Michael Kinski#
Membership Number: | 3667 |
Membership type: | ORDINARY |
Section: | CLASSICS & ORIENTAL STUDIES |
Elected: | 2013 |
Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
Homepage(s): | http://www.japanologie.uni-frankfurt.de/japlehre/kinsk/index.html |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2009: Professor for Japanese History of Thought, Japanology, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main
- 2007 - 2009: Lecturer, Center for Japanese Language and Culture, Humboldt University, Berlin
- 2006 - 2007: Replacement for the Professor of Japanology, University of Zurich
- 2000 - 2006: Senior Researcher, Center for Japanese Language and Culture, Humboldt University, Berlin
- 1998 - 2000: Teacher of Languages, Center for Japanese Language and Culture, Humboldt University, Berlin
- 1993 - 1998: Head of the Tuebingen Center for Japanese Studies in Kyōto (Dōshisha University)
- 1991 - 1993: Academic Employee, Department of Japanese Studies , Tübingen University
Fields of Scholarship
- Japanese history of thought in the Early Modern Era
- Japanese Rules of Etiquette
- Early Modern Japanese lifestyles and value orientations as reflected in Japanese guidebook literature
- History of Science in 18th and 19th century Japan, Rangaku - Dutch Studies
- Material Culture, Japanese food and eating culture
- History of Childhood and conceptions of childhood in Japan