Monika Gänssbauer Professor

I am Professor of Chinese language and culture and since 2020 head of the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies. I also serve as a member of the Budget Committee, Faculty Board of Humanities and as a member of the steering Committee of the Forum for language and literature, Faculty of Humanities.

Biographical Details and Education

I studied Chinese literature and political science in Erlangen, Bochum and Beijing. From 1990-1992 I was given a scholarship by the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) to pursue my studies at Renmin University, Beijing. From 1994-1996 I did my PhD in Chinese Studies at Bochum University with a focus on language and literature. From 1996-2009 I was head of the China Study Project in Hamburg and lecturer at the Universities of Hamburg and Freiburg i.Br. In the academic year 2008-2009 I was invited as a visiting professor to the Institute of Chinese Studies, University of Freiburg i.Br. In 2008 I earned my post-doctoral degree (Habilitation) in Chinese Studies at the University of Erlangen. From 2009-2015 I served as Deputy Chair of Chinese Studies at the University of Erlangen. From 2015-2016 I had a scholarship at the International Consortium on Research in the Humanities (IKGF), University of Erlangen. In 2016 I was appointed Associate Professor (apl. Professor) for Chinese Studies at the University of Erlangen. During the years 2014-2017 I was Honorary Professor of Translation Studies at the Open University of Hong Kong. From 2015 on I have been serving as a member of the "LaboraTorio sulla Traduzione delle Lingue Orientali", a research group on translation at the Universita Ca'Foscari, Venice. I am co-editor of the scholarly book series "edition cathay", project publishing house, Bochum-Freiburg.