Michael Kinski#

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

• 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

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