Dr. J. Kelechi Ugwuanyi will present a Paper at the “Envisioning Decolonial Futures through Archaeology” Conference at the University of Cambridge (25.10.2024)

Dr. J. Kelechi Ugwuanyi, our postdoctoral research fellow, is speaking at the Envisioning Decolonial Futures through Archaeology conference collaboratively organised by the Department of Archaeology and McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge on 22-26 October 2024. He will speak on “Decolonising decolonisation: moving from discourse to practice, and to pluriversal dialogue in managing […]

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Dr. J. Kelechi Ugwuanyi will give a talk at the Heritage for Global Challenges Research Centre Seminar Series of the University of York (22.10.2024)

Dr. J. Kelechi Ugwuanyi, our postdoctoral research fellow, will contribute to the Heritage for Global Challenges Research Centre Seminar Series of the University of York on 22 October 2024 with the talk Ọfϙ in the age of decolonisation and restitution: interrogating Igbo objects of sovereignty and authority in the collections of the MAA, Cambridge. In […]

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A Laboratory for Intercultural and Interreligious Dialogue?

Can missionary collections become laboratories for intercultural and interreligious dialogue?
An international, transdisciplinary conference seeks to answer this question by bringing together experts from Religious Studies, Catholic Theology, Protestant Theology, Cultural and Social Anthropology, Global History, Art History, History of Science, Regional Studies of Africa, Oceania, South East Asia and South America as well as Critical Museum and Heritage studies.

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Colonial Entanglements of Museums

Jun.-Prof. Dr. Julia Binter will be giving a lecture on the „Colonial Entanglements of Museums” at Naturmuseum Dortmund, 11 July, 7 pm

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CIRPAT Seminar

Our postdoctoral research fellow, Dr. J. Kelechi Ugwuanyi, is giving a presentation entitled “Dissonant Heritage and Ontological Ambivalence: Colonial and Missionary Encounters with Igbo Cosmology – the Case of ‘Twin Killing’ in Nigeria” at CY Cergy Paris Université on 1 July

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Science Festival of the University of Bonn (07.07.2024)

Under the motto “Science for everyone to participate in!”, the University of Bonn cordially invites you for the second time to the Science Festivalon Sunday, July 7, 2024, from 12:00 AM to 6:00 PMon the Hofgartenwiese, Bonn. With many exciting activities, including the TRAllye – a “Science rallye” for the whole family – the Transdisciplinary […]

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Film Screening 05.06.2024 Reclaiming the Narrative: Utilizing Film as a Safe Space for Healing from Colonial Trauma

Film screening and discussion with Joel Haikali, filmmaker, Namibia 5 June 2024, 10-12 AM Oxfordstr. 15 – Room 1.002 Joel Haikali is one of the most renowned filmmakers in Namibia. His recent project is documenting the process of connecting with cultural belongings which returned from Berlin to Namibia in 2022. The film is part of the […]

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Public Lecture 04.06.2024 Decolonising research on Sea Country with Gimuy Walubara Yidinji

Redbird Ferguson, College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University 4 June 2024, 6-8 PM, University of Bonn, Main Building HS XII The world is grappling with the challenge of finding sustainable approaches to conserving and protecting our ocean and coastal systems, increasing the urgency to recognise and include Indigenous Knowledge and cultural values of […]

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Hybrid Workshop Series on “Contested Monuments” continues on 17 June 2024

The workshop series aims to critically examine new approaches to monumentality and to consider whether and how they challenge, re-imagine and transform wider issues of social justice, representation, identities, nation-building, participation, history, democracy, and memory. The series intends to provide a comprehensive and global approach, with case studies from around the globe. ©Image: Senya Zhukavin

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