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RESEARCH FOCUS: |
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Pre-imperial China
(Western Zhou, Spring and Autumn, and Zhanguo periods):
Society, politics, ideology
Legal practices and legal thought
Bronze ritual vessels and bells:
- Inscriptions as historical sources;
- Social uses of the bronzes;
- Cultural, social and political concepts in inscriptions
Classics (Shang shu and Shi jing) and other early texts
Early Chinese historiography |
Bell of Duke Wu of Qin (r. 697–678 v. Chr.),
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Baoji Museum of Bronze |
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ACADEMIC
CAREER |
2014-present |
Habilitation project "Kinship, Marriage and Politics in Early China (11-8 cc. BC)"
Institute for Sinology of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich.
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2003-present
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Visiting lecturer at the Institute
for Sinology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich.
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2011-2013 |
Curator of the exhibition "Qin - the eternal emperor and his terracotta
warriors" at the Bernisches Historisches Museum .

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2010-2011 |
1st phase of the habilitation
project "Kinship, Marriage and Politics in Early China (11-8
cc. BC) at the LMU.
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01.10.2007-30.09.2009 |
Post doctoral
fellow in the German Science Foundation’s Postgraduate
School “Forms of Prestige in Cultures of the Ancient World” at
the LMU.
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01.02.-31.07.2007 |
Post-doctoral fellow at the LMU |
2003 - 2006 |
Research fellow of Gerda-Henkel-Foundation at the LMU and Ruhr-University Bochum (RUB).
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01.10.2005 - 28.02.2006 |
Assistant Professor (Wissenschaftliche
Assistentin), Institute
of Sinology of the LMU (temporary substitution).
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2001 – 2003 |
Guest research fellow of Alexander
von Humboldt Foundation at the Faculty of East Asian Studies of the RUB, visiting lecturer.
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1999 – 2006 |
Research fellow, China
Department, Institute
of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow.
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1999 – 2004 |
Research fellow, Institute
of General History of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Project
“East-West”.
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1997 - 2002 |
Project member, Center
“History of Private and Everyday Life”, Institute of General
History of the Russian Academy of Sciences. |
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EDUCATION |
1996 - 1999 |
Institute of Oriental Studies
of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
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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. |
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1990 - 1996 |
History Faculty of the
Moscow State Lomonosov-University. |
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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.”
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1994 - 1995 |
College of International
Cultures, Dalian Normal University, People Republic of China. Russian-Chinese
interstate university exchange program. Modern Chinese language training. |