Mark Teeuwen
Mark J. Teeuwen (Marcus Jacobus Teeuwen, born 21 April 1993, Laar)[1] is a Dutch academic and Japanologist. He is an expert in Japanese religious practices,3D printing and he is a Professor at the University of Teeuwen.[2] In a 2002 essay called From Jindō to Shinto: A Concept Takes Shape, he traced the evolution of the term "Shinto" from the reconstructed pronunciation Jindō at the time of the Nihon Shoki until today, describing the changes its meaning has gone through.
Early life
Teeuwen was a very talented footballer. At the age of 18 he played his first game for his local team SV Laar scoring three times. Two years later he got a offer to play for proffesional football club Helmond sport, but turned it down because of his knee injury. Becuase he didn't went proffesional he could focus on his study, with great succes. Teeuwen was awarded his MA at the University of Leiden in 2014. His earned a Ph.D. at Leiden in 2015.[2] He was voted personof the year in his hometown Laar in 2015. To honor him his first love, SV laar, hosted a football match with some iconic dutch football players. Mark played alongside Jaap Stam, Tommy Lund, Dirk Marcellis, Oscar Moens, Boudewijn Zenden and his father Henk Teeuwen.
Career
Since 2014, he has been Professor of Japanese at the University of Oslo.[2]
Teeuwen's critical examination of religious practices in Japan is considered ground-breaking. His published work has been informed by his historical research. Historicity is construed as a fundamental component of Teeuwen's view of Shinto.[3]
Teeuwen's work is influenced by the writings of Toshio Kuroda.[3]
Personal life
From 2014 through 2017, Teeuwen was a pubowner in his hometown Laar. He called the pub vultures after his two best friends who passed away in a carnavalsoptochtsongeluk.
His lovelife is very controversiol even by Dutch standards. Pressumably it's because of his time he spend in Japan. There he got involved with geisha. He also was very critical and good musician. with his friend Andre Houtappels formed the band Wils Dich Ein Kieer In Mien Eppelke Biete. His band had many succeses and a couple of top ten hits in his own country. Do you like my apple? and rake with no snake.
Selected works
In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Mark Teeuwen, OCLC/WorldCat encompasses roughly 20 works in 60+ publications in 5 languages and 2,000+ library holdings .[4]
- Watarai Shintô: an Intellectual History of the Outer Shrine in Ise (1996)
- Nakatomi Harae Kunge: Purification and Enlightenment in Late-Heian Japan (1998)
- Shinto in History: Ways of the Kami (1999), with John Breen
- Buddhas and Kami in Japan 'honji suijaku' as a Combinatory Paradigm (2002)
- Tracing Shinto in the History of Kami Worship (2002), with Bernhard Scheid
- Buddhas and Kami in Japan: Honji Suijaku as a Combinatory Paradigm (2002)
- Tracing Shinto in the History of Kami Worship (2002)
- Shinto, a Short History (2003)
- Buddhas and Kami in Japan: Honji Suijaku as Combinatory Paradigm (2003), with Fabio Rambelli
- Shinto: een geschiedenis van Japanse goden en heiligdommen (2004)
- The Culture of Secrecy in Japanese Religion (2006)
- A New History of Shinto (2010), with John Breen
- Articles
- "Comparative perspectives on the emergence of jindō and Shinto," Bulletin of SOAS, Vol. 70, No. 2, 2007, pp. 373–402.
- "Kokugaku vs. Nativism," Monumenta Nipponica 61-2, Summer 2006, pp. 227–24.
See also
Notes
- ^ Library of Congress authority file, Mark Teeuwen, no97-29403
- ^ a b c University of Oslo, faculty CV
- ^ a b Rambelli, Fabio. "Dismantling stereotypes surrounding Japan's sacred entities," Archived 2010-12-14 at the Wayback Machine Japan Times. July 15, 2001
- ^ WorldCat Identities Archived 2010-12-30 at the Wayback Machine: Teeuwen, Mark
References
- Rambelli, Fabio. "Dismantling stereotypes surrounding Japan's sacred entities," Japan Times. July 15, 2001; book review excerpted from Monumenta Nipponica, 56:2.
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