Roel Sterckx
Encyclopedia
Roel Sterckx is the Joseph Needham Professor of Chinese History, Science, and Civilization in the University of Cambridge
and a Fellow of Clare College. Sterckx was a pupil at Sint-Jan Berchmanscollege Mol (Belgium) and was educated at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
, National Taiwan University
, University of Cambridge (Clare Hall) and University of Oxford
(Wolfson College
). He serves, since 2006, as Secretary-General of the European Association for Chinese Studies.
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
and a Fellow of Clare College. Sterckx was a pupil at Sint-Jan Berchmanscollege Mol (Belgium) and was educated at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
The Katholieke Universiteit Leuven is a Dutch-speaking university in Flanders, Belgium.It is located at the centre of the historic town of Leuven, and is a prominent part of the city, home to the university since 1425...
, National Taiwan University
National Taiwan University
National Taiwan University is a national co-educational university located in Taipei, Republic of China . In Taiwan, it is colloquially known as "Táidà" . Its main campus is set upon 1,086,167 square meters in Taipei's Da'an District. In addition, the university has 6 other campuses in Taiwan,...
, University of Cambridge (Clare Hall) and University of Oxford
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
(Wolfson College
Wolfson College, Oxford
Wolfson College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. Located in north Oxford along the River Cherwell, Wolfson is an all-graduate college with over sixty governing body fellows, in addition to both research and junior research fellows. It caters to a wide range of...
). He serves, since 2006, as Secretary-General of the European Association for Chinese Studies.
Publications
- The Animal and the Daemon in Early China. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2002.
- Of Tripod and Palate: Food, Politics and Religion in Traditional China. New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2005.
- A Bronze Menagerie: Mat Weights of Early China (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum & University of Pittsburgh Press, 2006), with Michelle C. Wang, Eugene Wang, and Guolong Lai.
- De l'Esprit aux Esprits: Enquête sur la notion de shen en Chine. Extrême-orient, Extrême-occident 29. Saint-Denis: Presses Universitaires de Vincennes, 2007; with Romain Graziani.
- In the Fields of Shennong. Cambridge: Needham Research Institute, 2008.
- Food, Sacrifice, and Sagehood in Early China. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2011.