Prof. Dr. Lothar Ledderose
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East Asian History of Art (China) Telephone: (0)6221-54 23 52 |
Address
Institut für Kunstgeschichte Ostasiens
Seminarstr. 4, Raum 209a
69117 Heidelberg
Curriculum Vitae
- Lothar Ledderose was born on 12 July 1942 in Munich.
- He is the chaired Professor of East Asian art history at Heidelberg University, a position he has held since 1976.
- Lothar Ledderose was educated at the humanistic Apostelgymnasium, Cologne.
- From 1961-1969 he studied East Asian art history, European art history, Sinology, and Japanology at universities in Cologne, Bonn, Paris, Taipei, Heidelberg.
- PhD 1969, Heidelberg.
Professional career
- 1996 Corresponding Fellow, British Academy
- 1986 Member, Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften Since
- 1984 Corresponding Member, German Archaeological Institute Since
- 1976 Chair, East Asian Art History, Heidelberg University Since
- 1976 Habilitation, University of Cologne Since
- 1975/ 76 Research Position, Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, Berlin
- 1973 - 75 Research Fellow, Institute for Oriental Culture, Tokyo University
- 1971/ 72 Translator, National Palace Museum, Taipei
- 1968 - 71 Post-doctoral studies in Princeton and Harvard
Academic administration
- 1986 President, International Congress of Asian and North-African Studies (ICANAS), Hamburg
- 1984 - 90 President, German Oriental Society (Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft)
- 1978 - 84, 1990 - 96 Vice president, German Oriental Society (Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft)
- 1978 Faculty of Philosophy and History, Heidelberg University
Curated exhibitions with scholarly catalogues
- 1993 Japan und Europa – 1543-1929. Berlin (with Doris Croissant).Visited by their imperial Highnesses, the Emperor and Empress of Japan.
- 1991 Jenseits der Großen Mauer. Der Erste Kaiser von China und seine Terrakotta-Armee. Dortmund (with Adele Schlombs).
- 1985 Palastmuseum Peking. Schätze Aus der Verbotenen Stadt. Berlin, Vienna (with Herbert Butz). 390.000 visitors in Berlin, most successful exhibition of the year in Germany.
- 1985 Im Schatten Hoher Bäume. Baden-Baden, Cologne, Hamburg. First loan exhibition of traditional painting sent from China to Europe.
Fellowships, guest professorships
- 2001 - 01 scholar, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles
- 1998 Mellon Lecturer, National Gallery, Washington, D.C.
- 1997 guest professor, Kyoto University
- 1997 guest professor, Taiwan National University
- 1996 guest professor, University of Chicago
- 1994 Murphy Lecturer, University of Kansas
- 1992 Slade Professor, Cambridge University
- 1990 - 91 Senior Mellon Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National Gallery, Washington, D.C.
- 1983 - 84 Fellow, Wissenschaftskolleg, Berlin
Selected Publications
Books
- Ten Thousand Things. Module and Mass Production in Chinese Art . 2000.
- Orchideen und Felsen. Chinesische Bilder im Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst , Berlin. 1998.
- Japan und Europa: 1543-1929 (ed.). 1993.
- Palastmuseum Peking. Schätze aus der Verbotenen Stadt (ed.). 1985.
- Im Schatten hoher Bäume. Malerei der Ming- und Qing-Dynastien (1368-1911) aus der Volkrepublik China (ed.). 1985.
- Mi Fu and the Classical Tradition of Chinese Calligraphy . 1979.
- Die Siegelschrift (chuan-shu)in der Ch'ing-Zeit . 1970.
Articles
- Carving Sutras before the Catastrophe. 2005.
- Chinese Influence on European Art: Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries. 1991.
- Die Gedenkhalle für Mao Zedong. Ein Beispiel von Gedächtnisarchitektur. 1988.
- Chinese Calligraphy: Its Aesthetic Dimension and Social Function. 1986.
- Some Taoist Elements in the Calligraphy of the Six Dynasties. 1984.
- The Earthly Paradise. Religious Elements in Chinese Landscape Art. 1983.
- Some Observations on the Imperial Art Collection in China. 1978-79.
- Subject Matter in Early Chinese Painting Criticism. 1973.
Membership of editorial boards of academic journals
- Scuola di Studi sull’ Asia Orientale , Kyoto, epigraphical series, beginning 2005.
- Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities , Stockholm, since 2000.
- Meishushi yanjiu jikan 美術史研究季刊 , Taipei, since 1999.
- Arts Asiatiques , Paris, since 1999.
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