– Appointment as “Professor of Chinese Studies”, Philipps University Marburg, Fakultät für Geschichte und Kulturwissenschaften, Germany (Lehrstuhlvertretung, official working and teaching language at the university is German, comparable with W3) – accepted (2006-2008)

– Appointment as “Associate Professor for Chinese History”, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (tenure position, comparable with C4); working and teaching language at the university is Mandarin Chinese (putonghua) – declined

– Appointment as “Full Professor of Pre-modern Chinese History”, El Colegio de México, Mexico City, México (tenure position, comparable with W3); official working and teaching language at the university is Spanish – accepted (08/2009-09/2010)

– Appointment as “Adjunct Professor”, Department of History, Faculty of Arts, McGill University, Montreal, Canada (since 01.09.09); official working and teaching languages at the university are English and partly French – accepted

– Appointment as “Professor (hoofddocent) of Chinese History”, Ghent University, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Vakgroep Talen en Culturen van Zuid- en Oost-Azië, Belgium (tenure position as government official, comparable with W3); official working and teaching languages at the university are Dutch and partly English – accepted (since 10/2010)

– Secundo loco on the nomination list for the professorship “Internationale Wirtschaftsgeschichte mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Globalgeschichte (International Economic History with Particular Consideration of Global History)” (Vienna University, Historisch-Kulturwissenschaftliche Fakultät)

– Secundo loco on the nomination list for the professorship “Kultur und Geschichte Chinas (Culture and History of China)” (Leipzig University)

– Tertio loco on the nomination list for the professorship “Außereuropäische Geschichte (Non-European History) (Focus East Asia)” (Albert-Ludwig University Freiburg, History Department)