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Biography
08/2019-07/2020 |
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department for the Study of Religion, University of Toronto |
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2018 (ongoing) | Coordinator and lecturing in the teacher education program Religionen, Kulturen, Ethik | |
05/2016 | PHD degree at the University of Zurich | |
09/2013–07/2018 | Research Assistent und Student Advisor at the Department for the Study of Religions at the University of Zurich | |
2010–2013 |
PhD Candidate, Doctoral Progam Asia and Europe, University of Zurich |
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08/2007–10/2007 |
Exchange Student, Baptist University Hong Kong |
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08/2004–08/2005 |
Exchange Student, Fu Jen University Taipeh |
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2009 |
Master degree Study of Religions, China Studies, University of Leipzig |
Research Interests
- History of Religions in Modern East Asia
- Religion and Politics (GRC Peer Group Religion and Politics)
- Religious Pluralism and Diversity in School
- Religion and Political Economy
Publications
Monographies
Reichtum begraben. Aushandlungsprozesse kostspieliger Bestattungspraxis in China zwischen Religionspolitik und Religionsökonomie. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2018.
Articles in international, peer-reviewed Journals
- "Religion als Grenzkategorie von 'Diversität': Zur politischen Verhandlung einer Handschlagsverweigerung". In Zeitschrift für Religionswissenschaft 2021/1 (29): 128–145.
- With Rafael Walthert: "Der Handschlag von Therwil – Einsichten in die Aushandlungsdynamiken von Religion zwischen lokaler Interaktion, nationaler Politisierung und globaler Skandalisierung: Eine Einleitung". In Zeitschrift für Religionswissenschaft 2021/1 (29): 1–15.
- "Economic Rationality, Gift Economy, and Costly Burials in China: On a Blind Spot in Economic Explanations of Religion". In Asdiwal 2016/11: 191–196.
- "Party Ideology and the Changing Role of Religion: From 'United Front' to 'Intangible Cultural Heritage'". In Asiatische Studien - Études Asiatiques 2015/1 (69): 165–184.
- With Ralph Weber, Simona Grano: "Introduction to the Special Section: The Chinese Communist Party and the Politicization of Traditions". In Asiatische Studien - Études Asiatiques 2015/1 (69): 157–164.
- "Ideologiewandel in der chinesischen Religionspolitik: Überwindung einer Legitimitätskrise?". In China aktuell 2007/3: 77–94.
Editorial activity
- Forthcoming: Routledge Handbook Religion, Medicine, and Health. With Dorothea Lüddeckens, Pamela Klassen, Justin Stein. At the Publisher.
- Special Issue "Therwiler Handschlagaffäre". With Rafael Walthert. In Zeitschrift für Religionswissenschaft 2021/1 (29): 1–145.
- Special Section "The CCP and the Politicization of Traditions". With Ralph Weber, Simona Grano. In Asiatische Studien - Études Asiatiques 2015/1 (69): 157–253.
Book chapters
- "Frugal Deaths: Socialist Imaginations of Death and Burial in China". In Stefan Arvidsson, Jakub Beneš, Anja Kirsch (Ed.): Socialist Imaginations. Utopias, Myths, and the Masses. London: Routledge, 2018, 221–244.
- "Religion and Economic Development: On the Role of Religion in the Historiography of Political Economy in Twentieth Century China". In Bernd-Christian Otto, Susanne Rau, Jörg Rüpke (Ed.): History and Religion. Narrating a Religious Past. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2015, 307–323.
- "Wissenschaft und Weltbild". In Sebastian Murken (Ed.): Ohne Gott leben. Religionspsychologische Aspekte des 'Unglaubens’'. Marburg: Diagonal, 2008, 237–248.
Review articles and others
- Review Article "Gentz, Joachim (2013): Understanding Chinese Religions (Understanding Faith). Edinburgh: Dunedin". In Asiatische Studien - Études Asiatiques 2015/4 (69): 1075–1080.
- "Coping with 'Religion'". In Asia & Europe Bulletin 2013 (2): 10–12.
- "Variations in Secularization". In Asia & Europe Bulletin 2012 (1): 10.
- Translation "湖南省民间信仰活动场所登记管理办法" (Maßnahmen zur Registrierung von volksreligiösen Versammlungsstätten in der Provinz Hunan) with commentary: "Administrative Neuerungen gegenüber 'volksreligiösen Versammlungsstätten': Zum religionspolitischen Status der Volksreligion in China". In China heute 2011/ 2 (170): 87–89; 103–106.
Teachings (Selection)
- "Religion und Kapitalismus", Department for the Study of Religions, University of Zurich (with Martin Bürgin and Linda Eichenberger, autumn semester 2018), see course catalogue
- "Mythostheorien", Department for the Study of Religions, University of Zurich (with Martin Bürgin, autumn semester 2017), see course catalogue
- "Europäische Religionsgeschichte", Department of Religious Studies, University of Basel (spring semester 2017)
- "Religionsgeschichte und Religionsbegriffe unter dem Einfluss faschistischer Ideologien", Department for the Study of Religions, University of Zurich (with Martin Bürgin, spring semester 2016)
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"Religion und Politik in der VR China und Taiwan im 20. Jh.", Department for the Study of Religions, University of Zurich (spring semester 2014)