Lin, Hang
Congratulations on passing the viva voce examination
on 18 July 2013.
Dissertation topic: "Records of Hearsay on the Pine-Forests in the Plains: A Critical View of A Chinese Scholar's Recollections of the Jurchen."
Scholarship : "Würzburg Scholarship" of the Graduate School for the Humanities of the University of Würzburg (1 October 2009 - 30 September 2012).
Contact address at the University of Würzburg:
Institute of East and South Asian Cultural Studies
Sinology
Am Hubland, Philosophy Building, Building 8
97074 Würzburg
Tel: 0931- 31 85571
Fax: 0931- 31 87157
First supervisor: Prof. Dr Dieter Kuhn
Second supervisor:
Prof. Dr Ina Asim (University of Oregon)
Class in the graduate school: "Middle Ages and Renaissance".
Doctorate in the Graduate School since WS 2009/2010.
Abstract:
After more than half a century of political conflict, China once again experienced a cultural and economic peak under the Song dynasty. In addition to military conflicts between Song, Khitan and Jurchen, this period was also strongly characterised by the fusion of different cultures and their interaction in the multicultural societies of northern China.
On the basis of official and unofficial travel reports written by members of the Song legations to the northern foreign dynasties, which have received little attention to date, the extent to which cross-border cultural transfer took place and the significance of this multicultural composition for the integration of societies will be investigated.
