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Wiebke Denecke | |
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| Occupation(s) | Literary scholar, author and academic |
| Known for | Premodern Literature and Thought of the Sinitic World (China, Japan, Korea) Comparative Studies of East Asia and the Premodern World World Literature Comparative Global Humanities History of Knowledge and History of Diplomacy Politics of Cultural Heritage and Memory |
| Spouse | Zoltán Spakovszky |
| Academic background | |
| Education | B.A. Sinology, Philosophy, History of Medicine M.A. Sinology, Philosophy, History of Medicine, Japanology Ph.D. East Asian Languages and Civilizations |
| Alma mater | Georg August University, Göttingen Harvard University, Cambridge |
| Thesis | Mastering Chinese Philosophy: A History of the Genre of Masters Literature Zhuzi Baijia from the Analects to the Han Feizi (2004) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Wiebke Denecke is a literary scholar, author, and academic who is a Professor of East Asian Literatures and the S. C. Fang Chair for Chinese Language and Culture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).[1]
Denecke's research has focused on the classical literatures and philosophical traditions of China, Japan, Korea, and the Greco-Roman world, with interests in early thought traditions, philosophy, persuasion, rhetoric, poetry, poetics, court cultures, comparative studies of the premodern world and world literature.[2] Her publications include Classical World Literatures, The Dynamics of Masters Literature and Classical World Literatures: Sino-Japanese and Greco-Roman Comparisons. With a contribution from Hsin-Mei Agnes Hsu-Tang and Oscar L. Tang, she established The Hsu-Tang Library of Classical Chinese Literature with Oxford University Press and serves as its Founding Editor-in-Chief. Furthermore, she has served as Editor of The Norton Anthology of World Literature and The Norton Anthology of Western Literature and co-edits the book series East Asian Comparative Literature and Culture with Satoru Hashimoto and Zhang Longxi.[3]
Throughout her research, Denecke has examined literary traditions within multiliterate and cross-cultural contexts, reinterpreting East Asian traditions for contemporary relevance.
- ^ "Prof Wiebke Denecke selected as the S.C. Fang Professor in Chinese Language and Culture".
- ^ "Prof Wiebke Denecke delivers this year's George Steiner Lecture: "World Literature, Premodern Comparisons and Global Cultural Memory in Action".
- ^ "CFP: East Asian Comparative Literature and Culture Book Series".