Curriculum Vitae

Present position

• Senior Professor, University of Heidelberg 2009-

Curriculum Vitae

• 2013- Center Associate. Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University
• Co-Director, Cluster of Excellence "Asia and Europe in a Global Context: Shifting Asymmetries in Cultural Flows," University of Heidelberg, 2007-2012
• Prof. of Chinese Studies, Institute of Chinese Studies, University of Heidelberg, Germany, (retired)
• Director, Centre for East Asian Studies, University of Heidelberg, 2005-2009.
• 2003-2004: Fellow, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin (Institute for Advanced Study)
• 2001, June - Director, European Center for Digital Resources in Chinese Studies, Chinaresource (Chinaresource.org)
• Sept 96-Sept. 98: President of the European Association of Chinese Studies
• Aug 96-: Specially appointed Professor of the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences
• 1995-: Member of the Berlin Science Academy
• Dec. 1992: Leibniz Award of the German Research Foundation (highest German scholarly award, allowing for five years for research on self-selected topics)
• Sept. 92 - Aug. 96: Secretary General of the EACS
• 1990: Award of the Akademie-Stipendium of the Volkswagen Foundation, Germany, to complete research on Wang Bi's philosophy. Visiting Professor, Harvard University
• 1989: Research work in the PRC with Academy of Social Sciences Beijing; funding: German Research Foundation
• 1987- Chair, University of Heidelberg, Chinese Studies
• 1984-86: Research Linguist, Center for Chinese Studies, University of California, Berkeley
• 1984, Jan-Jun: Visiting Professor, John K. Fairbank Center for East Asian Research, Harvard University
• 1982-83: Privatdozent Free University Berlin
• 1981-82: Fellow, Society for the Humanities, Cornell University
• 1981: Habilitation with study "Philology, Philosophy and Politics in the Zhengshi Era", Free University Berlin
• 1978-81: Lecturer, Chinese Studies, East Asian Seminar, Free University Berlin; free lance science journalist for broadcasting stations in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
• 1972-77: Assistant Professor, Sinology, Free University Berlin
• 1969-71: Harkness Fellow (Commonwealth Fund), Harvard University
• 1969-70, UC Berkeley 1970-71
• 1969: PhD, "Hui-yuan's Questions to Kumarajiva", University of Munich
• 1962-69: Study of Chinese, Japanese, Political Science, Philosophy at the Universities of Bonn, Heidelberg, Paris and Munich
• born in Wiesbaden as fourth child of Dr. O.H. Wagner and his wife Renate, born Frank

Marital status

Married to Catherine Vance Yeh, PhD. Two daughters.