The implicated researcher: Shifting positionalities in collaborative research and restitution projects On 2 December 2025, Jun-Prof. Dr. Julia Binter will give a talk titled “The implicated researcher: Shifting positionalities in collaborative research and restitution projects.”Taking the collaborative research, exhibition and restitution project ‘Confronting Colonial Pasts, Envisioning Creative Futures’ on the collections from Namibia at the […]
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Film Screening – Cinéclub X Bonner Filmfair: Dahomey (19.11.2025)
Mati Diop’s award-winning documentary Dahomey explores the return of 26 royal artworks from the former Kingdom of Dahomey to their country of origin—present-day Benin. Looted during the colonial era and taken to France, these objects become the center of a film that reflects on self-determination, restitution, and the reimagining of cultural spaces. Awarded the Golden […]
Film and the Unmaking of Dependencies
Film screening and public round table with Dr. Joseph S. Jean, Yohannes Mekonnen, Dr. Beatrix Hoffmann-Ihde and Jun.-Prof. Dr. Julia Binter
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How are needles, thread and textiles related to resistance?
In this film screening, which will be followed by an open space for dialogue, we will explore how textile crafts can be used as a form of political resistance.
Stitching Resistance – Film Screenings
How are needles, thread and textiles related to resistance?
In this film screening, which will be followed by an open space for dialogue, we will explore how textile crafts can be used as a form of political resistance.
Advancing Provenance Research: Annual Meeting of the Working Group Colonial Provenances at the Global Heritage Lab
We are delighted to host this year’s meeting of the AG Koloniale Provenienzen (Working Group Colonial Provenances) at the Global Heritage Lab. The group addresses topics such as the development of long-term strategies for collection management, approaches to prioritizing individual holdings and making research findings accessible, as well as proposals for (transnational) networking and the institutionalization of provenance research at museums and universities.
Thinking with hands – Interactive tour
Feel, marvel, comprehend!
This special tour starts with your choice: pick something that appeals to you—and discover the surprising connections it has to the exhibits.
Here, you can touch, try things out, and experience art with all your senses.
Gespräch über Religion, Kleidung und Identität
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“
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,