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hi #skystorians, 🗃️ interested in the postcolonial history of Trier/ southwest Germany? There is a new contribution on the blog I'm hosting: trierglobal.hypotheses.org
hi #skystorians, here's a little something I prepared with my fellow researchers Katja Kaiser, André Koch, and Sabine v. Mering: riojournal.com/article/1816... (open access).
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Cover of journal on the topic of colonial history in the Saar region with coffee mug and stylus
hi #skystorians, my project partner CKI and I have written a little something on Trier's postcolonial history. Contact me if you'd like to read the text (alas German only).🗃️
The legislation establishes the First Peoples’ Assembly as a permanent representative body to advise the government, under a new statutory corporation called Gellung Warl.
Gellung Warl means ‘tip of the spear’ or ‘pointed spear’ in Gunaikurnai language. 📜 🗃️ firstpeoplesvic.org/treaty/treat...
The Australian state of Victoria has taken a historic step towards reconciliation, passing the nation’s first formal treaty with Indigenous traditional owners. 📜 🗃️ www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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...
Freie Marktwirtschaft 2025
Handel mit Schädeln aus der Kolonialzeit: Bundesregierung will aktuell kein Verbot www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/hand...
It sits alongside another PhD scholarship just advertised by ACU, to be supervised by our colleague on the project, Kristie Flannery. www.acu.edu.au/research-and...
Announcing a PhD scholarship for a history project on imperialism and great power projection in the Pacific. Supervised by Prudence Flowers and I here at Flinders, Adelaide. It includes an international fee waiver and stipend. Start Jan 2026. www.flinders.edu.au/scholarships...
Title page of book by Jasmin Koehler on cannibalism in early 20th century German literature
🗃️ found this in my pigeonhole today! a wonderful book written by an extremely smart and intellectually engaging academic, who contacted me a few years back out of the blue to talk about cannibalism..., congratulations, Jasmin Köhler! 🎓
Sheer vandalism. Aotearoa / NZ showing its determination to institutionally forget its history. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Einladung zu einem Workshop zum Thema "Trier Postkolonial" am 10.07.2025. Wir werden mögliche Stationen einer Stadtführung vorstellen und diskutieren.
Hi #skystoriens, 🗃️ hier ein Veranstaltungshinweis :-)
🗃️history #skystorians #decolonize A quick shout out and big thank to all the amazing people who made this wonderful workshop possible: collectingoz.hypotheses.org/800
The last few weeks have been very busy, here is one of the reasons why: www.museumfuernaturkunde.berlin/de/museum/me... - more to follow :-) #skystorians #history🗃️
map with locations of postcolonial city walk Trier 22 Feb 2025
announcement postcolonal city walk in Trier 22 Feb 2025
🗃️ Yesterday we held the dress rehearsal for our newly developed city tour on "Postcolonial Trier". 3 hours reporting on the colonial entanglements of Trier's city history at a total of 7 locations. Now the questionnaires are being evaluated and improvements made. #postcolonial #publichistory
Ankündigung Filmvorführung von "Das leere Grab" (2024) mit anschließendem Gespräch mit den den beiden Direktorinnen Cece Mlay und Agnes Lisa Wegner, Broadway Trier 15.02.2025 Beginn 19:30 Uhr.
Life Sciences: Das betrifft uns! Wir reden längst nicht mehr (nur) über Gender Studies. Unsere internationalen Kooperationspartner*innen ohne Gehalt, unsere Datengrundlagen bei der CDC abgeschaltet, unsere Submissions blockiert.
Die Anträge zu stützen, die die Union einbringen wird und Bürger*innen in zwei Klassen teilt, muss gelesen werden als: Man hält sich selbst für überlegen, besser, für die echten Bürger*innen. Das ist rechtsextreme Ideologie, unabhängig davon, mit welchen Fraktionen man stimmt.
Title of Markus Hedrich's book on Bernhard Nocht, who founded the Institute for Tropical Medidine in Hamburg in 1900.
Look, I found a book 🗃️ in my pigeonhole at work! Thank you, and congratulations, @markushedrich.bsky.social , I am very much looking forward to reading it! #colonialhistory
Good morning skystorians! 🗃️ I am curating a research blog connecting local spaces and networks with #globalhistory and the history of #colonialism. The current series of articles focusses on 19th- and 20th-century colonial history of the city my university is located in: trierglobal.hypotheses.org
fellow #skystorians, this week, 2 important projects on German colonialism & memory culture had to close down and Habbo Knoch, a highly regarded scholar of the impact & legacies of images of the Shoa passed away - what a blow to #decolonial #germancolonialism #multidirectionalmeories
Sehr gerne. Sag einfach Bescheid :-) Weiterhin gute Fahrt! LG
I attended a wonderful workshop earlier this week with truely inspiring presentations, especially by Rahab Njeri, Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor, and Elnathan John. kisd.de/termine/rese... If you ever have the opportunity to meet and/or listen to one of them, jump right to it! #history #decolonize 🗃️
