معرفی
Georg Lehner, Senior Lecturer at the Department of History, University of Vienna, specializes in Chinese Studies, Cultural History, and European Sinology. His work explores Sino-foreign interactions (1644-1911), the history of Chinese book collections in Europe, and cross-cultural documentation in encyclopaedias.
- Habilitated in Modern History (University of Vienna, 2004)
- PhD in History (University of Vienna, 1995)
- MA in History and Chinese Studies (University of Vienna, 1993)
Research trends from his 15 most recent publications (2010-2023) include: 19th-century European encyclopaedic depictions of China, the evolution of Sino-European linguistic studies, and the role of book markets in cultural transfer. His projects China in European Encyclopaedias (Austrian Science Fund) and Austria-Hungary and the Boxer War (Austrian Science Fund) highlight institutional and imperial contexts in historical scholarship.
Lehner's academic contributions involve cataloging the Austrian National Library's Chinese collection and translating Sinological works between German, French, and Chinese. He teaches courses on Cultural History of the Euro-Atlantic Region, Historiography, and Research Techniques at the University of Vienna.
Selected affiliations:
- University of Vienna (Faculty of History, Department of History)
- Austrian National Library (Sinica Cataloging)
- Österreichische Gesellschaft zur Erforschung des 18. Jahrhunderts
