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Daniela Schneider

Daniela Schneider

Daniela Schneider

Doctoral Candidate

 

E-Mail: daniela.schneider@geschichte.uni-freiburg.de

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Doctoral Project

Press Censorship in the British Empire with a Special Focus on Hong Kong, 1938-1941

 

This project uses digital humanities to research censorship in British Hong Kong during (parts of) the Second Sino-Japanese War. It combines archival material with close- and distant reading of censored Chinese newspaper articles to shed light on censorship laws, institutions and practices in Colonial Hong Kong and their reciprocity in the British Empire. A new methodology for quantifying visible censorship combined with a close reading of the censored articles give unprecedented insights into what material the British authorities in Hong Kong censored. The dissertation reveals how the interactions between Britain and Hong Kong led to constant negotiations of censorship between the actors and resulted in multiple layers of censorship on the spot. The results shed light not only on Hong Kong but also on how British colonial censorship worked empire-wide.

Research Interests

  • Press History
  • Greater China
  • Modern Chinese History

Employment

  • Since June 2024
    Researcher,
    Galaxy Europe, Technical Faculty, Albert-Ludwig University of Freiburg, Germany
  • November 2020 – May 2024
    Academic Employee,
    GRK 2571 'Empires', Albert-Ludwig University of Freiburg, Germany
  • November 2018 – December 2022
    Academic Employee,
    Uniseum Freiburg, Germany
  • April 2018 – September 2018
    Research Associate and Lecturer,
    Professorship for East Asian History, Albert-Ludwig University of Freiburg, Germany
  • April 2016 – September 2016
    Tutor,
    Department of History, Albert-Ludwig University of Freiburg, Germany
  • April 2014 – March 2016
    Research Assistant,
    Department of History, Albert-Ludwig University of Freiburg, Germany
  • March 2012 – September 2012
    Research Assistant,
    Department of Sinology, Albert-Ludwig University of Freiburg, Germany 

Education

  • Since 2018
    Doctor of Philosophy in Modern and Contemporary History,
    Albert-Ludwig University of Freiburg, Germany
  • 2014 – 2018
    Master of Arts in Comparative Modern History (Vergleichende Geschichte der Neuzeit),
    Albert-Ludwig University of Freiburg, Germany
    Including a semester abroad at Nanjing University 南京大学, People’s Republic of China
  • 2010 – 2014
    Bachelor of Arts in History; Minor in Sinology,
    Albert-Ludwig University of Freiburg, Germany
    Including two semesters abroad at University of Gothenburg (Göteborgs Universitet), Sweden

Scholarships and Grants

  • February 2022 – April 2022
    Associated as Guest Research, German Historical Institute London
    Travel Grant, Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft Freiburg im Breisgau
  • August 2016 – January 2017
    Scholarship 'Freiburg Global Exchange', International Office Freiburg
    Foreign Exchange Scholarship, Villum K. Rasmussen-Foundation
    Scholarship, Chinese Ministry of Education
  • March 2015 – March 2018
    Scholarship, Program for Gifted Youth (Grundförderung der Begabtenförderungswerke)
  • September 2012 – July 2013
    Erasmus Scholarship, European Union
    Adlerbertska Hospitiestiftelsen, Gothenburg University
  • March 2010
    Award for Best A-Levels of the Class, Kreissparkasse 

Selected Publications

  • Book Review: Ng, Michael. Political Censorship in British Hong Kong. Freedom of Expression and the Law (1842–1997). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022. In Historische Zeitschrift 316 (2) (2023): 499-500. https://doi.org/10.1515/hzhz-2023-1108

Seminars and Workshops

  • 26 – 27 October 2023
    Co-Organisation of Workshop “Building Empires with Data” with Prof. Dr. Roopika Risam
  • 19 – 21 September 2022
    Co-Organisation of GRK 2571 Summer School 2022, and
    Co-Group-Lead "Cultural Reproduction"
    Near Freiburg