Assistant Professor, Department of Classics Christian Langer, FRHistS is an Assistant Professor in Classics at UGA. His research interests revolve around political economy, labour history and migration in pharaonic Egypt, as well as the colonial heritage of Egyptology and Egyptology in the Global South. With respect to Asian Studies, he has spent the recent years researching the reception of ancient Egypt in modern China and has looked at function of archaeology in the Middle East and North Africa in the context of China's Belt and Road Inititative. 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). Before coming to UGA, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Peking University, School of Arts from 2021 to 2023. Education: Dr. phil. Egyptology, Freie Universität Berlin 2019 M.A. Egyptology, Prehistory & Near East Archaeology, University of Mainz 2011 Selected Publications Selected Publications: 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 (2025), pp. 121–142. Chinese archaeology in the Middle East: heritage, transnational connectivity, and the Belt and Road Initiative. Middle East Critique (2025). DOI: 10.1080/19436149.2025.2505271. Dynamic traditionalism between archaism and futurism: Obelisks as constant in global memorial designs. A. Bujdosó, R. Borda, R. Szerencsés (eds.), P/References of Design, Cumulus Conference Proceedings Budapest 2024, vol.1, Budapest: Cumulus Association and Maholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, pp. 241–258. DOI: 10.63442/RSHF7402. Global Egyptology: awareness, historiography and future implications. ANKH: Revue d'Egyptologie et des Civilisations africaines 32/33 (2025): 317–336. The Nile and the Yellow River: comparative research between ancient Egypt and China (first author, co-authored with Zhao Kexin). Cambridge Archaeological Journal 35(2) (2025): 305–316. DOI: 10.1017/S0959774324000349.
