Former staff

Prof. Dr. Horst Hammitzsch (1909–1991)

Chair holder from 1965 to 1976

Prof. Dr. Hans-Adalbert Dettmer (1927–2014)

Chair holder from 1978 to 1992
An Obituary published in BJOAF No. 37 (2013-14)

Prof. Dr. Klaus Müller

Research assistant from 1966 to 1982
C2 professor from 1982 to 1987

Dr. habil. Rudolf Hartmann

Deputy chair from 1993 to 1994

Prof. Dr. Regine Mathias

Chair holder from 1996 to 2016
On her work from the commemorative publication dedicated to her

Prof. Dr. Hans Martin Krämer

Junior professor from 2008 to 2012

Prof. Dr. Eiichi Kido

DAAD guest lecturer 2019/20

Dr. Lydia Brüll

Research assistant from 1966 to 1967
Academic councillor from 1967 to 1971
Academic senior councillor from 1971 to 1988

Dr. Ulrich Goch

Research assistant from 1966 to 1969
Academic councillor from 1969 to 1972
Academic senior councillor from 1972 to 2004

Dr. Arcadio Schwade, S.J. (1920–2007)

Research assistant from 1970 to 1985
Lecturer from 1986 to 1991

Prof. Dr. Klaus Kracht

Research assistant from 1973 to 1983

Rainer Hofer, M.A.

Research assistant from 1980 to 1983

Prof. em. Dr. Viktoria Eschbach-Szabo

Research assistant from 1983 to 1990

(Siebold research; BJOAF editing; Teaching on the Edo period, Kanbun and Confucian intellectual history (including Ogyū Sorai))

Dr. Vera Schmidt

Research assistant from 1985 to 1993

Kim Braun, M.A.

Research assistant from 1990 to 1995

Prof. Dr. Jan Schmidt

Research assistant from 2006 to 2015
Associate Professor, Japanese Studies, KU Leuven

Dr. Stefan Köck

Research assistant from 2006 to 2016

Dr. Keiko Nagase-Reimer

Research assistant from 2007 to 2011

Prof. Dr. Till Knaudt

Research assistant from 2008 to 2011
Associate Professor at Jinbunken (Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University)

Dr. Stefanie Reitzig

Research assistant from 2013 to 2014
Since 2023 Equal Opportunities Officer of the town of Telgte

Anja Batram, M.A.

Research assistant from 2013 to 2017

Teelka Groeneveld, M.A.

Research assistant from 2014 to 2016

Tristan Pfeil, M.A.

Research assistant (Project “Kniffler Correspondence”) from 2018 to 2020

Marc Scheffer, M.A.

Research assistant (Project “Kniffler Correspondence”) from 2020 to 2021
Since 2022 employee at the CATS Library, Heidelberg University, Japanese Studies