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CV Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik (*1955) is a China specialist with a special focus on contemporary history and politics. She was a professor of Sinology at the University of Vienna until she went into retirement in October 2020. She is married to the free lance journalist and publisher Wolfgang M. Schwiedrzik and mother of Caspar Schwiedrzik (*1983), Jakob Schwiedrzik (*1986) and Ludwig Schwiedrzik (*1994). Professional affiliation: Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik Institut für Ostasienwissenschaften der Universität Wien Spitalgasse 2/ Hof 2 A 1090 WIEN http://www.univie.ac.at/Sinologie/staff/weigelin-s/ Main research areas 20th century Chinese historiography and biography 20th century Chinese history Contemporary Chinese discourse on memory of the Great Famine and the Cultural Revolution Contemporary Chinese politics, especially state society as well as center periphery relations in the policy fields of public health, minority issues, urbanization and environment Chinas position in the international order past and present History of East Asia in the 19th and 20th centuries Academic Career 1973-1975 Studies of Sinology, Japanology and Political Science at Bonn University, Bonn, Germany 1975-1977 Studies of Chinese Language (Yuyan Xueyuan, Beijing, PRC) and Philosophy (Beijing University, Beijing, PRC) 1977 Studies of Sinology, Japanology and Political Science at Bonn University, Bonn, Germany 1978 Studies of Chinese History, Chinese Language and Literature and Political Science at Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany 1977 Translator’s Diploma for Chinese Language at Bonn University, Bonn, Germany 1978 MA at the Faculty for East Asian Studies at Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany 1982 Doktor phil. at the Faculty for East Asian Studies at Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany 1989 Habilitation at the Faculty for East Asian Studies at Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany 1978-1980 Research Assistant at the Faculty for East Asian Studies at Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany 1980 Research Fellow at Beijing University, Beijing, PRC (sponsored by the DAAD) 1980-1982 Pre doc at the Faculty for East Asian Studies at Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany 1982-1989 Post Doc at the Faculty for East Asian Studies at Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany 1984-1985 Research Fellow at the Center for Chinese Studies, University of California, Berkeley, USA 1987 Research Fellow at Qinghua University, Beijing, PRC 1992 Research Fellow at the Center for the Humanities, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan and at Qinghua University, Beijing, PRC (sponsored by the Volkswagen Stiftung) 1989-2002 Professor for Modern Sinology at Heidelberg University 1994-1999 Member of the Administrative Board of Heidelberg University 1997 Research Fellow at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong 1999 Research Fellow at the Center for Chinese Studies, University of California, Berkeley, USA 1999-2001 Vice-Rector for International Affairs at Heidelberg University 2002-2020 Professor for Sinology at the Department for East Asian Studies at the University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria 2004-2010 Vice-Dean of the Faculty for Philological and Cultural Studies, University of Vienna 2005 Madeleine H. Russell Visiting Professor for Non-Western and Comparative Studies, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA 2010-2011 Dean of the Faculty for Philological and Cultural Studies, University of Vienna 2011-2015 Vice-Rector for Research and Career Development, University of Vienna 2011 Elected corresponding member of the Austrian Academy of Science (ÖAW) 2014 Research Fellow at the Institute of modern History, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Peking 2016-2020 Director of the Study Program of East Asian Studies (SPL 15) 2018 Siu Lien Ling Wong Fellow 2017/2018 of Chung Chi College, The Chinese University of Hong Kong 2020 Retirement and continuation of teaching activities in the field of Chinese History at the Department for East Asian Studies, University of Vienna and at the Diplomatique Academy, Vienna Grants, memberships etc. 1992 Research Fellow at the Center for the Humanities, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan and at Qinghua University, Beijing, PRC (sponsored by the Volkswagenstiftung) 1997-2002 Research Grant provided by the Klaus-Tschira-Foundation, Heidelberg for the development of an inter-cultural training programme for expatriates 2007-2010 FWF Research Grant for a three year project on Capacity Building in Health Care among Nomads in Xinjiang 2008 Research Grant for a project on measuring Green GDP in China and the EU, provided by the Austrian National Bank (ÖNB) 2010 Research Grant on “Measuring circular economy in China and the EU” provided by the Austrian National Bank (ÖNB) 2011 Research Grant on the “Social Mobility of Chinese Migrants in Vienna”, provided by the Jubilee Fund for the Austrian Academy of Science of the City of Vienna 2011 Grant provided by the Chiang Ching Kuo Foundation for a conference in Vienna on “The Revolution of 1911 and state-building in China” 2014 Grant provided by the Chiang Ching Kuo Foundation for a conference in Vienna on “China and World War I” 2016 Grant provided by the Chiang Ching Kuo Foundation for a conference in Vienna on “Mao biography” 2017 Grant provided by the Austrian Academy of Science for a conference on “Remembering World War II in Europe and East Asia” (co-organized by Department of East Asian Studies and the Editorial Board of “China’s Resistance War against Japan” (Institute of Modern History, CASS) Member of the Research Policy Advisory Committee for the Land Baden Württemberg (1994-1997) Member of the Academic Advisory Committee of the Austrian Science Foundation (2004-) Member of the Curatorium of the WWTF (Vienna Science and Technology Fund) (2011- 2015) Member of the Curatorium of the Hochschuljubiläumsstiftung der Stadt Wien (2011- 2015) FWF-Delegate of the University of Vienna (2011-2015) Member of the Academic Advisory Committee of the Stephen A. Schwarzman Foundation, New York, USA (2012-2016) Member of the Academic Advisory Board of the Center for Modern East Asian Studies (CeMEAS), University of Göttingen (2013- Member of the Curatorium of Forum Alpbach (2011- 2019) Member of the Advisory Board for the Political Dialogue of European Forum Alpbach (2019- ) Member of the Editorial Board of Pacific Affairs (2004-2014) Member of the Editorial Board of Twentieth Century China Member of the Editorial Board of China Information Member of the Editorial Board of “China’s Resistance War Against Japan” (Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing) Member of the AAS, EACS, Historical Society of 20th Century China Editor (together with Axel Schneider) of the Monograph Series: Leiden Series on Comparative Historiography (Brill: Leiden) ( see http://www.brill.com/publications/leiden- series-comparative-historiography) International Cooperations Prof. Liu Guisheng of Qinghua University, Beijing, PRC Prof. Dong Guoqiang, Fudan University, Shanghai, PRC Prof. Julia Strauss of SOAS, London Prof. Wolfgang Schwentker of Osaka University, Osaka, Japan Prof. Timothy Cheek, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada Prof. Axel Schneider of Göttingen University, Göttingen, Germany Prof. Andrea Riemenschnitter of Zürich University, Switzerland Prof. Dr. Felix Wemheuer, Universität Köln, Germany .