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Curriculum Vitae Marco Pouget

Research Interests

Chinese intellectual history, philosophy, and written culture. Everyday life, worldview, and sociohistorical developments of ancient and premodern China.

Education

from 2021

International Doctorate Program “Philology” Doctoral Candidate and Research Fellow, FAU Erlangen and LMU Munich (Elite Network of Bavaria)

  • Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Michael Lackner (FAU), Prof. Dr. Hans van Ess (LMU)

2018-2021

M.A. Sinology (LMU Munich)

  • Thesis: "Some Remarks on the Position of Animals in Wang Chong’s 王充 Lunheng 論衡"
  • focus on Chinese History, Philosophy, and Language
  • Max Weber Programme Scholarship

2014-2018

B.A. Sinology, Classical minor Ancient and Oriental Cultures (LMU Munich)

  • Thesis: “A Study on the Tang 唐 Dynasty’s Heqin 和親 Policies. The Depiction of Princesses Married to the Huihu 回鶻 [Uighurs] ”
  • Intensive Chinese Language and Culture Programme, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 2016-2017

Publications

  • (forthc.) With Luis Schäfer: “Connected Philology. An Introduction”. In: Gonschorek, Korinna, Marco Pouget, Luis Schäfer, Nikola Wenner et al. (ed.s). Connected Philology. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Transcultural Encounters. Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter.
  • (forthc.) “Locusts in Early Imperial China. Insects as Calamities and Human Agency in the Lunheng 論衡 by Wang Chong 王充”. In: Marciniak, Przemysław (ed.). Insects in the Premodern World. Münchner Vorlesungen zu Antiken Welten 7. Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter.
  • (forthc.) “Die zukunftsphilologische Erschließung des Liji 禮記. Zheng Xuans 鄭玄 Kommentar als Nachhaltigkeitsstrategie” [A Future-Oriented Philological Exploration of the Liji. Zheng Xuan’s Commentary as a Preservation Strategy]. In: Messner, Angelika and Lea Liefke (ed.s): Nachhaltigkeit. Chinas Umgang mit Umwelt und Nachwelt in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart [Sustainability. China’s Dealing with Environment and Posterity, Past and Present]. Jahrbuch der Deutschen Vereinigung für Chinastudien XXXIII. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
  • 2024: “Between Cooperation and Competition. A Comparative Reading of Eastern Han Commentaries to the Liji 禮記”. Journal of the European Association for Chinese Studies 5: 185–206. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25365/jeacs.2024.5.pouget

Academic Teaching

  • “Commenting the Chinese Classics” unit, E-Learning Tool “World Philology” (https://www.worldphilology.gwi.uni-muenchen.de), online soon.
  • “Kindheit, Jugend und Karriere im alten China [Childhood, Youth, and Career in Ancient China]”, exercise course, LMU Institute for Sinology, 2023‒2024.
  • “Fundamente eines Weltreichs: Theory und Praxis der Staatskunst für Alles unter dem Himmel [Foundations of an Empire. Theory and Practice of Statecraft for All under Heaven]”, ‘Pupils’ Academy China’ summer programme (Schülerakademie China), China Education Network (Bildungsnetzwerk China), supported by the German Foreign Ministry, 2023.
  • “Einblicke in die Erzählliteratur Chinas [Insights into Narrative Literature of China]” student seminar, LMU Institute for Comparative Literature, 2020‒2021.
  • Classical Chinese Tutorship, LMU Institute of Sinology, 2017‒2021.

Experiences

  • Visiting Scholar, University of California Berkeley Center for Chinese Studies, January-April 2025.
  • Speaker, “Study and Career Talk” (Digitaler Zukunftsabend) with high school pupils, German Pupils‘ Academy (Deutsche Schülerakademie), October 2024.
  • Organiser, 'China AG' Association of Young China Scholars conference, Munich, June/July 2024.
  • Chair, “Methods in Sinology” online workshop with Michael Nylan (University of California Berkeley), November 2023.
  • Visiting Scholar, Institute for Chinese Literature and Philosophy, Academia Sinica Taipei, September-November 2023.
  • Organiser (with Nikola Wenner), IDK Philology masterclass with Ku-ming ‘Kevin’ Chang (Academia Sinica), Munich, June 2023.
  • Co-organiser,"Beyond Comparison. Towards A Connected Philology” IDK Philology conference, supported by Carl Friedrich von Siemens Foundation, Munich, June 2023.
  • Organiser, “The Swiss Pocket Knife of Sinological Tools. Using the Thesaurus Linguae Sericae Database” workshop, in cooperation with Ruhr University Bochum (online), November 2022.
  • Co-Organiser, 'China AG' Association of Young China Scholars conference, Munich, June 2021.
  • Student Representative Philosophy Summer School “Traditional Chinese Philosophy and Its Contemporary Value”, Beijing Normal University, supported by Confucius China Studies Programme, Beijing, July 2019.
  • "P2P” Mentor (Peer to Peer Programme), LMU Centre for Leadership and People Management, 2017-2021.
  • Project Assistant LMU-China Academic Network Second and Third Scientific Forum, Hangzhou and Munich, 2016 and 2017.

Presentations

  • (accepted) “Preservation and Adaptation. The Role of the Past in Zheng Xuan's 鄭玄 Commentary to the Liji 禮記”. Association for Asian Studies conference, Columbus (Ohio).

  • “Abseits der rituellen Ordnung. Militärwesen und Kriegsführung in den Notizen zur Sitte (Liji 禮記) [Beyond the Ritual Order. Military Affairs and Warfare in the Notes on Etiquette (Liji)]”, German Association for Chinese Studies conference, Münster, November 2024.

  • “Early Chinese Commentaries as a (Social) Practice (中國早期注釋文本之（社會）實踐理論初探)”, LMU Institute for Sinology Research Colloquium, Munich, October 2024.

  • “Commentarial Practices in Early China. Zheng Xuan’s Reading of the Liji 禮記”. IDK Autumn School, Munich, October 2024.

  • “Fun and Games on Bamboo and Silk. Gamifying an E-Learning Unit on Chinese Commentaries”, IDK Autumn School, Munich, October 2024.

  • “Establishing a Paradigm of Interpretation. Zheng Xuan’s Rise to the Apex of Eastern Han Scholarship,” European Association for Chinese Studies conference, Tallinn, August 2024.

  • “Between Cooperation and Competition. A Comparative Reading of Eastern Han Commentaries to the Liji 禮記.” EACS Young Scholar Award finale, Tallinn, August 2024.

  • “Methodological Challenges of Research of and Writing on Ancient Chinese Commentaries”. 'China AG' Association of Young China Scholars conference, Munich, June/July 2024.

  • “Fringe Texts. The Interplay between Commentaries and Contemporaneous Discourses”, LMU Institute for Sinology Research Colloquium, Munich, April 2024.

  • “Vermittlung und Autorität. Kommentartechniken im chinesischen Altertum” (Mediation and Authority. Commentarial Techniques in Chinese Antiquity). Fachbegutachtung zur Weiterförderung des IDK Philologie (Project Evaluation for a Second Funding Period), Munich, April 2024.

  • “Implicit Interpretation in Early Chinese Commentaries”, LMU Institute for Sinology Research Colloquium, Munich, January 2024.

  • “Locust Plagues and Other Insects in Early Imperial China. Humans and Insects in the Lunheng 論衡 by Wang Chong 王充”, Munich Centre for Ancient Worlds Conference "Insects in the Premodern World", Munich, July 2023.

  • “Zeichenglossen in Zheng Xuans Kommentar zum Liji [Character Glosses in Zheng Xuan’s Commentary to the Liji]”, 'China AG' German Association of Young China Scholars conference, Cologne, June 2023.

  • "Alles ist verbunden? Lektüren von Zheng Xuans Liji-Kommentar aus dem Kapitel Wangzhi 王制 [Everything Connected? Readings of Zheng Xuan's Liji Commentary to the Wangzhi Chapter]", Colloquium at IKGF Erlangen, February 2023.

  • “Philological Practices of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Zheng Xuan’s Commentary to the Liji 禮記”, German Association for Chinese Studies, Kiel, December 2022.

  • “Zheng Xuans 鄭玄 Kommentare zum Zhongyong 中庸. Präzisierung und Problematisierung, Kontextualisierung und Klarifizierung [Zheng Xuan’s Commentary of the Zhongyong. Glosses, Quotations from the Classics, and the Notion of Etiquette]”, 'China AG' Association of Young China Scholars conference, Heidelberg, September 2022.

  • “An Obedient Tool? Zheng Xuan’s Commentary on the Liji 禮記", IDK Philology Summer School, August 2022.

  • “Learning for Rulership and Knowing where to Stand. Eastern Han Commentator Zheng Xuan’s Reading of the Daxue 大學”, European Association for Chinese Studies, Olomouc, August 2022.

  • "Pelikane im zhu-Kommentar zum Biaoji表記-Kapitel [Pelicans in the zhu Commentary to the Biaoji Chapter]", Colloquium at IKGF Erlangen, May 2022.

  • (with Nikola Wenner) "Kontinuität und Diskontinuität. Kommentare zu chinesischen und akkadischen Texten [Continuity and Discontinuity. Commentaries to Chinese and Akkadian Texts]", Opening Ceremony of the IDK Philology, Munich, April 2022.

  • "Lehrmeister, Universalgelehrter, Philologe. Zheng Xuans 鄭玄 (127-200) Kommentare zu den Aufzeichnungen der Riten(haftigkeit) (Liji 禮記) [Teacher, Polymath, Philologue. Zheng Xuan's (127-200) Commentary to the Notes on Etiquette (Liji)]”, Colloquium at IKGF Erlangen, Februar 2022.

  • “One Concept to Cover it All (?). Translating 'Philology' into Ancient Chinese Written Culture and its Worldview”, Colloquium of the IDK Philology, Munich, November 2021.

  • “Mythical Creatures and Questionable Details: Some Remarks on the Narrative of Bao Si 褒姒 in the Records of the Historian (Shiji 史記)”, 'China AG' Association of Young China Scholars, June 2021.

  • “Portents or Equals: Animals in Relation to Humans and Heaven in Wang Chong’s 王充 Lunheng 論衡”, European Association for Chinese Studies Conference, Leipzig, 2019.

Academic Events

  • Workshop “Strategies for Reading Early Chinese Manuscripts & for Re-Reading Chinese Classics”, University of Vienna, March 2024.
  • Conference "Conceptualising ‘One’. Working Towards a Unified Understanding", Erlangen, January 2024.
  • Workshop “Zhongguo zhexue yu jingxue yanjiu gongzuofang 「中國哲學與經學研究」工作坊 [Research in Chinese Philosophy and Classical Studies]”, Academia Sinica, Taipei, November 2023.
  • Conference, “Chongtu yu gongcun. Jingxue shiye xia de sikao 衝突與共存：經學視野下的思考 [Conflict and Co-Existence. Reflections from the Perspective of Classical Studies]”, Academia Sinica, Taipei, November 2023.
  • Conference "The Käte Hamburger Kolleg IKGF: Insights and Outlooks", IKGF Erlangen, June 2023.
  • Workshop “Using Archaeological Databases. An Analysis of the Shaolingyuan 少陵院 Cemetery”, Munich Center for Ancient Worlds, January 2023.
  • Workshop “Selected Problems of Syntactic and Semantic Analysis of Ancient Chinese Texts in the Thesaurus Linguae Sericae Database”, Charles University Prague, October 2022.
  • European Summer School in Chinese Digital Humanities, University Aix-Marseille, Aix-en-Provence, June 2022.
  • Translation Workshops Thesaurus Linguae Sericae, 2021-dato
  • Graduate Seminar “Elements of Rhetoric, Syntax, and Semantics of the Ancient Chinese Language in Comparative Perspective”, Munich Center for Ancient Worlds, 2021.
  • Graduate Seminar “Comparative Rhetoric and Discourse Analysis China/Greece/Rome: Case Studies”, Munich Center for Ancient Worlds, 2020-2021.
  • Workshops “Sinological Research using Geographic Information Software”, 2019-2020.
  • Symposium “Rethinking Early Chinese Historiography”, Hebrew University Jerusalem, May 2019.
  • Graduate Seminar “Honour and Shame in Early China”, LMU Center for Advanced Studies, Munich, 2019.
  • Translation Workshops for “Records of the Grand Historian (Shi Chi 史記)”, 2017-2020.

Grants and Awards

  • Mobility Grant, LMU-UCB 'Research in the Humanities' strategic partnership, 2025.
  • Young Scholar Award, European Association for Chinese Studies, 2024.
  • Travel Grant, European Association for Chinese Studies, 2024.
  • Conference Funding, LMU Graduate Center, 2024.
  • Mobility Grant, DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service), 2023.
  • Mobility Grant, Charles University Prague, 2022.
  • Best Mentor Award, LMU Centre for Leadership and People Management, 2020.
  • Scholarship, Max Weber Programme, Elite Network of Bavaria, 2019-2021.
  • Travel Grant, Israel Institute for Advanced Studies, 2019.
  • Mobility Grant, LMU Exchange, 2016-2017.
  • Mobility Grant, DAAD Promos, 2016-2017.