Prof. Dr. Lothar Ledderose, Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Invited to Give 2022 “Fu Ssu-nien Lectures”
Professor Lothar Ledderose is one the most distinguished Western Sinologists in the field of Chinese art history. In 1976, Prof. Ledderose was awarded professorship in East Asian art history at Heidelberg University, was elected as chair of the department, and became the director of the then graduate school concerning art history. In 1978, he then became the head of the Faculty of Philosophy and History. Regarding his remarkable CV, Prof. Ledderose’s most representative works include Mi Fu and the Classical Tradition of Chinese Calligraphy (1979), Orchideen und Felsen: Chinesische Bilder im Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst Berlin (1998), and Ten Thousand Things: Module and Mass Production in Chinese Art (2000), the latter of which was awarded the 2002 Joseph Levenson Book Prize. Furthermore, he was awarded the 2005 Balzan Prize for his outstanding contributions to studies on stele inscriptions and calligraphy, among other fields. In recent years, he has been working on the long-term research project “Buddhist Stone Sutras in China” (中國佛教石經) at the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities as well as serving as editor of a bilingual series of the same name in English and Chinese. For the 2022 “Fu Ssu-nien Lectures” series, Prof. Ledderose will be gracing us with three lectures. (see IHP “Events” and other announcements for more details)
