Shiqi Xu

Born and raised up in Beijing, Shiqi focused her undergraduate study on EU politics as well as political philosophy and earned her bachelor’s degree in international politics in China. After that, she graduated from the London School of Economics and Political Science with an MSc in European Studies. Her master thesis focused on post-war Germany’s self-understanding in Europe based on Nietzsche’s and Habermas’s thought. Her academic interests involve German romanticism, nationalism, political thought, and Germany’s position in Europe. Her current research explores how German authors around 1800 envisage the literary and philosophical aspects of the notion of home. In particular, she intends to examine the multifaceted notion of home in relation to the concept of absence and the temporalities exhibited in the retrospective creation of home. In her spare time, Shiqi enjoys travel and musicals, and she loves horses, tomatoes, and almost everything in purple.