Kevin Bockholt is a researcher at the Sinology department at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg.

He received a diploma in East Asian Studies from Universität Duisburg-Essen and completed his Master’s studies in International Sinology at Universität Hamburg. His Ph.D. thesis, undertaken within the graduate school “China in Europe, Europe in China”at Hamburg University, examines the circumstances and main characteristics of the Chinese reporting on the First World War between 1914 and 1919. It retraces how and what kind of war information reached China, illustrates the way in which war-related materials were publicly presented and discussed, and reveals the plurality of actors – both foreign and Chinese – that were involved in the coverage of the war.

During this time, he conducted extended research stays at Fudan University in Shanghai and Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou. Currently, as part of the “Writing History with China” project at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, his primary focus is exploring how Chinese historians conceptualize and reinterpret modes and dynamics of Sino-foreign interactions.

Dr. Kevin Bockholt will be a visiting scholar at FDDI from October 20 to November 19, 2025.