Cassandra Mark-Thiesen
@cmarkthiesen.bsky.social
Historian of Africa / the Globe: socioeconomic, cultures of knowledge, media. #Digital History. Advisory Editorial Board Journal of African History.
“Neglected Historiography from Africa„ 🔗 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021853723000257
“Neglected Historiography from Africa„ 🔗 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021853723000257
This winter semester I’ll be taking over as interim professor for Transregional Cultures of Knowledge (Vertretungsprofessor für Transregionale Wissenskulturen) at #DIMAS, University of Regensburg.
www.uni-regensburg.de/universitaet...
Students at Regensburg, do consider taking one of my classes.
www.uni-regensburg.de/universitaet...
Students at Regensburg, do consider taking one of my classes.
July 24, 2025 at 3:35 PM
This winter semester I’ll be taking over as interim professor for Transregional Cultures of Knowledge (Vertretungsprofessor für Transregionale Wissenskulturen) at #DIMAS, University of Regensburg.
www.uni-regensburg.de/universitaet...
Students at Regensburg, do consider taking one of my classes.
www.uni-regensburg.de/universitaet...
Students at Regensburg, do consider taking one of my classes.
Interested in plantation studies? American empire? Globalization? Liberia? I wrote a review of Gregg Mitman‘s book „Empire of Rubber.“
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March 13, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Interested in plantation studies? American empire? Globalization? Liberia? I wrote a review of Gregg Mitman‘s book „Empire of Rubber.“
academic.oup.com/ahr/article-...
academic.oup.com/ahr/article-...
Yes, we collected various memories from and impressions of that time. It was wonderful.
February 18, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Yes, we collected various memories from and impressions of that time. It was wonderful.
On Valetine‘s Day we held a public viewing of lost & found tv & film in and on Liberia (prewar, 70s/80s) in collaboration with Liberian filmmaker Artina Michelle. We were joined by some former anchors, current members of the movie union, school teachers, and many students.
#Watchshowlib2025
#Watchshowlib2025
February 18, 2025 at 10:36 AM
On Valetine‘s Day we held a public viewing of lost & found tv & film in and on Liberia (prewar, 70s/80s) in collaboration with Liberian filmmaker Artina Michelle. We were joined by some former anchors, current members of the movie union, school teachers, and many students.
#Watchshowlib2025
#Watchshowlib2025
L. Schulte Nordholt, N. Nkealah, and R. Bod have edited a special issue of History of Humanities dealing with Classics in the History of the African Humanities.
My chapter: "Carl Christian Reindorf, History of the Gold Coast and Asante, 1895." www.journals.uchicago.edu/eprint/GAQKB...
My chapter: "Carl Christian Reindorf, History of the Gold Coast and Asante, 1895." www.journals.uchicago.edu/eprint/GAQKB...
December 17, 2024 at 7:52 AM
L. Schulte Nordholt, N. Nkealah, and R. Bod have edited a special issue of History of Humanities dealing with Classics in the History of the African Humanities.
My chapter: "Carl Christian Reindorf, History of the Gold Coast and Asante, 1895." www.journals.uchicago.edu/eprint/GAQKB...
My chapter: "Carl Christian Reindorf, History of the Gold Coast and Asante, 1895." www.journals.uchicago.edu/eprint/GAQKB...
New open access article: „Black American Agricultural Experts and the Vernacularization of American Science in Liberia Prior to Decolonization in Africa“. muse.jhu.edu/pub/26/artic....
November 21, 2024 at 5:48 AM
New open access article: „Black American Agricultural Experts and the Vernacularization of American Science in Liberia Prior to Decolonization in Africa“. muse.jhu.edu/pub/26/artic....
Nairobi life.
April 14, 2024 at 9:10 AM
Nairobi life.
International Institute of Social History (Amsterdam).
April 8, 2024 at 7:16 PM
International Institute of Social History (Amsterdam).
Looking forward to this.
March 18, 2024 at 6:49 AM
Looking forward to this.
Out soon!
This was a worthwhile project.
Check out my chapter on "Contestation over Agricultural Production in Colonial Africa".
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This was a worthwhile project.
Check out my chapter on "Contestation over Agricultural Production in Colonial Africa".
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
February 18, 2024 at 8:43 PM
Out soon!
This was a worthwhile project.
Check out my chapter on "Contestation over Agricultural Production in Colonial Africa".
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
This was a worthwhile project.
Check out my chapter on "Contestation over Agricultural Production in Colonial Africa".
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Our CfP with Praticas da Historia:
"(Digital) Retrospectives on Historiography from Africa: Decolonization, the African Press, and the Uses of Historical Knowledge."
Proposals (maximum 500 words) must be sent by 30 April 2024 to praticashistoria@gmail.com . praticasdahistoria.pt/digital-retr...
"(Digital) Retrospectives on Historiography from Africa: Decolonization, the African Press, and the Uses of Historical Knowledge."
Proposals (maximum 500 words) must be sent by 30 April 2024 to praticashistoria@gmail.com . praticasdahistoria.pt/digital-retr...
January 26, 2024 at 7:48 AM
Our CfP with Praticas da Historia:
"(Digital) Retrospectives on Historiography from Africa: Decolonization, the African Press, and the Uses of Historical Knowledge."
Proposals (maximum 500 words) must be sent by 30 April 2024 to praticashistoria@gmail.com . praticasdahistoria.pt/digital-retr...
"(Digital) Retrospectives on Historiography from Africa: Decolonization, the African Press, and the Uses of Historical Knowledge."
Proposals (maximum 500 words) must be sent by 30 April 2024 to praticashistoria@gmail.com . praticasdahistoria.pt/digital-retr...
As a newly-appointed Africa Network Chair for the European Social Science History Conference, I'm happy to announce that the CFP for the 2025 conference is now open!
Submit your proposals here:
esshc.iisg.amsterdam/en
More on the Africa network: esshc.iisg.amsterdam/en/africa-ne...
Submit your proposals here:
esshc.iisg.amsterdam/en
More on the Africa network: esshc.iisg.amsterdam/en/africa-ne...
January 18, 2024 at 3:30 PM
As a newly-appointed Africa Network Chair for the European Social Science History Conference, I'm happy to announce that the CFP for the 2025 conference is now open!
Submit your proposals here:
esshc.iisg.amsterdam/en
More on the Africa network: esshc.iisg.amsterdam/en/africa-ne...
Submit your proposals here:
esshc.iisg.amsterdam/en
More on the Africa network: esshc.iisg.amsterdam/en/africa-ne...
Very excited to be joining the Advisory Editorial Board of the Journal of African History!
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www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
October 31, 2023 at 9:29 PM
Very excited to be joining the Advisory Editorial Board of the Journal of African History!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Today our Gedenkschrift for Jan-Georg Deutsch titled "The Politics of Historical Memory and Commemoration in Africa" which I co-edited with Moritz Mihatsch and Michelle Sikes has been re-released as paperback.
It is still also available as Hardcover and Open Access.
www.degruyter.com/document/doi...
It is still also available as Hardcover and Open Access.
www.degruyter.com/document/doi...
October 24, 2023 at 7:30 AM
Today our Gedenkschrift for Jan-Georg Deutsch titled "The Politics of Historical Memory and Commemoration in Africa" which I co-edited with Moritz Mihatsch and Michelle Sikes has been re-released as paperback.
It is still also available as Hardcover and Open Access.
www.degruyter.com/document/doi...
It is still also available as Hardcover and Open Access.
www.degruyter.com/document/doi...
October 6, 2023 at 9:08 PM