Beyond Bishops: Intermediaries and the Making of the Church in Visigothic IberiaNov 3, 2025·7 min read·81
The Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery StudiesReflections on the First ChapterNov 30, 2025·13 min read·327
Side A, Side B: How Mozambican Oral History Archives Expand Our Understanding of Legal HistoryAug 11, 2025·8 min read·368
BILGI - BONN History Graduate Conference 9-10 May 2025The Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies (BCDSS) seeks to foster a global perspective on the study of dependency and slavery through strategic collaborations with universities worldwide. In this scope, understanding different perspectives, ...Jul 7, 2025·6 min read·150
How to avoid animal species becoming extinct twice?Animals and other creatures, often invisibilized, have always coexisted and shared the world with humans and contributed to cumulative knowledge and scientific development. The emergence of so-called “Animal Studies,” consolidated at the beginning of...Jun 2, 2025·8 min read·111
The Weight of Water and the Cost of Labour: Reconstructing the Past with Roman ConcreteRoman concrete has been praised by scientists for its remarkable ability to withstand the test of time. It characterises ancient Roman cities and their remains today since without it, there would be no aqueducts, baths, dams or most other characteris...May 5, 2025·9 min read·414
Reflections on the Memorial Landscape of Amsterdam from a Slavery and Dependency PerspectiveAmsterdam’s cultural and historical institutions play a crucial role in addressing the Netherlands’ colonial past. They provide thoughtful insights into issues of slavery and dependency and their lasting effects on the Dutch and formerly colonized so...Apr 7, 2025·9 min read·310
Rethinking (Un)Freedom in Global Perspective: Insights from the Innsbruck ConferenceOn February 3–4, 2025, the University of Innsbruck, Austria, hosted the conference “(Un)Freedom in Global Perspective: Actors – Perceptions – Agencies.” Organized by the Department of Modern History (Institute for History and European Ethnology) and ...Mar 3, 2025·8 min read·291
Intersectionality and Historically Informed Dependency StudiesNotes from the 2024 Research Area E Thematic Year Concluding WorkshopFeb 3, 2025·11 min read·178
