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Chinese Studies in Heidelberg

Why study Chinese Studies at Heidelberg University? Some good reasons. Information for international students is available here.

Lecture Series: Freedom?! The University as a Space for Discourse

The Ruperto Carola Lecture Series for the current winter term 2024/25 is titled “Freedom?! The University as a Space for Discourse”. By discussing the crucial role universities play in building and strengthening democratic societies, the lecture series picks up the theme of the current year of science, freedom. The Ruperto Carola Lecture Series 2024/25 is organized by Christiane Brosius (HCTS) and Barbara Mittler (HCTS, ZO). [More...]

Application Procedure

Heidelberg University has introduced an online application system. Please apply here. This is very important for international applicants from NON-EU-countries in order to insure a timely enrolment. Generally speaking, please submit your application by mid-September at the latest . All applicants will be notified via email after the admission board has finalized its decisions!

Consultation Hours during the winter term

Komp100x100 For a full list of the current consultation hours please refer here.

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New publications

Panagiotopoulos, Diamantis, Wallenwein, Fabienne, Mildenberger, Georg, Schimpf, Gudrun-Christine¬A¬ dialogue between the humanities and social sciences: cultural landscapes and their transformative potential for social innovation.
IN: Heritage, : , 2023, 7674-7705.
Giele, EnnoLayouting authority: graphic reflections of power relationships in early Chinese administrative documents.
IN: Keeping record, : , 2024, 181-210.
Kwon, JaokJapan’s flashback to traditional capitalism.
IN: Global economic elites and the new spirit of capitalism, : , 2024, 251-279.
Kwon, JaokModern family capitalism in South Korea.
IN: Global economic elites and the new spirit of capitalism, : , 2024, 217-250.
Becke, Johannes, Kurtz, JoachimCultural revivalism in Israel and China: imagining lives against the present.
IN: ¬The¬ journal of transcultural studies, : , 2023, 96-138.
Becke, Johannes, Jaspert, Nikolas, Kurtz, JoachimAmbivalent enmity: making the case for a transcultural turn in enmity studies : introduction.
IN: ¬The¬ journal of transcultural studies, : , 2023, 1-26.
Henningsen, Lena, Luo, Di[Rezension von: Luo, Di, Beyond citizenship].
IN: ¬The¬ China quarterly, : , 2024, 1-2.
Mittler, BarbaraDo you hear the people sing?: Gedanken zu chinesischen Öffentlichkeiten - und ihren Gegner: von der Macht der Musik.
IN: Ost-West-Kontakte, : , 2024, 283-296.
Mittler, BarbaraKonfuzianische Weltordnungen, II, Von der Sorge um die Zukunft des eigenen Landes: ein Dialog mit Ying Wangs Of detours and updates.
IN: KlangForum Heidelberg, : , 2023, 10-19.
Mittler, BarbaraAfter the sun - slow hope?: Rethinking continuous crisis through China's revolutions.
Mittler, BarbaraReading women: rethinking a trope in the Socialist Modern and beyond.
IN: ¬A¬ world history of Chinese literature, : , 2023, ?.
Mittler, Barbara, Thiel, Petra, Kouwenhoven, Frank, Reichow, Jan-Marc, Yan-Dethlefsen, Ann KatrinBarbarian pipes and strings reconsidered: negotiating authenticity in the musics of China : transcultural perspectives.
Heidelberg: Konfuzius Institut an der Universität Heidelberg, 2023, 92 Seiten.
Senz, Anja-DésiréeChina und Deutschland: Kulturaustausch zwischen Annäherungs- und Abstoßungstendenz.
IN: Im Spannungsverhältnis zwischen Selbst- und Fremdverstehen, : , 2023, 265-277.
Senz, Anja-DésiréeMade in China: Weltmacht zwischen Anspruch und Wirklichkeit.
IN: Ruperto Carola, : , 2023, 76-83.
Armstrong, Abigail S., Ast, Rodney, Giele, Enno, Lougovaya-Ast, Julia, Mieger, Hannah, Peltzer, Jörg, Quack, Joachim Friedrich, Tong, Chun Fung, Tschachtli, Sarina, Wang, BanbanPolitische Herrschaft und Verwaltung.
IN: Theorie und Systematik materialer Textkulturen, : , 2023, 259-313.
Mittler, BarbaraAus dem Dunkeln in das Licht: ist die Welt (noch) zu retten?.
IN: Ruperto Carola, : , 2023, 26-35.
Müller-Saini, GotelindAnarchism, marxism, and nationalism in China: between conflict, cooperation and continuities.
London, New York: Routledge, 2023, 1 Online-Ressource (27 Seiten).