Doctoral Studies

Students who hold a Master’s degree in Chinese Studies are eligible to pursue a doctorate degree at the Institute of Chinese Studies at the University of Freiburg. Information on doctoral studies, including an overview of scholarship programs, can be found on the website of the International Graduate Academy at the University of Freiburg. An overview of on-going dissertation projects can be found here.

Prof. Nicola Spakowski invites applications in the field of twentieth and twenty-first century China, in particular in the following areas:

- women and gender studies
- social developments
- historiography and popular / public history
- ideology
- scientific and political discourse
 

Prof. Daniel Leese supervises MA theses and PhD dissertations in the field of Chinese history and politics, in particular in the following areas:

- CCP party history
- Maoism as ideology and social practice
- history of Chinese law
- history of the Qing dynasty
- environmental history
 

JunProf. Lena Henningsen invites applications in the field of Chinese culture in twentieth and twenty-first century China, in particular in the following areas:

- literature
- popular culture
- consumer culture
- music