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Prof. Dr. Felix Siegmund

Professor of Premodern Korean Philology

Raum: MB 3.131
Tel: +49 (0)234 32-26257
Email: felix.siegmund@rub.de
Abteilung: Korean Studies
Sprechstunde: by appointment



Books

  • (2018): Theorie und Praxis militärischen Wissens zwischen China und Korea im langen 17. Jahrhundert - Qi Jiguangs militärische Schriften und die nordöstliche Grenzregion. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
    DOI https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv1dv0t65

Edited Volumes

  • (2026) “Hanmun Teaching and Hanmun Grammar”; Special issue of Journal of Sinographic Philologies and Legacies, Volume 2(1); March 2026.
    DOI https://doi.org/10.63563/jspl.2026.002

  • (2014)(With Marion Eggert and Dennis Würthner, eds.): Space and Location in the Circulation of Knowledge (1400-1800). Korea and Beyond. Frankfurt a. M.: Peter Lang.  
    DOI https://doi.org/10.3726/978-3-653-04243-6

Articles, Book Chapters and Reviews

  • (2026) “Old Innovations in a New Light: Hanmun Didactics in Early 20th-century Textbooks and Their Use in Hanmun Education Today.” In: Journal of Sinographic Philologies and Legacies 2026;2(1): pp. 197-230. 
    DOI https://doi.org/10.63563/jspl.2026.009
  • (2026): “Introduction: Hanmun Teaching and Hanmun Grammar.” In: Journal of Sinographic Philologies and Legacies 2026;2(1): pp. 1-9.
    DOI https://doi.org/10.63563/jspl.2026.002
  • (2025): “The Military” In: Eugene Y. Park (ed.):The Routledge Handbook of Early Modern Korea. London, New York: Routledge, pp. 88-102.
  • (2024): “Translation, Commentary and the Meaning of the Classics. - Some Thoughts on Korean and Manchu Translations of the Daxue and the Lunyu.” In: 東亞漢學硏究 East Asian Journal of Sinology, pp. 237-330. 
  • (2024): „Some Aspects of the Assessment and Evaluation of Military Skills and Knowledge in Chosŏn Korea.“ In: Gehlmann, Martin/Glomb, Vladimir (eds.): Beyond the State Examinations Evaluations of Knowledge in Premodern Korea. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, pp. 103-117. https://www.harrassowitz-verlag.de/ddo/artikel/86516/978-3-447-12147-7_Free%20Open%20Access%20Download.pdf
  • (2020): “Code Switching in Social Behaviour and the Case of Stone Fighting.” In: Bochumer Jahrbuch zur Ostasienforschung 43: pp. 97-108. https://www.res-oaw.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/viewer.html?file=BJOAF2020.pdf
  • (2020) [Review]: “Wang Yuanchong (2018): Remaking the Chinese Empire. Manchu-Korean Relations 1616-1911. Ithaca/London: Cornell University Press.” In: Orientalistische Literaturzeitung 115/6: pp. 80-82. 
    https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/olzg-2020-0161/pdf https://doi.org/10.1515/olzg-2020-0161
  • (2018): „Die Zukunft des Krieges in der chinesischen militärischen Literatur des 16. und 17. Jahrhunderts“ (“The Future of Warfare in Chinese Military Literature of the 16th and 17th centuries”). In: Bochumer Jahrbuch zur Ostasienforschung 41: pp. 117-129. https://www.res-oaw.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/viewer.html?file=BJOAF2018.pdf
  • (2018): "Popular Violence in a Confucian World: A Short History of Stone Fighting and its Meaning.“ In: International Journal of Korean History 23/2: p. 123-165. 
    https://ijkh.khistory.org/journal/view.php?number=498 
    DOI https://doi.org/10.22372/ijkh.2018.23.2.123
  • (2016): "Integration and Re-structuring of Military Knowledge in 17th and 18th century Korea." In: Eggert/Pölking (ed.): Integration Processes in the Circulation of Knowledge. Cases from Korea. Frankfurt a. M.: Peter Lang: p. 49-69. 
    https://doi.org/10.3726/978-3-653-04798-1
  • (2016): “Abahai”, “Army”, “Bandits”, “Muye, Battle of”. in: Dillon, Michael (ed.): Encyclopedia of Chinese History. London, New York: Routledge.
  • (2016) [Review] “Tonio Andrade (2016): The Gunpowder Age. China, Military Innovation, and the Rise of the West in World History. Princeton: Princeton University Press.” In: Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis 13/4: pp. 168-170. 
    https://tseg.nl/article/view/8178/8809 https://doi.org/10.18352/tseg.909
  • (2015): "Qi Jiguang's 戚繼光 Wujing qishu zhaiti 武經七書摘題. A Few Notes on a Synopsis of the Military Classics." In: Ming Qing Yanjiu 19: p. 9-43.
    DOI https://doi.org/10.1163/24684791-01901002
  • (2015): "Einige Bemerkungen zur mandschurischen Übersetzung des Mengzi, vor allem zum Mengdzi bithe." (“Some Remarks on Manchu Translations of Mengzi, Especially on the Mengdzi bithe”). In: Behr/Di Giacinto/Döring/Moll-Murata (ed.): Auf Augenhöhe. Festschrift zum 65. Geburtstag von Heiner Roetz. München: Iudicium: p. 309-328. (=Bochumer Jahrbuch zur Ostasienforschung 38). https://www.res-oaw.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/viewer.html?file=BJOAF2015.pdf
  • (2015): "The adaption of Chinese military techniques to Chosŏn Korea, their validation, and the social dynamics thereof." In: Kai Filipiak (ed.): Civil-Military Relations in Chinese History. From ancient China to the Communist takeover. London, New York: Routledge: p. 172-190. 
  • (2015) [Review] “David M. Robinson: Martial Spectacles of the Ming Court. Cambridge: Harvard University Asia Center." In: Ming Qing Yanjiu 19: pp. 145-148. https://doi.org/10.1163/24684791-01901007
  • (2014): "The Circulation of Military Knowledge and its Localization. Some Notes on the Case of Military Techniques in Late Chosŏn Korea." In: Eggert/Siegmund/Würthner (ed.): Space and Location in the Circulation of Knowledge (1400-1800). Korea and Beyond. Frankfurt a. M.: Peter Lang: p. 39-66.
    DOI https://doi.org/10.3726/978-3-653-04243-6
  • (2013) [Review] “Kim Sun Joo (ed.) (2010): The Northern Region of Korea. History, Identity and Culture.Seattle: University of Washington Press.” In: IIAS Newsletter 69: p. 38. 
    https://www.iias.asia/sites/iias/files/theNewsletter/2019-06/IIAS_NL69_FULL.pdf
  • (2012) [Review] „Collani, Claudia v. (2012): Von Jesuiten, Kaisern und Kanonen. Europa und China - eine wechselvolle Geschichte. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft.“ In: Militärgeschichtliche Zeitschrift71/2: pp. 404-405. 
    https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1524/mgzs.2012.0014/pdf
  • (2011): ”Tubers in a Grain Culture. The Introduction of Sweet and White Potatoes to Chosŏn Korea and its Cultural Implications" In: Korean Histories 2.2.
    https://khjournal.com/index.php/home/issue/view/3/6 
  • (2009): "Die Einführung von Süßkartoffel und Kartoffel in Korea. Verbreitung und Nutzung von agronomischem Wissen." (“Introduction of the Sweet Potato and the Potato in Korea. Spread and Use of Agronomic Knowledge”). In: Bochumer Jahrbuch zur Ostasienforschung 33: p. 217-245. 
    https://www.res-oaw.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/viewer.html?file=BJOAF2009.pdf

Selected Talks

  • “Scholarship Progress and Lessons learned from the Development of an Online Platform for Basic Hanmun Teaching”, Premodern Korean Studies in Europe 2026, Université Bordeaux Montaigne, 18.IV.2026.

  • “Empty Words and Full Words: An Old Idea and Its Potential for Application in Hanmun Teaching”, 2026 Association for Asian Studies (AAS) Annual Conference, Vancouver, 12.III.2026.

  • “Stone Fighting. Violence and Culture in Korea, East Asia, and the World”, invited talk, University of Copenhagen, 04.XI.2025.

  • “Grammar, Style and Didactics in Early Modern Korean Hanmun Grammars”, 6th International Symposium on Sino-Korean Linguistics 第六届汉韩语言学国际学术研讨会, Zhejiang University (Hangzhou), 25.X.2025.

  • “Practical Hanmun – Some Ideas on Teaching Chinese Grammar and Syntax in Korean Studies”, Teaching Classical Chinese outside China, Collège de France (Paris), 9.IX.2025.

  • “Korean vs. Chinese: Competition for Classical Language Status in Script, Language, and Politics”, Language Myths 2.0, Centre Universitaire de Norvège à Paris, 26.VI.2025.
  • “A (not so?) new Hanmun grammar model for teaching”, Hanmun Teaching and Hanmun Syntax (Part I of the “First Workshop on the Digital Study of Pre-modern Korean Writing Systems and Texts), Ruhr University Bochum, 16.VI.2025.
  • “The (On-going) Construction of a Korean Classical Language”. Language Myths: A workshop on the political uses of historical languages, University of Copenhagen, 16.I.2025.
  • “Militärischer Wandel in Ostasien im langen 17. Jahrhundert – Texte, Waffen und Ideen”, Lernen, um zu Siegen? Anpassung, Kreativität undWissenstransfer im globalen militärischen Kontext, 1600–1900, University of Göttingen, 15.X.2024.
  • “Das Sonja su - Modernisierung und Tradition in einem spät-chosŏnzeitlichen Kommentar zum Sunzi bingfa“, 8. Konferenz der Vereinigung für Koreaforschung 제 8 회 독일어권 한국학 대회, University of Vienna, 28.IX.2024.  
  • “Teaching and translating Hanmun - experiences and perspectives”, 2nd European-Korean Conference on Korean Literature and Translation. Origins and Development of Korean Traditional Literature - Literary and Aesthetic Transformations, Ruhr University Bochum / online, 22.VII.2024
  • “Creating a Hanmun Textbook - Grammar, Texts, and Motivation”, Premodern Korean Studies in Europe, University of Zagreb, 27.IV.2024.
  • “How to teach "hancha" and "hanmun" in Korean Studies?” (Panel chair), AKSE 2023 , University of Copenhagen), 23.VI.2023.
  • “The Military: Thought and Organization”, Contributors Workshop for the Routledge Handbook of Early Modern Korea, University of Nevada / online, 29.V.2023.
  • “Adaption and Vernacularization of Chosŏn Military Texts”, Deutscher Orientalistentag, Freie Universität Berlin, 13.IX.2022.
  • “Assessment and Evaluation of Military Skill and Knowledge in Chosŏn Korea”, Beyond the State Examinations: Evaluations of Knowledge in Premodern Korea, Freie Universität Berlin, 22.X.2021.
  • “Military geography and gun usage instructions in 17th cent. Chosŏn Korea”, Beyond the Military Revolution Debate and Geographic Determinism? The Multifarious Reception of the Harquebus, University of Barcelona / online, 23.IX.2021
  • “Zhang Yus Strukturkommentar zum Sunzi bingfa 孫子兵法”(“Zhang Yu’s Structural Commentary on the Sunzi bingfa”), Mittagsforum der Fakultät für Ostasienwissenschaften, Ruhr University Bochum, 7.VII.2021.

Position


Professor                  Korean Studies