Prof. Dr. Lothar Ledderose
Senior Professor
Tel.: +49 (0) 6221 - 54 23 52
Fax: +49 (0) 6221 - 54 33 84
E-Mail: lothar.ledderose@zo.uni-heidelberg.de
Office hours: by arrangement
Room: 209a (Third Floor)
To make an appointment during the office hours please call 54 23 52 or send an e-mail to sekretariat-iko@zo.uni-heidelberg.de.
Curriculum Vitae
Lothar Ledderose was born on 12 July 1942 in Munich. He is the chaired Professor of East Asian art history at Heidelberg University, a position he has held since 1976. Lothar Ledderose was educated at the humanistic Apostelgymnasium, Cologne. From 1961-1969 he studied East Asian art history, European art history, Sinology, and Japanology at universities in Cologne, Bonn, Paris, Taipei, Heidelberg. PhD 1969, Heidelberg.
Professional career
| 1996 | Corresponding Fellow, British Academy |
| 1986 | Member, Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften Since |
| 1984 | Corresponding Member, German Archaeological Institute Since |
| 1976 | Chair, East Asian Art History, Heidelberg University Since |
| 1976 | Habilitation, University of Cologne Since |
| 1975 / 76 | Research Position, Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, Berlin |
| 1973 - 75 | Research Fellow, Institute for Oriental Culture, Tokyo University |
| 1971 / 72 | Translator, National Palace Museum, Taipei |
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1969 - 71 |
Post-doctoral studies in Princeton and Harvard |
Academic administration
| 1986 | President, International Congress of Asian and North-African Studies (ICANAS), Hamburg |
| 1984 - 90 | President, German Oriental Society (Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft) |
| 1978 - 84, 1990 - 96 |
Vice president, German Oriental Society (Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft) |
| 1978 | Faculty of Philosophy and History, Heidelberg University |
Curated exhibitions with scholarly catalogues
| 1993 |
Japan und Europa – 1543-1929. Berlin (with Doris Croissant).Visited by their imperial Highnesses, the Emperor and Empress of Japan. |
| 1991 |
Jenseits der Großen Mauer. Der Erste Kaiser von China und seine Terrakotta-Armee. Dortmund (with Adele Schlombs). |
| 1985 |
Palastmuseum Peking. Schätze Aus der Verbotenen Stadt. Berlin, Vienna (with Herbert Butz). 390.000 visitors in Berlin, most successful exhibition of the year in Germany. |
| 1985 |
Im Schatten Hoher Bäume. Baden-Baden, Cologne, Hamburg. First loan exhibition of traditional painting sent from China to Europe. |
Fellowships, guest professorships
| 2000 - 01 | scholar, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles |
| 1998 | Mellon Lecturer, National Gallery, Washington, D.C. |
| 1997 | guest professor, Kyoto University |
| 1997 | guest professor, Taiwan National University |
| 1996 | guest professor, University of Chicago |
| 1994 | Murphy Lecturer, University of Kansas |
| 1992 | Slade Professor, Cambridge University |
| 1990 - 91 |
Senior Mellon Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National Gallery, |
| 1983 - 84 | Fellow, Wissenschaftskolleg, Berlin |
Selected publications (for details see bibliography)
Books:
Ten Thousand Things. Module and Mass Production in Chinese Art . 2000.
Orchideen und Felsen. Chinesische Bilder im Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst , Berlin. 1998.
Japan und Europa: 1543-1929 (ed.). 1993.
Palastmuseum Peking. Schätze aus der Verbotenen Stadt (ed.). 1985.
Im Schatten hoher Bäume. Malerei der Ming- und Qing-Dynastien (1368-1911) aus der Volkrepublik China (ed.). 1985.
Mi Fu and the Classical Tradition of Chinese Calligraphy . 1979.
Die Siegelschrift (chuan-shu)in der Ch'ing-Zeit . 1970.
Articles:
Carving Sutras before the Catastrophe. 2005.
Chinese Influence on European Art: Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries. 1991.
Die Gedenkhalle für Mao Zedong. Ein Beispiel von Gedächtnisarchitektur. 1988.
Chinese Calligraphy: Its Aesthetic Dimension and Social Function. 1986.
Some Taoist Elements in the Calligraphy of the Six Dynasties. 1984.
The Earthly Paradise. Religious Elements in Chinese Landscape Art. 1983.
Some Observations on the Imperial Art Collection in China. 1978-79.
Subject Matter in Early Chinese Painting Criticism. 1973.
Member of editoral boards of academic journals
Scuola di Studi sull’ Asia Orientale , Kyoto, epigraphical series, beginning 2005.
Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities , Stockholm, since 2000.
Meishushi yanjiu jikan 美術史研究季刊 , Taipei, since 1999.
Arts Asiatiques , Paris, since 1999.