The Autumn School on The Democratization of Heritage: Towards a Critical Engagement with Inclusive, Accessible, and Participatory Practices takes place from 21-25 September 2026 in Paris (France). Application Deadline: 07 June 2026. This Autumn School explores how museums and heritage institutions can translate the principles of accessibility, inclusivity, and participation— central to the 2022 ICOM […]
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Julia Binter joins the Konstfack Research Seminar “transfer/translate/reconstruct: methods of exploring museum collections”
Julia Binter joins the Konstfack Research Seminar transfer/translate/reconstruct: methods of exploring museum collections to present the collaborative, transdisciplinary research and exhibition project Dressing Resistance: Fashion and the Heritage of Mission. The seminar will take place at Konstfack in Stockholm and online on Friday, 8 May 2026, from 13:00 to 15:00 For online attendance click the […]
New publication out now! Julia Binter on Storytelling and Overlooked Histories in Port Cities
In their article “Port Cities Storytelling: Drawing on Materials of Neglect,” Jun.-Prof. Dr Julia Binter and her colleagues, Yvonne Liao, Olivia Durand, and Helena Lopes, explore how overlooked materials and marginal spaces can reshape our understanding of port cities and their histories. Focusing on storytelling as a method, the authors show how neglected objects, fragmented […]
Research Fellow Tobias Skowronek Challenges Myths About West African Gold Trade
A recent The New York Times article highlights how modern science is reshaping long-held historical assumptions about West African gold trade. For centuries, European traders believed that merchants along Africa’s so-called “Gold Coast” diluted gold with cheaper metals. But new research led by Tobias Skowronek challenges that claim. By analyzing gold artifacts recovered from the […]
Lecture Series: “Was uns prägt: Identité(s) en mutation” (27.04.2026)
As part of the interdisciplinary lecture series “Was uns prägt: Identité(s) en mutation”, organized by the Institut français Bonn in collaboration with the University of Bonn, Julia Binter (Global Heritage Lab) will give a public lecture on 27th of April 2026 at 18:15 in Bonn. The lecture series explores how identities are shaped by family, […]
Happy News: Global Heritage Lab joins the TheMuseumsLab Network
We are delighted to announce that the Global Heritage Lab is now part of TheMuseumsLab Partner Museums Network! This partnership connects us with a vibrant international network committed to rethinking museum practices and fostering critical dialogue, collaboration, and knowledge exchange across Africa and Europe. The network now has 66 members across 8 African and 11 […]
New Publication by Associate Researcher Dr. Tobias Skowronek on Akan gold and West African trade
We are pleased to share that our fellow Dr. Tobias Skowronek has published a new article titled “Pirate Gold Provides New Insights into West African Trade Using pXRF and SEM-EDS Analysis.” The study offers fascinating new perspectives on historical trade networks in West Africa, combining innovative analytical techniques with interdisciplinary research.
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 […]
Co-Curating the 18th German International Ethnographic Film Festival
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Julia Binter and Yohannes Mekonnen, Global Heritage Lab’s Visual Anthropology Fellow, have joined the selection committee of the 18th German International Ethnographic Film Festival (GIEFF), co-curating this year’s program. Among this year’s themes are heritage and decolonial methods, alongside films by directors from Africa, Latin America, Asia, the Pacific and Europe. These strands […]
Conference in Paderborn: Opening Spaces – Mediating Missionary Collections through Artistic Methods (12-14.01.26)
What is the epistemological potential of bringing artists and scholars together to research fashion and its legacies of Christian mission? Jun.-Prof. Julia Binter discusses this question with regard to the project “Interwoven Dependencies. Redressing Fashion and the Heritage of Mission” at the conference “Räume öffnen. Missionssammlungen vermitteln mit künstlerischen Methoden” of the Katholische Hochschule in […]