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Andreas Niehaus

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Research:

  • Body culture and sport in early modern and modern Japan
  • Biography and body
  • cultures of memory
  • Birds in Japanese literature and culture

Projects:

  • "Transnational Responses to Catastrophe: Japanese Diaspora Communities and the March 2011 Triple Disaster", a research project together with  Universität Düsseldorf and Kôbe Daigaku.
  • "Remembering the Glory Days of the Nation: Sport as lieu de mémoire in Japan"; Japan Foundation financed project  (joined international project of the Japanese Studies Department at Ghent University and the Japanese Studies Department at Düsseldorf University, link).
  • Translation project Nishitani Osamu's "Fushi no wandarando". Financially supported by the JaDe Foundation, Cologne.

Courses

  • Modern Japanese I, II, III, IV, V, VI
  • Language, Culture, Context: Modern Japanese (Master)
  • Classical Languages of East Asia: Classical Japanese III (Master)
  • Cultural History
  • Japanese Society and Topical Matters
  • East Asian Literature: Japan
  • Research seminar (Master)

Editor

  • Editorial board member of the International Journal of Sport and Health Science (Japan Society of Physical Education, Health and Sports Sciences), 2008-2011.
  • Co-editor en co-founder Beiträge zur kulturwissenschaftlichen Süd- und Ostasienforschung.Würzburg: Ergon Verlag, sinds 2011. link
  • Invited editor: International Journal of Olympic History, special edition on Olympic Bids in Asia, 2/2011.
  • Guest editor: Sport in Society, special edition: "Remembering the Glory Days of the Nation: Sport as lieu de mémoire in Japan" (Routledge) May edition 2011.

Main publications

Books as author and editor:

Niehaus, Andreas; Hosoi, Naoko (ed. en vert.): Nishitani Osamu: Märchenland der Unsterblichkeit. München: Iudicium (expected 2013).

Niehaus, Andreas; Tagsold, Christian (ed.): Sport, Memory, and Nationhood in Japan: Remembering the Glory Days. Oxon, New York: Routledge 2012 (= Sport in Global Society - Contemporary Perspectives). Link

Niehaus, Andreas; Weber, Chantal (ed.): Reisen, Dialoge, Begegnungen. Festschrift für Franziska Ehmcke. Münster: LIT Verlag 2012.

Niehaus, Andreas: Leben und Werk Kanô Jigorôs. Ein Beitrag zur Leibeserziehung und zum Sport in Japan. Überarbeitete Neuauflage. Würzburg: Ergon Verlag 2010 (=Sport, Kultur und Gesellschaft, 6). 2nd revised edition

Niehaus, Andreas; Braun, Julian (ed. and transl.): Kaibara Ekiken: Yôjôkun - Regeln zur Lebenspflege. München: Iudicium 2010.

Niehaus, Andreas; Seinsch Max (ed.): Olympic Japan - Ideals and Realities of (Inter)Nationalism. Würzburg: Ergon Verlag 2007. (Inhoud)

Bittmann, Heiko; Niehaus, Andreas: Schwert und Samurai: Traktakte zur japanischen Schwertkunst. Heiko Bittmann Verlag: Kanazawa 2006.

Niehaus, Andreas: Leben und Werk Kanô Jigorôs. Ein Beitrag zur Leibeserziehung und zum Sport in Japan. (Life and Work of Kanô Jigorô: A Contribution to the Research on Physical Education and Sports in Japan.) Würzburg: Ergon Verlag 2003 (=Sport, Kultur und Gesellschaft, 6).

Articles in books:

'"Bird never nest in bare tree." ‑ Überlegungen zu einer praxisorientierten Kulturwissenschaft am Beispiel des Haare Machens in der japanischen Kultur.' In: Niehaus, Andreas; Weber, Chantal (ed.): Reisen, Dialoge, Begegnungen. Münster: LIT Verlag 2012, 107-119.

'Swimming into Memory: The Los Angeles Olympics (1932) as Japanese Lieu de Mémoire.' In: Niehaus, Andreas; Tagsold, Christian (ed.): Sport, Memory, and Nationhood in Japan: Remembering the Glory Days. Oxon, New York: Routledge 2012 (= Sport in Global Society - Contemporary Perspectives); republished article from Sport in Society, 2011 (see below).

'Remembering the Glory Days of the Nation: Sport as lieu de mémoire in Japan.' In: Sport in Society, Routledge, March 2011, article together with Christian Tagsold. In: Niehaus, Andreas; Tagsold, Christian (ed.): Sport, Memory, and Nationhood in Japan: Remembering the Glory Days. Oxon, New York: Routledge 2012 (= Sport in Global Society - Contemporary Perspectives); republished article from Sport in Society, 2011 (see below).

'Spreading Olympism and the Olympic Movement in Japan ‑ Interpreting Universal Values.' In: Brownell, Susan; Kelly, William (ed.): The Olympics in East Asia. New Haven: Council on East Asian Studies, Yale University 2011, 75-93.

'Orinpikku he to itaru jûdô no ayumi.' In: Committee for the Commemoration of the 150th Anniversary of the Birth of Jigoro Kano Kigai (ed.): Kigai to kôdô no kyôikusha: Kanô Jigorô. Tsukuba: Tsukuba University Press 2011, 223-240.

'Yôroppa ni okeru budô he no kitai.' In: Committee for the Commemoration of the 150th Anniversary of the Birth of Jigoro Kano Kigai (ed.): Kigai to kôdô no kyôikusha: Kanô Jigorô. Tsukuba: Tsukuba University Press 2011, 275-285.

'Leben und Werk Kaibara Ekikens: Anmerkungen zur praktischen Lebenspflege im Japan der Edo-Periode (1603-1867).' In: Niehaus, Andreas; Braun, Julian (ed. and trans.): Kaibara Ekiken: Yôjôkun - Regeln zur Lebenspflege. München: Iudicium 2010, 9-23 (artikel samen met Julian Braun).

'Lehrgedichte (kyōka) als Medien der Tradierung von Körper-Wissen.' In: Wittkamp, Robert F. (ed.): Erinnerungsgeflechte Text, Bild, Stimme, Körper - Medien des kulturellen Gedächtnisses im vormodernen Japan. München: Iudicium 2009, p. 106-121.

'Zwischen Nationalismus und Internationalismus: Kanô Jigorôs Sportphilosophie im Kontext der Olympischen Bewegung'. In: Horres, Robert (Hg.): Referate des 12. Deutschsprachigen Japanologentages, Band I, Geschichte, Geistesgeschichte, Religion. Bonn: Bier'sche Verlagsgesellschaft 2008, 85-99.

'Vom Topos der Unbesiegbarkeit: Zur Rolle des Körpers in Autobiographie und Biographie.' In: Hôrin - Vergleichende Studien zur japanischen Kultur, 13. München: Iudicium 2007, p. 143-162.

'Ideals and Realities of (Inter)Nationalism.' In: Niehaus, Andreas; Seinsch Max (ed.): Olympic Japan - Ideals and Realities of (Inter)Nationalism. Würzburg: Ergon Verlag 2007, p. 7-13 (artikel samen met Max Seinsch).

'Schwert und Samurai in der Edo-Zeit.' In: Bittmann, Heiko; Niehaus, Andreas: Schwert und Samurai: Traktakte zur japanischen Schwertkunst. Heiko Bittmann Verlag: Kanazawa 2006, p. 13-33. (artikel samen met Heiko Bittmann)

'Die Öffnung der Felsenwohnung - Visionen des Ueshiba Morihei'. In: Markowetz (ed.): Kampfkunst als Lebensweg. Heidelberg 2005, p.186-205.

Interviews: 1. B. Eversmeyer (p. 13-19), 2. H. und E. Jansen (p. 20-38), 3. D. Seckel (p. 39-59); 4. E. B. Levedag (p. 96-103); 5. Beyer (p. 193-198), 6. Zeittafel der japanisch-deutschen Ereignisse zwischen 1910 und 1947 (Timetable of German-Japanese related events between 1910 and 1947; p. 253-261). In: Ehmcke, Franziska; Pantzer, Peter (Hg.): Gelebte Zeitgeschichte. Alltag von Deutschen in Japan 1923-1947 (Lived History. Everyday Life of Germans in Japan between 1923 and 1947). München: Iudicium 2000.

Artikels in journals

'"Suzume odoru ya - Die Spatzen tanzen" ‑ Einige Überlegungen zum Sperling (suzume) in der Literatur- und Kulturgeschichte.' In: Hiyoshi Kiyô, No. 49 , 2012, p. 31-74, together with Uta Schaffers.

'Kyôka ni okeru shisô: Shintai no kioku to pafomatibu na chi no denpa.' In: Contemporary Sport Critique (Gendai Supôtsu Hyôron), Vol. 25, Nov. 2011, p. 122-133.

'Bidding for the Games: Asian Bids and the Paradigm of Modernity.' In: Journal of Olympic History, Vol. 20, No. 2, July 2011, p. 6-9. (together with Christian Tagsold)

'Swimming into Memory: The Los Angeles Olympics (1932) as Japanese Lieu de Mémoire.' In: Sport in Society, Routledge, Vol. 14, No. 4, 2011, p. 430-442.Republished under the same title in: Niehaus, Andreas; Tagsold, Christian (ed.): Sport, Memory, and Nationhood in Japan: Remembering the Glory Days. Oxon, New York: Routledge 2012 (= Sport in Global Society - Contemporary Perspectives).

'Remembering the Glory Days of the Nation: Sport as lieu de mémoire in Japan.' In: Sport in Society, Routledge, March 2011, article together with Christian Tagsold, Vol. 14, No. 4, 2011, p. 403-411. Republished under the same title in: Niehaus, Andreas; Tagsold, Christian (ed.): Sport, Memory, and Nationhood in Japan: Remembering the Glory Days. Oxon, New York: Routledge 2012 (= Sport in Global Society - Contemporary Perspectives).

'The Evolution of Competitive Swimming in the Context of Japan's Modernization and Identity Formation (1868-1920)'. In: International Journal of the History of Sport, Vol. 27, No. 3, March 2010, p. 505-522.

'Das Geijutsu futaba no hajime des Kokenken Ryokusui.' In: Nachrichten der Gesellschaft für Natur- und Völkerkunde Ostasiens (NOAG), Heft 1/2, Jahrgang 76 (179-180), 2006, p. 175-196. (full text)

'"If You Want to Cry, Cry on the Green Mats of Kôdôkan": Expressions of Japanese Cultural and National Identity in the Movement to Include Judo into the Olympic Programme.' In: The International Journal of the History of Sport 23 (7), 2006, p. 1173-1192.

'Denki ni okeru shintai - Kanô Jigorô no shôgai no kaidoku (Body in Biography - Reading the Life of Kanô Jigorô)'. In: Taiikushi Kenkyû (Japanese Journal of the History of Physical Education). No: 22/ 2005, p. 31-38.

'Miushinawareta Kanô Jigorô - Doitsu ni okeru jûdô no dôka no kanten kara. In: Taiikushi kenkyû (Japanese Journal of the History of Physical Education). No. 22/ 2005, p.41-46.

'"Herz und Schwimmen sind eins" – Anmerkungen zum Schwimmen in Japan als militärische Tradition'. In: Nikephoros. 18, 2005, p. 257-272.

'Crossing Borders: Kanô Jigorô's Sport Philosophy and the Olympic Idea'. In: Iphigeneia, 4. Nihon Taiiku Daigaku Daigakuin Taiikukagaku Kenkyûka. Supôtsu Bunka, Shakai Kagakukei Kiyô 2003, p. 21-41.

'The Concept of Education in Jûdô as seen in Kanô Jigorô's Speech: On Jûdô and its Value for Education (Kanô Jigorô no jûdô shisutemu ni okeru kyôiku oyobi taiiku shisô. „Dai Nippon Kyôikukai" ni okeru ensetsu kara)'. In: Hiyoshi Kiyô. Gengo, Bunka, Communication 25/2000. p. 84-112.

'Licht der Welt – Die geistigen Quellen des Aikidô (Light of the World: The Spiritual Foundations of Aikidô)'. In: OAG Notizen 1/2000. p. 6-24.