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Personal profile
Qualifications
PhD
Biography
I research ancient Chinese philosophical and historical texts. I think it is important to attend to the detail of these texts, but equally important to remain attentive to the big-picture reasons that these texts are still worth reading. I tend to pursue such questions as, "How and why do we seek to know about the past?" and "How do we negotiate the conflicts that arise from our inquiry?" I was trained as a sinologist but have since branched out into comparative philosophy as well. Before coming to the Australian National University, I also taught at the University of Illinois-Chicago (2007-2012) and at the University of Sydney (2013-2020).
Education/Academic qualification
East Asian Studies, PhD, History of a Historian: Perspectives on the Authorial Roles of Sima Qian, Princeton University
Sept 2002 → Jun 2010
Award Date: 1 Oct 2010
East Asian Languages and Literatures, Master, Women of Action in Zuozhuan and Shiji, University of Oregon
Sept 2000 → Jun 2002
Award Date: 1 Jun 2002
Literature, Bachelor, Harvard University
Sept 1993 → Jun 1997
Award Date: 1 Jun 1997
Research student supervision
- Registered to supervise
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Early Chinese Philosophy of History
Klein, E. S., 1 Jan 2025, The Routledge Companion to Chinese Philosophy. Ziporyn, B. & Walker, S. C. (eds.). Taylor and Francis - Balkema, p. 139-149 11 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Chains
Jaivin, L., Klein, E. S. & Ren, A. L., 2023, Canberra: ANU Press. 381 p. (China Story Yearbook; vol. 2022)Research output: Book/Report › Edited Book › peer-review
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Shaping the Historian's Project: Language of Forgetting and Obliteration in the Shiji
Klein, E., Jul 2023, The Craft of Oblivion: Forgetting and Memory in Ancient China. Albany: State University of New York Press, p. 71-96 (SUNY Series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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China Story Yearbook 2021: Contradiction
Jaivin, L., Klein, E. & Strange, S., 2022, 1 ed. Canberra: ANU Press. 323 p. (China Story Yearbook)Research output: Book/Report › Edited Book › peer-review
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Early Chinese Textual Culture and the Zhuangzi Anthology: An Alternative Model for Authorship
Klein, E. S., Sept 2022, Dao Companions to Chinese Philosophy. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., p. 13-42 30 p. (Dao Companions to Chinese Philosophy; vol. 16).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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