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Sabine Hanke

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Historian of Modern History, mainly researching and teaching things ~ transnational, colonial, animal ~ also coffee coffee coffee and biking University of Tübingen, Germany she/her

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Sabine Hanke @sabinehanke.bsky.social · Jan 16

Please share and maybe request for your library! Happy that my book “Worlds of the Ring: Nation and Empire in the British and German Circus” will be published with @manchesterup.bsky.social later this month manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526175090/

Manchester University Press - Worlds of the ring

Worlds of the ring - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of Worlds of the ring by Sabine Hanke

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Tom Menger @tommenger.bsky.social · Sep 5

Publication day! My book The Colonial Way of War has finally appeared with CUP. The book is the first comparative & transimperial study of the violence of colonial warfare around 1900, based on an extensive empirical base &case studies from the British, German & Dutch Empire. It... shorturl.at/crWw2

The Colonial Way of War

Cambridge Core - Global History - The Colonial Way of War

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Matt Fitzpatrick @kilderbenhauser.bsky.social · Aug 15

Announcing a PhD scholarship for a history project on imperialism and great power projection in the Pacific. Supervised by Prudence Flowers and I here at Flinders, Adelaide. It includes an international fee waiver and stipend. Start Jan 2026. www.flinders.edu.au/scholarships...

PhD Scholarship: Pacific Powers - Flinders University

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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · Jul 29

The spectacle of the circus has long been controversial - but how did performers resist the 'exoticised' commodification of their identities?

Sabine Hanke @sabinehanke.bsky.social examines the history of Lakota performers in the Sarrasani circus in interwar Germany:
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Performing the Exotic and Lakota Resistance

Sabine Hanke examines how Lakota performers challenged and resisted the 'exotic othering' of their identities in the Sarrasani circus.

www.historyworkshop.org.uk

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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · Jul 29

How is itinerance tangled up with hierarchies of race, labour, and cultural legitimacy?

Sabine Hanke (@sabinehanke.bsky.social) examines the history of Lakota performers in interwar Europe and their fraught relationship with the Sarrasani Circus.

www.historyworkshop....

Performing the Exotic and Lakota Resistance

Sabine Hanke examines how Lakota performers challenged and resisted the 'exotic othering' of their identities in the Sarrasani circus.

www.historyworkshop.org.uk

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Dr. Dominik Huenniger @dominikhhh.bsky.social · Apr 17

Our „Emergence of Natural History“ series @degruyterbrill.bsky.social is growing! The latest volume was just published: Pieter van Wingerden's fascinating account of "The Natuurkundige Commissie in the Netherlands Indies (1820–1850)."
Please get in touch if you have a #HistNatHist book proposal.

The <i>Natuurkundige Commissie</i> in the Netherlands Indies (1820–1850)

"The <i>Natuurkundige Commissie</i> in the Netherlands Indies (1820–1850)" published on 14 Apr 2025 by Brill.

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Rohan Deb Roy @rohandroy.bsky.social · Mar 30

I am co-organising a workshop (with Dr Isabel Davis) on 'Colonies, hives and queens: Insects and Imperialism' at the Natural History Musuem in London on Thursday the 3rd of April. There will be a set of flash talks on the theme in the morning. Teams link:
teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi...

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Sabine Hanke @sabinehanke.bsky.social · Feb 12

Thanks to @meganmaruschke.bsky.social for pointing me to it!

Sabine Hanke @sabinehanke.bsky.social · Feb 12

I’m studying the history of birds of paradise and this species has just become even more fascinating! The male birds can glow - a visual effect known as photoluminescence.

“These birds in their natural habitat are going to be even more fluorescent than in museums”

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/s...

Birds of Paradise Glow on Their Mating Parade (Gift Article)

The always colorful males light up with biofluorescence, sending off signals.

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · Feb 6

If you're looking for news from fellow historians, try our Starter Pack of #History societies and networks go.bsky.app/68FsvjY.

With 100+ organisations working for history, it offers information on events, funding and campaigning for our discipline and profession: UK, Europe & RoW #skystorians

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Sabine Hanke @sabinehanke.bsky.social · Jan 30

@uoscollections.bsky.social based on a lot of primary research from the fantastic National Fairground and Circus Archive 🎪

Sabine Hanke @sabinehanke.bsky.social · Jan 30

Oh look what has arrived today! Thanks to @manchesterup.bsky.social and everyone involved in getting this out! Worlds of the ring is a rich cultural history that explores the circus from a transnational angle

Image of the book ‘Worlds of the Ring: nation and empire in the British and German circus’ by Sabine Hanke and published with Manchester University Press. Cover shows wild animal tamer lying among lions and tigers

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Sabine Hanke @sabinehanke.bsky.social · Jan 29

And it has great images 😊

Sabine Hanke @sabinehanke.bsky.social · Jan 29

Hot off the press! Not strictly US-related, but a lot of popular culture - please share manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526175090/

Manchester University Press - Worlds of the ring

Worlds of the ring - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of Worlds of the ring by Sabine Hanke

manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk

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Sabine Hanke @sabinehanke.bsky.social · Jan 29

“Noticing that we are at an inflection point is not enough. To overcome it, we need to tackle these underlying structural problems, which inevitably will be a slow process, not a dramatic deed. History is a long game.” @davidmotadel.bsky.social in www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Are we at a turning point in world history? | David Motadel

Political leaders increasingly caution that we are facing a historical ‘inflection point’. Are we?

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Saša Stanišić @sasastanisic.bsky.social · Jan 27

Eine Pressemitteilung der ASF e.V., bei der ich im Kuratorium bin, mit einem persönlichen Einwurf zum heutigen Tag insbesonderen, aber auch eigentlich: zu allen Tagen.

Gerade heute: Brandmauer schützen und menschenfeindlicher Hetze entgegentreten! – Aktion Sühnezeichen Friedensdienste e.V.

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Uni of Sheffield Special Collections, Heritage and Archives @uoscollections.bsky.social · Jan 16

In 2024, the National Fairground and Circus Archive (NFCA) turned 30 years old!🎉🎈🎪

We celebrated by creating the #NFCAat30 podcast which features very special guests who have made the NFCA what it is today. Listen to all episodes now on Uni of Sheffield Player ▶️ tinyurl.com/bdcmnd4z

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Uni of Sheffield Special Collections, Heritage and Archives @uoscollections.bsky.social · Jan 9

🎪 Did you know we look after the National Fairground and Circus Archive? 🎠

This unique research archive is dedicated to collecting and preserving the history of fairs, the circus and travelling popular entertainment in the UK.

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Sabine Hanke @sabinehanke.bsky.social · Jan 16

In it, I discuss the correlation between the modern circus’s evolution and modes of imperialism/nationalism, revealing how these enterprises shaped national identities for popular audiences.

Sabine Hanke @sabinehanke.bsky.social · Jan 16

Manchester University Press - Worlds of the ring

Worlds of the ring - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of Worlds of the ring by Sabine Hanke

manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk

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Rachel Carson Center for Environment & Society @carsoncenter.bsky.social · Jan 13

📣 The Turku Book Prize deadline is fast approaching! Submit your monographs now.

www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/outreach/tur...

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · Jan 10

From new Nursing History to household economy in Victorian England, we're publishing a range of cutting-edge research across Modern History this January.

Take a look at all new Modern History titles from MUP this month:

tinyurl.com/ycyvsf25

#MUPAcademic #ModernHistory

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Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · Jan 3

We are looking for people who want to talk about their new books (2024 or 25) in environmental humanities broadly defined on the Greenhouse #envhum book talk series this spring.

Online Mondays at 4pm Central European time. (If you are in Asia/Australia, it’s at 10am CET)

Contact me to set a date!

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ESEHNextGate @esehnextgate.bsky.social · Dec 12

🚨 Call for Applications: Writing Support Programme
Got a work-in-progress and want to workshop it in a constructive peer group? Do apply to join us:

#envhist
#envhum

@eseh.bsky.social @envhistnow.bsky.social @monabie.bsky.social @sebmergence.bsky.social

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ERC Project Atlantic Exiles @atlanticexiles.bsky.social · Dec 22

Hello! 👋 Welcome to our new blue sky account!

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