Daniel Leese is a Junior Professor of Sinology at the Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg (Germany). In 2003, Leese received his PhD with distinction from the International University Bremen (Germany). Leese’s research interest encapsulates China’s political, social, and cultural history, particularly in the 20th century. His monograph on the Mao Cult: Rhetoric and Ritual in China’s Cultural Revolution, has been published by Cambridge University Press in 2011 in English, and awaits the publication in Chinese. For his research Leese was awarded the ERC Starting Grant, to further investigate the Maoist Legacy.
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