Dr Thoralf Klein

Dr Phil (University of Freiburg) & Dr Habil (University of Erfurt)

  • Reader in Chinese and Global History

Thoralf Klein is a historian of modern China and a global historian. His research focuses on the relationship between China and the wider world in the last 200 years. He has published on a wide range of topics, including the history of religion (with special emphasis on Christianity and political religion), imperialism and (post-)colonialism, transcultural studies, media history, the representation of China in the West, and the history of Sino-German as well as Sino-African relations.

Having received his doctorate in 2000 from the University of Freiburg (Germany), Dr Klein went on to complete his Habilitation at the University of Erfurt in 2007. In 2007/08, he was a Fellow at the College of Cultural Studies at the University of Konstanz. He is currently a review editor and member of the steering group at H-Soz-u-Kult: Communication and Information Services for Historians and a member of the advisory board for the journal Globalgeschichte/Global History.