Richard Trappl

Richard Trappl (* 1951 in Vienna ) is an Austrian sinologist and associate professor at the University of Vienna .

Study and life

Richard Trappl studied Chinese in Beijing in 1974/75, and did his doctorate and habilitation at the University of Vienna. Since 1979 Richard Trappl has been teaching ancient and new Chinese literature at the Sinological Institute (today: Institute for East Asian Studies) at this university. He is head of the Confucius Institute at the University of Vienna and has over 30 years of experience in China, which he makes available to the University of Vienna as China representative.

Awards

Richard Trappl was awarded the Arthur von Rosthorn Medal on October 3, 2006 for special merits in the context of Austrian-Chinese relations . In October 2011 he was awarded the Great Decoration of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria . On June 6, 2013 he and Gerd Kaminski from Thomas Rabe received the John Rabe Award .

Individual evidence

↑ Doctorate 1978: Studies on the structure of Icelandic sagas. The person structure of Icelandic Sagas of the North Quarter .
↑ Habilitation 2002: Fictionalization and Aestheticization in Early Chinese Literature. On the discursiveness of the narrative type of text "xiaoshuo" against the background of literary theoretical concepts in China between the 3rd and 6th centuries. Century. A contribution to the theory and methodology of intercultural and interepochal reception .
↑ Michaela Hafner, "Encountering the cultural background with understanding" , portrait of Richard Trappl in the online university newspaper
^ Sinology at the University of Vienna - history of its origins ( memento from November 7, 2015 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved November 7, 2015.
↑ Rosthorn Medals 2006 and China book presentation The High House in the Sign of International Understanding . APA notification dated October 3, 2006, accessed November 7, 2015.

personal data
SURNAME	Trappl, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian sinologist
DATE OF BIRTH	1951
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna

[1] Doctorate 1978: Studies on the structure of Icelandic sagas. The person structure of Icelandic Sagas of the North Quarter .

[2] Habilitation 2002: Fictionalization and Aestheticization in Early Chinese Literature. On the discursiveness of the narrative type of text "xiaoshuo" against the background of literary theoretical concepts in China between the 3rd and 6th centuries. Century. A contribution to the theory and methodology of intercultural and interepochal reception .

[3] Michaela Hafner, "Encountering the cultural background with understanding" , portrait of Richard Trappl in the online university newspaper

[4] Sinology at the University of Vienna - history of its origins ( memento from November 7, 2015 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved November 7, 2015.

[5] Rosthorn Medals 2006 and China book presentation The High House in the Sign of International Understanding . APA notification dated October 3, 2006, accessed November 7, 2015.