Incorporating German Colonialism into German Studies Classrooms

Editors’ Note: Katherine Arnold and Eriks Bredovskis convened the seminar Colonialism and German Memory Politics: New Approaches to Teaching Colonial Science and German Imperialism at the 2022 German Studies Association annual conference. Because the seminar focused on teaching, the Collaboratory editors asked the conveners to write a recap of the seminar for Zeitnah. Recently, the […]

Citizenship, Violence and Race: Germans and Africans in Colonial and Postcolonial Encounters

Robbie AitkenSheffield Hallam University This course is aimed at advanced level undergraduate students. It makes use of a wide variety of primary materials to examine a history of interactions between Africans and Germans and the consequences of this interaction. Students will be introduced to aspects of post-colonial theory, constructions of blackness and race, and debates […]

Europeana collections

Europeana Foundation, The Hague, Netherlands Europeana provides access to millions of books, music, maps, manuscripts, newspapers, artworks and more – accessible with search and filter tools. The portal hosts also online exhibitions and a blog. Europena site

Reimagine Belonging

https://reimaginebelonging.de/projekte/unerhoerte/ Reimagine Belonging is a collaborative project focusing on the US and Germany as countries of immigration. It provides teaching materials focusing on three thematic areas: Migration, Racism, and Identity and Belonging. Website includes extensive lesson plans, worksheets, a glossary, useful links, etc.

Podcast Series #Nachwort

Hamburgs postkoloniales Erbe

Universität Hamburg Podcast series #Nachwort focusing on connections between colonial legacies and power structures of the present. It is part of the project “Virtuelles Partizipationslabor zur (post-)kolonialen Erinnerungskultur in Hamburg” by the Universität Hamburg. The 6th podcast features an interview with political scientist and activist Joshua Kwesi Aikins on decolonizing Berlin’s cityscape. #6 Nachwort: Joshua Kwesi Aikins – Die Dekolonisierung des Stadtbildes: […]

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