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Successful Dissertation Defense          15.01.2024                                                                                                                                           Ibrahima Sene finished his doctoral defense successfully in the Université Cheikh Anta Diop in Dakar (Senegal) on the 29th of december 2023 with the best grade. After the Presentation of his study “Die Geschichtserfahrung des deutschen Kolonialismus in der deutschsprachigen  Gegenwartsliteratur (1978-2015)” he championed the enquiry by the committee (picture).

Congratulations!



New Blogpost by Perseverence Madhuku      07.12.2023

The Medicalisation of Exhaustion: Kruschen Salts in Early Twentieth-Century Southern Africa

The article explores the increasing demand of so called "Exhaustian Cures" in southern Africa in the early twentieth century and embedds it in into the broader historical colonial background.

For the full article, click here.


New article by Prof. Joël Glasman                                                                                                     27.09.2023

Petit manuel d'auto-défense à l'usage des volontaires.

Humanitarian action involves difficult choices. Should you accept the conditions of access imposed by jihadists? Should you leave refugee camps when aid is diverted? Can you accept donations from any private company? Should humanitarian organisations make the fight against global warming their priority?

The first Humanitarian Humanities textbook offers a time of reflection. From the history of humanitarian action to the anthropology of global health and the sociology of massacres, this textbook offers an overview of the most useful research for thinking in emergency situations. An introduction to the humanities for those who help others to save their lives and dignities.

The introduction is open access here.


New Article by Prof. Joël Glasman and Brendan Lawson:      
14.09.2023

Ten Things We Know about Humanitarian Numbers

The modern humanitarian sector is gripped by a data frenzy. How can we take a step back and critically engage with what datafication means?
 After outlining three broad theoretical positions within the literature, this introduction to the special section points to ‘ten things we know about humanitarian numbers’. These points, taken together, offer different springboards from which academics can launch into critiques of data in the humanitarian sector.

In: in Journal of Humanitarian Affairs, Volume 5, Issue 1.
Online available here.


Neuerscheinung von Prof. Dr. Joël Glasman und Marcia C. Schenck:
14.09.2023
Nehmt endlich die Welt in den Blick!
Ein Vorschlag, wie die provinziellen deutschen  Geschichtswissenschaften globaler werden können


"China hat die größte Armee der Welt, Afrika das schnellste Wirtschaftswachstum, Indien ist die bevölkerungsreichste Demokratie. Es ist an der Zeit, das Studium dieser Gesellschaften als strategische Priorität zu definieren. Um zu entscheiden, wie man zu unserer Welt stehen möchte, muss man sie kennen. Das ist keine Option, es ist unabdingbar im 21. Jahrhundert."

In: Die Zeit N°39, S. 36.
Kostenlos online hier zugänglich.

New exhibition opening

"Kugali and the Art of Bonzo"

The exhibition opens on the 12th May at 9pm in the Erika Fuchs Haus in Schwarzenbach an der Saale. The exhibition presents great pieces of African storytelling through comics and art. The exhibition was developped in cooperation with students of the University of Bayreuth in the context of a seminar lead by Robin Frisch.


New bookreview by Perseverence Madhuku:                                                 05.04.2023  

The Political Life of an Epidemic: Cholera, Crisis and Citizenship in Zimbabwe. By Siukai Chigudu.


New Article by Prof. Joël Glasman:       07.03.2023

Ignore and rule

What do Europeans do when they hear the war waged by the government of Ethiopia has killed more people than the war in Ukraine?


PhD Project: Decolonizing Humanitarianism. Race and Power in the humanitarian sector, by Darja Wolfmeier

This project explores race inequalities and power relations in the humanitarian sector. There has been barely any academic work on the sociological and practical realities of racial inequalities in emergency aid. This project will offer one of the first historical sociology of racial inequalities of a leading humanitarian organization.


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