selected publications

I have published about 100 monographs, including scripts. Most of them are about premodern, modern and contemporary Chinese culture and literature. Besides, I have published 25 text books about teaching Chinese as a foreign language and I have written several articles about literature and culture in peer reviewed German journals and anthologies, but also in French in France and in Chinese in China.
M.A. thesis: 1995: „Modern Chinese Essays: The author Wang Meng“, Ruhr University Bochum, published 1998: „Der Essay ist die Sehnsucht nach Freiheit“ - Wang Meng, ehemaliger Kulturmini­ster Chinas, als Essayist im Zeitraum 1948 - 1992, Frankfurt et.al.: Lang 1998, ix, 394 pp.

Ph.D. thesis 1998: The Chinese Essay - Authors of the 20th century. [Grundlagen einer sich wandelnden Gattung. Teil 1: Moderne (1917-1949). Teil 2: Gegenwart (seit 1949). Teil 3: Bibliographie, Index], Bochum 2.2002, XIII, 900 pp., 3 vols., single volume edition 2009

Confucianism as main trend of the Chinese intellectual history, hardcover	History of the modern and contemporary Chinese Essay, 900 pp.	The Modern Chinese Literary Essay, hardcover	The Chinese production culture	The Chinese Essay in the 20th Century, hardcover, Chinese-English	European Journal of Sinology	Woesler ed., Festschrift for Harald Holz - Proceedings of the Conference "Philosophy Bridging Worlds"	Chinese Literature in German translation - Conference Proceedings	Contemporary Chinese Literature	Chinese Cult Literature 2008/2009

monographs

1.          Chinese cultic literature 2008/2009 - authors, works, trends, Munich 2009, 127 pp., book series Sinica vol. 25

2.          Chinese contemporary literature - authors, works, trends – A snap-shot 2007/2008, Munich 2008, 267 pp., book series Sinica vol. 23

3.          Timeless Chinese poetry from the beginnings to the “China avant-garde”, Bochum 4^th ed. 2007, 72 pp., book series Scripta Sinica vol. 8

4.          The history of the Chinese essay, Bochum, 2^nd ed. 2009, xiii, 900 pp.

5.          My Essays are my ‘Longing for Freedom’ - Wang Meng, Former Minister of Culture, as Essayist in the Period 1948-1992, ix, 394 pp, Frankfurt / Main, Peter Lang Press 1998

6.          Political Literature in China 1991-92 - Wang Meng's 'Reform of Breakfast Habits'. A Translation of the Story “Hard Porridge” and the Documentation of an Absurd Debate, Bochum 2^nd ed. 2003, 252 pp., book series Sinica vol. 13

7.          Valuation criteria for literature – The Dream of the Red Chamber as the most important Chinese novel, Bochum 3^rd ed. 2006, 66 pp., book series Scripta Sinica vol. 7

8.          The film makers of China, Bochum 2004.6, 52 pp. , book series Scripta Sinica 9

 

monographs in English

9.          Comparing Chinese and German culture, Bochum 2006, book series Comparative Cultural Sciences vol. 2

10.      A new model of intercultural communication – critically reviewing, combining and further developing the basic models of Permutter, Yoshikawa, Hall, Hofstede, Thomas, Hallpike, and the social-constructivism, Bochum 2006, book series Comparative Cultural Sciences vol. 1 [Introducing a model to compare distant cultures like the Chinese and the Anglo-american one.]

11.      Harvard lecture on the 20th century Chinese essay, Bochum 3^rd ed. 2006, book series Scripta Sinica vol. 4

12.      Yale lecture on the 20th century Chinese essay, Bochum 2^nd ed. 2005, ISBN 9783899661026, 58 pp., book series Scripta Sinica vol. 3

 

text books (Chinese-English)

13.      The Chinese Essay in the 20th Century, Bochum, The University Press Bochum, 2000, 496 (xlii, 205, 229) pp., ISBN 3-934453-14-7, China Science, Bd 2, ISSN 1616-1556, incl. 42 essays with their English translation, and an introduction to the genre. Containing texts from Lu Xun, Zhou Zuoren, Xu Dishan, Yu Dafu, Zu Ziqing, Bing Xin, Ba Jin, Qian Zhongshu, Yang Shuo, Sun Li, Wang Zengqi, Yu Guangzhong, Wang Meng, Zhang Jie, Liu Zaifu, Xue Erkang, Ye Meng, Jia Pingwa, and Si Yu.

 

edited journals

14.      European Journal of Sinology (co-edited with Stefan Messmann/Budapest, Hungary, Luigi Moccia/Rome, Italy)

15.      Bulletin of the German China Association (co-edited with Gregor Paul/Karlsruhe, Germany)

 

edited anthologies

16.      Chinese Literature in translation – Proceedings of the conference at the University of Applied Languages Munich 2009/6/27, Munich 2009, 164 pp.

17.      Law and justice in China. Festschrift in honor of Konrad Wegmann’s 75^th anniversary, Munich: 2007, 251 pp., book series Sinica 21

18.      Zhang Junhua, Martin Woesler eds., China’s digital dream. The impact of the Internet on Chinese society, The University Press Bochum 2002.10, 274 pp., ISBN 3-934453-90-2, China Science & Scholarship 5

19.      The Modern Chinese Literary Essay - Defining the Chinese Self in the 20th Century - Conference Proceedings, Bochum, The University Press Bochum, 2000, 327 S., ISBN 3-934453-15-5, China Science, vol. 3, ISSN 1616-1556, with contributions by Charles A. Laughlin, Jianhua Chen, Nicole Huang, Ming-Lee Cheng, Charles A. Laughlin, Ban Wang, Mary Scoggin, Jie Lu, Xinmin Liu, Michel Hockx, Bonnie S. McDougall, King-Fai Tam and others.

 

edited book series [partly in German]

20.      漢學論壇 Sinica (ISSN 1613-6187, 30 vols.)

21.      漢學論文 Scripta Sinica (ISSN 1614-3663, 55 vols., some published in the 3^rd edition)

22.      Comparative Cultural Science (co-edited with Matthias Kettner, 8 vols.)

23.      Suggestive Papers (ISSN 1439-5215, 7 vols.)

24.      Chinese Software Manuals

etc.

 

edited text books series

25.      Chinese as a Foreign Language – teaching material (22 vols.)

26.      Chinese as a Foreign Language – bilingual text books (3 vols.)

 

monographs and edited anthologies in German

27.      Chinese under Windows – Writing mixed Chinese-German texts, editing emails and reading web sites, Bochum: MultiLingua 2002, 181 pp.

28.      Between Mao and Confucius? The PR of China as a reflex of tradition and innovation, co-edited with Gregor Paul, Bochum 2000.12, 198 pp

29.      Computer assisted language learning - reports on software for learning Chinese, German as a foreign language, English, French, Japanese, and Spanish, Bochum 2002, viii, 109 pp.

 

papers in German

·         “ ‚The other’ – Mutual foreign perception in Germany and China”, in: Karin Aschenbruecker, Hansjoerg Bisle-Mueller eds., China – Society and Economy in transition. Experiences and reflections from the view of the scholarship, the economy, the law and the religion, Wissner Press, 260 pp., 2009/1/9, pp. 174-208

·         “Introduction to The Dream of the Red Chamber or The Story of the Stone”, in: “The Dream of the Red Chamber”, Bochum 2006

·         “The role of the internet for social cultural and political changes in China “, in: Criticism in old and modern China, Yearbook of the German Association of Chinese Studies vol. 2, Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden 2006, pp. 283-300

·         “The literary translation process and the cultural poles Germany – China”, in: China.Literature.Translation. Contributions at a conference in honor of Ulrich Kautz, Peter Lang, Bern 2006

·         “Between Exotism and Chinoiserie”, in: Bulletin of the German China-Association 46 (2/2003)

·         “Parallels and differences between Chinese and German literature. Influences and demarcation”, in: Bulletin of the German China-Association 46 (1/2003) pp 26-31

·         “Letter from Peking. Celebrating 30 years of German-Chinese diplomatic relations 1972-2002”, in: China-Journal 1 (2002), fulltext http://dcg.de/woesler/brief.html

·         “China images in films, videos and DVDs”, in: Bulletin of the German China-Association 1/2001.06, pp. 17-22

·         “The Modern Chinese literary Essay - Chinese Identities in the 20th Century”, in: Bulletin of the German China-Association 11/01/2000 43 (2/2000), 55 pp, pp 36 - 40

·         “The Internet and Human Rights in China”, in: Hauke Brunkhorst, Matthias Kettner, Hg., Globalisation and Democracy. Economy, Jurisdiction, Media (2000) Frankfurt / M.: Suhrkamp, suhrkamp scholarship paperbacks 1448, 416 pp, pp 310 - 329

·         “Ba Jin's Rhethorics of a Fictional Truth and his metaphorical discourse to cope with the subjective sufferings endured during the Cultural Revolution”, in: Street of Literature - Chinese-German Yearbook for Linguistics, Literature and Cultural Studies (11/01/2000) vol. 1, ed. by Zhang Yushu (Beijing) / Winfried Woesler (Osnabrueck), Bochum 2000, also: People's Press Peking ISBN 7-02-003319-9, 381 pp, pp 263 - 273

·         “Report on the 52th International Annual Meeting of the Association of Asian Studies (AAS)”, in: Bulletin of the German China-Association (06/01/2000) 43 (1/2000) 78 pp, pp 60 - 62

·         “Human Rights not found - The Human Rights in the Net of the PR China”, in: Thomas Göller, ed., The Philosophy of Human Rights - Methodology - History - Cultural Context, Cuvillier Press Göttingen 1999, 216 pp, pp 185 - 213

·         “Report on the Annual Meeting of the NEAAS”, in: Bulletin of the German China-Association (12/01/1999) 43 (2/1999) 66 pp, pp 48 - 49

·         “Re-evaluating the Chinese Authors Zhou Zuoren, Ba Jin and Zhu Ziqing Using he Example of the Chinese Critical Political Essay”, in: Bulletin of the German China-Association (12/01/1999) 43 (2/1999) 66 pp, pp 29 - 35

·         “E-Mailing of German - Chinese mixed texts”, in: Chinese & Computer (7/1/1998, issue 10), pp 17 - 41

·         “Chinese under Windows - A comparative study of different programs”, in: Chinese & Computer (7/1/1998, issue 10), pp 74 - 79

·         “Works on Chinese Literature and Adjoining Fields in the German Speaking Area since 1990”, in: East Asian Literature Magazine (11/1997, issue 23), pp 140 - 145

·         “Report of the open study group 'Compatibilization of Electronic Bibliography Management with Asian Characters'”, in: ASIA (7/1/1996) pp 153-156

·         Conference Report: Traditional Chinese Culture and the Human Rights Question, in: ASIA (1/1/1996) p 57

·         “Results of the study 'Integration of Chinese characters in edp' 1994/95”, in: ASIA (1/1/1996) pp 157 - 160, French version see beneath

·         News about Literature from China, in: East Asian Literature Magazine, pp 136 - 137 (11/1/1995, issue 19)

·         several conference reports

 

article in French

Bulletin of the French Association of Teachers of the Chinese Language (6/1996, issue 18) pp 4 - 5, English version see above “Information on Chinese programs: ChineseStar and ChinesePartner (April 1996)”, in: Bulletin of the French Association of Teachers of the Chinese Language (6/1996, issue 18) p 3

 

reviews in German

·         “Helmut Schneider, ed., Philosophical discourse with China – Society of Asian Philosophy”, in: Bulletin of the German China Association, 1/2001, pp 78-80

·         “Stefan Kramer: History of the Chinese Film”, in: Bulletin of the German China Association, 10/15/1998, 66 pp, pp 51-54

·         Wang Meng's Huodong bian renxing, in: Yearbook of East Asian Research at the Ruhr University, Bochum 21 (1997), pp 221 - 224

·         Yang Lian Ghosts' Gossip - Lost in Writing, in: New Zurich Daily (5/2/1996) p 77
Wang Meng's Chinese Works, in: East Asian Literature Magazine (5/1/1995, issue 17), pp 145 - 147

·         Chen Kaige's Children of the Dragon, in: Bulletin of the German China Association (3/4/1995) pp 22 - 23

translations into German

·         Cao Xueqin/Gao E: The Dream of the Red Chamber, 3 vols. (co-translated with Rainer Schwarz), European University Press 2007-2009

·         Mian Mian: Panda Sex, KiWi Publishing House 2009

·         Liu Zaifu: The Home of the Vagabond, in: East Asian Literature Magazine (1994.5, issue 16) pp 78 - 80 (together with Monika Gänßbauer)

·         several translations in different books

non-print and electronic media

·         2009 Dewenlin [German version of a Software for Learning Chinese]

·         2002/1/23 [Introduction and Moderation] in: West German Broadcasting [WDR] - News [Aktuelle Stunde, Prof. Grönemeyer]

·         2001 [Interview] in: West German Broadcasting [WDR] - News [2001] [On Business-Angel.]

·         2000 Language Partner 2000. CD, Bochum, The University Press Bochum, ISBN 3-934453-04-X [Includes manual.]

·         1997-98 Wubi input method for ChinesePartner (at the request of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

·         1996-98 Western edition of ChinesePartner

·         1995-98 AsianTones

·         1994-98 Western edition of ChineseStar (at the request of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

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