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Profile
| Academic position | Emeritus |
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| Research fields | Asian Studies |
| Keywords | Geschichtsschreibung, Han-Zeit, Shiji, Classical Chinese History, and Literature |
Current contact address
| Country | United States of America |
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| City | Madison |
| Institution | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Institute | Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures |
Host during sponsorship
| Prof. Dr. Mau-Tsai Liu | Abteilung für Sprache und Kultur Chinas, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg |
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| Prof. Dr. Herbert Franke | Institut für Ostasienkunde, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), München |
| Prof. Dr. Helmut Martin | Fakultät für Ostasienwissenschaften, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum |
| Dr. Hartmut Walravens | Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin |
| Prof. Dr. Michael Lackner | Institut für Außereuropäische Sprachen und Kulturen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen |
| Prof. Dr. Hans Ess | Institut für Ostasienkunde, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), München |
| Prof. Dr. Hans Ess | Institut für Sinologie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), München |
| Start of initial sponsorship | 01/06/1975 |
Programme(s)
| 1975 | Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme |
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| 2002 | Humboldt Research Award Programme |
Nominator's project description
| Professor William Nienhauser receives this award for his commitment to research in traditonal Chinese literature as well as ancient Chinese historiography. His monumental "Indiana Companion to Traditional Chinese Literature" has become a standard reference work for students of Chinese culture, and his translations of the first Chinese standard history are likely to become so as well. |
Publications (partial selection)
| 2016 | William H. Nienhauser: Tang Dynasty Tales - A Guided Reader - Vol. 2. World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. 2016 |
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| 2016 | Prof. Dr. William Nienhauser: The Grand Scribe´s Records, Volume X, The Memoirs of Han China, Part III. Indiana University Press, 2016 |
| 2011 | William Nienhauser: The Grand Scribe's Records, Vol. IX. Indiana University Press, 2011 |
| 2008 | William Nienhauser: Grand Scribe's Records, Volume 8: The Memoirs of Han China, Part I. Indiana University Press, 2008 |
| 2008 | William Nienhauser: The Grand Scribe's Records. Indiana University Press, 2008 |
| 2007 | William Nienhauser: Tetrasyllabic Shi Poetry: The Book of Poetry (Shi jing). In: Zong-qi Cai, How to Read Chinese Poetry: A Guided Anthology. Columbia University Press, 2007. 15-47 |
| 2007 | William Nienhauser: Zhuanji yu xiaoshuo, Tangdai wenxue bijiao lunji (Biography and Fiction: A Collection of Comparative Articles on Tang Dynasty Literature). Zhonghua Book Company, 2007 |
| 2006 | William Nienhauser: Grand Scribe's Records, Volume 5.1: The Hereditary Houses of Pre-Han China, Part I. Indiana University Press, 2006 |
| 2004 | William Nienhauser: The Grand Scribe's Records - Volume II - The Basic Annals of Han China. SMC Publishing Inc., 2004 |
| 2003 | William Nienhauser: Sentence Fragments and the Methods of Composition of the 'Shih chi'. In: T'oung Pao, 2003, 39-58 |
| 2003 | William Nienhauser: Tales of the Chancellor(s): The Grand Scribe's Unfinished Business. In: CLEAR, 2003, 101-120 |
| 2003 | William Nienhauser, Michael Lackner and Hans van Ess: Zhai shuo Jiu shu 'Li Bo liezhuan'. Wenxue yichan, 2003 |
| 2002 | William Nienhauser: A Reading of Li Bo's Biography in the 'Old History of Tang'. In: Oriens Extremus, 2002, 175-188 |
| 2000 | William Nienhauser, Andre Levy: Chinese Literature, Ancient and Classical. Indiana University Press, 2000 |