Julius Becker

The aim of my research is to work out how the First Sino-Japanese War (1894-95) was perceived by the great European powers and influenced their foreign and imperial policies in East Asia. I consider how this conflict influenced the image of Japan and China in the context of the rules of international law applicable at the time and the civilisational norms and demands placed on belligerents and states. Finally, I examine how the shift of power in East Asia cause by the war also affected European foreign and alliance policy. For doing so, I examine sources from French, British and German diplomatic archives, private papers but also newspapaer articles and other contemporary publications that were written during or shortly after the War of 1894-95.

Curriculum vitae

• Since 09/2023: PhD Candidate at SciencesPo in cotutelle with Scuola Superiore Meridionale
• 11/2022-08/2023: Visiting PhD at SciencesPo (CHSP)
• Since 11/2021: PhD Candidate at Scuola Superiore Meridionale (SSM), Global History and Governance
• Winter 2021/22 et 2022/23 : Lecturer at the chair for War Studies (Univ. of Potsdam)
• 10/2020-09/2021: PhD Student at the University of Potsdam
• 10/2018-09/2020: MA in International War Studies (Double Degree) at the University of Potsdam and at the University College Dublin
• 09/2017-09/2019: Student assistant at the chair for War Studies 
• 10/2014-09/2018: BA in History, Political Science and Administration at the University of Potsdam

Publication

"To Grab, When the Grabbing Begins". German Foreign and Colonial Policy in the context of Sino-Japanese War of 1894/95 and the Triple Intervention of 1895', The International History Review 44, 1 (2022), pp. 1-20.