sciences Beijing in China and was a Visiting Professor at Harvard University. In 1993, he received the highest German academic award, the
Wagner’s reputation as a Sinologist goes far beyond the German borders. From September 1992 until August 1996, he was Secretary General and from 1996 until 1998 President of the
Since 2007, Wagner was Co-Director at the Cluster of Excellence "Asia and Europe in a Global Context" and since 2009 was Senior Professor at the Department of Sinology of Heidelberg University.[1][2]
Research
In his research, Rudolf G. Wagner focused on the interface of politics and culture in China. Owing his hermeneutical approach much to his study with Hans-Georg Gadamer in Heidelberg, Wagner’s main works dealt in the pre-modern period with the philosopher Wang Bi, and in the modern period with transcultural linkages of the modern Chinese media, political movements, and key terms of state and society. Supported by the Volkswagen Foundation, he published three volumes on Wang Bi’s works:
- The Craft of a Chinese Commentator: Wang Bi on the Laozi (2000)[10]
- Language, Ontology, and Political Philosophy in China: Wang Bi's Scholarly Exploration of the Dark (Xuanxue) (2003)[11]
- A Chinese Reading of the Daodejing: Wang Bi's commentary on the Laozi with critical text and translation (2003)[12]
- Chinese edition: 瓦格納, trsl. Yang Lihua 杨立华, Wang Bi <Laozi zhu> yanjiu 王弼《老子注》研究. 2 vols. Nanjing: Jiangsu Renmin Chubanshe, 2008, 940 p.
Other publications dealt with the Taiping Rebellion; contemporary Chinese literature (prose and historical drama); the development of the early Chinese press, in particular the Shenbao newspaper in Shanghai under Ernest Major; the literature of the “socialist camp”; and the development of a transculturally shared canon of political keywords and images.[13]
Publications
Selected Publications
- "China ‘Asleep’ and ‘Awakening’. A Study in Conceptualizing Asymmetry and Coping with It", Transcultural Studies 1 (2011), 4–139.[14]
- "The Zhouli as the Late Qing Path to the Future", in Benjamin A. Elman, Martin Kern eds., Statecraft and Classical Learning. The Rituals of Zhou in East Asian History. Leiden: Brill, 2009, 359–387.[15]
- (Ed.) Joining the Global Public: Word, Image, and City in Early Chinese Newspapers, 1870–1910. Albany, NY: State Univ. of New York Press, 2007.[16]
- The contemporary Chinese historical drama: four studies. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1990 (1985).[17][18]
- Inside a Service Trade. Studies in Contemporary Chinese Prose. Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series; 34. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1992.[19]
- Reenacting the Heavenly Vision: The Role of Religion in the Taiping Rebellion. China Research Monograph; 25. Center for Chinese Studies. Berkeley: University of California, 1984.[13]
Personal life
Wagner was married to Catherine Vance Yeh, Ph.D., Harvard University, who is now a professor at Boston University.[20] He had two daughters from his first marriage.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d “Curriculum Vitae”. Department of Chinese Studies, Heidelberg University. Retrieved: 06 Feb 2012.
- ^ a b "Personal Profile". Cluster of Excellence “Asia and Europe in a Global Context”. Retrieved: 06 Feb 2012.
- ^ “Society Fellow”. Cornell University. Retrieved: 06 Feb 2012.
- ^ “List of the Leibniz Price Winners 1986 – 2012”. German Research Foundation. Retrieved: 06 Feb 2012.
- ^ “Krupp-Stiftung unterstützt Ausbau des Sinologischen Seminars der Universität Heidelberg mit 1,5 Millionen Mark” (German). Heidelberg University, 20 Dec 1999. Retrieved: 06 Feb 2012.
- ^ “Rudolf G. Wagner”. Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Retrieved: 06 Feb 2012.
- ^ “Editorial Team”. Transcultural Studies. Retrieved: 06 Feb 2012.
- ^ "Extrême-Orient Extrême-Occident". Open Edition. Retrieved: 06 Feb 2012.
- ^ “The China Quarterly”. Cambridge Journals Online. Retrieved: 06 Feb 2012.
- ^ "The Craft of a Chinese Commentator". Google Books. Retrieved: 06 Feb 2012.
- ^ “Language, Ontology, and Political Philosophy”. SUNY Press. Retrieved: 06 Feb 2012.
- ^ “A Chinese Reading of the Daodejing”. SUNY Press. Retrieved: 06 Feb 2012.
- ^ a b “Publications”. Department of Chinese Studies, Heidelberg University. Retrieved: 06 Feb 2012.
- ^ “China Asleep and Awaking”. Transcultural Studies, 2011. Retrieved: 06 Feb 2012.
- ^ “The Zhouli as the Late Qing Path to the Future”. Brill. Retrieved: 06 Feb 2012.
- ^ “Joining the Global Public”. SUNY Press. Retrieved: 06 Feb 2012.
- ^ “The Contemporary Chinese Historical Drama”. Google Books. Retrieved: 06 Feb 2012.
- ^ "The Contemporary Chinese Historical Drama". University of California Press. Retrieved: 06 Feb 2012.
- ^ “Inside a Service Trade”. Harvard University Press. Retrieved: 06 Feb 2012.
- ^ “Catherine Yeh”. Boston University. Retrieved: 06 Feb 2012.