Christiane Sibille, born 1982, M.A., studied History and Musicology at the Universities of Heidelberg and Tours. Master thesis on German-speaking folk music research in Lorraine during the 1930s. 2007-2010 editor of the website «Universität Basel – seit 1460 unterwegs» at the History Department at the University of Basle. 2008-2011 scientific researcher for the project «Networking the International System» at the Cluster of Excellence «Asia and Europe in a Global Context» (University of Heidelberg), since 2009 coordinator of the database «LONSEA – League of Nations Search Engine». 2010-2012 academic assistant to Prof. Dr. Martin Lengwiler at University of Basle with a special focus on Digital Humanities. Since April 2012 academic researcher for the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland responsible for the coordination of the 12th International Conference of Editors of Diplomatic Documents 2013 in Geneva.
Main fields of research
Transcultural and transnational history, history of International Organizations, global transfers of music and border crossing musical networks, Digital Humanities.
Main publications
Madeleine Herren, Martin Rüesch, Christiane Sibille: Transcultural History. Theories, Methods, Sources (Transcultural Research – Heidelberg Studies on Asia and Europe in a Global Context, 4), Heidelberg 2012.
Christiane Sibille: «Interkontinentale Verflechtungen: Musik», in: P. den Boer, H. Duchhardt, G. Kreis, W. Schmale (Hg.): Europäische Erinnerungsorte Bd. 3, München 2012, 107–113.
Christiane Sibille: «Der Völkerbund in neuer Sicht. Eine Netzwerkanalyse zur Geschichte internationaler Organisationen», in: Zeithistorische Forschungen / Studies in Contemporary History 8 (2011/3), Online-Ausgabe, URL: http://www.zeithistorische-forschungen.de/16126041-Sibille-3-2011.
Christiane Sibille: Artikel «Music», in: Akira Iriye, Pierre-Yves Saunier (Hg.): The Palgrave Dictionary of Transnational History, Basingstoke/New York 2009, 732–738.