Sören Urbansky, Dipl.

Sören Urbansky Research Associate and Lecturer Room 4425 Office hours Tel.: 0761/203-3418 Email: soeren.urbansky@geschichte.uni-freiburg.de

Sören Urbansky studied Russian and Chinese history in Berkeley, Kasan, Harbin, Beijing and Frankfurt/Oder where he earned a Diploma in Social and Cultural Studies. He teaches East Asian History at the University of Freiburg and is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Heidelberg within the Cluster of Excellence “Asia and Europe in a Global Context”. His main research interests include the history of modern China, of Russia and the Soviet Union, and the history of borders.

Selected publications:

• Kolonialer Wettstreit. Russland, China, Japan und die Ostchinesische Eisenbahn (Globalgeschichte, Bd. 4), Campus, Frankfurt/New York 2008.
• „Ausradiert und aufpoliert. Das architektonische Erbe des russischen Harbin“, in: Osteuropa, Nr. 3/2008, S. 65-83.

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Download: Dissertation project (abstract)

Link: Cluster of Excellence "Asien und Europa" at the University of Heidelberg