Main research interests
My main research interest is the study of Medieval Chinese, as reflected in Buddhist texts (early vernacular Chinese; Buddhist Hybrid Chinese), including syntax, semantics, and rhetorical devices. The focus is currently on semi-vernacular texts among the Dūnhuáng manuscript material.
During recent years, research has also focused on Buddhist iconography in Central Asia and China, studying mechanisms of text-image relations in Buddhist narratives.
Other interests: Chan/Zen Buddhism; Classical/Literary Chinese (syntax); Asian history of religion; Buddhist medieval lexicography; Digital Humanities; palaeography (Dūnhuáng manuscripts); Chinese historical phonology
Short CV
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Since Feb. 2015: Professor, Chinese Language and Culture, Ghent University
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Marie Curie Pegasus Fellowship, Ghent Univ. (April 2014-January 2015)
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Visiting Research Fellow, KHK, Ruhr Univ. Bochum (Aug.2013-March 2014)
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Research Fellow, Ruhr Univ. Bochum (2010-2013)
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Guest Professor for East Asian Linguistics, Ghent Univ. (2010-2013)
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Senior Research Fellow, IKOS, Oslo Univ. (2007-2010)
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Associate Professor, IKOS, Oslo Univ. (Jan.-June 2008)
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Guest researcher, Kyoto Univ. (March-June 2008)
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Senior lecturer, IKOS, Oslo Univ. (Jan.-June 2007)
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Research assistant, seminar lecturer, IKOS, Oslo Univ. (Sept.-Nov. 2006)
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Restorer/Consultant, Norwegian Inst. of Palaeography and Historical Philology (Feb.2006-Dec.2007)
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Consultant, Hermes Academic Publishing, Oslo (May 2006-Dec.2007)
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Research Fellow at the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study in the Social Sciences, Uppsala (Sept.2004-June 2005)
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Doctoral Research Fellow/Lecturer, IKOS, Oslo Univ. (2000-2004)
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Lecturer, IØO, Univ. of Oslo (1999)
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Research assistant/Lecturer, IØO, Univ. of Oslo (1997-1998)
Current international research projects
Main supervisor of PhD and Postdoctoral projects / research projects
Previous research projects
"Dynamics of Text Corpora and Image Programs: Representations of Buddhist Narratives along the Silk Route" (MERCATOR/CERES, Ruhr Univ. Bochum):
"Zen Thought, Literature, Language and Rhetoric in a Interdisciplinary and Comparative Perspective" (IKOS, Univ. of Oslo)
Publications (published and in progress)
See: https://ugent.academia.edu/ChristophAnderl