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BILGI - BONN History Graduate Conference 9-10 May 2025
The 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, ...
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...
The Weight of Water and the Cost of Labour: Reconstructing the Past with Roman Concrete
Roman 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...
Reflections on the Memorial Landscape of Amsterdam from a Slavery and Dependency Perspective
Amsterdam’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...
Rethinking (Un)Freedom in Global Perspective: Insights from the Innsbruck Conference
On 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 ...
Intersectionality and Historically Informed Dependency Studies
Notes from the 2024 Research Area E Thematic Year Concluding Workshop