Career#
| Year | Position | Field | Organisation |
|---|---|---|---|
| since 2025 | Assistant Professor | Digital Humanities, Global China | Hong Kong University of Science and Technology |
| 2025 | Lead Coordinator | Area 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2021–2025 | 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
Jahrbuch der Deutschen Vereinigung für Chinastudien
Journal of Chinese History
Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society
Memberships#
- AAS, EACS, DVCS