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Norman Aselmeyer
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CFP: Colonial Violence, Resistance and Legacy in Africa: Perspectives and Critiques

https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-158639

Lomé, 21.04.2026-23.04.2026, Association des Historiens et des Archéologues du Togo, Bewerbungsschluss: 31.12.2025
www.hsozkult.de
November 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Mahmood Mamdani: "In the world we grew up in, the idea was that the wider society could claim free speech but only the university could claim academic freedom. And academic freedom was broader and stronger and deeper than free speech. Now it’s the reverse."
November 9, 2025 at 11:56 PM
🚨 Call for Papers 🚨
The Association of Historians and Archaeologists of Togo invites submissions for its upcoming conference on Colonialism, Resistance, and Legacy, to be held at the University of Lomé from 21 to 23 April 2026. Deadline for abstracts: 31 December 2025.
November 5, 2025 at 11:05 PM
In der globalen Anti-Apartheid-Bewegung spielte Namibia nur eine Nebenrolle. Das mag ein Grund sein, warum auch die Forschung der internationalen Solidarität mit dem namibischen Befreiungskampf bisher wenig Aufmerksamkeit geschenkt hat. Unser Band „Solidarity with Namibia“ 1/3
October 31, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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October 31, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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🚨We’re hiring a Junior Research Fellow in Economic History (Sept 2026–Aug 2029) at Wadham College, University of Oxford. It’s a genuinely supportive place to work. Happy to answer any questions. Spread the word!

www.wadham.ox.ac.uk/about/the-da...
The David Richards Junior Research Fellowship in Economic History
Wadham College invites applications for a fixed-term Junior Research Fellowship in Economic History, named the David Richards Fellowship, September 2026 – August 2029.
www.wadham.ox.ac.uk
October 29, 2025 at 11:43 AM
@wadhamcollege.bsky.social (University of Oxford) is recruiting a Junior Research Fellow in Economic History (beginning from 1 September 2026). Open to all subfields and time periods. Join us! www.wadham.ox.ac.uk/about/the-da...
The David Richards Junior Research Fellowship in Economic History
Wadham College invites applications for a fixed-term Junior Research Fellowship in Economic History, named the David Richards Fellowship, September 2026 – August 2029.
www.wadham.ox.ac.uk
October 29, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Great #JobOffer in #History at #UniInnsbruck in the ASTRA-Projekt “Provincializing #Coloniality. A Global History of Twentieth Century Tyrol”. One #PostDoc position and two doctoral postitions. Deadline is November 25, 2025:
www.hsozkult.de/opportunity/...
1 Postdoc + 2x 0,75 Dissertationsstellen "Provincializing Coloniality. A Global History of Twentieth Century Tyrol" (Univ. Innsbruck)
1 Postdoc + 2 Doc Stellen im Forschungsprojekt "Provincializing Coloniality. A Global History of Twentieth Century Tyrol" (Institut für Zeitgeschichte, Universität Innsbruck)
www.hsozkult.de
October 28, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Für die Bremer/innen: Am 1.11. liest Virginie aus unserem Buch „Stadt der Kolonien“ im Kwanzaa Bookshop Bremen
October 27, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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What a great cover for the forthcoming publication "The Politics of Culture. Far-right, Feminist, and “Immigrant” Movements in France, ca. 1965 to 1985" by my friend @christianjacobs.bsky.social! You can pre-order the book for your local library here:
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/isb...
October 27, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Nigerian Modernism at Tate Modern: power, texture, sound, fury, beauty, grace, pride & much more ... Phew what a journey!
On until May 2026.
www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tat...
October 18, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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October 16, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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In Bremen hat der rot-grün-rote (!) Senat unter Bovenschulte sich nicht an das Versprechen gehalten, ein Dokumentationszentrum Kolonialismus einzurichten. Stattdessen "entsorgt" man das Afrika Archiv nach Namibia und verkleidet dies rhetorisch als "Restitution".

www.weser-kurier.de/bremen/breme...
October 15, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Die Rückgabe nach Namibia war "eine bequeme Möglichkeit für die Stadt und den Senat, diese Sammlung endlich loszuwerden." Zum Ende des Bremer Afrika Archivs berichtet heute der Weser-Kurier. www.weser-kurier.de/bremen/breme...
October 14, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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"Across the west, solidarity marches are testing governments’ tolerance for dissent. From arrests to bans, free-speech boundaries are shifting."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
The Gaza effect: how a global pro-Palestine protest movement met repression and resistance
Across the west, solidarity marches are testing governments’ tolerance for dissent. From arrests to bans, free-speech boundaries are shifting
www.theguardian.com
October 12, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Support and solidarity!
October 7, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Here’s the term card for the Northeast Africa Forum in Oxford, a research seminar focused on the broader East Africa region. We meet on Tuesdays at 4 p.m., and most sessions are also held in hybrid format. @jasonmosley.bsky.social @mwangimwaura.bsky.social @terrefebiruk.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 11:14 AM
We managed to save the Bremen Africa Archive collection, though it was not the outcome we had hoped for.
October 3, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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Heute erschienen: Eine Erinnerung daran, dass nicht an alles erinnert wird...
unrast-verlag.de/produkt/der-...
Der lange Schatten des deutschen Kolonialismus – UNRAST VERLAG
unrast-verlag.de
October 2, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Over 120 abstracts came in (I even stopped counting at one point). Such an amazing response. We aim to share the line-up in early November.
October 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Promovieren in den Geschichtswissenschaften – aber wie?

Am 6 Oktober 2025 findet ein Info-Abend zu Promotionsmöglichkeiten in den Geschichtswisseenschaften am Europäisches Hochschulinstitut, Florenz statt 👉 loom.ly/5MhCuf4

📣 #PhD #Geschichtswissenschaften
October 1, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Neue Besprechung der (mittlerweile schon etwas älteren) Studie von Florence Bernault „Colonial Transactions“. Mehr: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
October 1, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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The headline is clearly false and damaging. Germany has not stopped exporting arms to Israel; shipments licensed before August are still being sent, and my investigation shows that F35 parts from the USA transiting through Germany were transferred as recently as last week.
September 29, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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📣 New special issue "Bridgeheads and Breakwaters: The Socio-Environmental History of Port Cities after the Global Turn" out now on #FirstView

🌏 Christian Jones and Yorim Spoelder, 'Introduction: writing the history of port cities after the global turn'

🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S096... #UrbanHistory
September 26, 2025 at 12:53 PM
In bester Gesellschaft. Und mit Empfehlung der Buchhandlung. 🔆🍀
September 23, 2025 at 1:27 PM