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From Natural to National Disaster: The Chinese Famine of 1928-1930 (2012)
Book Chapter
Janku, A. (2012). From Natural to National Disaster: The Chinese Famine of 1928-1930. In A. Janku, G. J. Schenk, & F. Mauelshagen (Eds.), Historical Disasters in Context: Science, Religion, and Politics (227-260). Routledge

Historical Disasters in Context: Science, Religion, and Politics (2012)
Book
Janku, A., Schenk, G. J., & Mauelshagen, F. (Eds.). (2012). Historical Disasters in Context: Science, Religion, and Politics. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203131626

Growing concerns about climate change and the increasing occurrence of ever more devastating natural disasters in some parts of the world and their consequences for human life, not only in the immediately affected regions, but for all of us, have inc... Read More about Historical Disasters in Context: Science, Religion, and Politics.

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' (2011)
Journal Article
Janku, A. (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'

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

The Uses of Genres in the Chinese Press from the Late Qing to the Early Republican Period (2011)
Book Chapter
Janku, A. (2011). The Uses of Genres in the Chinese Press from the Late Qing to the Early Republican Period. In C. Brokaw, & C. Reed (Eds.), From Woodblocks to the Internet: Chinese Publishing and Print Culture in Transition (111-157). Brill

Review of Chang Woei Ong, 'Men of Letters Within the Passes: Guanzhong Literati in Chinese History, 907–1911' (2010)
Journal Article
Janku, A. (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), 336-337. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0041977X10000261

Review of Joanna Handlin Smith, 'The Art of Doing Good: Charity in Late Ming China' (2010)
Journal Article
Janku, A. (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), 338-339. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0041977X10000273

Review of Lillian M. Li, 'Fighting Famine in North China: State, Market, and Environmental Decline, 1690s~1990s' (2010)
Journal Article
Janku, A. (2010). Review of Lillian M. Li, 'Fighting Famine in North China: State, Market, and Environmental Decline, 1690s~1990s'

Protestant Medical Missionary Experience during the War in China 1937-1945: The Case of Hubei Province (2010)
Thesis
Chatterton, J. Protestant Medical Missionary Experience during the War in China 1937-1945: The Case of Hubei Province. (Thesis). SOAS, University of London

During the war medical missionaries were able to demonstrate fully their raison d’être of service and professionalism to the Chinese and their fellow countrymen. In retrospect it can be seen that the war proved to be a golden age of opportunity for... Read More about Protestant Medical Missionary Experience during the War in China 1937-1945: The Case of Hubei Province.

Review of William T. Rowe, 'China’s Last Empire: The Great Qing' (2010)
Journal Article
Janku, A. (2010). Review of William T. Rowe, 'China’s Last Empire: The Great Qing'. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 73(3), 562-564. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0041977X10000613

Review of Kathryn Edgerton-Tarpley, 'Tears From Iron: Cultural Responses to Famine in Nineteenth-Century China' (2010)
Journal Article
Janku, A. (2010). Review of Kathryn Edgerton-Tarpley, 'Tears From Iron: Cultural Responses to Famine in Nineteenth-Century China'. Medical History, 54(1), 129-130. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025727300004476

Review of Rudolf G. Wagner, ed., 'Joining the Global Public: Word, Image, and City in Early Chinese Newspapers, 1870–1910' (2010)
Journal Article
Janku, A. (2010). Review of Rudolf G. Wagner, ed., 'Joining the Global Public: Word, Image, and City in Early Chinese Newspapers, 1870–1910'. T'oung Pao: International Journal of Chinese Studies, 96(1-3), 265-277. https://doi.org/10.1163/156853210X522460

Review of Frank Dikötter, 'The Age of Openness: China Before Mao' (2009)
Journal Article
Janku, A. (2009). Review of Frank Dikötter, 'The Age of Openness: China Before Mao'. https://doi.org/10.1086/tcj.62.20648168

Review of Iwo Amelung, 'Der Gelbe Fluss in Shandong (1851-1911): Überschwemmungskatastrophen und ihre Bewältigung im China der späten Qing-Zeit' (2009)
Journal Article
Janku, A. (2009). Review of Iwo Amelung, 'Der Gelbe Fluss in Shandong (1851-1911): Überschwemmungskatastrophen und ihre Bewältigung im China der späten Qing-Zeit'

What Chinese Biographies of Moral Exemplars Tell Us about Disaster Experiences (1600~1900) (2009)
Book Chapter
Janku, A. (2009). What Chinese Biographies of Moral Exemplars Tell Us about Disaster Experiences (1600~1900). In S. E. A. Summermatter (Ed.), Nachhaltige Geschichte: Festschrift für Christian Pfister (129-148). Chronos Verlag

'Heaven-Sent Disasters' in Late Imperial China: the Scope of the State and Beyond (2009)
Book Chapter
Janku, A. (2009). 'Heaven-Sent Disasters' in Late Imperial China: the Scope of the State and Beyond. In C. Mauch, & C. Pfister (Eds.), Natural Disasters, Cultural Responses: Case Studies Toward a Global Environmental History (233-264). Lexington Books

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" (2009)
Journal Article
Janku, A. (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, 2009(1), 1-9

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 (2008)
Book Chapter
Janku, A. (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 T.-J. Liu (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 (165-190). Zhongyang yanjiuyuan, Lianjing chuban gongsi

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) (2008)
Book Chapter
Janku, A. (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 M. Leutner, & K. Mühlhahn (Eds.), Reisen in chinesischer Geschichte und Gegenwart (71-94). Harrassowitz

Towards a History of Natural Disasters in China: The Case of Linfen County (2007)
Journal Article
Janku, A. (2007). Towards a History of Natural Disasters in China: The Case of Linfen County. Medieval History Journal, 10(1-2), 267-301. https://doi.org/10.1177/097194580701000210