Marco Pouget
@marcopouget.bsky.social
Sinologist at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg and LMU Munich, interested in premodern Chinese (intellectual) history and written culture.
https://lmu-munich.academia.edu/MarcoPouget
https://lmu-munich.academia.edu/MarcoPouget
Reading the exalted "Confucian" classics, one would not expect anything raunchy. Until you come to the #Shijing, where Mao quite clearly describes moral degeneration under Duke Xuan as people "throwing themselves at each other" and indulging in promiscuity. But it gets better:..
January 25, 2026 at 9:29 AM
Reading the exalted "Confucian" classics, one would not expect anything raunchy. Until you come to the #Shijing, where Mao quite clearly describes moral degeneration under Duke Xuan as people "throwing themselves at each other" and indulging in promiscuity. But it gets better:..
As part of our intro seminar, we arranged a guided tour through the State Museum of #Egyptian Art in #Munich. Prof. Stadler of @uni-wuerzburg.de guided us through a plethora of writings on stone, papyrus, and plaster, showcasing the ubiquity of #philology in ancient Egypt. @lmumuenchen.bsky.social
January 21, 2026 at 4:56 PM
As part of our intro seminar, we arranged a guided tour through the State Museum of #Egyptian Art in #Munich. Prof. Stadler of @uni-wuerzburg.de guided us through a plethora of writings on stone, papyrus, and plaster, showcasing the ubiquity of #philology in ancient Egypt. @lmumuenchen.bsky.social
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Handed in my #dissertation on Making #Revenge Great Again. Looking forward to the defense in March and the comments I’ll get. I‘m really excited for my next steps and some more explorations into Gongyang #Confucianism #公羊學 and #ChinesePhilosophy
January 20, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Handed in my #dissertation on Making #Revenge Great Again. Looking forward to the defense in March and the comments I’ll get. I‘m really excited for my next steps and some more explorations into Gongyang #Confucianism #公羊學 and #ChinesePhilosophy
As part of our introductory seminar on philological practices, we arranged a guided tour through the State Collection of Antiquities in #Munich for the doctoral students of @lmumuenchen.bsky.social and @uni-wuerzburg.de. It was on the role of writing in ancient #Greek art. /1
January 18, 2026 at 6:53 PM
As part of our introductory seminar on philological practices, we arranged a guided tour through the State Collection of Antiquities in #Munich for the doctoral students of @lmumuenchen.bsky.social and @uni-wuerzburg.de. It was on the role of writing in ancient #Greek art. /1
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Princeton is hiring a one-year lecturer position in Asian Religions. Please spread the word:
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January 16, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Princeton is hiring a one-year lecturer position in Asian Religions. Please spread the word:
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A "hot" current debate in #Taiwan revolves around the diary of Chiang Kai-shek #蔣中正, which has been made available by the National Archive #國史館. (Its authenticity is disputed.) Interest in the diary peaked because it seemingly attests to insatiable horniness of the #ROC leader. /1
January 11, 2026 at 8:19 PM
This reminds me of the debate around the interpretation of female figurines by 19th-century archaeologists: definitely a fertility goddess! @ciaota.bsky.social: "She opens her mouth as if to smile", do you remember?
So many possibilities for this week! A common one is 姦. The joke is that the three "women" (女, notice the "broad hips") together mean gossip. Well, in Chinese at least, earlier character forms look nothing like this. More commonly, it is written 奸 in early imperial China. So...a woman and a cudgel.
Since it's fake character origin week, here's at least a super funny one. 🤣🤣
And it's not even completely fake: 飛 is originally a pictogram of flying birds.
(I don't have the original credits for this, if you know please add!)
And it's not even completely fake: 飛 is originally a pictogram of flying birds.
(I don't have the original credits for this, if you know please add!)
January 6, 2026 at 11:23 AM
This reminds me of the debate around the interpretation of female figurines by 19th-century archaeologists: definitely a fertility goddess! @ciaota.bsky.social: "She opens her mouth as if to smile", do you remember?
So many possibilities for this week! A common one is 姦. The joke is that the three "women" (女, notice the "broad hips") together mean gossip. Well, in Chinese at least, earlier character forms look nothing like this. More commonly, it is written 奸 in early imperial China. So...a woman and a cudgel.
Since it's fake character origin week, here's at least a super funny one. 🤣🤣
And it's not even completely fake: 飛 is originally a pictogram of flying birds.
(I don't have the original credits for this, if you know please add!)
And it's not even completely fake: 飛 is originally a pictogram of flying birds.
(I don't have the original credits for this, if you know please add!)
January 6, 2026 at 11:16 AM
So many possibilities for this week! A common one is 姦. The joke is that the three "women" (女, notice the "broad hips") together mean gossip. Well, in Chinese at least, earlier character forms look nothing like this. More commonly, it is written 奸 in early imperial China. So...a woman and a cudgel.
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The post of Reader/Professor in Chinese Studies to be filled at St Andrews.
If you'd like to know more about my experience as Founding Professor, get in touch via my BSky account @gblee.bsky.social
www.timeshighereducation.com/unijobs/list...
If you'd like to know more about my experience as Founding Professor, get in touch via my BSky account @gblee.bsky.social
www.timeshighereducation.com/unijobs/list...
Reader / Professor in Chinese Studies - St Andrews, Fife (GB) job with UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS | 405141
The School of Modern Languages invites applications for the position of Reader or Professor in its Department of Chinese.
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December 30, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The post of Reader/Professor in Chinese Studies to be filled at St Andrews.
If you'd like to know more about my experience as Founding Professor, get in touch via my BSky account @gblee.bsky.social
www.timeshighereducation.com/unijobs/list...
If you'd like to know more about my experience as Founding Professor, get in touch via my BSky account @gblee.bsky.social
www.timeshighereducation.com/unijobs/list...
Happy Holidays! 節日愉快！
December 24, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Happy Holidays! 節日愉快！
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CfP: Third Forum on Dialogue of World Civilizations - #Astronomy, Science and Technology on the Ancient #SilkRoad
Lanzhou University invites paper submissions for a conference on May 29-31, 2026 with an optional trip to #Dunhuang on June 1-3.
More information in the pictures. #Sinology #China
Lanzhou University invites paper submissions for a conference on May 29-31, 2026 with an optional trip to #Dunhuang on June 1-3.
More information in the pictures. #Sinology #China
December 23, 2025 at 2:33 PM
CfP: Third Forum on Dialogue of World Civilizations - #Astronomy, Science and Technology on the Ancient #SilkRoad
Lanzhou University invites paper submissions for a conference on May 29-31, 2026 with an optional trip to #Dunhuang on June 1-3.
More information in the pictures. #Sinology #China
Lanzhou University invites paper submissions for a conference on May 29-31, 2026 with an optional trip to #Dunhuang on June 1-3.
More information in the pictures. #Sinology #China
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Coming up tomorrow on #HoPWaG: we speak to Wai-Wai Chiu about the debates between Mohists and Daoists on language and argumentation, focusing on the criticisms of Mohism found in the Zhuangzi. Who has the better of this dispute? Only one place to find out...
#philsky #philosophy #podcast #daoism
#philsky #philosophy #podcast #daoism
December 20, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Coming up tomorrow on #HoPWaG: we speak to Wai-Wai Chiu about the debates between Mohists and Daoists on language and argumentation, focusing on the criticisms of Mohism found in the Zhuangzi. Who has the better of this dispute? Only one place to find out...
#philsky #philosophy #podcast #daoism
#philsky #philosophy #podcast #daoism
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Sources are the raw material of historical analysis, but their evidence is often qualitatively or quantitatively lacking – and sometimes entirely absent. The new volume of SMC explores the vast territory of missing evidence in the study of ancient cultures:
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December 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Sources are the raw material of historical analysis, but their evidence is often qualitatively or quantitatively lacking – and sometimes entirely absent. The new volume of SMC explores the vast territory of missing evidence in the study of ancient cultures:
uhh.de/csmc-smc-50
uhh.de/csmc-smc-50
My author's copies of "Connected Philology" arrived. Very handy (but it's also available open access)! @degruyterbrill.bsky.social www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
December 17, 2025 at 5:50 PM
My author's copies of "Connected Philology" arrived. Very handy (but it's also available open access)! @degruyterbrill.bsky.social www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
Did you know sign language was around already in #medieval times? Very intriguing episode by The Medieval Podcast on #disability in the Middle Ages. @medievalists.bsky.social @5minmedievalist.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/4Q4c...
Disabilities in the Middle Ages with Kisha Tracy
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December 16, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Did you know sign language was around already in #medieval times? Very intriguing episode by The Medieval Podcast on #disability in the Middle Ages. @medievalists.bsky.social @5minmedievalist.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/4Q4c...
No one is hiding in these trees. Nothing to see here. Carry on.
December 16, 2025 at 9:40 AM
No one is hiding in these trees. Nothing to see here. Carry on.
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The editors of Journal of the European Ass. for Chinese Studies invite submissions for a special issue on the state of Chinese Studies in Europe scheduled for publication in 2026, building on the anniversary symposium held in Paris in November 2025. (cf. detailed call below).
December 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
The editors of Journal of the European Ass. for Chinese Studies invite submissions for a special issue on the state of Chinese Studies in Europe scheduled for publication in 2026, building on the anniversary symposium held in Paris in November 2025. (cf. detailed call below).
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CFP: Journal of the European Association for Chinese Studies vol. 7.1 (2026), the EACS 50th Anniversary Issue welcomes contributions that critically reflect on the state of Chinese Studies in Europe. Details: journals.univie.ac.at/index.php/je...
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December 14, 2025 at 11:18 AM
CFP: Journal of the European Association for Chinese Studies vol. 7.1 (2026), the EACS 50th Anniversary Issue welcomes contributions that critically reflect on the state of Chinese Studies in Europe. Details: journals.univie.ac.at/index.php/je...
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New issue of Early Medieval China is out! I have an article in it on anomaly accounts 志怪 in the Liang text Jinlouzi 金樓子. Come for the unique treatment of strange tales as fodder for (very hard to translate) parallel prose, stay for Jinlouzi's own bizarre history of dissolution and recompilation...
Project MUSE - Early Medieval China-Volume 31, 2025
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December 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
New issue of Early Medieval China is out! I have an article in it on anomaly accounts 志怪 in the Liang text Jinlouzi 金樓子. Come for the unique treatment of strange tales as fodder for (very hard to translate) parallel prose, stay for Jinlouzi's own bizarre history of dissolution and recompilation...
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The latest issue of the International Journal of Divination and Prognostication is out now!
More details here: brill.com/view/journal...
@degruyterbrill.bsky.social
More details here: brill.com/view/journal...
@degruyterbrill.bsky.social
December 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The latest issue of the International Journal of Divination and Prognostication is out now!
More details here: brill.com/view/journal...
@degruyterbrill.bsky.social
More details here: brill.com/view/journal...
@degruyterbrill.bsky.social
Library haul! Anybody wanna hazard a guess as to what I am hoping to work on? :D
December 11, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Library haul! Anybody wanna hazard a guess as to what I am hoping to work on? :D
Passing by the main building of @lmumuenchen.bsky.social on my way to the library. The fountains are bearing their winter dresses, but the weather is spring-like. Have a nice day!
December 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Passing by the main building of @lmumuenchen.bsky.social on my way to the library. The fountains are bearing their winter dresses, but the weather is spring-like. Have a nice day!
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My department is hiring an associate professor in contemporary Chinese politics. Come and join me in Oslo! www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Associate Professor of Chinese politics (290742) | University of Oslo
Job title: Associate Professor of Chinese politics (290742), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Tuesday, February 3, 2026
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December 8, 2025 at 8:48 AM
My department is hiring an associate professor in contemporary Chinese politics. Come and join me in Oslo! www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
December 7, 2025 at 8:28 PM