Lukas Schemper
Biographic Data
| ID | 4089396 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lukas Schemper |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lukas |
| FAMILY NAME | Schemper |
| SIGNATURE | SCHEMPER L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Leibniz Centre for Literary and Cultural Research |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1014-9330 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Turning humanitarian
Research on the role of international organizations (IOs) during the Second World War has traditionally emphasized their supposed insignificance and failure. However, during the global conflict, a number of IOs demonstrated a notable capacity for resilience and inventiveness, adapting their practices and methods to continue fulfilling their mandates. In this context, this study proposes to re-examine the role of IOs during the Second World War th…
Sketching configurations of imperial sovereignty through nineteenth-century maritime safety
This article explores the nineteenth-century view that the organization of maritime safety – the ability to control or circumvent the natural forces of waterways and ensure safe navigation and rescue at sea – was one of several ‘standards of civilization’ attributable to western states that would justify a derogation of a state's sovereignty if not met. It investigates this hierarchical understanding by discussing examples of maritime safety in t…
Introduction
This forum explores how maritime rescue has historically been bound up with questions of sovereignty. The contributions approach both concepts as constituted by concrete practice, normative order and cultural symbolism, tracing how efforts to save lives at sea became intertwined with law, morality and political authority. It is argued that maritime spaces have long served as laboratories for the articulation of sovereign power, while lifesaving p…
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 nationality or other characteristics. Rather than stagnating or being disbanded during the Nazi period, the society expanded significantly, with a sharp increase in membership. It branded itself—visually and semantically—as a Nazi organization. Analysi…
The International Moral Economy of Saving Lives at Sea in the Late Ottoman Empire
This article discusses the international conditions and actions that in the mid-nineteenth century have led to the creation of a service to prevent shipwreck and save lives at the entrance to the Bosporus, at the time an increasingly important strategic and commercial global passage. The initiative for its creation originated in lobbying by the western shipping and insurance industry in Constantinople, the provision of expertise from the British …
Diasporas and American debates on German unification
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Diasporas and American debates on German unification
The International Moral Economy of Saving Lives at Sea in the Late Ottoman Empire
This article discusses the international conditions and actions that in the mid-nineteenth century have led to the creation of a service to prevent shipwreck and save lives at the entrance to the Bosporus, at the time an increasingly important strategic and commercial global passage. The initiative for its creation originated in lobbying by the western shipping and insurance industry in Constantinople, the provision of expertise from the British …
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 nationality or other characteristics. Rather than stagnating or being disbanded during the Nazi period, the society expanded significantly, with a sharp increase in membership. It branded itself—visually and semantically—as a Nazi organization. Analysi…
Turning humanitarian
Research on the role of international organizations (IOs) during the Second World War has traditionally emphasized their supposed insignificance and failure. However, during the global conflict, a number of IOs demonstrated a notable capacity for resilience and inventiveness, adapting their practices and methods to continue fulfilling their mandates. In this context, this study proposes to re-examine the role of IOs during the Second World War th…
Sketching configurations of imperial sovereignty through nineteenth-century maritime safety
This article explores the nineteenth-century view that the organization of maritime safety – the ability to control or circumvent the natural forces of waterways and ensure safe navigation and rescue at sea – was one of several ‘standards of civilization’ attributable to western states that would justify a derogation of a state's sovereignty if not met. It investigates this hierarchical understanding by discussing examples of maritime safety in t…
Introduction
This forum explores how maritime rescue has historically been bound up with questions of sovereignty. The contributions approach both concepts as constituted by concrete practice, normative order and cultural symbolism, tracing how efforts to save lives at sea became intertwined with law, morality and political authority. It is argued that maritime spaces have long served as laboratories for the articulation of sovereign power, while lifesaving p…
Colonial History and Postcolonial Studies (2 works) · History (2 works) · History (2 works) · International Maritime Law Issues (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Sovereign state (2 works) · Sovereignty (2 works)