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Käte Hamburger Research Centre in #Globalisation @LMU.Munich, combining #art, #history, #arthistory and #theatre
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The gd:c colloquium continues!

Join us on Mondays, 17:00–18:30 at the global dis:connect library for discussions on current research in globalisation, art, and dis:connectivity.
The first session kicks off on 27 October 2025.
#Humanities #GlobalHistory #ArtHistory #LMUMunich #BMFTR
Excited to welcome Katy Deepwell! 🎉
London-based art critic and founder of KT press & n.paradoxa.
Her work explores transnational feminisms, contemporary art, and world-systems theories—rethinking how feminisms travel and operate beyond borders.
#FeministArt #ContemporaryArt #GlobalFeminism
November 17, 2025 at 12:31 PM
🆕 The new issue of static is out!
👉 static.ub.uni-muenchen.de/index.php/st...
November 13, 2025 at 7:59 AM
🎬 Film Opening: “Dis:connection: Cinema and Globalization” 🌍

On Nov 19, we kick off our series with Plastic Fantastic by Isa Willinger at Werkstattkino Munich.
November 12, 2025 at 11:59 AM
We’re excited to welcome Clemens Finkelstein as research coordinator for global dis:connect’s new focus area “laboratories.” Join his talk "Planetary analogs" on 10 Nov, 17:00, in the gd:c library (Maria-Theresia-Str. 21, Munich) — or message us for the Zoom link!
November 10, 2025 at 8:47 AM
🌏 Meet Siddharth Pandey — writer, artist, and cultural critic from Himachal Pradesh, and current fellow at global dis:connect (LMU Munich).

His project “Movement, materiality and weather-worlds of vitality” reimagines the Himalayas through the lens of new materialism...
October 30, 2025 at 12:37 PM
📢 Call for Papers
“Empire and (Im-)Mobility in South and South-East Asia (19th–20th C.)”
Workshop in New Delhi, 6–7 Feb 2026
Deadline: 9 Nov 2025

Hosted by @icasmp.bsky.social, MWF Delhi & gd:c
Conveners: Harald Fischer-Tiné & Siddharth Pandey

#CallForPapers #GlobalHistory #MobilityStudies
October 27, 2025 at 3:49 PM
We’re happy to welcome @susannequitmann.bsky.social to the global dis:connect team! 💫

Susanne is a historian and postdoc focusing on temporalities. Her research explores global histories of social structures and everyday life, as well as conceptual questions in historical research and writing.
October 24, 2025 at 9:33 AM
The gd:c colloquium continues!

Join us on Mondays, 17:00–18:30 at the global dis:connect library for discussions on current research in globalisation, art, and dis:connectivity.
The first session kicks off on 27 October 2025.
#Humanities #GlobalHistory #ArtHistory #LMUMunich #BMFTR
October 22, 2025 at 11:46 AM
✨ Beyond Binaries: Rethinking dis:connectivity and globalisation

This week, our current fellows, alumni, and team members of the Käte Hamburger Research Centre global dis:connect gathered in Munich for the conference Beyond Binaries. Rethinking dis:connectivity and globalisation.
October 21, 2025 at 12:47 PM
🚲 New Fellow | Harald Fischer-Tiné

How do mobility technologies change when they cross continents and cultures?
At gd:c, Harald — Professor of Global History at ETH Zürich — explores the transregional history of the bicycle in South Asia (c. 1870–1990).
#GlobalHistory #SouthAsia #Globalisation
October 17, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Conference Announcement | 20–21 October 2025
Beyond Binaries: Rethinking dis:connectivity and globalisation

We’re excited to kick off the second funding phase of global dis:connect with a two-day interdisciplinary conference exploring the promises and challenges of dis:connectivity ...
October 16, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Welcome to our new Fellows!
We’re excited to host a new international group of scholars and artists exploring dis:connectivity in globalisation — from feminist art to far-right networks and Himalayan humanities.
Meet them here 👉 www.globaldisconnect.org/current-fell...
#Fellowship #LMUMunich
Current fellows - global dis:connect
The research and artistic fellows currently contributing to the work on globalization at the global disconnect research centre
www.globaldisconnect.org
October 15, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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Angekommen @globaldiscnct.bsky.social! Ich freue mich auf die kommenden 3,5 Jahre
October 9, 2025 at 12:34 PM
🎉 We’re thrilled to announce our first book is out! 🎉

"Dis:connectivity and Globalisation" is now published Open Access and free to download:

🔗 www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

Sincere thanks 🙏 to all contributors and to the publisher,
De Gruyter Brill @degruyterbrill.bsky.social
www.degruyterbrill.com
July 22, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Dis:connectivity and Globalisation: Concepts, Terms, Practices - The panel Series is a virtual pre book launch for global dis:connect’s first publication. The first of four sessions will take place on 1 July.
🗓 4 events – every Tuesday in July, 4–6 PM (CET)
📍 Live on Zoom

#BookLaunch #PanelSeries
panel series summer term 25, dis:connectivity and globalisation: Concepts, Terms, Practices - global dis:connect
Dis:connectivity and Globalisation: Concepts, Terms, Practices The panel series The panel series is a virtual pre book launch for global dis:connect’s first publication. Authors will discuss their ter...
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June 30, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Your are welcome to join us at "Making memories visible: photographs, archives and migration histories in the West and East Germany" – a collaboration with @zikg.eu.
📍 global dis:connect (Maria-Theresia-Str. 21, Munich)
📅 26/06/2025
🕡 6:30 pm
💬 German
#Archives #Photography #Migration #VisualHistory
26 June, Making memories visible: photographs, archives and migration histories in the West and East Germany - global dis:connect
How were photographs and other objects used to describe migration, (cultural) identity and social developments?
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June 24, 2025 at 2:09 PM
📣 Open Call for Fellowships & Artist in Residence📣

🎓 for academic year 2026/27

⏰ Apply until Sunday, 27 July 2025

Fellowships: www.globaldisconnect.org/wp-content/u...

Artist in Residence: www.globaldisconnect.org/wp-content/u...

😊 We look forward to receiving your applications
June 24, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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Die Bewerbungsfrist läuft noch bis zum21. April!
April 4, 2025 at 8:30 AM
In case you‘re missing us during the semester break: learn more about global dis:connect!

What is gd:c? What is our goal? How do we work?
Discover the Käte Hamburger Research Centre ⭐️global dis:connect⭐️

#global #globaldisconnect #research #artandscience #culturalexperience #munich
March 6, 2025 at 11:55 AM
@core-rwth.bsky.social and @rwth.bsky.social invite researchers and interested people to actively participate in their symposium on November 6. You are invited to present your research and to exchange ideas with other experts from all over Europe.
More info: for-summit.eu
Deadline: March31,2025.
FOR – A European Summit
for-summit.eu
February 27, 2025 at 9:27 AM
@inherit invites applications on the topic of Addressing Heritage Loss for its 2026-7 fellowship programme. The deadline for submission is 14 April 2025.

For more information, see inherit.hu-berlin.de/open-call
inherit
inherit.hu-berlin.de
February 22, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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CfP: New Global Histories of Language, organized by Valeska Huber @globaldiscnct.bsky.social. Deadline for proposals 28 Feb: www.globaldisconnect.org/wp-content/u...
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February 11, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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📣 We are looking for your ideas and projects. Shape the Summit with us!

➡️ for-summit.eu/wp-content/u...
February 4, 2025 at 7:40 AM
CFP: Language and power. Exploring New Global Histories of Language (Deadline: 28 February 2025) www.globaldisconnect.org/wp-content/u...
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February 10, 2025 at 10:49 AM