Professor Michael Lackner, an internationally renowned Sinologist, was invited by the Jao Tsung-I Academy of Sinology to speak at the Lecture “German Sinology: The Past and Present” recently. The lecture attracted an audience from the university community and the general public.
Professor Michael Lackner, Sinologist and Chinese historian, Director of the International Consortium for Research in the Humanities, Professor and Director of the Institute of Chinese Studies, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany. He received his PhD in Chinese Studies from Ludwig-Maximillians University, Munich in 1985. Professor Lackner has a wide range of interests covering Song Chinese history, Chinese prognostication, Chinese language and literature. He speaks fluent Putonghua and several other European languages.
Video of the lecture can be watched by clicking here.