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EXC 2036 Beyond Slavery and Freedom Asymmetrical Dependencies in Pre-Modern Societies
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@dependencybonn.deMany thanks to all the attendees who joined us for this engaging two-day international workshop "From palaeocolonialism to postcolonialism: Narratives on Violence and Trauma” with a distinct focus on Africa through the ages.
@dependencybonn.de🔊 CfP "Narrating Carceral Dependency"
How and why is agency exercised by people living in coercive spaces?
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@dependencybonn.de🎬 Film Screening & Discussion with film maker ...thabo thindi: "Black faces in white? space" (2021)
📅 12 November 2026
📍 Kino in der Brotfabrik, Kreuzstraße 16, 53225 Bonn
⏰ 19:30
For more info visit: buff.ly/dhNQWaK
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@dependencybonn.deDon't miss this upcoming event that brings together a diverse group of expert speakers representing different regions across the African continent, to share multifaceted perspectives, archaeological insights, and critical historical analyses.
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@dependencybonn.deThe BCDSS invites applications for Heinz Heinen Fellowships 2027/2028, open to doctoral, postdoctoral and senior scholars and Alternative Knowledge Producers. Proposals on the period before 1900. Deadline: 10 January 2027. buff.ly/q7D1TvA
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@dependencybonn.deFollowing on from the Heinz Heinen call: the BCDSS and the Beniba Centre open a Joint Research Fellowship for 2027/2028, with priority for scholars based in the Caribbean. Deadline: 10 January 2027. buff.ly/DPZXScP
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@dependencybonn.de🎉 Congratulations to Prof. Dr. Martin Schermaier on his election as Dean of the Faculty of Law and Economics. Martin Schermaier is Principal Investigator at the BCDSS.
@dependencybonn.deChildren's Testimonies: Unlocking Historical and Art Historical Archives
28 to 30 October in Bonn. How do children bear witness, and what can archives tell us? Register by 20 October.
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@dependencybonn.deWe are inviting applications for a Research Group Leader in cooperation with the Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory connecting Historically Informed Dependency Studies with historical regimes of normativity.
Deadline: 20.10.2026
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@dependencybonn.deThe second edition of the BCDSS Reader is now available! 📖
The Reader brings together key texts from BCDSS publications and beyond.
Explore the reader and access the second edition: buff.ly/23MroX5
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@dependencybonn.de🔔 Call for participation!
Join scholars, researchers, and students in Bonn from February 10 to 12, 2027, for the Annual Workshop of the Working Group (AK) Labour Geography!
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@dependencybonn.de📽️ Do not miss this upcoming selection of films at the Kino in der Brotfabrik that dives deep into the realities of asymmetrical dependencies, exploring how local communities navigate power imbalances tied to infrastructure, labor, and ecological capitalism.
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@dependencybonn.deWhat did Black freedom mean for the development of citizenship and democracy in the early United States?
Don't miss our upcoming #JCMM #Lecture with Damian Pargas!
🗓️ 28 Sept 2026
⏱️16:15 CEST
❕Hybrid event: Niebuhrstr. 5 or via Zoom
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@yaleclassicslib.bsky.socialReposted by @dependencybonn.deThe Marriage of Freedom and Justice, 3000-300 BCE: A New History of Ideas / Jan Dietrich academic.oup.com/book/63387 #openaccess @dependencybonn.de
@dependencybonn.deThe Namelessness in History workshop wrapped up at BCDSS: two days of studying people left unnamed by history, from ancient epigraphy to LLMs. Part of "The Nameless in History," funded by @volkswagenstiftung.de. Thanks to all who took part. @unibonn.bsky.social
@dependencybonn.deTobacco Echoes is now open at GHL! Artists Ngozi Ajah Schommers & Etinosa Yvonne trace tobacco's colonial history through drawing, assemblage, photo & sound, honouring the women whose labour sustained its cultivation in Oyo State, Nigeria. Through 6 Dec, Wed-Sun 14-18h. P26, Poststraße 26, Bonn
@dependencybonn.deUpcoming International Workshop!
How do historical narratives of violence and trauma evolve into modern systemic structures and psychological realities?
📅 October 5-6. 2026
🕓️ 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
📍 Egyptian Museum, Poststraße 26, 53111 Bonn
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@dependencybonn.deThank you to our research group leader Ayesha Hussain for supporting this campaign!
@dependencybonn.de🎧 If you missed our last Joseph C. Miller Memorial Lecture by Nina Schneider, you can now find the recording on YouTube!
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@dependencybonn.de⏳ DEADLINE APPROACHING!
There is less than a week left to apply!
We are looking for 3 Research Group Leaders to join us at the BCDSS.
🗓️🚨 Application Deadline: 15 September 2026
🔗More info and application: buff.ly/Dl9MPS4
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