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Vollmer, Klaus

Prof. Dr. Klaus Vollmer

Professor of Japanese Studies (W 3)
Speaker of the PhD program in Buddhism Studies
Research Dean of the Faculty of Cultural Studies

Research interests

Cultural and social history of premodern and modern Japan
Modern representations of Japan and Japanese history in the context of the "Japan discourses" (nihonron)
Questions of cultural identity in Japan, European reception of Japan since the middle of the 19th century, modern historiography of Japan
Discrimination phenomena and marginality in premodern and contemporary Japanese society
Norms and values ​​in Japanese culture (prohibition of killing, taboo and purity notions, especially in connection with the history of food culture)
Buddhism and Society in Japan
Japanese pre-modern literary history (especially waka poetry and setsuwa literature)

Contact

Oettingenstr. 67
D-80538 Munich

Room: D111
Phone: +49 (0) 89 / 2180 9800
Fax: +49 (0) 89 / 2180 9801

Office hours:
(in presence or online) possible at any time after registration via email at klaus.vollmer@lmu.de