Stefan Christ

Stefan Christ is a postdoctoral researcher at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), affiliated with the Chair for Sinology focused on Intellectual and Cultural History of China. He holds a PhD from the University of Hamburg and has conducted studies in Berlin, Hamburg, Beijing, and Nanjing. His research examines the conceptual and intellectual history of modern China, particularly the role of quantification in societal modernization and the evolution of theater concepts. Key interests include how numbers acquired conceptual meaning, the shift toward quantification in 20th-century China, and the interplay between statistical practices and governance.

Education: PhD in Sinology (University of Hamburg), MA/BA in Philosophy and Sinology (Berlin/Hamburg). Research affiliations include the Sin-aps project analyzing theoretical dimensions of quantification. His work bridges historical analysis with conceptual philosophy, focusing on how numerical practices shaped Chinese intellectual frameworks.

Publications span topics like statistical undertakings in Shanxi Province, Liang Qichao’s statistical advocacy, and modern Chinese theater theory. He contributes to interdisciplinary projects linking cultural history with quantitative methods. Currently based in Erlangen, he actively publishes in leading journals such as Journal of the European Association for Chinese Studies and Oriens extremus.