Curriculum Vitae of Barend J. ter Haar (selective)
Summer 2024
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Study of sinology from September 1976 - August 1984, at Leiden University
(the Netherlands)
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Studies abroad: Mainland China (University of Liaoning in Shenyang, from
August 1979 - July 1980), Japan (University for Foreign Languages in
Osaka, from April - August 1982, University of Kyûshû from
August 1982 - April 1984)
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Dissertation: January 10, 1990 (Leiden University, thesis advisors prof.
S. Naquin of Princeton University [then at the University of Pennsylvania]
and prof. E. Zürcher of Leiden University, judicium cum laude)
Most recently
- retired in October 2024, but trying to remain academically active
- visiting professor City University of Hong Kong, 8-21 December 2025)
- visiting professor at Shanxi University (Taiyuan; 2022- present)
- (co)editor Sinica Leidensia since 2004
other aspects of my career (selected)
- Professor of Chinese at the University of Hamburg (from October 2018 to 30 September 2024, due to mandatory age retirement)
- The usual committees (esp. ALSt of the AAI, ALSt of Faculty from April 2020-March 2024, Fachbeirat AAI October 2020-September 2024) and head of Chinese Studies (April 2020-January 2024)
- Visiting professor at Sichuan University (Chengdu; 2019, then interrupted by the pandemic)
- sitting on international committees to decide upon individual PhD, and postdoc positions (Taiwan CCK, Belgian FWO), as well as larger research grants (German BNBF, DFG)
- a wide range of teaching, examination and other ad hoc committees over the years at the universities of Leiden, Heidelberg, Oxford and Hamburg.
- Run Run Shaw Professor of Chinese at the University of Oxford (January 2013-October 2018)
- professorial fellow of University College (January 2013-October 2018)
- Chair of Chinese History at Leiden University (Sinological Institute)
(August 2000 - January 2013)
- Chair of the Department for Chinese Studies (August 15 2002- September 1 2004) and (June 17 2009- september 2011)
- Director of the CNWS, Research School for Asian, African, and Amerindian Studies (September 2004 - August 2007)
- Member of the Board of the International Institute for Asian Studies (January 2001 - December 2008)
- Co-editor of the sinological journal T'oung Pao (with professor Pierre-Etienne Will of the Collége de France, Paris) (october 2000 - 2009)
- Webmaster of www.tcc.leidenuniv.nl (January 2001 - September 2009)
- responsible professor for the libraries of the Sinological Institute (January 2001 - August 2009)
- C3 Professor of the Social and Economic History of China at the University
of Heidelberg (October 1994 - September 2000)
- Research Fellow of the International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden
(March 1994 - December 1995)
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Director of the Researchprogram on "Endangered Minorities in Southeast
Asia" of the International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden (March 1994
- November 1995)
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Recipient of a Chiang Ching-kuo research scholarship (July - September
1994, discontinued because of appointment in Heidelberg)
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Research Fellow of the Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences,
Leiden University (February 1991 - January 1994)
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University Lecturer of Classical Chinese and Chinese History at Leiden
University (August 1986 - July 1992)
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Students Counsellor in the Department of Chinese Languages and Cultures
at Leiden University (August 1986 - July 1988)
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University Lecturer of Modern Chinese at Leiden University (September 1984
- July 1986)
last update 16-7-2025