Prof. Dr. Charles Theodore Sanft

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsAsian Studies
KeywordsManuscript studies, Premodern Chinese history, Premodern China studies, Early Chinese bureaucracy, Premodern Chinese literature
Honours and awards

2024: College of Arts and Sciences New Research, Scholarly, and Creative Projects in the Arts & Humanities Award, University of Tennessee

2024: David V. and Kathryn G. White Undergraduate Teaching Award, University of Tennessee

2022: University of Tennessee Humanities Center Faculty Fellowship

2021: Joseph Levenson Pre-1900 China Book Prize Honorable Mention, Association for Asian Studies

2021: Lindsay Young Professorship, University of Tennessee

2020: James Henry Breasted Book Prize, American Historical Association

2019: University of Tennessee College of Arts and Sciences Mid-Career Research Excellence Award

2017: American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship

2014: Duke University East Asian Library Travel Grant

2011: Member, School of Historical Studies, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton

2006: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science post-doctoral fellowship

Current contact address

CountryGermany
CityMünchen
InstitutionLudwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU)

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Armin SelbitschkaLudwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), München
Start of initial sponsorship01/10/2025

Programme(s)

2025Carl Friedrich von Siemens Research Award Programme of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation