PhD Dissertations

Dr Wang Yifu

The Rise of Steppe Agriculture: The Social and Natural Environment Changes in Hetao (1840s-1940s)

DFG-Supported Project: "Wasser als Chance und Gefahr - Umweltstrategien am Gelben Fluss (1820er bis 1970er Jahre)"

Dr Cilia Neumann

The Dilemma of China’s Dryland Agriculture in Inner Mongolia: Economic Growth, Poverty Alleviation and Sustainability – The Difficulty to Develop the Idea of Environmentalism

DFG-Supported Project: "Wasser als Chance und Gefahr - Umweltstrategien am Gelben Fluss (1820er bis 1970er Jahre)"

• Fieldwork for Doctoral DissertationRestrain the Enemy: Environmental Alteration along the Yellow River (Inner Mongolia) in the Early People's Republic

Dr Nadine Amsler

The Lord of Heaven in the Inner Chambers: Jesuits, Women, and Domestic Christianity in China (ca. 1580-1690)

• Published as Jesuits and Matriarchs: Domestic Worship in Early Modern China

Dr Wang Shuo

Houqua and His Friends: The Social Network of a Chinese Merchant in the Early Nineteenth Century