Hybrid and open event
Wednesday, 21 May 2025, 4:00 – 6:00 pm
Public discussion: “From Streets to Front Pages: The Media Stories of Contested Statues of enslavers and colonial figures since 2020”
Presenter: Sophia Labadi
Discussant: Julia Binter

Venue: Global Heritage Lab
Seminar Room, 1st floor, Poststr. 26, 53111 Bon
Online registration: Zoom

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We are pleased to invite you to the first Heritage Week at the University of Bonn, which will take place from 19 to 23 May. During this week, different institutes of the University of Bonn invite scholars to open up conversations and critical reflections on various approaches to heritage in a global context. The proposed agenda includes discussions on nature-culture and sustainability, indigenous heritage and cultural landscapes in the Americas and Africa, as well as on the coloniality of statues and monuments. 

Join us as we journey through the past while looking towards alternative and sustainable futures together. We look forward to welcoming you for an inspiring Heritage Week!

For more information, please check the project page or download the programme here

Co-organised by the Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies (BCDSS), Department of Anthropology of the Americas, Global Heritage Lab (GHL)-Transdisciplinary Research Area (TRA) 5: Present Pasts, and the Center for Development Research (ZEF)