Sebastian EICHER

Qualifica
Professore Associato
Telefono
041 234 9565
E-mail
sebastian.eicher@unive.it
SSD
Lingue e letterature della Cina e dell'Asia sud-orientale [ASIA-01/F]
Sito web
https://www.unive.it/web/it/18697/persone/sebastian.eicher(scheda personale)
Struttura
Dipartimento di Studi sull'Asia e sull'Africa Mediterranea
Sito web struttura: https://www.unive.it/dsaam
Sede: San Sebastiano

Ricevimento

venerdi, 12:00 - 14:00, su appuntamento (sebastian.eicher@unive.it)

Didattica anno corrente

ANTROPOLOGIA CULTURALE, ETNOLOGIA, ETNOLINGUISTICA [FMR10]
Laurea magistrale (DM270)

LINGUE E CIVILTÀ DELL'ASIA E DELL'AFRICA MEDITERRANEA [LMR20]
Laurea magistrale (DM270)

LINGUE, CULTURE E SOCIETÀ DELL'ASIA E DELL'AFRICA MEDITERRANEA [LTR40]
Laurea

Didattica anni precedenti

ANTROPOLOGIA CULTURALE, ETNOLOGIA, ETNOLINGUISTICA [FM10]
Laurea magistrale (DM270)

ANTROPOLOGIA CULTURALE, ETNOLOGIA, ETNOLINGUISTICA [FMR10]
Laurea magistrale (DM270)

LINGUE E CIVILTÀ DELL'ASIA E DELL'AFRICA MEDITERRANEA [LMR20]
Laurea magistrale (DM270)

LINGUE, CULTURE E SOCIETÀ DELL'ASIA E DELL'AFRICA MEDITERRANEA [LTR40]
Laurea

ANTROPOLOGIA CULTURALE, ETNOLOGIA, ETNOLINGUISTICA [FM10]
Laurea magistrale (DM270)

LINGUE E CIVILTÀ DELL'ASIA E DELL'AFRICA MEDITERRANEA [LM20]
Laurea magistrale (DM270)

LINGUE, CULTURE E SOCIETÀ DELL'ASIA E DELL'AFRICA MEDITERRANEA [LT40]
Laurea

ANTROPOLOGIA CULTURALE, ETNOLOGIA, ETNOLINGUISTICA [FM10]
Laurea magistrale (DM270)

LINGUE E CIVILTÀ DELL'ASIA E DELL'AFRICA MEDITERRANEA [LM20]
Laurea magistrale (DM270)

LINGUE, CULTURE E SOCIETÀ DELL'ASIA E DELL'AFRICA MEDITERRANEA [LT40]
Laurea

ANTROPOLOGIA CULTURALE, ETNOLOGIA, ETNOLINGUISTICA [FM10]
Laurea magistrale (DM270)

LINGUE E CIVILTÀ DELL'ASIA E DELL'AFRICA MEDITERRANEA [LM20]
Laurea magistrale (DM270)

LINGUE, CULTURE E SOCIETÀ DELL'ASIA E DELL'AFRICA MEDITERRANEA [LT40]
Laurea

Attività e competenze di ricerca

Pubblicazioni in evidenza

Eicher, Sebastian Accommodating cosmopolitan experiences: Jiang Dunfu’s 蔣敦復 and Wang Tao’s 王韜 autobiographical processing of their treaty port years in MODERN ASIAN STUDIES, vol. 58, pp. 1181-1200 (ISSN 0026-749X)
DOI 2024, Articolo su rivista - Scheda ARCA: 10278/5099796


Eicher, Sebastian Echoes of Victorian Hellenism in Mid‑Nineteenth‑Century China: Joseph Edkins’ Recurring Column “Western Literature” (Xixue shuo 西學說) in the Journal Liuhe congtan 六合叢談 (Shanghae Serial) in ANNALI DI CA' FOSCARI. SERIE ORIENTALE, vol. 58, pp. 649-671 (ISSN 2385-3042)
DOI 2022, Articolo su rivista - Scheda ARCA: 10278/5002559


Eicher, S Early Representations of Filial Piety in Dynastic Historiography: Textual History and Content of Hou Han shu Chapter 39 in JOURNAL OF CHINESE HISTORY, vol. 3, pp. 1-33 (ISSN 2059-1632)
DOI 2019, Articolo su rivista - Scheda ARCA: 10278/5002533


Eicher, S Fan Ye's (398-446) Depiction of the Gengshi years (23-25 CE): Some Thoughts on the Narration of Legitimate and Illegitimate Rule in MONUMENTA SERICA, vol. 67, pp. 85-109 (ISSN 0254-9948)
DOI 2019, Articolo su rivista - Scheda ARCA: 10278/5002534


Eicher Sebastian Das Hou Han ji des Yuan Hong: Zur Historiographie der Späteren Han-Dynastie , Wiesbaden, Harrassowitz (ISBN 978-3-447-10992-5) (ISSN 1610-711X)
2018, Monografia o trattato scientifico - Scheda ARCA: 10278/5002532


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Curriculum vitae

Areas of expertise and research interests

I am an Associate Professor of Premodern Chinese Literature and Classical Chinese at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. My research focuses on the history of thought, literati culture, and autobiographical writings, with particular emphasis on the historiography, biographical and autobiographical writings.

I studied Sinology, Mongolian Studies, and Tibetan Studies at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU), where I completed my PhD in 2016 with a dissertation on the Hou Han shu by Fan Ye, a major historiographical work of early medieval China. In 2025, I completed my habilitation on the thought and writings of intellectuals in the treaty ports of Shanghai, particularly those associated with the London Missionary Society.

I have taught Classical Chinese and the history of philosophy at the universities of Munich, Bonn, and Venice. Since 2012, I have been involved in the collaborative translation project of the Shiji (Records of the Grand Historian), to which I have contributed a translated chapter. Since 2023, I have also been one of the editors of the Journal of Asian History.

 

Current position

Associate Professor, Department of Asian and North African Studies, Ca' Foscari University of Venice

 

Past professional experience and postgraduate studies

Tenure-track Researcher (RTDB), Department of Asian and North African Studies, Ca' Foscari University of Venice (01.09.2022-31.18.2025)

Substitute Professor of Sinology, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn (10.2019-03.2020) 

Assistant Professor (Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin), Institute of Sinology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich (2016-2022)

Ph.D., Research Fellow, Graduate school "Distant Worlds", Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich (2013-2016)

 

Publications in preparation

current book project: Jottings of the Shanghai Recluse: A Selection from Wang Tao’s Tales of the Supernatural (Songyin manlu 淞隱漫錄), book proposal currently under review

-- (2027) “The Muddiness of the World: Jiang Dunfu’s Entanglement with the West”, T’OUNG PAO (forthcoming)

-- (2026) “Translators and Intermediaries: A Note on the Chinese Language Teachers Associated with the London Missionary Society’s Shanghai Station”, HKU JOURNAL OF CHINESE STUDIES (forthcoming)

 

Talks at conferences (most recent)

Workshop: Asian Languages in the History of Lexicography, March 22-25, 2026, Montpellier

Workshop: History and Historiography of the Early Medieval Period, December 4-5, 2025, Venice.

Workshop: “Chinese Assistants, Collaborators and Cultural Intermediaries”, November 26-28, 2025, Venice.

Workshop: "Intercultural Knowledge Transfer in (Transregional) Asian Religious Contexts", November 13-15. 2025, Münster 

Sixth International Workshop (invited) Shiji 史記 Translation Project, July 24-27, 2025, Madison, Wisconsin.

 

 

Other: 

Co-Editor of the Journal of Asian History (since 2023)

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