COVER REVEAL 🎉 My and Bernhard C. Schär's book 'Integration and Collaborative Imperialism in Modern Europe' is starting to feel real! Really happy with how this came out, the photo is an 1896 scene in front of the Hotel de l'Europe in Banda Aceh.

Wir gratulieren Axel Honneth, der heute seinen 75. Geburtstag feiert. Der Sozialphilosoph gehört zur dritten Generation der Frankfurter Schule und leitete 17 Jahre das Institut für Sozialforschung. Mehr über Honneth und sein Werk: shrk.vg/AxelHonneth75-X

For those interested in the global history of the First World War, here is a new chapter from me on the German colonies in the First World War (and its aftermath). taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/…

Pompei. Palestra Grande

Marc Hertzman's "After Palmares: Diaspora, Inheritance, and the Afterlives of Zumbi" tells the story of one of history’s largest and longest-lasting maroon societies. Read the introduction on our website today. ow.ly/66w250SGkKl

After more than a decade of closure, the reading room at the British Museum in London has reopened to the public today.

Now online, my english report on the conference #ExhibitingDifficultHistories “Benin Objects and their Potential for New Forms of Representation” at the #HumboldtForum with talks by Annie E. Coombes, @TukufuZuberi, Staffan Lundén et al.: t.ly/eetDO #BeninBronzes

„As far as the question of museum representation is concerned, especially in the context of ‚difficult histories‘ such as that of the Benin objects, the magic word of the coming years will undoubtedly be ‚collaboration‘ – as a look at the International museum landscape confirms.“

Finally, my article on Kaiser Wilhelm II, the Berlin Palace, and German colonialism is out with Historische Zeitschrift. I argue that... 1/3 Der Kaiser, das Berliner Schloss und der deutsche Kolonialismus - Read on degruyter.com/document/doi/1… De Gruyter Brill

CALL FOR PAPERS from conference convener Matt Fitzpatrick for "Germans in the Asia-Pacific Region: (Post) Colonial Entanglements, Conflicts and Perceptions in the 19 & 20C". The conference is in late June 2025, in Adelaide, Australia>buff.ly/3yjsDSW #Twitterstorians

Happy to speak to Cahal Milmo for his recent update on the #Parthenon Marbles for The Independent: "There has been a subtle shift in tone with the new UK government & definite support for the new approach of the British Museum." inews.co.uk/news/elgin-mar…

Heribert Prantl Süddeutsche Zeitung: „Das Auswärtiges Amt hat im Namen der Bundesrepublik offiziell publiziert, dass das Urteil Unrecht war… Es ist die erste Rehabilitierung von Opfern der deutschen Kolonialjustiz.“ #RudolfDualaMangaBell doual'art Forum Justizgeschichte e.V. Matt Fitzpatrick Henning Melber

🇬🇧The British Museum has concluded its internal investigation and determined that it broke the law after discovering last year that thousands of artefacts had gone missing from its collection. euronews.com/culture/2024/0…

SAVE THE DATE: Programmpräsentation heimaten 🗓️ 10. September 2024, 11:00 Eröffnungswochenende heimaten Wem gehört Deutschland? 🗓️ 13.-15. September 2024 Eintritt frei hkw.de/programme/heim…

High praise from Adom Getachew for Sam Klug's forthcoming book: "The idea that African Americans constitute a nation within a nation has long been a mainstay of Black political thought and practice. In this trenchant exploration of the internal colony thesis, one iteration of

Enfin sur mon bureau Duprat Annie

📚NEW BOOK📚 'Ethics of Contempory Collecting' is available to pre-order on 18 September. This is the culmination of 4 years' work with Dr. Ellie Miles, Jen Kavanagh and Susanna Cordner Published by Routledge with contributors sharing their experience of contemporary collecting.

Five architect-led teams, including OMA, Chipperfield, and others, were shortlisted today to redesign the British Museum's Western Range Galleries as part of its international architectural competition. Find out who else is among the finalists. archinect.com/news/bustler/1…

#News Das Historisches Museum Frankfurt bekommt eine Direktorin, die für ihre innovative Museumsarbeit bekannt ist. Ich freue mich auf die zukünftige Zusammenarbeit Doreen Mölders und gratuliere herzlich zur Berufung Frankfurt am Main faz.net/aktuell/rhein-…