Prof. Dr. Felix Wemheuer
East Asia Department, Chinese Studies
Raum: 3.04
Dürener Straße 56–60
E-mail: felix.wemheuer(at)uni-koeln.de
Phone: +49 221 470 5401
Short Biography
2014 - present
Chair Professor for Modern China Studies at the University of Cologne
2013
Habilitation in Sinology, University of Vienna
2012 - 2014
Assistant Professor for Sinology, University of Vienna
2008 - 2010
Visiting Scholar at the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University
2006 - 2011
Full-Position as Lecturer for Sinology at the University of Vienna
2006
PhD in Sinology, University of Vienna
2004 - 2006
Half-Position as Lecturer for Sinology, University of Vienna
2004
M.A. in China Studies, Chinese and Politics of East Asia Ruhr-University-Bochum
Research Interests
- Social History of Maoist China
- Food Politics and Famine
- History and Memory of the Chinese Cultural Revolution
- Class and Gender in China’s Transformation after 1978
Academic Memberships
2015 - present
Member of the academic advisory board of ASIEN – The German Journal on Contemporary Asia
April 2015 - present
Director of the Department for East Asian Studies, University of Cologne
2008 - 2015
Vice-Director of the Study Program in Sinology at the Institute for East Asian Studies, University of Vienna