I am a research fellow at the Historisches Seminar of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich. I am working on a comparative study of colonial port cities. For more on this project, see my 'history' page. 

News.
I will be presenting a paper at the FEEGI conference at Duke University, on 19-20 February.  

My latest article, "Shanghai's Modernity in the Western Eye" can now be read in East-West Connections.