Profile
A philosophical mind that treats research and teaching as its cause.
Educational Experience
Sept. 2008 – Jul. 2012: Peking University, Bachelor of Arts
Oct. 2012 – April 2015: Freie Universität Berlin, Master of Arts
May 2015 – May 2018: Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Ph. D.
Work Experience
Sept. 2018 – Jan. 2025: Assistant Professor for German Language and Literature
Sept. 201 – Dec. 2024: Coordinator of the Center for German Studies of Peking University
May 2025 onwards: Vice Dean of the German Department
Jan. 2025 onwards: Associated Professor (with tenure) for German Language and Literature
Research Interests
Weimar Classicism, German Literature around 1800, Aesthetics and Philosophie of German Idealism, History of Sino-German Cultural Exchange
Teaching Courses
Intensive German Reading I-IV
German Grammar I-II
German Listening Comprehension I-IV
German Interpretation II
Introduction of German-Speaking Countries
Introduction of German Literature Studies
German Novel I
German Drama (Master Course)
Academic Writing for Graduate Students
Selected Publications
Mingchao Mao: „Schillers Konzept des Staates“. In: DAAD (Hg.): Einblicke / Insights. Forschungs-Highleits der Zentren für Deutschland- und Europastudien. Ausgabe 05/2024, S. 38-51.
Mingchao Mao: „‚Des Lagers Abgott‘ oder ‚Friedensfürst‘. Krieg und Frieden in Schillers ‚Wallenstein‘-Trilogie. In: Zeitschrift für Germanistik. Neue Folge XXXIII. 2-2023, S. 279-294.
Mingchao Mao: „Die Weimarer Klassik inmitten der Zerstörung. Zur politischen Funktion des Literarischen bei den Goethe-Feiern 1949“, in: Zentrum für Deutschland- und Europastudien der Universität Tokyo (Hg.): European Studies, Vol. 22 (2022), S. 173-180.
Mingchao Mao: “Germany, Central Europe and the Großraum Order.” In: The Foundation for Law and International Affairs Review, Vol. 3, Issue 1, 2022, pp. 57-59.
Mingchao Mao: „Solange es gelesen wird“. In: DLA-Blog (https://blog.dla-marbach.de/2022/02/09/solange-es-gelesen-wird/)
Michael Jaeger, Benjamin Langer und Mao Mingchao (ed.): Ost-westliche Erfahrungen der Modernität. Der chinesisch-deutsche Ideenaustausch und die Bewegung des 4. Mai 1919. Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter 2020.
Mingchao Mao: Friedrich Hebbels Arbeit an Schiller. Die Schiller-Rezeption in Hebbels Ästhetik und Dramatik. Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter 2019.
Research Projects
Ongoing projects on Friedrich Schillers classical dramas, on the research and translation of contemporary German literature, as well as on the praxeology of translation
Social Affiliations
Member of the Center for German Studies of Peking University
Member of the Center for Foreign Drama and Film Studies of Peking University
Member of the Zentrum für Klassikforschung (Research Centre for European Classicism)
Honors and Awards
New Oriental Young Scholar Translation Prize (2023)
Wang Xuan Young Scholar Prize of Peking University (2022)
Excellence Teaching Prize (2020)
Overseas Experience
Lecturer of the summer school of East Asia German Studies Centers in Seoul, 2024
Member of Chinese Delegation and Panelist of the IX. BRICS Youth Summit in South Africa, 2023
Active participation of the 8th. LMU-ChAN Forum in Munich, 2023
