Oraib Toukan is an artist and Clarendon Scholar at the Ruskin School of Art, University of Oxford. Until Fall 2015, she was head of the Arts Division and Media Studies…
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What I Learned From My Grandparents, and Other Stories: Fragments of Biography, Autobiography and a History of Calcutta
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By Benjamin Zachariah [1] I: The Meanings of Lives It seems not a little self-indulgent for a historian to tell a story with oneself in it, even if one is…
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“I Study Who Was Mobile and How the State, Local Communities, and Residents Dealt With Migration” – 5in10 with Levke Harders
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Levke Harders is currently Visiting Research Fellow at the German Historical Institute in Washington DC and Assistant Professor of Modern History and Gender History at Bielefeld University. She is currently…
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Landna(h)me Georgien – Interview with Zaal Andronikashvili
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Zaal Andronikashvili is a literary scholar and a research associate at the Leibniz Center for Literary and Cultural Research (ZfL) Berlin, where he is working on the project Literature in…
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Rebuilding Pride and the Technocratic Fantasy in South Lebanese Villages and Neighborhoods
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Part of the TRAFO series “Reconstructing Neighborhoods of War” By Diana Zeidan Shattered neighborhoods and policies As part of its rebuilding strategy after the 2006 war, the Lebanese government put…
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Knowledge Unbound – New International Research Project
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The new research project „Knowledge Unbound“ is opening up innovative areas of research by focussing on key regions such as Africa, the Near and Middle East and the Pacific region.
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“Even after collecting hundreds of narratives, I find that each one surprises me” – 5in10 with Ilkay Yilmaz
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İlkay Yılmaz is a 2020 Fellow of Europe in the Middle East – the Middle East in Europe (EUME), a research program of the Forum Transregionale Studien, and affiliated with…
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Towards a Locatedness of Postcolonial Knowledge: Report from the Exploratory Workshop “Postcolonial Critique”
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By Dorota Kołodziejczyk On September 23rd-24th, 2019, the Forum Transregionale Studien and the Max Weber Stiftung held a two-day workshop, Postcolonial Critique: Latin American and Eastern European Perspectivations (America South…
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Re-Constructing the Historic Neighbourhood in Bint Jbeil, Lebanon, after the 2006 War
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Part of the TRAFO series “Reconstructing Neighborhoods of War” By Howayda Al-Harithy During the July 2006 war, Israel targeted various sites across Lebanon, including the southern town of Bint Jbeil….
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Beruf und Berufung Transnational. Deutsche und polnische Akademikerinnen in der Zwischenkriegszeit
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Von Iwona Dadej Gläserne Decke in der Wissenschaft? Fehlende Anerkennung der weiblichen wissenschaftlichen Leistung und ein erschwerter Zugang zu bestimmten Positionen im akademischen Betrieb? Vielseitige Förderprogramme für angehende Wissenschaftlerinnen, damit…
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“There are Always More Questions to be Asked” ‒ 5in10 with Neus Vidal Martí
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Neus Vidal-Martí is a political scientist and journalist. She is currently a Professor at the Open University of Catalonia, where she teaches data journalism, investigative projects and digital communications. She…
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To Steward Unruly Imperial Pasts
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On Ambivalent Legacies: Political Cultures of Memory and Amnesia in Former Habsburg and Ottoman Lands, special issue of History & Anthropology, Volume 30, No. 4, October 2019. By Jeremy F….
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“What is Art History when the Primary Sensory Organ is the Heart?” ‒ A Conversation with Wendy M.K. Shaw
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In October 2019, Wendy M.K. Shaw (Professor of the Art History of Islamic Cultures at Freie Universität Berlin) published her new book, What Is “Islamic” Art? Between Religion and Perception,…
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Doing Things with Lists: Philology as Cultural and Social Critique
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By Christian Junge How can philology turn into cultural and social critique? What are the epistemic and aesthetic functions of its word lists? And what was the role of Arabic…
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“Maritime History Has Become a Huge and Highly Specialized Field Today” – 5in10 with Sebastian Kolditz
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Sebastian Kolditz studied history and physics at the Universities of Leipzig and Vienna. He received his PhD in Medieval History with a thesis on the Council of Ferrara-Florence in 1438/39. After having spent some years at the Centre for Mediterranean…
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What is “Religion” in Africa? Relational Dynamics in an Entangled World – Keynote by Birgit Meyer
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On 30 January 2020, the African Studies Centre Leiden and the Leiden African Studies Assembly of Leiden University organised the conference ‘Africa: 60 Years of Independence‘. Professor Birgit Meyer, Professor…
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Environmental History of the Ottoman Empire
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This article is part of the TRAFO series Emerging Topics. Insights from ‘Behind the Scenes’. Today, we put the spotlight on the workshop “Environmental History of the Ottoman Empire”, which…
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The Promise and Politicization of Post-War Reconstruction in Haret Hreik
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Part of the TRAFO series “Reconstructing Neighborhoods of War” By Eric Lob After the month-long war between Israel and Hizbullah (The Party of God) in July 2006 decimated Lebanon’s Shiʿi…
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“Understanding the General Dynamics of Early Modern Urban Societies” – 5in10 with Franziska Neumann
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Franziska Neumann studied history, art history and philosophy and received her PhD degree in Early Modern and Modern History from the Technische Universität in Dresden with a thesis on the…
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Neighborhoods as Propertied Landscapes: Lessons from Beirut’s Reconstructions
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Part of the TRAFO series “Reconstructing Neighborhoods of War” By Mona Fawaz and Nada Moumtaz Too often, planners reduce the neighborhood of intervention to a map layered to reflect the…
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The Space of Literature and Lebanese Wars
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Part of the TRAFO series “Reconstructing Neighborhoods of War” By John Hanna Introduction The engagement of Lebanese writers with the everyday realities of the ‘Lebanese wars’ is of crucial relevance…
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“Sugar Beets Were Not Only an Alternative to the Sugar Cane but They Also Structured a New Set of Labor Relations” – Interview with Alexandru Leşanu
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Alexandru Leşanu is the 2019-2020 Irmgard Coninx Prize Fellow for Transregional Studies in the framework of Prisma Ukraїna – Research Network Eastern Europe, a research program of the Berlin-based Forum Transregionale…
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Die ungleiche Entwicklung der Regionen im Mittelalter – Das „jüngere Europa“ im trans- und interkontinentalen Netzwerk
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Vom 26.-28 November 2020 wird in Prag die Konferenz „Die ungleiche Entwicklung im Mittelalter“ stattfinden. Wir haben mit dem Organisator Dariusz Adamczyk über die Veranstaltung gesprochen.
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Recollecting a Shared Polyphony – Interview with Diana Abbani and Yektan Türkyilmaz
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This article is part of the TRAFO series “Emerging Topics: Insights from ‘Behind the Scenes’”. Today, we put the spotlight on the EUME workshop, “Recollecting a Shared Polyphony: Popular Culture, Media…
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“I’m interested in the movement of people with strange ideas” – 5in10 with Gregory Afinogenov
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Gregory Afinogenov is an assistant professor of Imperial Russian History at Georgetown University and a Tandem Fellow in Global & Transregional History at the German Historical Institute Washington DC. He…
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Indigenous Visual Cultures and Aesthetic Practices in the Americas’ Past and Present
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By Sanja Savkić The volume “Culturas visuales indígenas y las prácticas estéticas en las Américas desde la antigüedad hasta el presente” brings together fifteen essays in three languages (Spanish, English…
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Texture of Loss: Tapestry of a Withered Neighborhood from Kashmir
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Part of the TRAFO series “Reconstructing Neighborhoods of War” By Arshi Javid Setting the Context Nestled amidst the towering Himalayas lies the valley of Kashmir. The erstwhile independent princely state…
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Post-Conflict Cities and Neighborhoods
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Part of the TRAFO series “Reconstructing Neighborhoods of War” By Kai Vöckler Understanding the repercussions of political conflict for urban development is a very important and yet often neglected topic….
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Conference Talk: Towards the production of meaning – Visualising, Enacting and Writing Histories in Times of Political Upheaval
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In her paper “Towards the production of meaning – Visualising, Enacting and Writing Histories in times of political upheaval”, Alia Mossallam dealt with the issue of how moments of political…
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Post-conflict Analysis and Post-war Reconstruction Strategies: Sociopolitical Considerations Using the Old City of Aleppo as an Example
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Part of the TRAFO series “Reconstructing Neighborhoods of War” By Mamoun Fansa Each reconstruction project after the destruction of a war has two priorities to consider: Technical management, such as…
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The Cossack Myth in Eastern Europe – Interview with Denys Shatalov
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This article is part of the TRAFO series “Emerging Topics. Insights from ‘Behind the Scenes’”. Today, we put the spotlight on the workshop, “The Cossack Myth in Eastern Europe in the…
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100 Histories of 100 Worlds in one Object
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This article is part of the TRAFO series “Emerging Topics. Insights from ‘Behind the Scenes’”. Today, we put the spotlight on the Explorative Workshop “100 Histories of 100 World in one…
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“I try to reconstruct the processes of creating and negotiating the narratives of museums” – 5in10 with Zofia Wóycicka
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Zofia Wóycicka, PhD is a researcher at the German Historical Institute Warsaw. She studied history and sociology at the University of Warsaw, the Friedrich-Schiller University Jena and at the School…
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Conference Talk: “Portable Labour Rights for Migrant Workers in North America” by Xóchitl Bada
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In this conference talk entitled “Portable Labour Rights for Migrant Workers in North America”, Xóchitl Bada looks at “glocalized” campaigns for international migrant workers and their portability in linking local…
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Peace and Security in Times of Transition: The Socialist and Post-Socialist States in International Peacekeeping since 1945
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The conference „Peace and Security in Times of Transition“ will take place on October 29-31, 2020 at the German Historical Institute Moscow. We talked with one of the conveners, Andreas Hilger, about the upcoming event.
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Informality for Reconstruction: A Possible Partnership
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Part of the TRAFO series “Reconstructing Neighborhoods of War” By M. Wesam Al Asali, Majida Malo, and Iyass Shahin Post-war reconstruction has always been proposed and studied as a set…
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A Treasure of Heritage for the Poor of Aleppo: Neighborhoods between the Hammer of Political Insecurity and the Anvil of Warlords
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Part of the TRAFO series “Reconstructing Neighborhoods of War” By Zoya Masoud Heritage experts around the globe are continuously highlighting the importance of safeguarding the architecture of Aleppo, as one…
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“The name of the game was globalization of goods, services and finance” and India was increasingly part of it – Interview with Michael Gadbaw
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Stefan Tetzlaff, social and economic historian and former research fellow at the German Historical Institute Washington, had the chance to interview Michael Gadbaw, former vice-president and Senior Counsel of General Electric (1990-2008) about his involvement with India.
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Youth Teams and Reconstruction
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Part of the TRAFO series “Reconstructing Neighborhoods of War” By Kefah Ahmed M. Najjar Why youth teams? The battles for the liberation of Mosul ended on 10 July 2017, when…
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Remapping Our Mindset Towards a Transregional and Pluralistic Outlook
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By Birgit Meyer Birgit Meyer is Professor of Religious Studies at Utrecht University. Her research focuses, among other things, on the relationship between religion and society in the present. Trained as…