Bernhard Scheid
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Bernhard Scheid is an Austria
n historian
, academic and Japanologist on the faculty of the Institute of East Asian Studies at the University of Vienna (Institut für Ostasienkunde der Universität Wien).
Scheid was six-times Austrian National Go Champion.
in 1980. His early interest in cultural anthropology led to a specialization in Japanese studies. He earned a Master's degree in 1993. During 1994 to 1996, he studied at Waseda University
in Tokyo
. His Ph.D. was awarded by the University of Vienna in 1999.
In 2010, he tied for 16th place in the 31st World Amateur Go Championship (WAGC) in Hangzhou
, China and he aspires to be taken seriously as a go player.
The Austrian National Go Championships in 1990, 1992, 1998, 1999, 2003, and 2004 were won by Scheid. He participated as Austrian representative at World Amateur Go Championships in Japan and Korea.
His early research and writing investigated aspects of aging and becoming old in the Japanese Middle Ages (12th-16th centuries), from the late-Heian period
through the Sengoku period
. According to Scheid's first published work, Im Innersten meines Herzens empfinde ich tiefe Scham: das Alter im Schrifttum das japanischen Mittelalters (In my Heart of Hearts I feel Deep Shame: the Aged in the Japanese Medieval Literature) the perceived norm of old age primarily as a time of suffering and isolation changed in a context of the newly emerging feudal structures.
Scheid produced the first monograph of Yoshida Shinto in a Western language; and he published translations of three important Yoshida texts. The comprehensive religious system which became known as Yoshida Shinto was founded by Yoshida Kanetomo
(1435–1511). Scheid's work investigated this seminal figure's influence on the evolution of Shinto ritual and mythology in the Muromachi period
through the Azuchi-Momoyama period
.
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encompasses roughly 10+ works in 20+ publications in 3 languages and 300+ library holdings.
Austria
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n historian
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
, academic and Japanologist on the faculty of the Institute of East Asian Studies at the University of Vienna (Institut für Ostasienkunde der Universität Wien).
Scheid was six-times Austrian National Go Champion.
Early life
Scheid matriculated at the University of ViennaUniversity of Vienna
The University of Vienna is a public university located in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365 and is the oldest university in the German-speaking world...
in 1980. His early interest in cultural anthropology led to a specialization in Japanese studies. He earned a Master's degree in 1993. During 1994 to 1996, he studied at Waseda University
Waseda University
, abbreviated as , is one of the most prestigious private universities in Japan and Asia. Its main campuses are located in the northern part of Shinjuku, Tokyo. Founded in 1882 as Tokyo Senmon Gakko, the institution was renamed "Waseda University" in 1902. It is known for its liberal climate...
in Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
. His Ph.D. was awarded by the University of Vienna in 1999.
Go
Scheid has been for many years an internationally ranked player of Go.In 2010, he tied for 16th place in the 31st World Amateur Go Championship (WAGC) in Hangzhou
Hangzhou
Hangzhou , formerly transliterated as Hangchow, is the capital and largest city of Zhejiang Province in Eastern China. Governed as a sub-provincial city, and as of 2010, its entire administrative division or prefecture had a registered population of 8.7 million people...
, China and he aspires to be taken seriously as a go player.
The Austrian National Go Championships in 1990, 1992, 1998, 1999, 2003, and 2004 were won by Scheid. He participated as Austrian representative at World Amateur Go Championships in Japan and Korea.
Career
Schied was a research fellow at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Institute for the Cultural and Intellectual History of Asia (Institut für Kultur- und Geistesgeschichte Asiens) from 1997 through 2001. Since 2002, Scheid has been a permanent research fellow in the field of Japanese Studies. He joined the faculty of the Department of East Asian Studies at Vienna University in 2001.His early research and writing investigated aspects of aging and becoming old in the Japanese Middle Ages (12th-16th centuries), from the late-Heian period
Heian period
The is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185. The period is named after the capital city of Heian-kyō, or modern Kyōto. It is the period in Japanese history when Buddhism, Taoism and other Chinese influences were at their height...
through the Sengoku period
Sengoku period
The or Warring States period in Japanese history was a time of social upheaval, political intrigue, and nearly constant military conflict that lasted roughly from the middle of the 15th century to the beginning of the 17th century. The name "Sengoku" was adopted by Japanese historians in reference...
. According to Scheid's first published work, Im Innersten meines Herzens empfinde ich tiefe Scham: das Alter im Schrifttum das japanischen Mittelalters (In my Heart of Hearts I feel Deep Shame: the Aged in the Japanese Medieval Literature) the perceived norm of old age primarily as a time of suffering and isolation changed in a context of the newly emerging feudal structures.
Scheid produced the first monograph of Yoshida Shinto in a Western language; and he published translations of three important Yoshida texts. The comprehensive religious system which became known as Yoshida Shinto was founded by Yoshida Kanetomo
Yoshida Kanetomo
was an Japanese Shinto priest in the Momoyama period. He was a seminal figure in the evolution of a coherent descriptive and interpretive schema of Shinto ritual and mythology.-Career:...
(1435–1511). Scheid's work investigated this seminal figure's influence on the evolution of Shinto ritual and mythology in the Muromachi period
Muromachi period
The is a division of Japanese history running from approximately 1336 to 1573. The period marks the governance of the Muromachi or Ashikaga shogunate, which was officially established in 1338 by the first Muromachi shogun, Ashikaga Takauji, two years after the brief Kemmu restoration of imperial...
through the Azuchi-Momoyama period
Azuchi-Momoyama period
The came at the end of the Warring States Period in Japan, when the political unification that preceded the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate took place. It spans the years from approximately 1573 to 1603, during which time Oda Nobunaga and his successor, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, imposed order...
.
Academic web projects
Scheid is a webmaster who has developed and maintained academic websites with the objective of advancing teaching and research in Japanese studies.- 11th International Conference of the European Association of Japanese Studies (EAJS), 2004
- Religion in Japan, since 2001.
- Institute for the Cultural and Intellectual History of Asia, Vienna, since 1999.
- Fudokipedia, since 1996
- Hachiman-no-pedia, since 1996
- Center of Asian Studies and Social Anthropology, Vienna, 2008–2009
Selected works
In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Bernhard Scheid, OCLCOCLC
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encompasses roughly 10+ works in 20+ publications in 3 languages and 300+ library holdings.
- 2006 — The Culture of Secrecy in Japanese Religion. London: Routledge. 13-ISBN 9780415546898/10-ISBN 0415546893; OCLC 318419669
- 2002 — Tracing Shinto in the History of Kami Workshop (with Mark TeeuwenMark TeeuwenMark J. Teeuwen is a Dutch academic and Japanologist. He is an expert in Japanese religious practices, and he is a Professor at the University of Oslo...
). Nagoya, Japan: Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture. OCLC 51905524 - 2001 — Der eine und einzige Weg der Götter: Yoshida Kanetomo und die Erfindung des Shinto. Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 10-ISBN 3700129890/13-ISBN 9783700129899; OCLC 186460367
- 1996 — Im Innersten meines Herzens empfinde ich tiefe Scham: das Alter im Schrifttum das japanischen Mittelalters. Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. OCLC 123259411