PD Dr. Sven Trakulhun

Contract University Teacher
Address
University of Hamburg
Faculty of Humanities
Asia-Africa Institute
Sprachen und Kulturen Südostasiens
Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, East Wing
20146 Hamburg
Office hours
Contact
Tel: +49 40 42838-2104
Email: trakulhun"AT"gmx.de
Key aspects of activity
- Thai History
- History of Europe-Asia relations and encounters
- Global History of Religions and Ideas
- Colonial and postcolonial history
My field of expertise is the history of contacts between Europe and Asia, in particular Thailand, focusing on the mutual processes of appropriation and demarcation in politics, culture and religion from the 16th to the 19th century. I have received scholarships and external funding from a range of national and international foundations, including the German Research Foundation, the European Research Council and the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences.
My present research considers the history of diplomatic relations between Southeast Asia and Europe from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century.