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Authored Books

Janku, Andrea (2003) Nur leere Reden: Politischer Diskurs und die Shanghaier Presse im China des späten neunzehnten Jahrhunderts. (Only Empty talk: political discourse and the Shanghai press in the late nineteenth century China). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.

Edited Book or Journal Volume

Liu, Ts'ui-jung, Janku, Andrea and Pietz, David, eds. (2018) Landscape Change and Resource Utilisation in East Asia: Perspectives from Environmental History. Abingdon: Routledge. (Academia Sinica on East Asia)

Janku, Andrea, Schenk, Gerrit J. and Mauelshagen, Franz, eds. (2012) Historical Disasters in Context: Science, Religion, and Politics. New York: Routledge. (Routledge studies in cultural history, 15)

Book Chapters

Janku, Andrea (2024) 'Die Kurtisane Liu Rushi und die Epidemien der späten Ming-Zeit.' In: Behr, Wolfgang and Riemenschnitter, Andrea, (eds.), Risiko und Krise: China und der Umgang mit der Unwägbarkeit. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, pp. 185-202. (Forthcoming)

Janku, Andrea (2020) 'Landscapes and Environmental Change: Famous Views of Linfen.' In: Merviö, Mika Markus, (ed.), Recent Social, Environmental, and Cultural Issues in East Asian Societies. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, pp. 118-134.

Janku, Andrea (2020) 'Landscapes and Local Identity: the Eight Views of Linfen.' In: Merviö, Mika Markus, (ed.), Recent Social, Environmental, and Cultural Issues in East Asian Societies. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, pp. 95-117.

Janku, Andrea (2013) '“New Methods to Nourish the People”: Late Qing Encyclopaedic Writings on Political Economy.' In: Doleželová-Velingerová, Milena and Wagner, Rudolf G., (eds.), Chinese Encyclopaedias of New Global Knowledge (1870‐1920): Changing Chinese Ways of Thought. Heidelberg: Springer, pp. 329-366.

Janku, Andrea (2012) 'From Natural to National Disaster: The Chinese Famine of 1928-1930.' In: Janku, Andrea, Schenk, Gerrit J. and Mauelshagen, Franz, (eds.), Historical Disasters in Context: Science, Religion, and Politics. New York: Routledge, pp. 227-260. (Routledge studies in cultural history, 15)

Janku, Andrea (2011) 'The Uses of Genres in the Chinese Press from the Late Qing to the Early Republican Period.' In: Brokaw, Cynthia and Reed, Christopher, (eds.), From Woodblocks to the Internet: Chinese Publishing and Print Culture in Transition. Leiden: Brill, pp. 111-157. (Sinica Leidensia, v. 97)

Janku, Andrea (2009) ''Heaven-Sent Disasters' in Late Imperial China: the Scope of the State and Beyond.' In: Mauch, Christof and Pfister, Christian, (eds.), Natural Disasters, Cultural Responses: Case Studies Toward a Global Environmental History. Lanham: Lexington Books, pp. 233-264. (The German Historical Institute studies in international environmental history)

Janku, Andrea (2009) 'What Chinese Biographies of Moral Exemplars Tell Us about Disaster Experiences (1600~1900).' In: Summermatter, Stephanie, et al., (ed.), Nachhaltige Geschichte: Festschrift für Christian Pfister. Zürich: Chronos Verlag, pp. 129-148.

Janku, Andrea (2008) 'Kulturelle Spurensuche in den Hungergebieten Henans: ein Reisetagebuch (Searching for the Cultural Traces of the Past in the Famine Districts of Henan Province: a Travel Diary).' In: Leutner, Mechthild and Mühlhahn, Klaus, (eds.), Reisen in chinesischer Geschichte und Gegenwart. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, pp. 71-94. (Jahrbuch der deutschen Vereinigung für Chinastudien ; 4)

Janku, Andrea (2008) 'Zhongguo ziran zaihai shi zhi tansuo: Linfen-xian ge'an yanjiu [中國自然災害史之探索：臨汾縣個案研究] Towards a History of Disasters in China: the Case of Linfen County.' In: Liu, Ts'ui-jung, (ed.), Ziran yu renwei hudong: huanjingshi yanjiu de shijiao [自然與人為互動：環境史研究的視角]. Interactions of Nature and Humans: Perspectives of Environmental History. Taibei: Zhongyang yanjiuyuan, Lianjing chuban gongsi, pp. 165-190.

Janku, Andrea (2007) 'Wei Huabei jihuang zuo zheng: jiedu Xiangling xianzhi ‘zhenwu’ juan [为华北饥荒作证：解读《襄陵县志》“赈务”卷 = Documenting the North-China Famine: the Chapter on Relief Affairs in the Xiangling xianzhi].' In: Li, Wenhai and Xia, Mingfang, (eds.), Tian you xiongnian: Qingdai zaihuang yu Zhongguo shehui = 天有凶年：清代灾荒与中国社会 (Years of Disaster: Natural Calamities and Chinese Society during the Qing Dynasty). Beijing: Sanlian shudian, pp. 479-508.

Janku, Andrea (2006) 'Ironie, Spott und Kritik: Zeitgenössische Ansichten über den Rebellen Kang Youwei (Irony, Mockery and Critique: Contemporary Views on the Rebel Kang Youwei).' In: Roetz, Heiner, (ed.), Kritik im alten und modernen China=Critique in ancient and modern China. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, pp. 207-223. (Jahrbuch der Deutschen Vereinigung fuer Chinastudien ; 2)

Janku, Andrea (2004) 'Translating Genre: How the Leading Article Became the Shelun.' In: Lackner, Michael and Vittinghoff, Natascha, (eds.), Mapping Meanings. The Field of New Learning in Late Qing China. Leiden: Brill, pp. 329-353. (Sinica Leidensia, Volume: 64)

Janku, Andrea (1999) 'Der Leitartikel in der frühen chinesischen Presse: Aspekte kultureller Interaktion auf der Ebene des Genres (The leading article in the early Chinese press: aspects of cultural interaction as seen from the perspective of genres).' In: Rothermund, Dietmar, (ed.), Aneignung und Selbstbehauptung: Antworten auf die europäische Expansion = Appropriation and self-assertion: answers to the European expansion. Munchen: Oldenbourg, pp. 111-136.

Janku, Andrea (1998) 'Xiandai dushi de wenren he zhishi fenzi de shehui zeren: shi lun Shenbao zhubian Shanghai Huang Xiexun (1852-1925) [现代都市的文人和知识分子的社会责任：试论《申报》主编上海黄协埙 = The modern urban literati and the intellectual’s social duty: the case of Huang Xiexun from Shanghai, editor-in-chief of the Shanghai Daily].' In: Zhang, Zhongli, (ed.), Zhongguo jindai chengshi qiye, shehui, kongjian = 中国近代城市企业、社会、空间. Shanghai: Shehui kexueyuan chubanshe, pp. 272-295.

Journal Article

Janku, Andrea (2018) 'Drought and Famine in Northwest China: A Late Victorian Tragedy?' Journal of Chinese History, 2 (2). pp. 373-391.

Janku, Andrea (2017) 'Landscapes of Identity: Famous Views in Linfen, Then and Now.' International Journal of Public and Private Perspectives on Healthcare, Culture, and the Environment, 1 (2). pp. 1-24.

Janku, Andrea (2017) 'Landscapes of Production - Landscapes for Consumption: Famous Views in Linfen.' International Journal of Public and Private Perspectives on Healthcare, Culture, and the Environment, 1 (2). pp. 24-40.

Janku, Andrea (2014) 'Guoji rendao zhuyi zai Zhongguo: cong 20 shiji chu de zaizhen tanqi 国际人道主义在中国：从20世纪初的灾赈谈起.' Shixue yuekan, 2014 (4). pp. 15-19.

Janku, Andrea (2013) 'The Internationalisation of Disaster Relief in Early Twentieth‐century China.' Berliner China-hefte/Chinese History and Society (43). pp. 6-28.

Janku, Andrea (2011) '天灾乎人祸乎：1928-1930 年西北大饥荒. Translation of 'From Natural to National Disaster: The Chinese Famine of 1928-1930'.' Zhongguo xueshu = China Scholarship, 9 (2). pp. 227-262.

Janku, Andrea (2009) 'Linfen fangzhi zhuanji zhong de zaihai tiyan 1600~1900 [临汾方志传记中的灾害体验1600－1900]. Translation of "What Chinese Biographies of Moral Exemplars Tell Us about Disaster Experiences, 1600~1900".' Qingshi yanjiu 清史研究, 2009 (1). pp. 1-9.

Janku, Andrea (2007) 'Towards a History of Natural Disasters in China: The Case of Linfen County.' The Medieval History Journal, 10 (1-2). pp. 267-301.

Janku, Andrea (2004) 'Sowing Happiness: Spiritual Competition in Famine Relief Activities in Late Nineteenth-Century China.' Minsu quyi (民俗曲藝) = Journal of Chinese Ritual, Theatre and Folklore, 143. pp. 89-118.

Janku, Andrea (2004) 'Preparing the Ground for Revolutionary Discourse: From the Jingshiwen Compilations to Journalistic Writings in 19th Century China.' T'oung-Pao, 90 (1-3). pp. 65-121.

Conference or Workshop Items

Janku, Andrea (2001) The North-China Famine of 1876-1879: Performance and Impact of a Non-Event. In: Measuring Historical Heat: Event, Performance, and Impact in China and the West. Symposium in Honour of Rudolf G. Wagner on His 60th Birthday.

Book Reviews

Janku, Andrea (2024) 'Review of: 'Shanghai Urban Life and Its Heterogeneous Cultural Entanglements' by Xiong Yuezhi, translated by Lane J. Harris and Mei Chun.' MCLC Resource Center Blog .

Janku, Andrea (2014) 'Review of 'The People's Republic of Amnesia: Tiananmen Revisited' by Louisa Lim.' LSE Review of Books .

Janku, Andrea (2012) 'Review of R. Kent Guy, 'Qing Governors and Their Provinces: the Evolution of Territorial Administration in China, 1644-1796'.' Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 75 (1). pp. 205-207.

Janku, Andrea (2011) 'Visualising China: China 1850-1950 – an Interactive Resource.' Reviews in History, 1185 .

Janku, Andrea (2010) 'Review of Chang Woei Ong, 'Men of Letters Within the Passes: Guanzhong Literati in Chinese History, 907–1911'.' Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 73 (2). pp. 336-337.

Janku, Andrea (2010) 'Review of Joanna Handlin Smith, 'The Art of Doing Good: Charity in Late Ming China'.' Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 73 (2). pp. 338-339.

Janku, Andrea (2010) 'Review of Rudolf G. Wagner, ed., 'Joining the Global Public: Word, Image, and City in Early Chinese Newspapers, 1870–1910'.' T'oung-Pao, 96 (1-3). pp. 265-277.

Janku, Andrea (2010) 'Review of Kathryn Edgerton-Tarpley, 'Tears From Iron: Cultural Responses to Famine in Nineteenth-Century China'.' Medical History, 54 (1). pp. 129-130.

Janku, Andrea (2010) 'Review of Lillian M. Li, 'Fighting Famine in North China: State, Market, and Environmental Decline, 1690s~1990s'.' The China Review: An Interdisciplinary Journal on Greater China, 10 (1). pp. 255-259.

Janku, Andrea (2010) 'Review of William T. Rowe, 'China’s Last Empire: The Great Qing'.' Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 73 (3). pp. 562-564.

Janku, Andrea (2009) 'Review of Frank Dikötter, 'The Age of Openness: China Before Mao'.' The China Journal, 62 . pp. 235-237.

Janku, Andrea (2009) 'Review of Iwo Amelung, 'Der Gelbe Fluss in Shandong (1851-1911): Überschwemmungskatastrophen und ihre Bewältigung im China der späten Qing-Zeit'.' Zhongguo xueshu = 中国学术, 25 . pp. 251-256.

Janku, Andrea (2005) 'Review of 'Gutenberg in Shanghai. Chinese Print Capitalism, 1876–1937'. By Christopher A. Reed. [Vancouver, Toronto: University of British Columbia Press, 2004. xvii, 391 pp.' The China Quarterly, 182 . pp. 443-445.

Janku, Andrea (2004) 'Review of 'Xiaohong Xiao-Planes, Éducation et politique en Chine. Le rôle des élites du Jiangsu, 1905-1914' Paris: Éditions de l’École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, 2001.' T'oung Pao, 90 (4). pp. 438-446.

Janku, Andrea (2003) 'Review of 'Kai Vogelsang. Feng Kuei-fen und sein Chiao-Pin lu k’ang-i'. Hamburg: Hamburger Sinologische Gesellschaft, 2001.' Zhongguo xueshu = 中国学术, 16 . pp. 284-289.

Other

Janku, Andrea (2002) 'Electronic Index to the Early Shenbao (1872-1898).' In: http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/database/shenbao/manual.htm. Heidelberg.

Janku, Andrea (2001) 'Die letzte Saite [Translation of Ming ruo qinxian 命若琴弦, libretto by Wu Lan and Qu Xiaosong, adapted from a short story by Shi Tiesheng and the Yuan-dynasty drama Dou’e yuan by Guan Hanqing].' Hamburg: Peer Musik-Verlag.

Janku, Andrea (2001) 'Nachtbankett [Translation of Yeyan 夜宴, libretto by Zou Jingzhi].' Hebbel-Theater, Berlin.