Livia Kohn

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Livia Kohn (born March 14, 1956 ) is a religious scholar with a focus on Daoism and professor emeritus at Boston University . She teaches religion and East Asian studies and is fluent in Chinese and Japanese .

Life

Kohn is a native German. She studied at the universities in Göttingen and Bonn . In 1980, Kohn received her doctorate on the life and legend of Ch'en T'uan from Bonn University, and in 1990 she completed her habilitation at Göttingen University. In 1986 and 1987 she worked at the Center for Chinese Studies at the University of Michigan . From 1988 to 1991 she taught at the Fairbanks Center for East Asian Studies at Harvard University . From 1991 to 1993 and from 1996 to 1997 she then worked at the Research Institute for Human for Humanistic Studies at the University of Kyoto . As early as 1988, Kohn was a junior professor and later a professor at Boston University. In 2006 she retired.

Livia Kohn is a Daoist and has studied Taijiquan , Qigong and Yoga , among other things . Livia Kohn teaches Daoism, publishes the Journal of Daoist Studies and leads conferences on Daoism.

Publications (selection)

  • The Taoist Experience: An Anthology . State University of New York Press, New York, 1993, ISBN 978-0791415801
  • with Michael lafargue: Lao-Tzu and the Tao-Te-Ching . State University of New York Press, New York, 1998, ISBN 978-0791436004
  • Daoism Handbook . Brill Verlag, Leiden, Boston, Cologne, 2000, ISBN 90-04-11208-1
  • Daoist Identity: History, Lineage and Ritual . University of Hawai'i Press, 2002, ISBN 978-0824825041
  • Daoism and Chinese Culture . University of Hawai'i Press, 2005, ISBN 978-1931483001
  • with Catherine Despeux: Women in Daoism . Three Pines Press, 2005, ISBN 978-1931483018
  • Daoist Body Cultivation: Traditional Models and Contemporary Practices . Three Pines Press, 2006, ISBN 978-1931483056
  • Chinese Healing Exercises: The Tradition of Daoyin . University of Hawai'i Press, 2008, ISBN 978-0824832698
  • Seven stages of Daoist meditation: the Zuòwànglùn . Medical-Literary Publishing Company, Uelzen, 2010, ISBN 978-3-88136-248-1

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Individual evidence

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personal data
SURNAME Kohn, Livia
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Knaul, Livia (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-American religious studies scholar and professor at Boston University
DATE OF BIRTH March 14, 1956