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Profile
| Academic position | Full Professor |
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| Research fields | Asian Studies |
| Keywords | Manuscript 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
| Country | Germany |
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| City | München |
| Institution | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU) |
Host during sponsorship
| Prof. Dr. Armin Selbitschka | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), München |
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| Start of initial sponsorship | 01/10/2025 |
Programme(s)
| 2025 | Carl Friedrich von Siemens Research Award Programme of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation |
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Nominator's project description
| Professor Sanft is one of the leading scholars in the field of early China studies. His research has introduced new levels of analytical depth and methodological sophistication to the study of early imperial socio-political history. His groundbreaking work on historical texts, especially excavated manuscripts, has revealed new facets of the interplay between state administration and the populace. In Germany, Professor Sanft will probe early Chinese medieval excavated manuscripts and compare them with medieval Latin manuscripts. |