Mitja Saje ( Chinese: 萨米加) (born 16 August 1947) is a Slovenian sinologist. [1]
Mitja Saje was born in
Ljubljana. He studied at both
Faculty of Economics and
Faculty of Arts of the
University of Ljubljana. As a student in the time of former
nonaligned
Yugoslavia he visited most of
European countries, the
United States, and
North Africa. Then together with
Andrej Bekeš in winter 1969–1970, with a basic knowledge of
Japanese, he travelled to
Japan via the
Middle East and
India and back to
Europe through the
USSR. In 1971 the two of them travelled to
East Africa and started to learn
Chinese. In 1972, he graduated at the Faculty of Economics. After graduation, he was employed as consultant for economic development at the
Executive council of the Socialist Republic Slovenia. In 1976 he got a postgraduate scholarship to study in
China, where he obtained a
Master's degree in
History of China at
Nanjing University. After the return from China he started to conduct a Chinese language course at the Faculty of Arts in Ljubljana. There he received his
PhD in 1994 for a thesis discussing the
Chinese economy during the
Ming dynasty.
He lives and works in Ljubljana. He is married to the painter
Wang Huiqin.
In his research he mostly examines subjects related to Chinese economy,
Chinese politics, Chinese history and Chinese language. Since 1995, he has been a
professor at the Chair of Sinology, Department of
Asian and
African Studies at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Ljubljana. He was one of the co-founders of this department and chaired it for four years (1995–1998). He retired in 2015 though he still lectures the subjects of Chinese history and Chinese economics. In 2016 got the title
Professor Emeritus for his contribution to the development of sinology and Asian studies in Slovenia. Since 2006 he is also teaching Chinese history at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the
University of Zagreb in
Croatia.
He is a member of the
European Association for Chinese Studies (EACS). He was one of the hosts of the 'XVI. Biennial Conference of the EACS', which was held in Ljubljana in 2006.
Between 2008 and 2009 he collaborated in the EU-China cultural project on
Hallerstein. During this project he hold presentations on Hallerstein's work and his importance for early cultural relations between Europe and China on symposiums in Slovenia,
Austria,
Czech Republic,
Portugal, and China. At the conclusion of this project he edited a monograph on Hallerstein titled Hallerstein –Liu Songling: The Multicultural Legacy of
Jesuit Wisdom and Piety at the
Qing dynasty Court, which was published in China in Chinese translation in 2014.
After the World Financial Crises in 2009 he is analysing Chinese integration into the
global economy and the economic problems of the globalised world order.
Mitja Saje ( Chinese: 萨米加) (born 16 August 1947) is a Slovenian sinologist. [1]
Mitja Saje was born in
Ljubljana. He studied at both
Faculty of Economics and
Faculty of Arts of the
University of Ljubljana. As a student in the time of former
nonaligned
Yugoslavia he visited most of
European countries, the
United States, and
North Africa. Then together with
Andrej Bekeš in winter 1969–1970, with a basic knowledge of
Japanese, he travelled to
Japan via the
Middle East and
India and back to
Europe through the
USSR. In 1971 the two of them travelled to
East Africa and started to learn
Chinese. In 1972, he graduated at the Faculty of Economics. After graduation, he was employed as consultant for economic development at the
Executive council of the Socialist Republic Slovenia. In 1976 he got a postgraduate scholarship to study in
China, where he obtained a
Master's degree in
History of China at
Nanjing University. After the return from China he started to conduct a Chinese language course at the Faculty of Arts in Ljubljana. There he received his
PhD in 1994 for a thesis discussing the
Chinese economy during the
Ming dynasty.
He lives and works in Ljubljana. He is married to the painter
Wang Huiqin.
In his research he mostly examines subjects related to Chinese economy,
Chinese politics, Chinese history and Chinese language. Since 1995, he has been a
professor at the Chair of Sinology, Department of
Asian and
African Studies at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Ljubljana. He was one of the co-founders of this department and chaired it for four years (1995–1998). He retired in 2015 though he still lectures the subjects of Chinese history and Chinese economics. In 2016 got the title
Professor Emeritus for his contribution to the development of sinology and Asian studies in Slovenia. Since 2006 he is also teaching Chinese history at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the
University of Zagreb in
Croatia.
He is a member of the
European Association for Chinese Studies (EACS). He was one of the hosts of the 'XVI. Biennial Conference of the EACS', which was held in Ljubljana in 2006.
Between 2008 and 2009 he collaborated in the EU-China cultural project on
Hallerstein. During this project he hold presentations on Hallerstein's work and his importance for early cultural relations between Europe and China on symposiums in Slovenia,
Austria,
Czech Republic,
Portugal, and China. At the conclusion of this project he edited a monograph on Hallerstein titled Hallerstein –Liu Songling: The Multicultural Legacy of
Jesuit Wisdom and Piety at the
Qing dynasty Court, which was published in China in Chinese translation in 2014.
After the World Financial Crises in 2009 he is analysing Chinese integration into the
global economy and the economic problems of the globalised world order.