New Faculty

East Asian Studies welcomes Enno Giele

Assistant Professor Enno Giele received his MA and PhD from Free University of Berlin, Germany, specializing in Chinese and Japanese Studies. He lived and studied for several years in Taibei, Taiwan (Republic of China), as well as in Tokyo, Japan. His doctoral thesis, written while he was doing research for six years at the National Taiwan University and the Academia Sinica in Tabei, deals with different forms of written communication to and from the early Chinese imperial court, during the Qin and Han periods, i.e. from the late 3rd c. BCE to the early 3rd c. CE.

His ongoing research for many years concerns institutional, cultural (including material culture) and social history of early China (until about 3rd c. CE), especially on the basis of epigraphical sources. He reads and uses for his research ancient Chinese manuscripts brush-written on strips of wood, bamboo, or silk and found in tombs or at other archaeological sites. In particular, he is interested in questions of ancient literacy, administration and the public. He worked and taught for six years as an Assistant Professor at the East Asian Insitute of the Westfaelische Wilhelms-Universitaet in Muenster, Germany, and for half a year at the History Department of the University of California, Berkeley, before coming to the UA Department of East Asian Studies in August 2008.