Bonn, 03.08.2025. Argelander Professorin für kritische Museums- und Heritage-Studien an der Universität Bonn, Julia Binter, spricht als Gast in der Sonntagssendung „Lebenswelten“
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Conversations on Religion, Clothing and Identity
Julia Binter, Argelander Professor of Critical Museum and Heritage Studies at the University of Bonn, was recently a guest on the programme Lebenswelten on Radio 3. The programme focuses on sensory reports, differentiated analyses, philosophical perspectives and critical reports on current social issues, and is available online (in German only). Under the title Between Crop […]
Past Tense, Future Imperfect – Doctoral Researcher Eleonora Grammatikou reflects on heritage and temporalities
Doctoral Researcher Eleonora Grammatikou reflected on “Contested Heritage – Temporalities of ‘race’, gender and identity in the Tucher Family Coat of Arms”. Engaging directly with the workshop’s central theme,
Provenance Research and Restitution: Transdisciplinary Approaches (Annual Conference)
Join us for the Annual Conference of the Association for Provenance Research (Arbeitskreis Provenienzforschung), hosted in 2025 by the University of Bonn.
Call for Papers: Past Tense, Future Imperfect: Temporalities as Mobilising Force – deadline 31.03.2025
The European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA) networks of NAoHH (Anthropology of History and Heritage) and FAN (Future Anthropologies Network) are inviting contributions to a two-day workshop in collaboration with the Global Heritage Lab at the University of Bonn. The event will take place on July 23 and 24, 2025, in Bonn. This collaborative workshop […]
Call for expressions of interest for graphic designers – deadline 12 February 2025
Bonn, 27 January 2025. As part of the project Confronting Colonial Pasts, Envisioning Creative Futures (CCP, ECF), the project partner institutions in Namibia and Germany are developing a publication. The CCP, ECF project is, to date, the largest collaborative research, exhibition and restitution project in which cultural belongings have been returned from Germany to Namibia. […]
Towards Democratising the Formation of Knowledge: Julia Binter Discussed her Recently Published Chapter at the Humbolt Forum
Berlin, 13 February 2025 – Our Argelander-Professor for Critical Museum and Heritage Studies, Jun.-Prof. Dr Julia Binter, was invited to present her recently launched book chapter Towards Democratising the Formation of Knowledge: Researching Sensitive Collections from Namibia Collectively (open access) at the Humboldt Forum, in Berlin, together with Researchers and curators from the Stiftung Preußischer […]
New Publication Echoes from Benin by Associate Researcher Dr. Tobias Skowronek
At the end of January 2025, our guest researcher Dr. Tobias Skowronek published a provocation in the journal Atlantic Studies: Global Currents as part of his ongoing research about the German metals used in the fabrication of the Benin Bronzes.
Book presentation by Alejandro Mora Motta at the Center for Development Research
Bonn, January 2025 – Our post-doctoral researcher, Alejandro Mora motta, was invited to present his recently launched book Tree Plantation Extractivism in Chile: Territories, Fundamental Human Needs, and Resistance at the Center for Development Research (ZEF), Univerity of Bonn. At the Colloquium of the Cultural and Political Change (CPC) ZEF Group, he will explore the […]
GHL Seminar Series on November 28
The GHL seminar series continues this Thursday from 4 to 6 pm in our GHL Seminar room at Poststraße 26, 1st Floor. As a space for experimentation and dialogue, the series seeks to critically explore multiple pasts and presents to envision alternative futures. It aims to bring scholars and practitioners from across the globe together […]