Past Member
Matthias Richter
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellowships for Assistant Professors
Affiliation
Historical Studies
Field of Study
Ancient Chinese Literature and Philosophy
Website
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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
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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