Josef Kreiner (Japanologist)

Josef Kreiner (born March 15, 1940 in Vienna ) is an Austrian Japanologist and was Professor of Japanese Studies at the University of Bonn from 1977 until his retirement in 2008 and director of the Japanese Studies Department.

Act

Kreiner is a pioneer of ethnologically oriented Japanese research and a specialist in Okinawa and the Ainu . He is also co-founder of the European Association of Japan Studies EAJS (presidency 1973–1980), further first director of the German Institute for Japanese Studies (DIJ) and founder of the Philipp-Franz-von-Siebold-Stiftung , BMBF (director 1988–1996) . Kreiner is a student of Alexander Slawik . From 1971 until his appointment to Bonn in 1977, Kreiner was a full professor for Japanese Studies and head of the institute of the same name at the University of Vienna . After his retirement, he worked at the Hōsei University as a professor for special tasks and, among other things, supervises the newly founded International Association for Ryukyuan / Okinawan Studies ( IAROS ).

Works (selection)

as editor: History of Japan. 6th, updated and expanded edition. Reclam, Stuttgart 2018, ISBN 978-3-15-019574-1 .
as editor: Japanese Collections in European Museums (= Japan Archive. Vol. 5). Bier'sche Verlagsanstalt, Bonn 2005;
- Volume 1: General Prospects. ISBN 3-936366-06-3 ;
- Volume 2: Regional Studies. ISBN 3-936366-11-X ;
- Volume 3: Regional Studies 2. ISBN 3-936366-48-9 ;
The Russo-Japanese War. (1904/05). V & R Unipress et al., Göttingen et al. 2005, ISBN 3-89971-247-1 .
as editor: Ryûkyû in World History (= Japan Archive. Vol. 2). Bier'sche Verlags-Anstalt, Bonn 2001, ISBN 3-9806179-7-1 .

Awards

1968: Cardinal Innitzer Prize
1980 Corresponding member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
1987 Special Price of the Japan Foundation
1991 member of the Academia Europaea
1995 Higa Shuncho Prize from the Okinawa Society for Cultural Research
1996 Yamagata Bantō Prize of the Osaka Prefecture
1996 Culture Award, The Okinawa Times
1996 Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class
1997 Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art, 1st class
1997 member of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences
1998 Awarded an honorary doctorate from the School of Social Sciences, Kwansei Gakuin University
2005 Eugen and Ilse Seibold Prize of the DFG for promoting mutual cultural understanding between Germany and Japan
2006 Order of the "Rising Sun on the Collar, Golden Rays"
2008 Elected Honorary Member of the European Association of Japanese Studies (EAJS)

Remarks

↑ See also Hans Dieter Ölschleger (Ed.): Theories and methods in Japanese Studies. Current state and future developments. Papers in honor of Josef Kreiner. V & R Unipress, Göttingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-89971-355-8 .

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personal data
SURNAME	Kreiner, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian Japanologist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH	March 15, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna

[1] See also Hans Dieter Ölschleger (Ed.): Theories and methods in Japanese Studies. Current state and future developments. Papers in honor of Josef Kreiner. V & R Unipress, Göttingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-89971-355-8 .