Christian Langer
Biographic Data
| ID | 4071902 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christian Langer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christian |
| FAMILY NAME | Langer |
| SIGNATURE | LANGER C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Peking University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0447-4671 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Chinese Archaeology in the Middle East: Heritage, Transnational Connectivity, and the Belt and Road Initiative
The Nile and the Yellow River: Comparative Studies between Ancient Egypt and China
This paper explores the evolving landscape of comparative research between ancient Egypt and China, focusing on various aspects such as culture, writing systems, political economy, and motivations behind these comparisons done in China and international environments. Embedded with the historical context, motivations and methodologies of scholars engaged in this comparative endeavour, the authors suggest that such research is linked to modern Chin…
Chinese Archaeology in Egypt
This chapter discusses the entry of China in Egyptian archaeology and its long-term impact on the field against the wider background of the expansion of Chinese world archaeology along the Belt and Road Initiative. Egyptian archaeology today commands unsurpassed international interest. China’s involvement in a field linked to European colonialism, the ideological legitimation of Western civilisation and the conflicted ancient Egyptian heritage is…
Egyptology: A Decolonial Investigation
Postcolonial Theory in Egyptology: Key Concepts and Agendas
Multiculturalism and the multicultural in Ancient Egypt
This paper scrutinizes the characterization of ancient Egyptian society as multicultural and the related use of the concept and terminology of multiculturalism in research and public communications on ancient Egyptian society. An initial outline of the concept of multiculturalism sets the stage for a review of its application in specialist literature. It may seem sensible to ascribe multiculturalism or a multicultural reality to Egypt, given its …
O colonialismo informal da Egiptologia: Da missão francesa ao Estado de segurança
Esta contribuição é uma revisão crítica da história colonial da Egiptologia. Ele traça o desenvolvimento do campo desde seus primeiros dias sob o colonialismo europeu e a competição geopolítica intraeuropeia até o advento do controle egípcio nos tempos atuais. A exploração do passado do Egito antigo foi enquadrada como parte de uma missão civilizadora por meio da qual a Europa arrancaria o Egito das garras da dominação otomana e restauraria a ter…
The Political Realism of the Egyptian Elite: A Comparison between The Teaching For Merikare and Niccolò Machiavelli’s Il Principe
A comparison between The Teaching for Merikare and Niccolò Machiavelli ’s Il Principe produces some astonishing results. While Machiavelli ’s treatise is generally thought to be representative of the dawn of modern Western political realism, its essential properties are already present in Merikare . This includes the firm belief in strong authority, the fallibility of man, the need to appease the masses, and, if necessary, the demand to repress a…
Postcolonial Theory in Egyptology: Key Concepts and Agendas
The Nile and the Yellow River: Comparative Studies between Ancient Egypt and China
This paper explores the evolving landscape of comparative research between ancient Egypt and China, focusing on various aspects such as culture, writing systems, political economy, and motivations behind these comparisons done in China and international environments. Embedded with the historical context, motivations and methodologies of scholars engaged in this comparative endeavour, the authors suggest that such research is linked to modern Chin…
Chinese Archaeology in the Middle East: Heritage, Transnational Connectivity, and the Belt and Road Initiative
Egyptology: A Decolonial Investigation
The Political Realism of the Egyptian Elite: A Comparison between The Teaching For Merikare and Niccolò Machiavelli’s Il Principe
A comparison between The Teaching for Merikare and Niccolò Machiavelli ’s Il Principe produces some astonishing results. While Machiavelli ’s treatise is generally thought to be representative of the dawn of modern Western political realism, its essential properties are already present in Merikare . This includes the firm belief in strong authority, the fallibility of man, the need to appease the masses, and, if necessary, the demand to repress a…
The Political Realism of the Egyptian Elite: A Comparison between The Teaching For Merikare and Niccolò Machiavelli’s Il Principe
A comparison between The Teaching for Merikare and Niccolò Machiavelli ’s Il Principe produces some astonishing results. While Machiavelli ’s treatise is generally thought to be representative of the dawn of modern Western political realism, its essential properties are already present in Merikare . This includes the firm belief in strong authority, the fallibility of man, the need to appease the masses, and, if necessary, the demand to repress a…
O colonialismo informal da Egiptologia: Da missão francesa ao Estado de segurança
Esta contribuição é uma revisão crítica da história colonial da Egiptologia. Ele traça o desenvolvimento do campo desde seus primeiros dias sob o colonialismo europeu e a competição geopolítica intraeuropeia até o advento do controle egípcio nos tempos atuais. A exploração do passado do Egito antigo foi enquadrada como parte de uma missão civilizadora por meio da qual a Europa arrancaria o Egito das garras da dominação otomana e restauraria a ter…
Multiculturalism and the multicultural in Ancient Egypt
This paper scrutinizes the characterization of ancient Egyptian society as multicultural and the related use of the concept and terminology of multiculturalism in research and public communications on ancient Egyptian society. An initial outline of the concept of multiculturalism sets the stage for a review of its application in specialist literature. It may seem sensible to ascribe multiculturalism or a multicultural reality to Egypt, given its …
Chinese Archaeology in Egypt
This chapter discusses the entry of China in Egyptian archaeology and its long-term impact on the field against the wider background of the expansion of Chinese world archaeology along the Belt and Road Initiative. Egyptian archaeology today commands unsurpassed international interest. China’s involvement in a field linked to European colonialism, the ideological legitimation of Western civilisation and the conflicted ancient Egyptian heritage is…
Egyptology: A Decolonial Investigation
Postcolonial Theory in Egyptology: Key Concepts and Agendas
Chinese Archaeology in the Middle East: Heritage, Transnational Connectivity, and the Belt and Road Initiative
The Nile and the Yellow River: Comparative Studies between Ancient Egypt and China
This paper explores the evolving landscape of comparative research between ancient Egypt and China, focusing on various aspects such as culture, writing systems, political economy, and motivations behind these comparisons done in China and international environments. Embedded with the historical context, motivations and methodologies of scholars engaged in this comparative endeavour, the authors suggest that such research is linked to modern Chin…
Political science (6 works) · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (4 works) · History (4 works) · Ancient history (3 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (3 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Art (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · History (3 works) · Law (3 works)