Christoph Harbsmeier 何莫邪
Professor em. of Chinese at the University of Oslo
Short Biography
Christoph Harbsmeier is Professor Emeritus of Chinese at the University of Oslo and also Honorary Professor at the Universities of Beijing, Fudan (Shanghai), Wuhan and Zhejiang as well as the Shanghai Normal University and the East China Normal University. He is the founding father and coordinator of the Thesaurus Linguae Sericae (TLS) project (detailed information available under "Projects"). His main research interests lie in Chinese conceptual history and historical linguistics, but he also conducts research in the field of the history of science, for which he has written the 7th volume of the series Science and Civilization in China, edited by Joseph Needham, on the topic "Language and Logic in Traditional China" (1998).
Selected Publications
- Harbsmeier, Christoph. “The Birth of Confucianism from Competition with Organized Mohism.” Journal of Chinese Studies 56 (2013): 1–19.
- Harbsmeier, Christoph. “The Axial Millennium in China.” In: Axial Civilisations and World History. Ed. by Johann P. Arnason, S.N. Eisenstadt and Björn Wittrock. Leiden: Brill, 2005, 468–507.
- Harbsmeier, Christoph. Language and Logic in Traditional China. Science and Civilisation in China. Vol. 7.3. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998.
- Harbsmeier, Christoph. Aspects of Classical Chinese Syntax. London: Curzon Press, 1981.
- Harbsmeier, Christoph. Socialism with a Buddhist Face: The Cartoonist Feng Zikai. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget, 1985.
- Harbsmeier, Christoph. Wilhelm von Humboldts Brief an Abel-Rémusat und die philosophische Grammatik des Altchinesischen. (Grammatica Universalis vol. 17). Stuttgart: Fromann, 1979.