Mátyás Mervay

Mátyás Mervay is a Research Fellow at New York University's Center for European and Mediterranean Studies. He holds a PhD in East Asian and Modern European History (2024) from NYU, an MA in Modern and Contemporary Chinese History (2017) from Nankai University, and a BA in History and East Asian Cultures (2012) from Eötvös Loránd University.

His research bridges Habsburg Central Europe and China, focusing on

• Transnational and Global History
• Refugee and Migrant Diasporas
• History of the Habsburg Empire in East Asia
• European Imperialism and Colonialism in China
• Republican-Era Chinese History

Recent publications analyze

• Austro-Hungarian refugee soldiers in China (2018)
• Shanghai’s Hungarian Jewish rescuer Paul Komor (2023)
• Interwar Shanghai migrant communities (2024)

with upcoming work on the Oxford Handbook of Global Habsburg History (2025).

Scientific awards include

• R. John Rath Prize (2025)
• University of Vienna GLORE Fellowship (2023)
• Jewish Culture Fellowship Grant (2023)