Benutzer:Shi Annan/Natascha Gentz

Natascha Gentz (chinesisch {{{c}}}, Pinyin fei na shan geb. Vittinghoff) ist Professorin für Sinologie am

joined the university as Chair of Chinese Studies in 2006. Sie war Gründungsdirektorin des Confucius Institute for Scotland in the University of Edinburgh and in this position until 2021. She was Head of Department of Asian Studies from 2007 - 2010, Dean International China since 2008 after which she became Assistant Principal (China) in 2015 . From 2012 to 2013 Natascha Gentz was  invited as Research Fellow at the International Consortium for Research in the Humanities (IKGF) in Erlangen. In 2014 she was elected as Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. She served as member for the  Area Studies Panel  for REF 2014 and REF 2021. In 2016 she was invited Visiting Fellow at Cheng-chi University, Taipei, and in 2017 at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Sie ist Mitglied in umber of executive boards of local and international organisations. 

Ausbildung

Natascha Gentz erwarb ihren Master (1994) and Ph.D. (1998) degrees at Heidelberg University, Germany. Her studies included residences at Fudan University, Shanghai (1988-1990, DAAD), Renmin University, Beijing (1995-1996) (DAAD), Tokyo University (Monbusho) and The University of Hong Kong (1996 and 1997, DAAD). After a post-doc position at the University of Goettingen (1998-2000) in a research consortium funded by the Volkswagen Stiftung, she received an independent research grant by the German Research Foundation (2000-2002), while maintaining teaching fellowships in the Chinese Studies departments at Heidelberg and Göttingen University. In 2002 she was appointed as Junior Professor at Frankfurt University, from where she came to Edinburgh.

two monographs on contemporary Chinese political drama and the history of modern Chinese journalism in the context of transcultural negotiations of the  colonial empire, two edited volumes on global  knowledge transfer in Late Qing China  and on how global media are shaping cultural identities today,  two edited volumes on transculturality in Late Imperial China and Modern China along with a number of journal articles and book chapters as outlined in the full publication section below. She also co-curated two exhibition catalogues and translated a novel and short stories by the Nobel Laureate Gao Xingjian. 

 the study of modern Chinese literature, theatre, media, and conceptual history from a historical, political and transcultural perspective. Keen on engaging with the  wider public and community she has organised a number of international conferences , lectures  and workshops, but also a variety of  China related cultural events in her capacity as CI Director from 2006-2021 –ranging from award winning NGO Fringe Festival drama performances by female migrant workers from Beijing or independent documentary film makers  to events with Chinese celebrity writers, directors, actors and film-makers participating at the International Festivals in Edinburgh.

Literatur

Herausgeberschaft

• Modern Chinese Literature and Culture. en

Editor of the East Asian Studies Series by University of Edinburgh Press with David Wang Der-wei (Harvard University) and Michael Zachmann (Free University Berlin)

Editor of the Journal Modern Chinese Literature and Culture by University of Edinburgh Press with Christopher Rosenmeier (UoE)

Editorial Board Member: International Communication of Chinese Culture (2014 - ) Journal of the British Association for Chinese Studies (BACS) (2011 - ) The China Quarterly(2010 – 2020) Zhongguo xueshu (2004 –2010)

   2006 - 2013: Chinese Encyclopedias. D5 Cluster of Excellence "Asia and Europe in a Global Context: Shifting Asymmetries in Cultural Flows" at Heidelberg University.
   2004 - 2013: Akteure der kulturellen Globalisierung, 1860 - 1930 (Actors of cultural globalisation), Berlin, Wissenschaftskolleg (DFG).
   2002 - 2003: The Birth of Tragedy in China Global Negotiations of a Local Genre (DFG). 
   1999 - 2000: Chinese Technical Terms- Western Knowledge and Lexical Change in Late Imperial China. (VW Foundation)
   1996 - 1998: Transformation of European Expansion - The Chinese Language Press in Shanghai (DFG).

Academic Memberships and Affiliations

AREA Ruhr Advisory Board (Bochum), (2015 - ) Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (2014-) British Academy East Asia Panel Member (2012 - 2018) REF Area Studies Sub panel member (2014, 2021) Research Fellow of the University of Heidelberg, Sinology Department (2000 - ) Elected Board Member of the China Universities Committee London (UCCL) (2006-2009) Elected Board Member of the British Association for Chinese Studies (BACS) (2009 – 2012) German-American Frontiers of Humanities (GAFOH, American Philosophical Society (APS) and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation) Advisory Board SWIRE Chinese Language Centre (2016 - ) Universities Scotland China Group (2014 - 2019) Scotland China Business Forum (2014 –2021) 48 Group Club in Scotland Advisory Committee (2010 - 2014) Scottish Government China Plan Stakeholder Group (2012 - 2016) Scotland School Strategy China Group, Scottish Government (2010- 2012) British Council China Group (2009 – 2010) RZSS Giant Panda Learning Advisory Board (2011 -2017 ) Vice Chairman of the Scotland China Chamber of Commerce (2009 -2011) Scottish Cross Party Parliament Group China (2009 - ) Board member of Language, Linguistics and Area Studies (LLAS) (2008 - 2010) Board member of the Scotland China Educational Network (SCEN) (2008 - 2021)

Research Collaborations 2006 - 2012: Chinese Encyclopedias. D5 Cluster of Excellence "Asia and Europe in a Global Context: Shifting Asymmetries in Cultural Flows" at Heidelberg University. 2004 - 2008: Akteure der kulturellen Globalisierung, 1860 - 1930 (Actors of cultural globalisation), Berlin, Wissenschaftskolleg (DFG). 2002 - 2003: The Birth of Tragedy in China Global Negotiations of a Local Genre (DFG). 1999 - 2000: Chinese Technical Terms- Western Knowledge and Lexical Change in Late Imperial China (VW Foundation). 1996 - 1998: Transformation of European Expansion - The Chinese Language Press in Shanghai (DFG).

Teaching From Sept 2012 to August 2013 Natascha Gentz is on research leave, spending five months at the International Consortium for Research in the Humanities (IKGF) in Erlangen, from November 2012 to April 2013.

Weblinks

• sino.uni-heidelberg.de
• ikgf.fau.de
• Natascha Gentz Edinburgh University. research.ed.ac.uk.

Einzelnachweise

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