Wolfgang Behr / 畢鶚 (氒/厥/攸)
@behrwolf.bsky.social
Traditional China Chair, U. Zurich, Switzerland
https://aoi.uzh.ch/en/sinologie/persons/professoren/behr.html
Messages represent my personal opinion and are not necessarily endorsements
https://aoi.uzh.ch/en/sinologie/persons/professoren/behr.html
Messages represent my personal opinion and are not necessarily endorsements
(A longer obituary I wrote on him these last days will appear in the next issue of "Bochumer Jahrbuch zur Ostasienforschung" (BJOAF), but I am uploading his list of publications for easy reference to all interested as images below.) (7/7)
January 9, 2026 at 1:43 PM
(A longer obituary I wrote on him these last days will appear in the next issue of "Bochumer Jahrbuch zur Ostasienforschung" (BJOAF), but I am uploading his list of publications for easy reference to all interested as images below.) (7/7)
As the Bamboo annals said about his great hero Mu wang 穆王, whom he followed on his travels through China and Central Asia in mianbaoche and jeeps, and through commentaries and citations on paper at home, "the king has ascended" (wang zhi 王陟). R.i.p.! (6/7)
January 9, 2026 at 1:43 PM
As the Bamboo annals said about his great hero Mu wang 穆王, whom he followed on his travels through China and Central Asia in mianbaoche and jeeps, and through commentaries and citations on paper at home, "the king has ascended" (wang zhi 王陟). R.i.p.! (6/7)
On December 19 last year, the great sinologist Manfred Frühauf ended his suffering from ALS, aged 75. Manfred was my first teacher of Classical and Modern Chinese at J.W. Goethe University Frankfurt, before becoming Director of the "Sinicum" at Bochum U., (1/7)
January 9, 2026 at 1:43 PM
On December 19 last year, the great sinologist Manfred Frühauf ended his suffering from ALS, aged 75. Manfred was my first teacher of Classical and Modern Chinese at J.W. Goethe University Frankfurt, before becoming Director of the "Sinicum" at Bochum U., (1/7)
The editors of Journal of the European Ass. for Chinese Studies invite submissions for a special issue on the state of Chinese Studies in Europe scheduled for publication in 2026, building on the anniversary symposium held in Paris in November 2025. (cf. detailed call below).
December 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
The editors of Journal of the European Ass. for Chinese Studies invite submissions for a special issue on the state of Chinese Studies in Europe scheduled for publication in 2026, building on the anniversary symposium held in Paris in November 2025. (cf. detailed call below).
Interested in the looong Chinese prehistory of the concept of "brainwashing" (xinao 洗腦) before its well-known appearance in the mid-20th century cold war story? Check out my article available in this volume: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...!
December 3, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Interested in the looong Chinese prehistory of the concept of "brainwashing" (xinao 洗腦) before its well-known appearance in the mid-20th century cold war story? Check out my article available in this volume: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...!
Congratulations @jim_bach_ and co-editors Brigit Knüsel Adamec and Justyna Jaguścik on the publication of the Festschrift Andrea Riemenschnitter,"Re-Thinking Literary China", available as the latest OA volume in our Worlds of East Asia Series here: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...!
December 3, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Congratulations @jim_bach_ and co-editors Brigit Knüsel Adamec and Justyna Jaguścik on the publication of the Festschrift Andrea Riemenschnitter,"Re-Thinking Literary China", available as the latest OA volume in our Worlds of East Asia Series here: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...!
Then off to the fantastic Gerhard Richter retrospective at the Fondation Louis Vitton today. (Mao, Davos, Graubünden, Vierwaldstättersee).
November 22, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Then off to the fantastic Gerhard Richter retrospective at the Fondation Louis Vitton today. (Mao, Davos, Graubünden, Vierwaldstättersee).
OTD in 1917, Paul Leo-Mary Serruys (d. 16.VIII.1999) was born in Flanders, who spent the first time of his life as a missionary of the Congregatio Immaculati Cordis Mariae in China, the second as one of the leading scholars of Old Chinese philology in the US and Taiwan. 1/4
November 19, 2025 at 6:07 PM
OTD in 1917, Paul Leo-Mary Serruys (d. 16.VIII.1999) was born in Flanders, who spent the first time of his life as a missionary of the Congregatio Immaculati Cordis Mariae in China, the second as one of the leading scholars of Old Chinese philology in the US and Taiwan. 1/4
News about the 7000 year old "earliest Chinese script" from the Liulinxi 柳林溪 site which circulated on the Chinese internet in October are starting to reach English language media: tinyurl.com/dnwvsbyd.
November 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
News about the 7000 year old "earliest Chinese script" from the Liulinxi 柳林溪 site which circulated on the Chinese internet in October are starting to reach English language media: tinyurl.com/dnwvsbyd.
Hong Kong Baptist University Fellowship Scheme for Ph.D. Students (apply by Dec 1): www.ugc.edu.hk/eng/rgc/fund...
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Hong Kong Baptist University Fellowship Scheme for Ph.D. Students (apply by Dec 1): www.ugc.edu.hk/eng/rgc/fund...
OTD in 1894 Albert Étienne Jean Baptiste Terrien de Lacouperie (1845–1894) passed away impoverished in London. To commemorate the extremely productive and pleasantly eccentric "Sino-Babylonian" scholar, I uploaded a little CV (to appear in shortened form in the ODNB) here: tinyurl.com/4nbf96bm.
October 11, 2025 at 5:37 PM
OTD in 1894 Albert Étienne Jean Baptiste Terrien de Lacouperie (1845–1894) passed away impoverished in London. To commemorate the extremely productive and pleasantly eccentric "Sino-Babylonian" scholar, I uploaded a little CV (to appear in shortened form in the ODNB) here: tinyurl.com/4nbf96bm.
Happy to celebrate the Ph.D. of Milad Abedi, formerly at our "Sino-Indo-Iranica rediviva" project (data.snf.ch/grants/grant...), now at U. Innsbruck (tinyurl.com/2eaympve) & doing exciting work on the Pahlavi Papyri of the Austrian National Library. Congratulations again!
September 29, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Happy to celebrate the Ph.D. of Milad Abedi, formerly at our "Sino-Indo-Iranica rediviva" project (data.snf.ch/grants/grant...), now at U. Innsbruck (tinyurl.com/2eaympve) & doing exciting work on the Pahlavi Papyri of the Austrian National Library. Congratulations again!
Join our workshop on "Literary Forms and Epistemic Goals in Early Chinese Philosophical Texts" here at UZH next week (off- or online) and read about Rafael Suter's project behind it here: data.snf.ch/grants/grant...!
September 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Join our workshop on "Literary Forms and Epistemic Goals in Early Chinese Philosophical Texts" here at UZH next week (off- or online) and read about Rafael Suter's project behind it here: data.snf.ch/grants/grant...!
Interesting paper on the research directions of our Japanese colleagues.
jww.iss.u-tokyo.ac.jp/publishments...,
cf. also x.com/ZhenbenBook/...
jww.iss.u-tokyo.ac.jp/publishments...,
cf. also x.com/ZhenbenBook/...
September 24, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Interesting paper on the research directions of our Japanese colleagues.
jww.iss.u-tokyo.ac.jp/publishments...,
cf. also x.com/ZhenbenBook/...
jww.iss.u-tokyo.ac.jp/publishments...,
cf. also x.com/ZhenbenBook/...
Das China-Zentrum e.V. in Sankt Augustin sucht zum Frühjahr 2026 Chefredakteur/-in und Mitarbeiter/in mit Expertise im Bereich China und Christentum mit 100% Beschäftigungsumfang (unbefristet; Bewerbungsschluss 20.10.2025)
September 15, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Das China-Zentrum e.V. in Sankt Augustin sucht zum Frühjahr 2026 Chefredakteur/-in und Mitarbeiter/in mit Expertise im Bereich China und Christentum mit 100% Beschäftigungsumfang (unbefristet; Bewerbungsschluss 20.10.2025)
Five Ph.D. positions at the Swedish Academy, for work on philology, textual criticism, linguistics, literary and source studies, language history etc. with possible areal focus on Chinese, among many other (apply by Sep 1). tinyurl.com/yc7pazec
August 8, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Five Ph.D. positions at the Swedish Academy, for work on philology, textual criticism, linguistics, literary and source studies, language history etc. with possible areal focus on Chinese, among many other (apply by Sep 1). tinyurl.com/yc7pazec
Network analysis of the spread of Laozi translations during different periods since ca. 1900, based on Misha Tadd's "Laozegetics" data. Notice how France and Germany slowly moved to the periphery: www.nature.com/articles/s40...
August 8, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Network analysis of the spread of Laozi translations during different periods since ca. 1900, based on Misha Tadd's "Laozegetics" data. Notice how France and Germany slowly moved to the periphery: www.nature.com/articles/s40...
Curious study using emotion recognition algorithms on 2248 Mogao facial images to study the frequency of 7 basic emotional categories (neutral, sadness, happiness, fear, anger, disgust, surprise): www.nature.com/articles/s40....
August 8, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Curious study using emotion recognition algorithms on 2248 Mogao facial images to study the frequency of 7 basic emotional categories (neutral, sadness, happiness, fear, anger, disgust, surprise): www.nature.com/articles/s40....
An especially refreshing read after watching all the pathos about the other 周 (the dynastic name) here in CCTV's 尋周記, cf.https://tinyurl.com/3pkaxx4n.
July 25, 2025 at 9:28 AM
An especially refreshing read after watching all the pathos about the other 周 (the dynastic name) here in CCTV's 尋周記, cf.https://tinyurl.com/3pkaxx4n.
More unexpected: A Jingdezhen 景德鎮 lidded cup from the Helmut Opletal collection 1973 with an "Little red book" citation on the back and a female postal delivery comrade (in pants) on the front side.
June 15, 2025 at 3:35 PM
More unexpected: A Jingdezhen 景德鎮 lidded cup from the Helmut Opletal collection 1973 with an "Little red book" citation on the back and a female postal delivery comrade (in pants) on the front side.
Cool exhibition "Wer hat die Hosen an?" in the Vienna Weltmuseum. On display, of courese, a replica of the fascinating Yanghai pants (cf. doi.org/10.1016/j.qu...).
June 15, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Cool exhibition "Wer hat die Hosen an?" in the Vienna Weltmuseum. On display, of courese, a replica of the fascinating Yanghai pants (cf. doi.org/10.1016/j.qu...).
(The Swiss Toblerone chocolate ad in Esperanto not bad either).
June 14, 2025 at 8:16 PM
(The Swiss Toblerone chocolate ad in Esperanto not bad either).
Nice trouvailles in the wonderful little Esperanto-Museum of the Austrian National Library in Vienna today: A picture of the L. Zamenhof-day in Beijing in 1925 and a poster of the Esperanto World Congress in 2004.
June 14, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Nice trouvailles in the wonderful little Esperanto-Museum of the Austrian National Library in Vienna today: A picture of the L. Zamenhof-day in Beijing in 1925 and a poster of the Esperanto World Congress in 2004.
Koordinator:inn:enstelle Chinazentrum FAU Kiel (TV-L 13, Bewerbungsschluss 15.5.2025)
May 26, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Koordinator:inn:enstelle Chinazentrum FAU Kiel (TV-L 13, Bewerbungsschluss 15.5.2025)
Non-tenured Assistant (Junior) professorship in Taiwan studies at U. Tübingen (apply by July 1, 2025).
May 26, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Non-tenured Assistant (Junior) professorship in Taiwan studies at U. Tübingen (apply by July 1, 2025).