Olof Lidin#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 635 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CLASSICS & ORIENTAL STUDIES |
| Elected: | 1989 |
| Main Country of Residence: | DENMARK |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.lidin.dk/cv.htm |
Olof Lidin passed away March 13, 2018.
Positions Held
- 2002 - 2006 Adj. Professor at the Humboldt University
- 2001 Guest lecturer at the Göteborg University
- 2001 Guest lecturer at the Columbia University and Harvard University
- 1998 - 2003 Visiting Professor at the Södertörns University
- 1997 - 2001 Acting Professor Humboldt Universität, Berlin
- 1996 - 1997 Acting Professor Tübingen Unversität
- 1983 - 1995 Director of Japan Information Center, University of Copenhagen
- 1982 - 1985 President of European Association for Japanese Studies
- 1979 - 1982 Secretary, European Association for Japanese Studies
- 1975 - 1980 Chairman of East Asian Institute, University of Copenhagen
- 1972 - 1996 Professor at the University of Copenhagen
- 1969 - 1974 Chairman of East Asian Institute, University of Copenhagen
- 1966 - 1969 Assistant Professor at the University of California, Davis
Fields of Scholarship
- Japanese Religion and Philosophy
- Modern and classical Japanese
- Japanese Literary History
- Japanese Cultural History
- Modern and classical Chinese
Honours and Awards
- 1970 Member of the Society of Sciences, Lund University
- 1976 The Sakura Prize from Zenkoku Nihon Gakushikai
- 1980 Member of the Royal Society of Sciences, Copenhagen
- 1983, 1993 Order of Chivalry from the Queen of Denmark
- 1985 Order of the Rising Sun from the Emperor of Japan
- 1990 Member of Academia Europaea
- 1990 Board member, Committee for European-American Exchanges in East Asian Studies
- 1990 Member, Editorial Board of Japan Forum, published by the British Association for Japanese Studie
