Regionalforschung und Weltgeschichte in Leipzig

About the Book

Anlässlich des einhundertjährigen Jubiläums des Ostasiatischen Instituts in Leipzig blicken die Autorinnen und Autoren dieses Bandes auf die Anfänge regionalwissenschaftlicher Auseinandersetzung mit ihrem Gegenstand zurück und benennen Herausforderungen, vor denen sie angesichts weltweiter Veränderungen stehen.

Neben Leipziger Schwerpunkten wie Religion, Philologie, Kultur und Medien werden weitere wichtige Forschungsfelder in der Populärkultur, der Anthropologie und der globalen Wirtschaft aufgezeigt.

Biographical Note

Prof. Dr. Matthias Middell (SFB 1199 & Global and European Studies Institute, Leipzig University, Germany)
Matthias Middell is a professor of cultural history at Leipzig University (Germany) as well as a speaker of the SFB 1199 and director of the Global and European Studies Institute at Leipzig University. He studied history earning his PhD from Leipzig University with his research focusing on the French Revolution. Since 2013, he has served as the director of the Graduate School Global and Area Studies in Leipzig and is currently the head of the Erasmus Mundus Global Studies Consortium. He teaches regularly at partner universities and co-supervises PhD candidates with colleagues from France, South Africa, and Ethiopia. His current research interests include the history of the French Revolution from a global perspective, history of cultural transfers around the world, and the role of space in the understanding of the current world being the result of long-lasting global connections.