PhD in Political Science (University of Hamburg)
MA in International Studies (Goldsmiths, University of London)
LLB in German Law (University of Hamburg)


Christopher L. Schilling is a lawyer and political scientist. He has held academic positions at universities in Japan, the United Kingdom, Germany, Mexico, the United States, South Korea and Taiwan, and has taught diplomats at the Mexican Foreign Affairs Office. Among his publications are The Japanese Talmud: Antisemitism in East Asia (Hurst, 2023), The Therapized Antisemite: The Myth of Psychology and the Evasion of Responsibility (De Gruyter, 2024), and Zen Judaism: The Case Against a Contemporary American Phenomenon (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021). His research has appeared with Harvard Kennedy School and in Modern Judaism, Journal of Modern Jewish Studies, Israel Affairs, Jewish Political Studies Review, Japan Studies Review, and Journal of Contemporary Antisemitism, among others.