TY - JOUR A1 - Parzinger, Herrmann ED - Wienfort, Monika T1 - Seehandlung, Kunstkammer, Museum, Humboldt Forum – von der Vielschichtigkeit eines Federmantels und seines Weges JF - Die Preußische Seehandlung zwischen Markt, Staat und Kultur : 40 Jahre Stiftung Preußische Seehandlung N2 - Das in Bremen gebaute Handelsschiff Princess Louise, gewissermaßen das Flaggschiff der Preußischen Seehandlung, unternahm zwischen 1825 und 1844 insgesamt sechs Weltumsegelungen. Das Schiff fungierte u. a. als Überbringer diplomatischer Geschenke zwischen Herrschern und Herrscherfamilien. Von der ersten Weltumsegelung brachte es den berühmten Federmantel mit, den der hawai’ianische Monarch Kamehameha III. dem preußischen König Friedrich Wilhelm III. zum Geschenk machte. Bei der zweiten Weltumsegelung wurden wiederum Gaben des preußischen Königs nach Hawai‘i transportiert. Die Princess Louise brachte aber darüber hinaus auch Gebrauchsgegenstände wie Kleidung, Waffen, Körbe, Tongefäße und Fächer aus der Südsee und Südamerika nach Europa. Solche ethnographischen Objekte der Vergangenheit können nicht zuletzt mit und durch zeitgenössische Kunst Fragen an die Gegenwart stellen. N2 - The merchant ship Princess Louise, built in Bremen and to a certain extent the flagship of the Preußische Seehandlung, sailed around the world six times between 1825 and 1844. Among other things, the ship acted as a courier of diplomatic gifts between rulers and ruling families. From the first circumnavigation, it brought back the famous feather cloak gifted by the Hawai’ian monarch Kamehameha III to the Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm III. During the second circumnavigation, gifts from the Prussian king were transported back to Hawai’i. The Princess Louise also brought everyday objects such as clothing, weapons, baskets, clay vessels and fans from the South Seas and South America to Europe. Ethnographic objects of the past can pose questions to the present, not least with and through contemporary art. Y1 - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-599892 SN - 978-3-86956-562-0 SP - 103 EP - 127 PB - Universitätsverlag Potsdam CY - Potsdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bredekamp, Horst A1 - Usenbinz, Kay ED - Wienfort, Monika T1 - Das Gebäude: Teil des Gendarmenplatzes und Relais der Berliner Museen JF - Die Preußische Seehandlung zwischen Markt, Staat und Kultur : 40 Jahre Stiftung Preußische Seehandlung N2 - Der Beitrag widmet sich der Baugeschichte des Gebäudes der Preußischen Seehandlung bis zu seinem Abriss und dem Neubau in den Jahren 1901–1903, um dann die Veränderungen dieses Bauwerkes bis in die Gegenwart zu verfolgen. In einem zweiten Schritt wird versucht, die Stellung dieser Gebäude im urbanen Kontext zu verorten. Der dritte Teil rekonstruiert an Beispielen, welch markanten Beitrag die Preußische Seehandlung für die Berliner Museen und insbesondere für die im Berliner Schloss lozierte Kunstkammer wie auch für das Museum für Naturkunde geleistet hat, indem seine Großsegler Meteor und Princess Louise von ihren Weltreisen jeweils reich beladen mit naturkundlichen und völkerkundlichen Exponaten zurückkamen, die durch Austausch oder Kauf oder auch als Geschenk erworben worden waren. N2 - The article examines the architectural history of the building of the Preußische Seehandlung up to its demolition and new construction in 1901–1903 and then traces the changes of this building up to the present. In a second step, an attempt is made to locate the position of these buildings within their urban context. The third part reconstructs by examples the distinctive contribution of the Preußische Seehandlung to the Berlin museums and in particular to the Kunstkammer located in the Berlin Palace as well as to the Museum für Naturkunde. Its tall ships Meteor and Princess Louise returned from their world voyages richly laden with natural history and ethnological exhibits, which had been acquired by exchange or purchase, or also as gifts. Y1 - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-599884 SN - 978-3-86956-562-0 SP - 81 EP - 102 PB - Universitätsverlag Potsdam CY - Potsdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Radtke, Wolfgang ED - Wienfort, Monika T1 - Annäherungen an Christian von Rother BT - Chef der Königlichen Seehandlung von 1820 bis 1848 JF - Die Preußische Seehandlung zwischen Markt, Staat und Kultur : 40 Jahre Stiftung Preußische Seehandlung N2 - Christian (von) Rother, Chef der Preußischen Seehandlung 1820–1848, ist vermutlich die prägendste Gestalt der Institution im 19. Jahrhundert. Seine Lebensgeschichte als Sohn eines schlesischen Bauern zeugt von sozialem Aufstieg und einer eindrucksvollen Beamtenkarriere. Rother formte die Seehandlung zu einem Konglomerat von gewerblichen Unternehmen, die durch Bankengeschäfte, Chausseebauprogramme und das Engagement des Staates in der Wirtschaftsförderung leistungsstark gemacht werden sollten. Der Erfolg blieb allerdings unterschiedlich. In den 1840er Jahren stießen diese Bemühungen darüber hinaus auf Kritik von unternehmerischen Konkurrenten. Bleibende Bedeutung behauptete eine von Rother gegründete soziale Einrichtung, die in Berlin ansässige Rother-Stiftung für arme und unverheiratete Töchter von Beamten und Offizieren. N2 - Christian (von) Rother, head of the Preußische Seehandlung 1820–1848, is probably the most influential figure of the institute in the 19th century. His life story as the son of a Silesian farmer bears witness to social advancement and an impressive civil service career. Rother shaped the Seehandlung into a conglomerate of commercial enterprises, which were to be made powerful through banking transactions, road construction programs and the state's involvement in economic development. It met with only partial success. In the 1840s, moreover, these efforts met with criticism from entrepreneurial competitors. A social institution founded by Rother, the Berlin-based “Rother-Stiftung” for poor and unmarried daughters of civil servants and officers, claimed lasting significance. Y1 - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-599878 SN - 978-3-86956-562-0 SP - 53 EP - 80 PB - Universitätsverlag Potsdam CY - Potsdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - D'Aprile, Iwan-Michelangelo ED - Wienfort, Monika T1 - Ökonomische Aufklärung und europäische Friedenspolitik BT - Carl August von Struensee als Seehandlungs-Direktor und preußischer Finanzpolitiker von internationalem Format JF - Die Preußische Seehandlung zwischen Markt, Staat und Kultur : 40 Jahre Stiftung Preußische Seehandlung N2 - Kein anderer Akteur prägte die ersten Dezennien der Preußischen Seehandlung so sehr wie Carl August von Struensee. Als deren Direktor und dann als preußischer Finanzminister initiierte er zwischen 1782 und seinem Tod im Jahr 1804 bereits maßgeblich den langen Transformationsprozess der Seehandlung vom königlichen Wachs- und Salzmonopol hin zu einer Staatsbank, der erst im 20. Jahrhundert zum Abschluss kommen sollte. In dem Beitrag wird Struensee sowohl als Wirtschaftstheoretiker in den ökonomischen Diskursen der Aufklärung zwischen Physiokratie und Frühliberalismus situiert als auch als ein Finanzpolitiker mit konsequent europäischem Handlungshorizont vor dem Hintergrund einer beschleunigten globalen und kolonialen Mächtekonkurrenz porträtiert. N2 - The article portrays the most important protagonist in the first decades of the Preußische Seehandlung, Carl August von Struensee. Serving as its director and then as Prussian minister of finances during the years between 1782 and his death in 1804, he decisively initiated the long process of transformation of the Seehandlung from a royal wax and salt monopoly to a state bank, a process that was not to be completed until the 20th century. Struensee is discussed as an author and theorist in the economic discourses of the Enlightenment as well as a politician with a genuinely European horizon facing the challenges of accelerated global and colonial competition. Y1 - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-599865 SN - 978-3-86956-562-0 SP - 25 EP - 52 PB - Universitätsverlag Potsdam CY - Potsdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Luh, Jürgen ED - Wienfort, Monika T1 - Das Jahr 1772 BT - Friedrich der Große, Polen, Spanien und die Seehandlung JF - Die Preußische Seehandlung zwischen Markt, Staat und Kultur : 40 Jahre Stiftung Preußische Seehandlung N2 - Im Jahr 1772 beschäftigten drei Dinge, die lange Zeit ihre Bedeutung behalten sollten, den preußischen König Friedrich den Großen. Zunächst war dies die Adelsrepublik Polen. Polen beabsichtigte er zusammen mit der Zarin Katharina II. von Russland und Kaiserin Maria Theresia zu zerteilen. Dies geschah am 5. August des Jahres. Der geraubte Landgewinn führte bei Friedrich II. zu wirtschaftlichen Überlegungen. Mit und in den annektierten Gebieten wollte er den preußischen Handel intensivieren, zuvörderst den Salzhandel, und zwar am liebsten mit Spanien, einem Land, mit dem er schon seit geraumer Zeit versuchte, einen Handelsvertrag abzuschließen. Dazu gründete er u. a. die Preußische Seehandlungs-Gesellschaft, die, um sich zu behaupten, verschiedene weitreichende Privilegien erhielt. Ein schneller Erfolg der Bemühungen blieb jedoch aus. Trotz aller gewährten Privilegien florierten die Geschäfte der Seehandlungs-Gesellschaft in den ersten Jahren nach ihrer Gründung nicht in dem erhofften Maß. Zu Lebzeiten des Königs kam auch kein Handelsvertrag mit Spanien zustande. Bis die Seehandlung durch die Vorteile, die sie aus dem annektierten Polen ziehen konnte, profitierte, dauerte es noch einige Jahre. N2 - In 1772, three matters that were to retain their importance for a long time occupied the Prussian King Frederick the Great. First was the noble republic of Poland. He intended to partition Poland together with Tsarina Catherine II of Russia and Empress Maria Theresa. This happened on August 5 of that year. The land gain resulting from this act of robbery led Frederick II. to economic considerations. Based on and with the help of the annexed territory, he wanted to intensify Prussian trade, first of all the salt trade and this preferably with Spain, a country with which he had been trying to conclude a trade treaty for quite some time. For this purpose, he founded, among others, the Prussian Sea Trading Company (Preußische Seehandlung), which, to assert itself, received various far-reaching privileges. However, the efforts were not quickly successful. Despite all the privileges granted, the business of the “Seehandlungs-Gesellschaft” did not flourish to the extent hoped for in the first years after its foundation. During the king's lifetime, no trade agreement with Spain was concluded either. It took some time before the Seehandlung profited from the advantages it could derive from annexed Poland. Y1 - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-599859 SN - 978-3-86956-562-0 SP - 9 EP - 24 PB - Universitätsverlag Potsdam CY - Potsdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schoeps, Julius H. T1 - Vergiftetes Kulturerbe BT - Die Debatte um die Entfernung der Judensau-Skulpturen aus den Kirchen etwas weitergedacht JF - Zeitschrift für Religions- und Geistesgeschichte N2 - Medieval sculptures of so-called, Jew-Sows" inside and outside famous Church buildings, especially in the German-speaking countries, have a disastrous tradition and a poisoning impact until today. There are sharp controversies now on how to deal with these "unappetizing" sculptures, visible for example at the City church of Wittenberg, the town where protestant reformer Martin Luther had lived and worked. But the problem goes deeper. Obscene and perfidious representations of Jews, as they were usual in Christian-dominated Europe over centuries, have also penetrated the thought world and language use until today. Swearwords like "Jew-Sow" and "Jew-Pig" are used in order to attack and discredit Jews, non-Jews and disliked coevals. New strategies of combatting this "poisoning traditions" are needed. This article also refers to the roots of early Christian Jew-hatred and recommends an impartial critical discussion on relevant anti-Jewish passages in the Christian Bible. KW - Religionsgeschichte KW - Religionswissenschaften KW - Geistesgeschichte KW - Geschichte Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1163/15700739-07204003 SN - 0044-3441 SN - 1570-0739 VL - 72 IS - 4 SP - 390 EP - 411 PB - Brill CY - Leiden [u.a.] ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Weiß, Adrian A1 - Werner, Eva ED - Ambühl, Annemarie ED - Carlà-Uhink, Filippo ED - Rollinger, Christian ED - Walde, Christine T1 - Geschlechterverhältnisse im Dialog BT - Ein Interview mit Katharina Wesselmann über Die abgetrennte Zunge JF - thersites 16 N2 - Die abgetrennte Zunge by Katharina Wesselmann deals with gender and power relations in ancient literature and beyond. It has received widespread attention, particularly in popular media. In this interview, thersites examines the book from an academic perspective. We talk to Katharina Wesselmann about the reactions to her work, her methodology and her conclusions. The primary focus of this interview is on what ancient texts may tell us about today’s gender issues and vice versa – it, thus, entails a broader discussion about modern Classics. KW - gender studies KW - classical reception KW - classics in popular culture Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol16.216 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2023 IS - 16 SP - 128 EP - 138 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Laudenbach, Benoît ED - Ambühl, Annemarie ED - Carlà-Uhink, Filippo ED - Rollinger, Christian ED - Walde, Christine T1 - Sophocle sur Netflix BT - Deux cas récents d’utilisation de la tragédie grecque à l’écran JF - thersites 16 N2 - The paper focuses on two recent occurrences of a Sophoclean drama on screen, Electra in the romantical movie Marriage Story, and Philoctetes in an episode of the mainstream medical series New Amsterdam, both productions currently available on the popular streaming service Netflix. The case studies explore the mechanisms of the use of these dramas and their significance in both productions, showing that they are partly used for their “classical” authority, are deeply integrated within the scenarios, and help to design the narratives, the characters and their (social and personal) relationships. KW - Greek tragedy KW - marriage story KW - New Amsterdam KW - Sophocles’ Electra KW - Sophocles’ Philoctetes Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol16.222 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2023 IS - 16 SP - 83 EP - 127 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Sanchez Sanz, Arturo ED - Ambühl, Annemarie ED - Carlà-Uhink, Filippo ED - Rollinger, Christian ED - Walde, Christine T1 - La heráldica amazónica JF - thersites 16 N2 - Nowadays, we know about 4,475 iconographic representations dedicated to the Amazonian universe in Antiquity. Most of them belong to vase painting pieces (3,448). This current work analyze the Amazonian emblems that appear in a high percentage of these representations (725), together with the few examples associated with other artistic supports. In that way, we will study the chosen designs, which of them achieved greater popularity and the possible reasons why some of them were more popular in certain contexts. According to the results, we can discover that the Amazons present a type of emblem very similar to that used by the hoplites who fought against them in the same representation of the Amazonomachy. It is true that we appreciate a greater interest in certain models within a broad group of options that became traditional for Amazonian representations, but the results of this study suggest that the artists freely chose between them. However, his decision could be influenced by aspects such as the predominant trends in each period, the tastes of the export markets or the influence generated by other types of works (mainly paintings, reliefs or sculptures) whose popularity made them models. KW - Amazons KW - gender KW - woman KW - heraldry KW - shields Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol16.202 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2023 IS - 16 SP - 1 EP - 82 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bösch, Frank A1 - Su, Phi Hong T1 - Competing contexts of reception in refugee and immigrant incorporation BT - Vietnamese in West and East Germany JF - Journal of ethnic and migration studies N2 - Scholars have long recognised the importance of contexts of reception in shaping the integration of immigrants and refugees in a host society. Studies of refugees, in particular, have examined groups where the different dimensions of reception (government, labour market, and ethnic community) have been largely positive. How important is this merging of positive contexts across dimensions of reception? We address this through a comparative study of Vietnamese refugees to West Germany beginning in 1979 and contract workers to East Germany beginning in 1980. These two migration streams converged when Germany reunified in 1990. Drawing on mixed qualitative methods, this paper offers a strategic case for understanding factors that shape the resettlement experiences of Vietnamese refugees and immigrants in Germany. By comparing two migration streams from the same country of origin, but with different backgrounds and contexts of reception, we suggest that ethnic networks may, in time, offset the disadvantages of a negative government reception. KW - Contexts of reception KW - refugees KW - contract workers KW - ethnic social capital Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2020.1724418 SN - 1369-183X SN - 1469-9451 VL - 47 IS - 21 SP - 4853 EP - 4871 PB - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group CY - Abingdon ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Reed, Kate A1 - Schenck, Marcia C. T1 - A right to research? JF - International migration Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/imig.13145 SN - 0020-7985 SN - 1468-2435 VL - 61 IS - 3 SP - 390 EP - 393 PB - Wiley-Blackwell CY - Oxford ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Cantenar, Ömer Faruk A1 - Kozera, Cyprian Aleksander T1 - Fighting ISIS in Syria BT - Operation Euphrates Shield and the lessons learned from the al-Bab Battle JF - Small wars & insurgencies N2 - This paper analyses the Operation Euphrates Shield (OES) al-Bab battle and presents the lessons learned. OES started with a mixed force of Free Syrian Army, Turkish special forces and armoured units. During the operation, the aims and the force structure gradually changed, yet not the command structure. When OES aimed to capture al-Bab, ISIS employed conventional active defence strategy. The OES commander's insistence on employing special forces increased own casualties and al-Bab was seized only after resorting to a conventional urban attack. OES presents tactical and operational lessons for the militaries on structure and execution of operations against an irregular adversary employing conventional means. KW - Operation Euphrates Shield KW - Turkish military in Syria KW - al-Bab Battle KW - ISIS KW - proxy force KW - urban warfare Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1080/09592318.2021.1875308 SN - 0959-2318 SN - 1743-9558 VL - 33 IS - 3 SP - 350 EP - 381 PB - Routledge CY - Basingstoke ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Barthel, Christian T1 - Die Prophezeiung des Karour (Charour) BT - Krise, Kommunikation und Kohäsionsstrategien im pachomianischen Mönchtum BT - Crisis, communication and cohesion strategies in pachomian monasticism JF - Le muséon : revue d'études orientales N2 - This article discusses the so-called 'Apocalypse' of Carour, a text preserved in a Codex (M586) of the famous Hamuli-find, that originally emanated from the environment of the Pachomian monastic enterprise. It addresses a series of disasters and communal deficiencies through metaphorical imagery and similes that struck the community after the death of its founding father Pachomios. After presenting a few conjectures to the editio princeps and providing a German translation, the 'Apocalypse' is contextualized within the historical and liturgical background of this late antique monastic community. The author asserts that this unique text not only displays the symptoms of disaster, but also gives us new insights into how the Pachomians productively coped with crises. In contrast to modern scholarship, the author argues that the 'Apocalypse' is in fact a prophecy (ex eventu) that was based on an instruction, which was publicly read at the large Easter assembly of the Pachomians, most likely by Horsiesos, the third abbot of the Koinonia. Using the figure of the frog, C(h)arour, to symbolize the biblical plague but also the Egyptian concept of rebirth, the instruction was intended to strengthen group cohesion and especially to prepare the novices that were about to receive their baptism during the Easter celebration for a life devoted to the Koinonia and its principles. To this initial prophecy, which developed an antithesis to the ideal monastic life envisioned by the Pachomians, another text was later added that narrated an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow Apa Besarion, the fifth abbot of the Koinonia. In a much more practical manner this second part of the prophecy elaborated on the same themes while also displaying the resilience of the community in averting crises through remembering and recommitting to its founding precepts. The convoluted text we possess now should therefore be equally viewed as a testament to the communication structures of the Pachomians as well as their memorial culture, which targeted moments of crisis and despair to imbue future generations with the necessary persistence to overcome possible disasters themselves and secure the long-term existence of the Koinonia. T2 - The prophecy of Karour (Charour) Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.2143/MUS.134.1.3289397 SN - 0771-6494 SN - 1783-158X VL - 134 IS - 1-2 SP - 35 EP - 77 PB - Peeters CY - Leuven ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Faber, Eike ED - Rink, Martin ED - Haug, Clemens ED - Hammerich, Helmuth R. T1 - Der nördliche Schwarzmeerraum in der Antike JF - Ukraine und Ostmitteleuropa Y1 - 2023 UR - https://zms.bundeswehr.de/resource/blob/5588072/c693a0a201fb24f4c9274ce07ed99dfc/wegweiser-ukraine-und-ostmitteleuropa-data.pdf SN - 978-3-506-79153-5 SP - 28 EP - 37 PB - Brill CY - Paderborn ER - TY - JOUR A1 - D'Aprile, Iwan-Michelangelo A1 - Lerenard, Mathilde T1 - Fontane auf Französisch BT - die erste französische Übersetzung von ‚Kriegsgefangen‘ und Téodor de Wyzewas originelles Autorenporträt von 1891 JF - Fontane Blätter Y1 - 2022 SN - 2510-7445 IS - 113 SP - 12 EP - 32 PB - Theodor-Fontane-Archiv CY - Potsdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - D'Aprile, Iwan-Michelangelo T1 - Propaganda und Poetologie BT - Fontanes Korrespondenzen im Spannungsfeld von offiziösem Journalismus und literarischem Realismusprogramm JF - Fontanes Medien Y1 - 2022 SN - 978-3-11-073323-5 SN - 978-3-11-073810-0 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110733235-003 SP - 25 EP - 40 PB - De Gruyter CY - Berlin ER - TY - JOUR A1 - D'Aprile, Iwan-Michelangelo T1 - Bäcker Roesike statt Humboldt BT - Theodor Fontane, die Revolution und die Demokratie - Vorwort JF - Nur in Freiheit wird man frei Y1 - 2023 SN - 978-3-462-50002-8 SN - 978-3-462-51002-7 SP - 7 EP - 20 PB - Kiepenheuer & Witsch CY - Köln ER - TY - JOUR A1 - D'Aprile, Iwan-Michelangelo T1 - Mit 180 Jahren Verspätung BT - zur Veröffentlichung von Theodor Fontanes Übersetzung von Catherine Gores Roman ‚Abednego the Money-Lender‘ (1842) JF - Fontane Blätter Y1 - 2022 SN - 0015-6175 SN - 2510-7445 VL - 2022 IS - 113 SP - 49 EP - 65 PB - Theodor-Fontane-Archiv CY - Potsdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - D'Aprile, Iwan-Michelangelo T1 - Post aus Felsenburg BT - Erzählmuster und Nachrichtenverkehr in Johann Gottfried Schnabels ‚Wunderliche Fata einiger Seefahrer‘ JF - 300 Jahre ‚Robinson Crusoe‘ : ein Weltbestseller und seine Rezeptionsgeschichte Y1 - 2022 SN - 978-3-11-077619-5 SN - 978-3-11-077606-5 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110776195-008 SP - 145 EP - 166 PB - de Gruyter CY - Berlin ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Becker, Julius Lucas T1 - ‘To grab, when the grabbing begins’ BT - German foreign and colonial policy during the Sino-Japanese War of 1894/95 and the Triple Intervention of 1895 JF - The international history review N2 - The Sino-Japanese War of 1894/95 is usually only briefly mentioned in studies on diplomatic history. Especially the war's impact on Wilhelmine foreign and world policy (Weltpolitik) has been largely neglected. However, the events in East Asia had a profound influence on the political leadership in Berlin. The Wilhelmstrasse's attitude towards the conflict changed rapidly when the course of the war in Northeast Asia made a collapse of the Qing Empire increasingly likely. Afraid of the prospect of being left empty handed in an upcoming scramble for China, German diplomacy got active in early 1895. Driven by a hectic activism which soon should become a dominant feature of Weltpolitik, Berlin concluded an ad-hoc alliance with St. Petersburg and Paris. In April 1895, this unlikely coalition intervened against Tokyo. While the Triple Intervention served primarily Russia's interest to maintain the status quo on the Chinese mainland, Germany aimed at the acquisition of a military and commercial base in Northeast Asia. Driven by public opinion, the naval leadership and the Emperor Wilhelm II., the formerly neutral and reserved German diplomacy changed towards an aggressive and unstable imperialist policy, which ultimately resulted in the acquisition of Qingdao in November 1897. KW - Imperial Germany KW - diplomacy KW - imperialism (Sino-Japanese War) Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1080/07075332.2021.1909101 SN - 0707-5332 SN - 1949-6540 VL - 44 IS - 1 SP - 1 EP - 20 PB - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group CY - New York, NY [u.a.] ER -