Matthias Messmer
Matthias Messmer was born 1967 in St. Gallen, Switzerland. He received his M.A. in Political Science, Law and Economics (St. Gallen) and Ph.D. in Social Sciences (Konstanz). His research is focused on intercultural subjects and topics related to China and Chinese culture. Dr. Messmer is also affiliated with the University of Fribourg (Switzerland) as Senior Research Fellow and his projects include cultural documentation and criticism in the form of writing and photography. He has previously...See more
Matthias Messmer was born 1967 in St. Gallen, Switzerland. He received his M.A. in Political Science, Law and Economics (St. Gallen) and Ph.D. in Social Sciences (Konstanz). His research is focused on intercultural subjects and topics related to China and Chinese culture. Dr. Messmer is also affiliated with the University of Fribourg (Switzerland) as Senior Research Fellow and his projects include cultural documentation and criticism in the form of writing and photography. He has previously published books (in German) such as Soviet and Post-Communist Antisemitism (1997) and China-West-Eastern Encounters (2007). In 2013, he authored (together with Hsin-Mei Chuang) the book China's Vanishing Worlds: Countryside, Traditions and Cultural Spaces (Cambridge: MIT Press). In 2018, he published the book China at its Limits: An Empire's Rise Beyond its Borders (Berlin: Kerber) together with Hsin-Mei Chuang. See less
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Matthias Messmer and Hsin-Mei Chuang: China at Its Limits
China from a new perspective
by James B, Nov 7, 2018
Personally: I have never been to China, but I am very interested in all the new developments in the news on China, and so this book has given me a feeling of knowing more about China than I learn ... Read More
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Jewish Wayfarers in Modern China: Tragedy and Splendor
Book about Jews in China
by James B, Jan 2, 2014
Jewish Wayfarers in Modern China is a rewarding book that I highly recommend. It is made up of a collection of short biographies of persons with a Jewish background who spent at least part of their ... Read More