Bernhard Fuehrer

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Bernhard Fuehrer (Chinese name: Chinese: 傅熊; pinyin: Fù Xióng, born 1960) [1] is a Professor of Sinology at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). [2] As well as teaching classes on Classical Chinese, he has co-authored a series of textbooks on Southern Hokkien (Taiwanese Hokkien) with Yang Hsiu-fang. [3] In 1999, SOAS became the first institution in the United Kingdom to teach a course in Hokkien. Professor Fuehrer has advocated that the study of Taiwan should include the study of Hokkien, as without it the student would be "lacking an important aspect of this field". [4]

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  1. ↑ "奧籍漢學家傅熊佛大講座 聽眾大爆滿" 16 September 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2016
  2. ↑ "Professor Bernhard Fuehrer". School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
  3. ↑ http://eprints.soas.ac.uk/21591/
  4. ↑ Fang, Meili "Taiwanese Language Teaching and Development in the United Kingdom" 2006. Retrieved on 10 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "Bernhard Fuehrer Inaugural Lecture: The Beard of the Master and Other Suppositions" 20 June 2011. Retrieved on 10 August 2016
  6. ↑ "AC Graham Memorial Lectures"



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