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Susanne Stein MA

E-mail: shishushan@hotmail.com

Jahrgang 1972. Erhielt ihren ersten Chinesischunterricht im Rahmen einer schulischen Arbeitgemeinschaft von 1986 bis 1991. Von 1991 bis 1999 Studium der Sinologie und Osteuropäischen Geschichte an der Universität Tübingen. 1994-1995 Studienaufenthalt an der Liaoning Shifan Daxue, Dalian, VR China. Literaturrecherchen an der Beijing Daxue im Sommer 1997. 1998 Magisterarbeit zum Thema "Song Qingling und Song Meiling in Text und Photographie: Zur Rezeption ihrer politischen Rollen während der Republikzeit in Publikationen der VR China, 1980-1997". Magister Artium mit Auszeichnung im Mai 1999, anschließend Praktikum bei der Teehandelsgesellschaft Kloth&Köhnken, Bremen (Projekt zur Förderung von ökologischem Teeanbau in der VR China).
Preis der Frauenkommission der Fakultät für Kulturwissenschaften für heraus¬ragende Leistungen von Nachwuchswissenschaftlerinnen im Januar 2000; Beginn des Dissertationsprojekts zu chinesischen Städtebaukonzepten der fünfziger Jahre (Betreuer: Prof. Hans Ulrich Vogel, Dr. Peter Michael Kuhfus, Seminar f. Sinologie, Universität Tübingen; Prof. Johannes Küchler, Landschaftsarchitektur und Umweltplanung, TU Berlin). Von 2000 bis 2002 Stipendiatin der Landesgraduiertenförderung Baden-Württemberg und des DAAD (Recherchen und Zeitzeugeninterviews an der Qinghua Daxue und China Academy of Urban Planning and Design, Beijing; Tongji Daxue, Shanghai; Nanjing Daxue; Hangzhou Daxue).
Seit September 2004 an der Schlossberg-Realschule und bei der Firma Groz-Beckert in Albstadt-Ebingen als Dozentin für chinesische Sprache und Landeskunde tätig.

Forschungsschwerpunkte:
Geschichte Chinas im 20. Jahrhundert: Historiographie; Transferprozesse - Modernisierungswege - Zukunftsvisionen; Stadt und Stadtplanung seit 1949



English C.V.

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Modern Chinese history (20th century), esp. historiography; Chinese history in transnational perspective; concepts of modernity, urban planning and design since 1949

PERSONAL
1972 born in Bochum

EDUCATION
since 2000 Doctoral research and writing (dissertation all but completed). Topic: Chinese city planning concepts during the early 1950s (see research project); advisors: Prof. Hans Ulrich Vogel, Dr. Peter Michael Kuhfus, Chinese Studies, University of Tübingen; Prof. Johannes Küchler, Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning, TU Berlin
1999 M.A. in Chinese Studies, University of Tübingen (6 May 1999), comprehensive grade masters thesis and exams: excellent ("ausgezeichnet," highest possible grade)
1998 Filed Masters thesis on "Song Qingling and Song Meiling: Their political roles during the Republican Era as represented in publications of the PRC, 1980-1997"
1991-1999 Chinese Studies and East European/Russian History, University of Tübingen
1991 Abitur at Hildegardis-Gymnasium, Bochum
1986-1991 Extracurricular Chinese

STUDY AND RESEARCH IN CHINA
2005, May Qinghua University Library, Beijing
2002, March-April Visiting scholar at Qinghua University, Beijing; interviews with Chinese scholars and professionals engaged in city planning during the 1950s (China Academy of Urban Planning and Design, Beijing; Tongji University, Shanghai; Nanjing University, Nanjing; Hangzhou University, Hangzhou)
2000, Oct.-Dec. Research and interviews at the Institute of Architectural and Urban Studies, Qinghua University, and Beijing National Library, Beijing
1997, August Research at Beijing University Library, Beijing
1994-1995  Study at Liaoning Normal University, Dalian

GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS
2002, March-April Travel grant, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
2000-2002 State of Baden-Württemberg scholarship (Grafög)
2000, Oct.-Dec.  Research grant, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
2000 Travel grant, Verein der Freunde der Universität Tübingen e.V. (Universitätsbund)
1999  Award for outstanding achievements of young women scholars (Preis der Frauenkommission der Fakultät f. Kulturwissenschaften für herausragende Leistungen von Nachwuchswissenschaftlerinnen)
1997, August Travel grant, International Office, University of Tübingen; research grant, Beijing University
1994-95 Tuition grant, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for Liaoning Normal University, Dalian

TEACHING
since 2004 Elementary Chinese and area studies at Schlossberg-Realschule (secondary school, grades 9-10), Albstadt-Ebingen, Germany (beginners and advanced student classes);
Chinese language training for trainees and students of  mechanical engineering at private firm, Groz-Beckert KG, Albstadt-Ebingen, Germany (elementary Chinese, spoken and written, basics of modern Chinese history, politics, culture); private tutoring for adults
2004-05 Chinese language for first-year students in Lektorin position at Seminar für Sinologie und Koreanistik, University of Tübingen

CONFERENCES
2004 - Commentary on the concept of "planning" in Chinese visions of urban development during the 1950s at Workshop "Planung in Krieg und Frieden: Annäherung an ein Strukturmerkmal des 20. Jahrhunderts" - "Was macht die chinesische Stadt sozialistisch?" progress report on dissertation at Seminar für Sinologie, Tübingen
2002 - Paper "From City of Consumption to City of Production - and vice versa?" presented at the meeting of the East Asia group at Deutsche Gesellschaft für Geographie, Duisburg, Germany - Paper on "City and City Planning in the New Chinas Rhetoric of Construction, 1949-1957" presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Young Sinologists, Tübingen, Germany
2000 Participation in EACS Conference "The Spirit of the Metropolis" held in Torino, Italy

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2005  Organizer and chairperson, workshop "From VW Beetle to Dàzhòngch" at teacher outreach conference, Albstadt (theme: Chinese as a subject in secondary schools)
1996-97 Research Assistant, Seminar für Sinologie
1996  Research assistance for Teubner Publishing House (Chinese historical illustrations)

PUBLICATIONS
Revie:w Lü Junhua, Peter G. Rowe, Zhang Jie (eds.), Modern Urban Housing in China 1840-2000 (München: Prestel, 2001), in: Raumforschung und Raumordnung 59, nos. 5-6 (2001): 470-472.
Translation: (Chinese-English) Zhang Xianwen, "Republican Archives and Historical Research on Republican China", in: Ivo Amelung (ed.), Social, Economic, and Political history in Late Imperial and Republican China: Selections From the Archives (in preparation).
Translation: (Chinese-German) Chu Xiaoquan, "Zwei Goldene Zeitalter Chinas", Lettre International 48 (2000): 56-61.

SERVICE
1999-2004 Active member of Archive of Women's History in Baden-Württemberg (BAF e.V.)
1993-1994 Student representative in womens commission, Faculty of Cultural Sciences
1991-1994 Member of student union sinology

OTHER ACTIVITIES, EXPERIENCE
1999-2006 Part-time volunteer employee at "Der Faire Kaufladen", fair-trade and organic products
1999  Practical training at Teehandelsgesellschaft mbH Kloth&Köhnken, Bremen, Germany; project on organic tea production and trade in China (German-English-Chinese translating)