Geographies of Empire: Der transpazifische und zirkumkaribische Raum in der Literatur der USA & Transnationale Lokalreligion und globale Buddhisten in China

Biographical Notes

Prof. Dr. Gabriele Pisarz-Ramirez (SFB 1199 & Institute for American Studies, Leipzig University, Germany)
Gabriele Pisarz-Ramirez is a professor of American studies and minority studies at Leipzig University (Germany). Her research interests and fields of publication include inter-American Studies, race and ethnicity (especially Latino/a studies), transculturation, early American Studies, and nineteenth century popular literature.

Prof. PhD Philip Clart (SFB 1199 & Institute of East Asian Studies, Leipzig University, Germany)
After academic way stations in Bonn (Germany), Vancouver (British Columbia, Canada), and Columbia (Missouri, USA), Philip Clart has been working as professor of Chinese culture and history at Leipzig University for the last eight years. His main research areas are history, sociology, and anthropology of Chinese religions, as well as the interactions of religion and literature in late Imperial China. He is co-editor of the monograph series Leipziger Ostasienstudien and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Chinese Religions.

Dr. Nikolas Broy (SFB 1199, Leipzig University, Germany)
Nikolas Broy has been trained in religious studies and Chinese studies at Leipzig University, where he also gained a PhD in religious studies. By combining these two fields of study, his research addresses popular religious sects in modern Chinese societies, Buddhism and violence in East Asia, as well as method and theory of religious studies. He has also studied Japanese at Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto. He held teaching and research positions in Leipzig, at the East Asia Department of the University of Göttingen, and worked at two universities in Hefei (PR China).