Jonas Kreienbaum
@kreienbaumj.bsky.social
Historian working on colonialism, post-colonial North-South relations, genocide and economic crises. Visiting professor at FU Berlin.
Today in the Global History Colloquium one of the leading historians of German colonialism: @kilderbenhauser.bsky.social speaking on „The Diplomacy of Colonial Cruelty. German Samoa and the Treatment of Chinese Labourers“. If you are in Berlin, don‘t miss it.
November 17, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Today in the Global History Colloquium one of the leading historians of German colonialism: @kilderbenhauser.bsky.social speaking on „The Diplomacy of Colonial Cruelty. German Samoa and the Treatment of Chinese Labourers“. If you are in Berlin, don‘t miss it.
Today the Global History colloquium at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social starts with a talk by Romain Tiquet titled „Thinking Through Cases: A Political and Social History of West Africa Through Psychiatric Records“.
November 3, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Today the Global History colloquium at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social starts with a talk by Romain Tiquet titled „Thinking Through Cases: A Political and Social History of West Africa Through Psychiatric Records“.
Unerwartet war heute was Schönes in der Post: Mein Autorenexemplar von „Krise der Kritik. Gegner des Kapitalismus im neoliberalen Zeitalter“. Darin sind viele spannende Beiträge zur (ausbleibenden) Kapitalismuskritik in den 1980er und 1990er Jahren.
September 22, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Unerwartet war heute was Schönes in der Post: Mein Autorenexemplar von „Krise der Kritik. Gegner des Kapitalismus im neoliberalen Zeitalter“. Darin sind viele spannende Beiträge zur (ausbleibenden) Kapitalismuskritik in den 1980er und 1990er Jahren.
Certainly the archive with the best view from the reading room I have ever been to.
July 28, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Certainly the archive with the best view from the reading room I have ever been to.
This week I am visiting the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam. Very excited to start working in a new archive. On today‘s menu: the Archive of the Mineworkers Union of Zambia.
July 28, 2025 at 6:57 AM
This week I am visiting the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam. Very excited to start working in a new archive. On today‘s menu: the Archive of the Mineworkers Union of Zambia.
Next book to review. When I started my PhD project on colonial concentration camps in the late 2000s, I soon learned that Alan Kramer was working on a big comparative camps project. Now, I am eager to learn what came out of nearly two decades of scholarship.
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July 1, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Next book to review. When I started my PhD project on colonial concentration camps in the late 2000s, I soon learned that Alan Kramer was working on a big comparative camps project. Now, I am eager to learn what came out of nearly two decades of scholarship.
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Haha… im „Patriotischen Weg“ würde ich mich auch nicht wohl fühlen.
June 25, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Haha… im „Patriotischen Weg“ würde ich mich auch nicht wohl fühlen.
Skystorians, I am planning a seminar session on the 1897 Benin Expedition and the loot and transimperial spread of the Benin Bronzes in it’s wake. I am currently reading @profdanhicks.bsky.social valuable book, but would prefer something shorter to assign. Does anyone have a recommendation?
March 29, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Skystorians, I am planning a seminar session on the 1897 Benin Expedition and the loot and transimperial spread of the Benin Bronzes in it’s wake. I am currently reading @profdanhicks.bsky.social valuable book, but would prefer something shorter to assign. Does anyone have a recommendation?
Great talk by Kofi Asante who focussed on the often neglected economic consequences of colonialism and some attempts to deal with it like the New International Economic Order.
February 26, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Great talk by Kofi Asante who focussed on the often neglected economic consequences of colonialism and some attempts to deal with it like the New International Economic Order.
Starting soon, the book launch of the edited volume on 140 years Berlin Africa Conference in the German Foreign Office. Really curious to learn more.
February 26, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Starting soon, the book launch of the edited volume on 140 years Berlin Africa Conference in the German Foreign Office. Really curious to learn more.
High time to decolonize parking! 🙃
February 9, 2025 at 5:11 PM
High time to decolonize parking! 🙃
Wow. Spectacular view from the terrace of Reagan Library. Even snow covered mountains. Don‘t know if I want to go back to my documents after lunch.
January 27, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Wow. Spectacular view from the terrace of Reagan Library. Even snow covered mountains. Don‘t know if I want to go back to my documents after lunch.
Looks nice ! Here it’s certainly less winter.
January 21, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Looks nice ! Here it’s certainly less winter.
With the Archives closed, I treated myself to two new books. Hope they make up for a lost day.
January 21, 2025 at 8:26 PM
With the Archives closed, I treated myself to two new books. Hope they make up for a lost day.
Oh no! I arrived at College Station to do research in the Bush Library. And now it’s closed due to „severe winter weather“.🥶Sounds like a bad joke to me. Isn‘t this supposed to be the sun belt!? 🙈
January 20, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Oh no! I arrived at College Station to do research in the Bush Library. And now it’s closed due to „severe winter weather“.🥶Sounds like a bad joke to me. Isn‘t this supposed to be the sun belt!? 🙈
Finished a very fruitful week at NARA II looking at material on the 1980s debt crisis (focussing on Zambia). Next week I will stop at the Bush Presidential Library in College Station. Anyone else going to be there?
January 17, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Finished a very fruitful week at NARA II looking at material on the 1980s debt crisis (focussing on Zambia). Next week I will stop at the Bush Presidential Library in College Station. Anyone else going to be there?
Endlich hab ich „Den Schmerz der anderen begreifen“ gelesen und bin tief beeindruckt. Charlotte Wiedemanns (@chawi.bsky.social) Buch über deutsche Erinnerungskultur ist im besten Sinne nachdenklich, empathisch und setzt an entscheidenden Stellen auf subjektive Einschätzungen und offene Fragen. 1/3
January 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Endlich hab ich „Den Schmerz der anderen begreifen“ gelesen und bin tief beeindruckt. Charlotte Wiedemanns (@chawi.bsky.social) Buch über deutsche Erinnerungskultur ist im besten Sinne nachdenklich, empathisch und setzt an entscheidenden Stellen auf subjektive Einschätzungen und offene Fragen. 1/3
On my way to Washington DC and very excited about spending the next five weeks in different U.S.-based archives.
January 11, 2025 at 10:43 AM
On my way to Washington DC and very excited about spending the next five weeks in different U.S.-based archives.
I have noted down my 2 cents on Aidan Forth’s new global history of camps for the Canadian Journal of African Studies. Certainly a book worth reading. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
December 27, 2024 at 4:37 PM
I have noted down my 2 cents on Aidan Forth’s new global history of camps for the Canadian Journal of African Studies. Certainly a book worth reading. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
One tangible result of yesterday‘s event: I got a copy of „The Kaiser‘s Colonial Worldview“ - the product of a student research project supervised by Britta Schilling looking into the collections of Huis Doorn, where Wilhelm II resided in exile after WWI.
December 13, 2024 at 10:09 AM
One tangible result of yesterday‘s event: I got a copy of „The Kaiser‘s Colonial Worldview“ - the product of a student research project supervised by Britta Schilling looking into the collections of Huis Doorn, where Wilhelm II resided in exile after WWI.
About to start. Really curious to learn more about the Kaiser and the colonies.
December 12, 2024 at 5:51 PM
About to start. Really curious to learn more about the Kaiser and the colonies.
Next one to review. Really excited to read into this one studying the 1970s oil crisis with a rare focus on Asia and Africa.
November 29, 2024 at 2:18 PM
Next one to review. Really excited to read into this one studying the 1970s oil crisis with a rare focus on Asia and Africa.
“The entire debate around decolonization in 21st century Britain operates as if the legacy of empire is almost entirely carried within the symbolic and cultural register.” Conversations “about economics and the systems that produce wealth inequality” seem totally disconnected.1/2
November 25, 2024 at 9:47 AM
“The entire debate around decolonization in 21st century Britain operates as if the legacy of empire is almost entirely carried within the symbolic and cultural register.” Conversations “about economics and the systems that produce wealth inequality” seem totally disconnected.1/2
So beginnt man einen ordentlichen Brief an den Bundesverteidigungsminister.👇 Mein Archivfund des heutigen Tages.
January 25, 2024 at 8:58 AM
So beginnt man einen ordentlichen Brief an den Bundesverteidigungsminister.👇 Mein Archivfund des heutigen Tages.
Next book for review on my desk. „An Imperial Homeland“ by @adamblacklerwy.bsky.social. Looking forward to start reading. Unfortunately, there are quite some other things that need to be finished before.🙈
December 1, 2023 at 9:47 AM
Next book for review on my desk. „An Imperial Homeland“ by @adamblacklerwy.bsky.social. Looking forward to start reading. Unfortunately, there are quite some other things that need to be finished before.🙈