Career#
| Year | Position | Field | Organisation |
|---|---|---|---|
| since 2025 | Assistant Professor | Digital Humanities, Global China | Hong Kong University of Science and Technology |
| 2025 | Lead Coordinator | East Asia Studies | China Centre, Kiel University |
| 2020–2024 | Postdoc Researcher | Global Dynamics | Leipzig University |
| 2023 | Postdoc Research Fellow | Economic History | Keio University |
| 2017–2021 | Lecturer & Researcher | Chinese Studies | Leipzig University |
| 2015–2017 | Research assistant | Area Studies | Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities (KWI) |
| 2016 | Internship | Culture Management | German Consulate General, Shanghai |
| 2012–2013 | Student assistant | Chinese Studies | Ruhr-University Bochum |
Education#
| Year | Degree/Program | Field | Institution | Supervisors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018–2022 | PhD (Dr. phil.) | Chinese History / Global Studies | Leipzig University | Elisabeth Kaske & Emma Teng (M.I.T.) |
| 2015–2017 | M. A. | East Asia Studies | Ruhr-University Bochum | Heiner Roetz & Ilse Lenz |
| 2016–2017 | Exchange | East Asia Studies | National Taiwan Normal University | |
| 2011–2015 | B. A. | Chinese Studies & Japanese Studies | Ruhr-University Bochum | Regine Mathias & Jan Schmidt |
| 2014, 2012 | Exchange | Chinese Language | Tongji University | |
| 2013–2014 | Exchange | Human Sciences | Osaka University | Muta Kazue |
Awards#
| Year | Type | Organisation |
|---|---|---|
| 2025–2028* | Research grant | DFG (German Research Foundation) — *did not commence due to conflicting appointments |
| 2023 | Postdoc Fellowship | JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) |
| 2018–2019 | Teaching project grant | Federal Ministry of Education |
| 2011–2017 | Full Scholarship | Studienstiftung (German Academic Scholarship Foundation) |
Elected Positions#
| Year | Type | Organisation |
|---|---|---|
| 2021–2027 | Treasurer and board member | German China Studies Association (DVCS) |
| 2021–2023 | Board representative | Collaborative Research Centre (SFB) 1199 |
Editorships#
Jahrbuch der Deutschen Vereinigung für Chinastudien (since 2024)
Editor assistant for Climate and Culture (2015–17)
Certificates#
Science Communication (National Institute for Science Communication)
Medical Cannabis Specialisation (University of Colorado Boulder)
Research Trips#
| Year | Type | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Archival research at Diet Library, Tokyo Tech, Tokyo/Kyoto/Osaka University archives | Japan |
| 2022–2023 | Archival research at Academia Sinica, Academia Historica, National Central Library | Taiwan |
| 2022 | Research associate, Aix-Marseille University | France |
| 2020 | Archival research at Stanford, Utah, Illinois, Purdue | USA |
| 2018 | Archival research at London School of Economics & SOAS | UK |
| 2018 | Invited visit to M. I. T.; archival research at Harvard, M. I. T., Yale, LoC, Smithsonian, Columbia | USA |
| 2018 | Invited guest researcher, Renmin University | China |
Peer Review Assignments#
Annali di Ca’Foscari. Serie orientale
European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST)
Jahrbuch der Deutschen Vereinigung für Chinastudien
Journal of Chinese History
Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society
Modern Asian Studies
Memberships#
- AAS, EACS, DVCS