Prof. Dr. Jörg Thomas Engelbert - Curriculum Vitae
- Birth day 25. November 1961
- Place of birth Potsdam
- Nationality German
Work
- Since October 1, 2002 Professor for Vietnamese Language and Culture, University of Hamburg
- 2000-2002 Fellow (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter), Research Project "Ethnic developments and politics in the Southern Laotian Provinces of Champasak und Attapeu (Boloven Plateau)", sponsored by the German Research Society (DFG). Director of the Research Project: Prof. em. Dr. Hans Dieter Kubitscheck
- 1999-2000 Consultant, AGEF GmbH (Development and Human Resources Inc.), Berlin
- 1996-1999 Fellow, Department of Southeast Asian Studies, Institute for Asian and African Studies, Humboldt University Berlin
- 1995-1996 Fellow, Research Project: "Nationalitätenpolitik (Ethnic Politics) in Southeast Asia", sponsored by the DFG, Institute for Asian and African Studies, Humboldt University Berlin. Director of the Research Project: Prof. Dr. Hans Dieter Kubitscheck
- 1994-1995 Fellow, Department of Southeast Asian Studies, Institute for Asian and African Studies, Humboldt University Berlin
- 1990-1994 Fellow, Department of International Relations in Asia, Institute for Asian and African Studies, Humboldt University Berlin
- 1982 (April- Sept.) Worker, Cable Factory, Berlin
- 1980-1982: Compulsory Military Service
University Education
- 2001 Venia Legendi, Subject: History of Southeast Asia
- 2000 Second Doctoral Dissertation (Habilitation), Humboldt University Berlin
- 1990 Dissertation, Subject: Vietnamese Studies, Result: "Magna cum laude", Department of Asian Studies, Humboldt University Berlin
- 1987-1990 Research Assistant, International Relations in Asia, Department of Asian Studies, Humboldt University Berlin
- 1987 Diploma, Final Result: "Very good"
- 1982-1987 Vietnamese Studies/History, Department of Asian Studies, Humboldt University Berlin
School Education
- 1980 School Leaving Exam (Abitur)
- 1975-1980 Secondary School (Erweiterte Oberschule) "Gerhart Hauptmann", Berlin-Friedrichshagen
- 1968-1975 General High School (Polytechnische Oberschule) "Wilhelm Guddorf", Berlin-Rahnsdorf
Research Abroad
- 2003 University of Ho Chi Minh City/ National Archives Nr. 2, Ho-Chi-Minh-City, two months
- 2001, 2002 Vientiane/ Attapeu, Laos, field research, four months
- 1991-2001 Archival Research in Paris (Service Historique de l'Armée de Terre) and Aix-en-Provence (Centre des Archives d'Outre-Mer), one month of archival research each year
- 1994 USA, Visiting Scholar at the John King Fairbank Center for East Asian Research, Harvard University Cambridge, MA, four months
- 1992-1993 Vietnam, University of Ho Chi Minh City, twelve months
- 1989 Vietnam, University of Hanoi, nine months
Participation in International Conferences
- 1999 Looking Back to the Past to Gain New Perspectives for the Future. Conference on Quantitative Economic History of Vietnam, Nichi-Futsu Kaikan/ Hitosubashi University, Tokyo
- 1998 14th EUROSEAS Conference, University of Hamburg
- 1998 Les conflits post-coloniaux en Indochine, Institut d'Histoire du Temps Présent/ École Nationale Supérieure de Cachan, Paris
- 1997 3d EUROVIET Conference, University of Amsterdam
- 1995 2nd EUROVIET Conference, Université de Provence/CNRS, Aix-en-Provence
- 1993 First EUROVIET Conference, Nordic Institute for Asian Studies, Copenhagen
- 1993 Symposium Nationalism and Ethnicity in Southeast Asia, Humboldt University Berlin
Languages
- German: native speaker
- Vietnamese: Diploma, after five years of study, near native speaker proficiency
- French, English and Russian: fluent
- Khmer and Lao: basic knowledge, after two years of study