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Past Member

Matthias Richter

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellowship for Assistant Professors

Affiliation

Historical Studies

Field of Study

Ancient Chinese Literature and Philosophy
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Matthias Richter is writing a book on newly excavated fourth-to-second century B.C.E. Chinese manuscripts, exploring the identity and uses of texts at the time before Imperial librarians in the late first century B.C.E. reconstructed their literary heritage and gave it the form it maintained in transmitted texts.

Dates at IAS

Member
School of Historical Studies

Degrees

University of Hamburg
Ph.D.
2000

Appointments

University of Chicago
2006–2007
Creel Research Fellow
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany
2006
Visiting Professor of Chinese
Universität Hamburg, Germany
2002–2005
Research Fellow