Lukas Schemper
@lukasschemper.bsky.social
History & Politics | Disaster & Environment | Humanitarianism & Development | Sciences Po & IHEID graduate | research associate for ERC project "Archipelagic Imperatives. Shipwreck and Lifesaving in European Societies since 1800" @zfl-berlin.bsky.social
It’s a contribution to the now-concluded @erc.europa.eu project 'Archipelagic Imperatives' @zfl-berlin.bsky.social & part of my wider research interest into the historical connections between sea rescue societies and the state.
November 11, 2025 at 11:09 AM
It’s a contribution to the now-concluded @erc.europa.eu project 'Archipelagic Imperatives' @zfl-berlin.bsky.social & part of my wider research interest into the historical connections between sea rescue societies and the state.
Too good to be true indeed ;-)
November 7, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Too good to be true indeed ;-)
The entire special issue is now also on project muse: muse.jhu.edu/issue/55723
Project MUSE - Histoire sociale / Social History-Volume 58, Numéro/Number 119, Mai/May 2025
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October 14, 2025 at 10:41 AM
The entire special issue is now also on project muse: muse.jhu.edu/issue/55723
The collection of essays is dedicated to the memory of our co-contributor, Sam Jones, who tragically passed away last year.
October 13, 2025 at 11:04 PM
The collection of essays is dedicated to the memory of our co-contributor, Sam Jones, who tragically passed away last year.
It is part of the spec. issue "Social Imaginaries of Emergency Situations at Sea since 1800" ed. by Trüper et al. - like my article part of the now-concluded @erc.europa.eu project "Archipelagic Imperatives" at @zfl-berlin.bsky.social The other contributions can be found here shorturl.at/YxW4c (4/4)
Vol. 58 No. 119 (2025): Special Issue: "Social Imaginaries of Emergency Situations at Sea since 1800"
| Histoire sociale / Social History
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October 13, 2025 at 10:54 PM
It is part of the spec. issue "Social Imaginaries of Emergency Situations at Sea since 1800" ed. by Trüper et al. - like my article part of the now-concluded @erc.europa.eu project "Archipelagic Imperatives" at @zfl-berlin.bsky.social The other contributions can be found here shorturl.at/YxW4c (4/4)
Part of the article also touches on the Gleichschaltung and engineering of the Nazi charity market, perhaps a broader reminder of what can happen to humanitarianism under fascism...If you'd like to know more, the article is OA on Zenodo: zenodo.org/records/1734... (& soon on project muse) (3/4)
Rescuing the National Body? The Role and Imaginary of Maritime Lifesaving in the Nazi State
The Deutsche Gesellschaft zur Rettung Schiffbrüchiger (DGzRS) is a German maritime rescue organization founded in 1865 and based on humanitarian principles to save shipwrecked persons regardless of na...
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October 13, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Part of the article also touches on the Gleichschaltung and engineering of the Nazi charity market, perhaps a broader reminder of what can happen to humanitarianism under fascism...If you'd like to know more, the article is OA on Zenodo: zenodo.org/records/1734... (& soon on project muse) (3/4)
...maritime lifesaving not only served a certain function for the Nazi state, amplified within the context of WWII, but that idioms of rescue also resonated w/ the social imaginaries of humanitarianism & Nazism. (2/4)
October 13, 2025 at 10:54 PM
...maritime lifesaving not only served a certain function for the Nazi state, amplified within the context of WWII, but that idioms of rescue also resonated w/ the social imaginaries of humanitarianism & Nazism. (2/4)