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'''Dagmar Schäfer''' is a German professor and the managing director of the [[Max Planck Institute for the History of Science]], Berlin.<ref name="academia-net1">{{cite web|url=http://www.academia-net.org/news/dagmar-schaefer-is-new-max-planck-director/1200001 |title=Dagmar Schäfer Is New Max Planck Director |website=AcademiaNet-net.org |date= |accessdate=9 March 2017}}</ref> She is honorary professor, history of technology, Technical University, Berlin; adjunct professor, Institute of Sinology, Freie Universität, Berlin; and guest professor at the School of History and Culture of Science, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and Tianjin University (2018–2021).{{citation needed|date=January 2020}}
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'''Dagmar Schäfer''' is a German sinologist and historian of science. She is director of Department III, Artifacts, Action, Knowledge at the [[Max Planck Institute for the History of Science]], Berlin.<ref name="academia-net1">{{cite web|url=http://www.academia-net.org/news/dagmar-schaefer-is-new-max-planck-director/1200001 |title=Dagmar Schäfer Is New Max Planck Director |website=AcademiaNet-net.org |date= |accessdate=9 March 2017}}</ref> She is honorary professor for the history of technology, [[Technische Universität Berlin]]; adjunct professor, Institute of Sinology, [[Free University of Berlin|Freie Universität, Berlin]], and [[Tianjin University]] (2018–2021).<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Dagmar Schäfer's CV on the MPIWG website|url=https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/sites/default/files/2020-09/eng_cv_schaefer_1.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026032336/https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/sites/default/files/2020-09/eng_cv_schaefer_1.pdf |archive-date=26 October 2020 |access-date=|website=}}</ref> She was previously a guest professor at the school of history and culture of science, [[Shanghai Jiao Tong University]]. She was also the director of the Centre for Chinese Studies and held the professorial chair of Chinese studies, both at the [[University of Manchester]].<ref name="academia-net1" />


Schäfer received her doctorate from the University of Würzburg, and her habilitation in the history of China and science. She has worked and studied at the University of Zhejiang, Beijing University, Hsinchu University, the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Manchester.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/users/dschaefer|title=Dagmar Schäfer {{!}} MPIWG|website=www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de|language=en|access-date=2020-01-16}}</ref>
Schäfer received her doctorate from the University of Würzburg, and her habilitation in the history of science in China. She has worked and studied at [[Zhejiang University]], [[Peking University]], [[National Tsing Hua University]], the [[University of Pennsylvania]], and the [[University of Manchester]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/users/dschaefer|title=Dagmar Schäfer {{!}} MPIWG|website=www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de|language=en|access-date=16 January 2020}}</ref>


She won the [[History of Science Society]]: [[Pfizer Award]] in 2012, and the [[Association for Asian Studies]]' [[Joseph Levenson Book Prize]] in 2013, for her 2011 book ''The Crafting of the 10,000 Things'' (University of Chicago Press)].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/en/users/dschaefer |title=Max Planck Institute for the History of Science &#124; Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte |website=Mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de |date=9 April 2016 |accessdate=9 March 2017}}</ref> She is due to be awarded the [[Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize]] in 2020.{{citation needed|date=January 2020}}
She won the [[History of Science Society]]: [[Pfizer Award]] in 2012, and the [[Association for Asian Studies]]' [[Joseph Levenson Book Prize]] in 2013, for her 2011 book ''The Crafting of the 10,000 Things'' (University of Chicago Press).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/en/users/dschaefer |title=Max Planck Institute for the History of Science &#124; Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte |website=Mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de |date=9 April 2016 |accessdate=9 March 2017}}</ref> In 2014 he became a member of the [[German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina]].<ref>{{cite web |title= Dagmar Schäfer |url=https://www.leopoldina.org/mitgliederverzeichnis/mitglieder/member/Member/show/dagmar-schaefer/|publisher=German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina |access-date=26 May 2021}}</ref> She was awarded the [[Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize]] in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|title=DFG, German Research Foundation – Prof. Dr. Dagmar Schäfer|url=https://www.dfg.de/en/funded_projects/prizewinners/leibniz_prize/2020/schaefer/index.jsp|access-date=1 September 2020|website=www.dfg.de}}</ref>

Schäfer was previously the director of the Centre for Chinese Studies and held the professorial chair of Chinese Studies, both at the [[University of Manchester]].<ref name="academia-net1"/>


==Selected publications==
==Selected publications==
*''The Crafting of the 10,000 Things'' (University of Chicago Press, 2011)
* {{cite book |last=Schäfer |first=Dagmar |title=The Crafting of the 10,000 things: Knowledge and Technology in Seventeenth-Century China |publisher=The University of Chicago Press |publication-place=Chicago |year=2011 |isbn=978-0-226-27280-1 |oclc=636567536}}
* {{cite book |editor-last=Sterckx |editor-first=Roel |editor-last2=Siebert |editor-first2=Martina |editor-last3=Schäfer |editor-first3=Dagmar |title=Animals through Chinese History |publisher=Cambridge University Press |date=8 December 2018 |isbn=978-1-108-55157-1 |doi=10.1017/9781108551571 |hdl=21.11116/0000-0002-C51E-F |s2cid=135070196 |ref={{sfnref | Cambridge University Press}}}}
* {{cite journal | last1=Brentjes | first1=Sonja | last2=Schäfer | first2=Dagmar | title=Visualizations of the Heavens Before 1700 as a Concern of the History of Science, Medicine and Technology | journal=NTM Zeitschrift für Geschichte der Wissenschaften, Technik und Medizin | publisher=Springer Science and Business Media LLC | volume=28 | issue=3 | date=6 July 2020 | issn=0036-6978 | doi=10.1007/s00048-020-00266-4 | pages=295–304| pmid=32632462 | s2cid=220389218 | doi-access=free | hdl=21.11116/0000-0006-C6B4-F | hdl-access=free }}
* {{Cite book |title=Plurilingualism in Traditional Eurasian Scholarship: Thinking in Many Tongues |publisher=[[Brill Publishers|Brill]] |year=2023 |isbn=978-90-04-46466-7 |editor-last=Most |editor-first=Glenn W. |location=Leiden |editor-last2=Schäfer |editor-first2=Dagmar |editor-last3=Saarela |editor-first3=Mårten Söderbom}}
* {{Cite book |title=Ownership of Knowledge: Beyond Intellectual Property |publisher=[[MIT Press]] |year=2023 |isbn=978-90-04-46466-7 |editor-last=Schäfer |editor-first=Dagmar |location=Cambridge, MA |editor-last2=Mamidipudi |editor-first2=Annapurna |editor-last3=Buning |editor-first3=Marius}}


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website}}


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Latest revision as of 12:31, 22 August 2024

Dagmar Schäfer is a German sinologist and historian of science. She is director of Department III, Artifacts, Action, Knowledge at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin.[1] She is honorary professor for the history of technology, Technische Universität Berlin; adjunct professor, Institute of Sinology, Freie Universität, Berlin, and Tianjin University (2018–2021).[2] She was previously a guest professor at the school of history and culture of science, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. She was also the director of the Centre for Chinese Studies and held the professorial chair of Chinese studies, both at the University of Manchester.[1]

Schäfer received her doctorate from the University of Würzburg, and her habilitation in the history of science in China. She has worked and studied at Zhejiang University, Peking University, National Tsing Hua University, the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Manchester.[3]

She won the History of Science Society: Pfizer Award in 2012, and the Association for Asian Studies' Joseph Levenson Book Prize in 2013, for her 2011 book The Crafting of the 10,000 Things (University of Chicago Press).[4] In 2014 he became a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.[5] She was awarded the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize in 2020.[6]

Selected publications

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  • Schäfer, Dagmar (2011). The Crafting of the 10,000 things: Knowledge and Technology in Seventeenth-Century China. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-27280-1. OCLC 636567536.
  • Sterckx, Roel; Siebert, Martina; Schäfer, Dagmar, eds. (8 December 2018). Animals through Chinese History. Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781108551571. hdl:21.11116/0000-0002-C51E-F. ISBN 978-1-108-55157-1. S2CID 135070196.
  • Brentjes, Sonja; Schäfer, Dagmar (6 July 2020). "Visualizations of the Heavens Before 1700 as a Concern of the History of Science, Medicine and Technology". NTM Zeitschrift für Geschichte der Wissenschaften, Technik und Medizin. 28 (3). Springer Science and Business Media LLC: 295–304. doi:10.1007/s00048-020-00266-4. hdl:21.11116/0000-0006-C6B4-F. ISSN 0036-6978. PMID 32632462. S2CID 220389218.
  • Most, Glenn W.; Schäfer, Dagmar; Saarela, Mårten Söderbom, eds. (2023). Plurilingualism in Traditional Eurasian Scholarship: Thinking in Many Tongues. Leiden: Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-46466-7.
  • Schäfer, Dagmar; Mamidipudi, Annapurna; Buning, Marius, eds. (2023). Ownership of Knowledge: Beyond Intellectual Property. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. ISBN 978-90-04-46466-7.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Dagmar Schäfer Is New Max Planck Director". AcademiaNet-net.org. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Dagmar Schäfer's CV on the MPIWG website" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Dagmar Schäfer | MPIWG". www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Max Planck Institute for the History of Science | Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte". Mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de. 9 April 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  5. ^ "Dagmar Schäfer". German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  6. ^ "DFG, German Research Foundation – Prof. Dr. Dagmar Schäfer". www.dfg.de. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
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