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ao. Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Agnes Schick-Chen
Agnes Schick-Chen
T: +43-1-4277-43847
Winter term 2023
150098 UE Social Science Research Methods in Chinese Studies - Analysing China's story well
Summer term 2023
Schick-Chen, A. (2024). Picturing the Judiciary, Telling the Story of the Judge: The Discursivity and Narrativity of Judicial and Legal Culture in 21st Century Chinese Film. In K. Crawley, T. Giddens, & T. D. Peters (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Cultural Legal Studies Routledge.



Schick-Chen, A. (2020). Von der verlorenen Erinnerung: Zhang Yimous 'Guilai' (Coming Home) als Spiegel gesellschaftlicher Wahrnehmung. In M. Khayutina, & S. Eicher (Eds.), Erinnern und Erinnerung, Gedächtnis und Gedenken: Über den Umgang mit Vergangenem in der chinesischen Kultur (pp. 181-196). Harrassowitz. Jahrbuch der Deutschen Vereinigung für Chinastudien Vol. 14

Hein, I., Pokorny, L., Frank, R., & Schick-Chen, A. (2019). Vienna Journal of East Asian Studies Volume 11. In Vienna Journal of East Asian Studies Volume 11 Vienna Journal of East Asian Studies Vol. 11



Schick-Chen, A. (2017). Images of Redress and Rehabilitation: "pingfan (in) film" and perceptions of coming to terms with the past in China. In H. Peng, & E. Raidel (Eds.), The Politics of Memory in Sinophone Cinemas and Image Culture: Altering Archives (pp. 46-65). Routledge. Routledge Contemporary China Series

Schick-Chen, A. (2016). Recht und Sitte in der Streitschlichtung: der chinesische Diskurs an der Schwelle zum 21. Jahrhundert. In G. Kaminski (Ed.), Wen versus Wu: Streit und Streitschlichtung, Krieg und Frieden in der chinesischen Tradition und Gegenwart (pp. 115-124).



Frank, R., Hein, I., Pokorny, L., & Schick-Chen, A. (Eds.) (2015). Vienna Journal of East Asian Studies 7. (1 ed.) Praesens Verlag. Vienna Journal of East Asian Studies Vol. 7

Schick-Chen, A. (2014). Beschwerde oder Bittgesuch: das chinesische Petitionswesenals Instrument der politisch-rechtlichen Kommunikation. In G. Kaminski (Ed.), Wer hört auf die Bürger: Beschwerdewesen in China und Europa (pp. 269-280).





Schick-Chen, A. (2013). Chinesische Rechtskultur: Recht im Spannungsfeld zwischen Politik und Gesellschaft. In G. Kaminski, & B. Kreissl (Eds.), Mit der Dornenkrone und dem Schwert: Das chinesische Rechtswesen (pp. 7-15). ÖGCF. Berichte des Österreichischen Instituts für China- und Südostasienforschung Vol. 64


Schick-Chen, A. (2012). Introduction: Coming to terms with the past on both sides of the Taiwan Strait: historical and political context. In A. Schick-Chen, & A. Lipinsky (Eds.), Justice Restored? (pp. 9-23). Peter Lang.

Xin Changtai: Neue Normalität als narrative Rekonfiguration politischer Wirklichkeit in einer neuen Ära

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25 Nov 2023

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Of 'dinosaur judges' and 'citizen judges': the narrative framing of Taiwan's judicial reforms

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15 Jun 2023

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Reforming Taiwan's Judiciary: institutional change and identity

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27 Aug 2022

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The Interdiscursivity of ‘Comfort Women’ Memoryscape in Taiwan

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25 Aug 2021

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Re-Theorizing Justice in Late Transition: Acknowledgement based Explanatory Justice and the case of Socialist China

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23 Feb 2019

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Collective Memory and the South China Sea Dispute

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9 Jul 2018

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Explanatory Justice in Late Transition: Retrying the past in Feature and Documentary Film

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17 Mar 2018

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Glücklich ist, wer vergisst= Zhang Yimous "Guilai (Rückkehr)" als Parabel von der verlorenen Erinnerung

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28 Oct 2017

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Talking Rights - Talking Stability: law as communication and labour law in China

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15 May 2017

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Vortrag: The History of the Chinese Legal System

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25 Apr 2017

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Beyond Legal Culture? New Approaches to Chinese Law in International Perspective

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25 Nov 2016

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No Comfort for former 'Comfort Women'? A Transitional Justice perspective

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18 Nov 2016

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A Common Story of Fazhi? The narrative aspect of rule of/by law in China

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5 Nov 2016

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Identifying with "fazhi": the rule of/by law as a narrative in China

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25 Aug 2016

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Chinese Legal History and Culture: contextualizing rule of/by law without enlightenment?

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19 Aug 2016

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Equality before the law and the narrativity of the rule of law and justice in China and Taiwan

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26 Feb 2016

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Intersectionality as a Metaphoric Device in Filmic Representation of Past Victimization

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22 Oct 2015

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Recht und Sitte in der Streitschlichtung: der chinesische Diskurs an der Schwelle zum 21. Jahrhundert

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19 Oct 2015

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Picturing the Judiciary: (re-)constructing the Person of the judge in Chinese film

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27 Sep 2015

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Vom Umkehren von Urteilen und Wiederherstellen von Recht: Volksgerichte und Rehabilitierungen im China der späten 1970er Jahre

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15 Jan 2015

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Beschwerde oder Bittgesuch: das chinesische Petitionswesen als Instrument der politischen Kommunikation

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24 Jun 2014

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Memories of injustice and politico-legal culture

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24 Apr 2014

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Images of Pingfan: the "Rehabilitation Movie" and Coming to Terms with the Past

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16 Dec 2013

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Politics of Memory and the Question of Ethnicity in Taiwan

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20 Nov 2013

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"Speaking Up" (Tammy Cheung, Hong Kong 2005)

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13 Nov 2013

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The Inderdisciplinarity of Justice: Legal Culture and a case study from Chinese history

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12 Nov 2013

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From Memory and Perception to the 1978-divide

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26 Oct 2013

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Chinese Legal History and ist Legacy: continuity and change in the 20th century

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16 Apr 2013

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Picturing Pingfan: Perceptions of Redress and Rehabilitation in "The Legend of Tianyun Mountain"

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8 Mar 2013

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Coming to Terms with the Past in China and Taiwan: the potential of a literary approach

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8 Nov 2012

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Transitional Justice without Institutional Justice: answers from civil society

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6 Nov 2012

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Transitional Justice and Legal Culture: the case of Taiwan

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2 Nov 2012

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Defining Chinese Characteristics: Towards a new theory of legal culture

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24 Sep 2012

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Wahrheit und Wahrnehmung: Bewältigung der Vergangenheit durch Rehabilitierung ihrer Opfer?

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11 May 2012

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Die Rehabilitierung von Opfern der Kulturrevolution - ein erster Schritt der Vergangenheitsbewältigung?

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11 May 2011

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What a difference a movie makes: law and literature in the discourse on law and culture

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3 Dec 2009

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Pingfan: Redressing unjust verdicts and rehabilitating victims

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20 Jan 2009

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Law as profession and identity: a legal culture of jurists

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8 Dec 2007

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Zhengfa: the amalgamation of politics and law and its place in the making of a chinese legal culture

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24 Mar 2007

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Die VR China nach 1979: Reform und Öffnung

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15 Mar 2007

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The literary element in Chinese legal science in the reform period

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18 Oct 2006

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Legal culture, the rule of law and a 'harmoniuos society'

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1 Sep 2006

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Die politische Entwicklung der VR China seit 1979 und ihr sozioökonomischer Hintergrund

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26 Aug 2006

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Kontinuität und Brüche in der chinesischen Rechtskultur

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28 Jun 2006

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Der Diskurs zur chinesischen Rechtskultur in der VR China

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11 Jan 2006

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