Assistant Professor Christian Langer, FRHistS earned his doctorate from the Freie Universität Berlin (FUB) with a dissertation on deportations in ancient Egyptian history between 1550 BCE and 1069 BCE. From 2021 to 2023 he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Peking University, School of Arts. His research interests revolve around political and social history, ideology, foreign and domestic policy, political economy, labour, forced migration in pharaonic Egypt, as well as the colonial heritage of Egyptology and Egyptology in the Global South. His publications include Egyptian Deportations of the Late Bronze Age: A Study in Political Economy (Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter, 2021) and the edited collection Global Egyptology: Negotiations in the Production of Knowledges on Ancient Egypt in Global Contexts (London: Golden House Publications, 2017). Education Education: Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, GermanyDr.phil., Egyptology, August 2019Dissertation: “Deportation and the Assignment of Deportees in Ancient Egyptian History: 3000 BCE – 332 BCE.”Committee: Jochem Kahl (FU Berlin, chair), Richard Bußmann (University of Cologne), Tonio Sebastian Richter, Alexander Schunka, Frederic Krüger (FU Berlin) Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, GermanyM.A., Egyptology, Prehistory, Near East Archaeology, December 2011Magister Thesis: “Aspekte des Imperialismus in der Außenpolitik der 18. Dynastie [Aspects of Imperialism in 18th Dynasty Foreign Policy].” University College London, Institute of Archaeology, London, United Kingdom, Academic Year 2016/17 Selected Publications Selected Publications: Monographs 2021 Egyptian Deportations of the Late Bronze Age: A Study in Political Economy. Berlin and Boston: De Gruyter. Review: Christine Johnston in Bryn Mawr Classical Review (2023.03.31). https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2023/2023.03.31/ 2013 Aspekte des Imperialismus in der Außenpolitik der 18. Dynastie. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang. Edited Volumes 2017 Global Egyptology: Negotiations in the Production of Knowledges on Ancient Egypt in Global Contexts. London: Golden House Publications. Special Issues 2023 (co-edited with Uroš Matić) Postcolonial Theory in Egyptology: Applications, Debates and Potentials. Archaeologies: Journal of the World Archaeological Congress. Book Chapters In press Dynamic traditionalism between archaism and futurism: Obelisks as constant in global memorial designs. Proceedings of Cumulus Budapest 2024: P/References of Design. Budapest: Maholy-Nagy University of Art and Design. The ancient Egyptian deportation regime: political economy and ideological punishment in focus. In A. Fagbore, N. Sen and K. Roscoe (eds.), Punishment, Labour and the Legitimation of Power: A Global History over Millennia. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. 2023 Compulsory foreign labour in Late Bronze Age Egypt: Political, economic and ideological factors. In A.A. Loktionov (ed.), Compulsion and Control in Ancient Egypt: Proceedings of the 3rd Lady Wallis Budge Symposium, Christ’s College, Cambridge 27 – 28 August 2020, Oxford: Archaeopress, pp. 93–102. Chinese archaeology in Egypt: between eurocentrism, de-westernisation and decolonisation. In V. Chan C.M., Y. Fong H., D. Hui C.K. and K. Vafadari (eds.), Heritage Conservation and China’s Belt and Road Initiative, London and New York: Routledge, pp. 121–142. 2022 The political economy of foreign labour in pharaonic Egypt, 2700–1069 BCE: An assessment of impacts on Northeast African and Southwest Asian societies. In D.A. Warburton (ed.), The Earliest Economic Growth in World History: Proceedings of the Berlin Workshop, Leuven: Peeters, pp. 131–158. 2018 The concept of ‘Frontier’ in New Kingdom Egypt: A comparative approach to the spatiality of ideology. In J. Winand and G. Chantrain (eds.), Time and Space at Issue in Ancient Egypt, Hamburg: Widmaier Verlag, pp. 47–69. 2017 The informal colonialism of Egyptology: from the French Expedition to the Security State. In M. Woons and S. Weier (eds.), Critical Epistemologies of Global Politics, Bristol: E-International Relations Publishing, pp. 182–202, also available at http://www.e-ir.info/2017/06/01/edited-collection-critical-epistemologies-of-global-politics/. Journal Articles Accepted The Nile and the Yellow River: Comparative research between ancient Egypt and China (first author, co-authored with Zhao Kexin). Cambridge Archaeological Journal. Submitted (under review) Chinese archaeology in the Middle East: Cultural diplomacy, geocultural power and the Belt and Road Initiative. Earth history and interstellar diversity: The reception of ancient Egypt in Star Trek. 2023 Egyptology: A decolonial investigation. Archaeologies: Journal of the World Archaeological Congress 19(1): pp. 39–59. DOI: 10.1007/s11759-023-09472-7. Postcolonial theory in Egyptology: Key concepts and agendas (co-authored with Uroš Matić). Archaeologies: Journal of the World Archaeological Congress 19(1): p. 1–27. DOI: 10.1007/s11759-023-09470-9. 2022 Multiculturalism and the multicultural in ancient Egypt: A preliminary assessment. Fronteiras – Revista Catarinense de História 40: pp. 10–24. DOI: 10.36661/2238-9717.2022n40.13022. 2021 O colonialismo informal da Egiptologia: da missão francesa ao estado de segurança (translated by Thais Rocha da Silva). Mare Nostrum – Estudos sobre o Mediterrâneo Antigo 12(1): 243–268. DOI: 10.11606/issn.2177-4218.v12i1p243-268. 2020 Boundaries, borders and frontiers: Contemporary and past perspectives (first author, co-authored with Manuel Fernández-Götz). eTopoi. Journal for Ancient Studies (Special Volume 7: Political and Economic Interaction on the Edge of Early Empires), pp. 33–47, available at https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/28457. 2015 The political realism of the Egyptian elite: A comparison between the Teaching for Merikare and Niccolò Machiavelli’s Il Principe. Journal of Egyptian History 8(1): 49–79. DOI: 10.1163/18741665-12340020. Courses Taught Courses Taught: CLAS 8020 Awards, Honors and Recognitions Of note: 2024 Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (FRHistS), London, United Kingdom 2023 Visiting Research Fellowship in Ancient Studies, Berliner Antike-Kolleg, Berlin, Germany 2022 Outstanding Postdoctoral Fellow of Peking University (北京大学2022年优秀博士后奖), Beijing, China 2017 Award of the Foundation for Postgraduates, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria
