Memberships
Since 2011 member of the "Association of Visiting Professors in the Humanities at Harvard" (Cambridge, MA/USA)
Since 2010 president of the "European 'Dream of the Red Chamber' Society" (Bochum/Paris)
Since 2008 president of the "International Postgraduate School of Humanities" (Bochum/Karlsruhe/Nanking/Rome/Budapest)
Since 1999 member of the "Association of Asian Studies" (Ann Arbor)
Since 1998 member of the "European Association of China Studies" (Heidelberg etc.)
Since 1998 member of the board of the "German China Association" (Cologne/Karlsruhe)
Since 1997 member of the "German Association of China Studies" (Berlin)
Since 1996 member of the "Arbeitsgemeinschaft junger Chinawissenschaftler" (Bochum, Heidelberg)
Since 1996 member of the "Gesellschaft für asiatische Philosophie" (Bochum)
Since 1994 member of the "Deutsche Gesellschaft für Asienkunde" (Hamburg)