Kai Marchal: Personal Data (馬愷之：個人資料)

 

 

Degrees（學位）

 

2006 PhD       (Major: Chinese Studies, Minor: Philosophy), University of Munich; Title: Die Ordnung des Politischen und die Ordnung des Herzens – Eine Studie zum politisch-philosophischen Denken des Lü Zuqian (1137-1181) (”The Political and Philosophical Thought of Lü Zuqian (1137-1181)”), published in: Digitale Hochschulschriften, LMU Munich (July 2006, full text in PDF format see here);  thesis advisor: Prof. Hans van Ess; referees: PD Kai Vogelsang (in Sinology), Prof. Wilhelm Vossenkuhl (in Philosophy);

2000 M.A.      (Two Majors: Chinese Studies, Philosophy), University of Heidelberg; Title of the M.A. Thesis: “Wang Bi’s 王弼 (226-249) Zhouyi lüeli 周易略例: A Politico-hermeneutical Handbook for the Zhouyi zhu 周易注” (250 p.); advisors: Prof. Rudolf G. Wagner (Heidelberg), Prof. Barend ter Haar (Leiden).

 

 

Education（學歷）

 

2002-2006      PhD programme, Chinese Studies and Philosophy, University of Munich; at the same time (Junior) Visiting scholar at the Academia Sinica, Taipei (at the Institute of Chinese Literature and Philosophy and the Institute of History and Philology);

1997-2000      MA programme in Chinese Studies and Philosophy, University of Heidelberg;

1999-2000      Erasmus Exchange programme at Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (INALCO), Paris, France;

1996-1997      Exchange programme at Beijing waiyu xueyuan (now Beijing Language and Culture University 北京語言大學), Beijing, PRC;

1994-1996      MA programme in Chinese Studies and Philosophy, University of Heidelberg;

1993               Abitur, Humboldt-Gymnasium, Wilhelmshaven.

 

 

Employment（經歷）

 

Since 2006.8   Assistant Professor at the Department of Philosophy, Huafan University (華梵大學), Taipei, Taiwan;

2003-2004       Lecturer, German Department, Fu Jen Catholic University (輔仁大學), Taipei, Taiwan;

2002-2003       Lecturer, Graduate Institute of German Language and Literature, Chinese Culture University (中國文化大學), Taipei, Taiwan;

2001                Library and Research Assistant at the UFR Langues et Civilisations de l’Asie Orientale, University Denis-Diderot, Paris, France.

 

 

Grants and Scholarships（獎學金、研究補助）

 

2007-2010      Three-year Research Grant, National Science Council（國科會）, Taiwan:

“The Limits of Modernity – Neo-Confucian and Conservative Political Philosophy“

西方現代性的界限：從政治哲學看儒家與西方保守主義傳統（96-2411-H-211-001-MY3）;

2005-2006      Grant Recipient of the Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation for Scholarly Exchange (蔣經國國際學術交流基金會) (one year);

2005-2006      Grant as Ph.D. Student at the Academia Sinica (中央研究院人文社會科學博士候選人培育計畫) (one year, declined);

2004               Grant Recipient at the Center for Chinese Studies (漢學研究中心), National Central Library, Taipei, Taiwan (six months);

1999-2000      European Erasmus Scholarship, Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (INALCO), Paris (one year);

1996-1997      Grant of the University of Heidelberg and the Beijing waiyu xueyuan, Beijing, PRC (one year).

 

 

Research Interests （研究專長）

 

Confucianism, Neo-Confucianism;

Contemporary Chinese and Taiwanese Philosophy;

Political Culture and Political Thought in the Song Dynasty;

Western Political Philosophy.

 

 

Affiliations（學術組織）

 

Deutsche Vereinigung für Chinastudien e.V. (DVCS);

European Association for Chinese Studies (EACS);

Japanese Hegel Association (日本ヘーゲル学会);

The American Political Science Association (APSA).

International Society for Comparative Studies of Chinese and Western Philosophy (ISCWP)

 

 

Languages（外語）

       

English, French, Chinese, Japanese, Greek, Latin, Arabic (basic).