Wenchao Li (philosopher)

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Wenchao Li, late 2013

Wenchao Li (* 1957 in Shaanxi , People's Republic of China ) is a philosopher , author and editor .

Life

Born in 1957 in the Chinese province of Shaanxi, Wenchao Li studied German, philosophy, linguistics and political science at the University of Northwest China in Xi'an and in Beijing at Peking University and in Germany at Ruprecht-Karls-University in Heidelberg and finally at Freie University of Berlin (FU), where he wrote his dissertation in 1989 on the subject of the motif of childhood and the shape of the child in German literature at the turn of the century. Investigations into Thomas Mann's " Buddenbrooks ", Friedrich Huch's "Mao" and Emil Strauss' " Freund Hein " . He also completed his habilitation at Freie Universität in 1996 under the title The Christian Mission to China in the 17th Century. Understanding, incomprehension, misunderstanding. A study of the history of ideas on Christianity , Buddhism and Confucianism .

On November 20, 2013 in the atrium of the Welfenschloss during his speech "Teachers and Educators" - Leibniz in 1946 during the commemorative event award and withdrawal of titles during the Nazi era at the Technical University of Hanover

After ten years of research and teaching at universities in Stuttgart , Erlangen , Wolfenbuettel , Berlin (only at the city's Technical University Wenchao Li took over, most recently at the Berlin Free University) and at several universities in China in 2007, the head of the Potsdam Leibniz Edition place the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences (BBAW), whereby he is responsible for the historical-critical edition of the political writings of the polymath Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz.

On July 1, 2010, Wenchao Li was appointed to the newly created Leibniz endowed professorship based in Hanover , which is limited to five years .

Publications (selection)

Fonts

  • The motif of childhood and the figure of the child in German literature at the turn of the century. Studies on Thomas Mann's “Buddenbrooks”, Friedrich Huch's “Mao” and Emil Strauss' “Freund Hein” , also dissertation in 1990 at the Free University of Berlin, 1989
  • The Christian Mission to China in the 17th Century. Understanding, incomprehension, misunderstanding. A study of the history of ideas on Christianity, Buddhism and Confucianism (= Studia Leibnitiana . Supplementa , Volume 32), at the same time habilitation thesis 1996 at the FU Berlin, Stuttgart: Steiner, 2000, ISBN 3-515-07452-X
  • Philosophize Buddhist philosophy. An introduction , Münster; New York; Munich; Berlin: Waxmann, 1999, ISBN 3-89325-749-7
  • A world citizen and his adopted home. GW Leibniz in Hanover (= booklets of the Leibniz Endowed Professorship , Vol. 3), 1st edition, Hanover: Wehrhahn, 2012, ISBN 978-3-86525-503-7 ; Content according to the publisher's report

Lectures (selection)

Web links

Commons : Wenchao Li  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Compare the information under the GND number of the German National Library and the cross-references there
  2. ↑ a b c Dirk Sarnes (responsible): Science / Leibniz Endowed Professorship ( Memento from July 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) on the hannover.de page
personal data
SURNAME Li, Wenchao
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Li, Wen-Chao
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Chinese-German philosopher, author and publisher, holder of the Leibniz endowed professorship
DATE OF BIRTH 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Shaanxi