What is heritage, who defines it, and how does it shape relationships between people, places, objects, and other living beings? This interdisciplinary lecture series introduces students to current debates and methods in critical heritage and museum studies. Topics include tangible and intangible cultural heritage, biocultural heritage, heritage ecologies, human–environment relations, more-than-human perspectives, ecological justice, and […]
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Workshop: “Sincere et Constanter” – Strategies for Shaping Identity and Tradition in the Tucher Patrician Family
October 10th 2026: Our doctoral research fellow, Eleonora Grammatikou, participated in a workshop organized and hosted by the Tucher Cultural Foundation. The workshop took place at the headquarters of the Tucher Cultural Foundation, Schoppershof Castle in Nuremberg. The goal of the workshop was to trace the strategies employed by the Tucher family to shape their […]
Round Table on “Reconciliation, Reclamation, Resurgence – Transnational and Interdisciplinary Perspectives” with Julia Binter and Yohannes Mekonnen (09.07.26)
We would like to draw your attention to a public panel discussion on “Reconciliation, Reclamation, Resurgence – Transnational and Interdisciplinary Perspectives,” on Thursday, 9 July 2026, 6pm (IMPULSE, Adenauerallee 131). This public panel discussion brings together Indigenous Canadian, African American, German, and Namibian perspectives on processes and practices of reconciliation, reclamation, and resurgence. It showcases the […]
Crafting a Life – Summer: Join us for a Participatory Art Project (12.07.2026)
Join us for the second participatory art workshop of the series Crafting a Life: A Participatory Art Project on the Life and Legacy of Theodor Wonja Michael: Summer (Coming of Age). The Workshop is about the teenage years of Theodor Wonja Michael (1925-2019) —a key figure in Afro-German history. The Workshop invites you to engage, reflect, and create together, it weaves storytelling and textile art into a shared, collective experience.
Exhibition: Liquid Archive by Jasmine Togo-Brisby (17.06.-06.09.2026)
The exhibition explores the ongoing legacy of a destructive form of Knowing Plants: the plantation system, which relied on the exploitation of plants, people, and ecosystems.
Working Group Meeting of Justitia et Pax at the Global Heritage Lab
13.04.2026 How does the Catholic Church engage with the legacy of colonialism? This question was at the center of a meeting of the working group “Dealing with the Consequences of Colonialism” of Justitia et Pax at the Global Heritage Lab of the University of Bonn. In the context of increasing global interconnectedness, the historical burdens […]
Performance “Transplant: Healing in the Mapuche Diaspora” by Neyen Pailamilla (19.03.2026)
We warmly invite you to join us on 19 March 2026 for a special program: At 4 pm, artist Neyen Pailamilla will present the performance Transplant: Healing in the Mapuche Diaspora in the Botanic Gardens Bonn. In Neyen’s work, plant knowledge becomes a lived, embodied, and spiritual process unfolding between humans, plants, bodies of water, […]
Panel discussion: German Colonialism and its first Genocide (11.03.2026)
As Europe rethinks its foreign policy amidst shifting global political relations, one question remains central: Can cooperation succeed without confronting colonial history? This panel takes Germany’s first genocide of the 20th century in Namibia as a starting point to explore how colonial legacies continue to shape today’s global crises, from geopolitics and inequality to diplomacy […]
Exhibition Opening: Knowing Plants – Ecologies of Memory and Practice (19.03.2026)
What forms of knowledge shape the ways we relate to plants and our environment – and how can we create sustainable relationships with them?
The exhibition invites visitors to engage with historically shaped relationships with plants, ecosystems, and waters, and to reflect together on more responsible ways of engaging with the environment.
Paper publication by our former Argelander Academy Fellow Dr Judy Marcela Chaves-Agudelo
Our former Argelander Academy Fellow, Dr Judy Marcela Chaves-Agudelo, published a paper in which she worked during her stay: Chaves-Agudelo, J.M. (2025). Natures, territories and the Breath of Life: The maintenance of Jagɨyɨ or Jafaikɨ among the Murui people in the present, Colombian Amazon. Visions for Sustainability, 24, 411-426. https://doi.org/10.13135/2384-8677/12799 Abstract The Murui people’s concept ofJagɨyɨorJafaikɨsignifiesBreath […]