Martina Siebert

Trained in Chinese studies and history of science, Martina Siebert’s research interests centres on intellectual and material aspects of Chinese history and culture with a specialization in the history of science and technology from the 11th to the 19th century. She has published on Chinese monographs on nature studies and material culture (pulu 譜錄), on Chinese narratives of technological inventions (wuyuan 物原), on Chinese classification schemes for animals and on the digitization of Chinese materials.

Martina received her PhD at the Free University of Berlin in 2002 and has worked at the Free University of Berlin, University of Würzburg, Chinese Normal University in Beijing, the Humboldt University, the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science and as a research fellow and area specialist at the State Library of Berlin.