Research output per year
Research output per year
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Research interests
Humanities - Chinese history
Humanities - Chinese social and economic history
Humanities - History of Sino-US relations
Humanities - Science and technology studies
Humanities - Chinese social and economic history
Humanities - History of Sino-US relations
Humanities - Science and technology studies
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Education/Academic qualification
PhD in Chinese History, PhD, Leipzig University
2022
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure -
SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals
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Research output
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Bridging the Gap: Hijacking the British Boxer Indemnity Fund to Complete the Guangzhou–Hankou Railway
Pelzer, T., Jan 2026, In: Twentieth-Century China. 51, 1, p. 88-116 29 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review
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Introduction of Taiwan-based Engineers to the Chinese Engineers Relational Database (CERD-Taiwan)
PELZER, T., Jan 2026, AREA Ruhr, p. 49-57, 10 p. (AREA Ruhr Working Papers; no. 5).Research output: Working paper
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Chinese Engineers Relational Database 2.0
PELZER, T. (Developer), Dec 2025Research output: Non-textual form › Software
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Engineering societies in China: spaces of professionalization and participation, 1912-1949
Pelzer, T., 23 Sept 2025, In: East Asian Science, Technology and Society. p. 57-86 30 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review
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Engineers on the Move: Elite Geographic Mobility in Republican China
Pelzer, T., Jan 2025, In: Twentieth-Century China. 50, 1, p. 25-55 31 p., 950426.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review
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AI as a Method in Chinese History Research
PELZER, T. (Invited speaker)
30 Jul 2026Activity: Talk or presentation › Keynote
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Scaling Historical Research: Reproducible Large-Scale Extraction of Biographical Sinogram Data
PELZER, T. (Invited speaker)
5 Jun 2026Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited
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Accounting for Digital China
Xiao Wu, A. (Panelist), Weigel, M. (Panelist), PELZER, T. (Panelist) & Guan, C. (Moderator)
22 May 2026Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited
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Where Do We Stand With AI in Humanities and Social Science?
HUNG, J. (Panelist), PELZER, T. (Panelist), WONG, J. K. (Panelist) & SALGUES, C. (Moderator)
24 Mar 2026Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited
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German Association of Chinese Studies (External organisation)
PELZER, T. (Contributor)
1 Jan 2026 → 31 Dec 2027Activity: Membership › Membership of committee
Awards
Datasets
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Chinese Engineers Relational Database Taiwan (CERD-Taiwan)
PELZER, T. (Creator), Zenodo, 26 Nov 2025
Dataset