Organisationseinheit
Buddhistische Steininschriften
"Buddhistische Steininschriften in Nordchina"
Hauptstraße 113 | 69117 Heidelberg
Curriculum Vitae
Education:
- HEIDELBERG UNIVERSITY
Heidelberg, Germany
PhD candidate (Subject: East Asian Art History, Institute of East Asian Art History, 05/2018- )
PhD student (10/2016-04/2018)
- HEIDELBERG UNIVERSITY
Heidelberg, Germany
Master of Arts (Major: German Literature; Minor: East Asian Art History, 9/2011-2/2016)
- GUANGDONG UNIVERSITY OF FOREIGN STUDIES
Guangzhou, China
Bachelor of Arts (Major: German Literature, 9/2007-9/2011)
Languages:
Chinese (Mandarin, Cantonese and Chaoshan Min) as first language; German (C2); English (C2); French (A2, working towards B1)
Academic Experience:
- HEIDELBERG ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES
Heidelberg, Germany
Project on Buddhist Stone Inscriptions in Northern China/Assistant (09/2014-)
Contributions: Proofread and translated parts of the English texts into Chinese; assisted with editing process
- SHAANXI PROVINCIAL INSTITUTE OF CULTURAL RELICS PROTECTION
Xi’an, China
Assistant/Translator (03/2016-04/2016)
Field trip as part of the Project on Buddhist Stone Inscriptions in Northern China: transcribed sutra texts by deciphering the rubbings of the Buddhist carving texts in the Tang cave at Jinchuanwan
- TANG CAVE AT JINCHUANWAN
Cunhua County, Shaanxi Province, China
Assistant/Translator (03/2017-04/2017)
Field trip as part of the Project on Buddhist Stone Inscriptions in Northern China: assisted in the photographic documentation of the Buddhist texts in the cave
Additional Experience:
- BEIJING PALACE MUSEUM
Beijing, China
Exhibition: Gupta Sculptures and Their Chinese Counterparts from 400-700 AD/Translator (07/2016-11/2016)
Responsibilities: Translated parts of the exhibition catalogue and introduction texts
- BEIJING PALACE MUSEUM
Beijing, China
Architectural Heritage Department/Intern (04/2016-06/2016)
Responsibilities: Participated in the research and renovation project of the Hall of Mental Cultivation
- POLY AUCTION HONG KONG
Hong Kong, China
Department for Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art/Intern (09/2016-10/2016)
Responsibilities: Prepared catalogues of the Poly Hong Kong Autumn 2016; assisted Senior Experts for evaluation of Chinese works of art
- EAST ASIAN LIBRARY OF HEIDELBERG UNIVERSITY
Heidelberg, Germany
DFG Project at the East Asian Library/Assistant (09/2013-02/2015)
Responsibilities: Cataloged specialist literature in Chinese, English and German; prepared data of authors, related persons and corporate bodies
Scholarship:
China Scholarship Council – Post Graduate Abroad Program (10/2017-03/2022)
Heinz-Götze-Reisestipendium für Kunstgeschichte China, Heidelberg University (07/2019)
Deutsche Forum für Kunstgeschichte Paris – Research Grant/Forschungsstipendium (09/2020)
Deutsche Forum für Kunstgeschichte Paris and The Getty Foundation– Research seminar/Visiting Scholar (13/05-31/05/2019)
Ausgewählte Publikationen und Vorträge
Conferences and Symposia:
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6. Forum Ostasiatische Kunstgeschichte (16/06-17/06/2017)
Berlin, Germany
Organizer: Freie Universität Berlin, Kunsthistorisches Institut, Ostasiatische Kunstgeschichte, and Museum für Asiatische Kunst
Topic: Ein anglo-chinesisches Gartenhaus am späten Qing-Hof: Der Kristallpalast in der Verbotenen Stadt als architektonischer Exot?
- GAO Annual International Conference 2019 (11/03-12/03/2019)
Oxford, UK
Organizer: Graduate Archaeology at Oxford (GAO), University of Oxford
Topic: Ancient Indian Aesthetics and European iron technology in late Imperial Chinese Eclectic Architecture – The case of Lingzhao Pavilion
- Research Seminar “Arts, Power and Politics” (13/05-31/05/2019)
Paris, France
Organizer: The German Center for Art History (DFK Paris, sponsored by The Getty Foundation)
- The Eleventh International Convention of Asia Scholars (16/07-19/07/2019)
Leiden, the Netherlands
Organizer: International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden University and French Academic Network for Asian Studies
Publication:
Conference proceedings of Graduate Archaeology at Oxford:
Lingzhao Xuan 靈沼軒 as “Crystal Palace”: A Trans-mundane Space in iron and glass at the Qing Court (2021, in progress)
Journal article in Heritage Architecture (Chinese Social Science Citation Index 2021-2022):
Lingzhao Xuan, the “Crystal Palace” and its Appropriation of “Oriental” Aesthetics / “水晶宫”灵沼轩与其“东方”元素 (December 2021, forthcoming)
Translator of Essays in Volumes:
Chinese to English:
a). Exhibition catalogue, Gupta Sculptures and Their Chinese Counterparts from 400-700 AD (梵天东土,并蒂莲华:公元 400-700 年印度和中国雕塑艺术), Beijing: Forbidden City Publishing House, 2016.
b). “The Evolution of Chinese Cultural Diversity with Reference to the China-India Silk Road (by Rong Xinjiang 荣新江) 中国多元文化的发展与中印之间的丝绸之路 ” in Gupta Sculptures and Their Chinese Counterparts from 400-700 AD, Beijing: Forbidden City Publishing House, 2016.
English to Chinese:
a). Three Texts by Xinxing at Jinchuanwan (by Maxwell Brandt), in Buddhist Stone Inscriptions in northern China Shaanxi I, Hangzhou and Wiesbaden: 中國美術學院出版社 China Academy of Art Press and Harrassowitz Verlag, 2019.
b). Buddhism on Mount Tai (by Claudia Wenzel), in Buddhist Stone Inscriptions in northern China Shandong IV, Hangzhou and Wiesbaden: 中國美術學院出版社 China Academy of Art Press and Harrassowitz Verlag, in progress.
Field Recording/Technical Realization:
a). Buddhist Stone Inscriptions in northern China Shaanxi I (2019), II (2021), Hangzhou and Wiesbaden: 中國美術學院出版社 China Academy of Art Press and Harrassowitz Verlag.
b). Buddhist Stone Inscriptions in northern China Shandong II (2015), III (2017), IV (in progress), Hangzhou and Wiesbaden: 中國美術學院出版社 China Academy of Art Press and Harrassowitz Verlag.
c). Buddhist Stone Inscriptions in northern China Sichuan II (2015), III & IV (2018), V (in progress), Hangzhou and Wiesbaden: 中國美術學院出版社 China Academy of Art Press and Harrassowitz Verlag.