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Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies
Jan Stanisław Steiner

Jan Stanisław Steiner, MA

  • Assistant Japanese Studies
Room number
ZUB 311

Research Interests

  • Enlightenment thought, philosophy of freedom, and humanism
  • Modern philosophy in Japan (Nakae Chômin, Kuwaki Gen'yoku, Tosaka Jun, Takakuwa Sumio, Umemoto Katsumi)
  • Comparative philosophy
  • Literary history as intellectual history
  • Modern French Literature (Nouveau Roman, Claude Simon)

Academic Background

  • Since 2025: Doctoral student and teaching assistant at the Chair of Japanese Philology, UZH
  • 2023 – 2025: M.A. in Philosophy in Asia and the Islamic World (Monomajor), UZH
  • 2023 – 2024: Research stay at Tôhoku University, Japan
  • 2019 – 2021: Student assistant at the Chair of Japanese philology, UZH
  • 2018 – 2023: B.A. in Japanese Studies and French Literature and Linguistics (Double Major) at UZH

PhD Project

«Freedom and Reflexivity in Nakae Chômin 中江兆民, Kuwaki Gen’yoku 桑木厳翼 und Takakuwa Sumio 高桑純夫». (Under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Raji STEINECK (UZH), Prof. Dr. Simone MÜLLER (UZH), Prof. Dr. ABE Hiroshi (University of Kyoto)

Conferences and Guest Lectures

  • Guest lecture  «「自省の神火」—啓蒙概念から考える中江兆民の自由論», Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan, 22nd of January 2026 (invited) 
  • Conference Paper «Freedom and Modernity in Fukuzawa Yukichi’s and Nakae Chômin’s Thought», 9th ENOJP Conference, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom (4th-6th of September 2025)

Organized Events

  • Symposium 「没後８０周年近年シンポジウム —思想史の中の桑木 厳翼」, Kyoto University, 16.09.2026.
  • Guest Lecture "Truth and Free Will in Nishida Kitarô", Sasaki Ryôsuke (Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan), UZH, 10.11.2025.

Courses

Fall 26 Who Am I? Reflections of the Self in Japanese Literary and Intellectual History 1000-1900 (Readings in Classical Japanese)
Fall 26 Classical Japanese 1 (Teaching Assistant)
Spring 26 Introduction to the Intellectual History of Japan (Lecture)
Fall 25 Nakae Chômin’s (1847-1901) Philosophy of Freedom and the Subject of Democracy (Special Seminar)
Fall 25 Classical Japanese 1 (Teaching Assistant)
Fall 24 Classical Japanese 1 (Teaching Assistant)
Fall 22 Classical Japanese 1 (Teaching Assistant)
Fall 21 Socio-cultural History of Japan (Teaching Assistant)

 

Academic Memberships

  • Swiss Asia Society
  • European Network of Japanese Philosophy
  • 日仏哲学会
  • 比較思想研究会

 

シュタイナー　ヤン・スタニスワフ

哲学修士・講師・研究員・博士課程学生

研究分野: 日本思想哲学史、比較思想、フランス文学
主な研究テーマ: 西洋啓蒙思想系譜（デカルト、ルソー、カント、マルクス）、近代思想における自由概念、近現代日本哲学（福沢諭吉、中江兆民、桑木厳翼、戸坂潤、梅本克己、高桑純夫）、比較哲学、思想としての文学 (クロード・シモン)