Postcolonial Hierarchies in Peace and Conflict

Very cool article! Thank you for bringing the mental maps of „heroic Europe“ in the West vs „epigonal Europe“ in #CEE into analyses of European constitutionalism so convincingly! #unequalEuropes

New call for applications for the Global Studies cohort of 2026! There's still time, but you can get an early start on your application & mark your calendars for our virtual info events about @gspunifreiburg.bsky.social @uni-freiburg.de! Details below & here: tinyurl.com/4y2ra9p9

Filmerlebnistour Filmschauplätze, Kulissen und Drehorte: Bei der Filmerlebnistour können Sie die Filmstadt Marburg auf eigene Faust entdecken. Erleben Sie während Ihres Spaziergangs fesselnde Geschichten mit einem Aud...

Entdeckt Marburg mit der Filmerlebnistour - einem Guide zu 9 Drehorten in Marburg! Das Projekt entwickelten Studierende mit Dr. Alena Strohmaier, einer der PIs unseres Netzwerks. So greifen Hochschul-Lehre und kreative Praxis ineinander. Informationen gibt es hier www.marburg.de/filmerlebnis...!

Challenges and Opportunities for Transnational Advocacy Abstract. Transnational advocacy scholarship has illustrated the power of activist networks in overturning Cold War logics; facilitating disarmament and we

Link: academic.oup.com/isr/article/...

Pls share @liselhintz.bsky.social @hanspeterschmitz.bsky.social @argohdes.bsky.social @payoub.bsky.social @christinecheng.bsky.social @stephofmann.bsky.social @separkinson.bsky.social @jenniferhadden.bsky.social @sarahbush.bsky.social @highamian.bsky.social 🙏

Creolizing the Modern Transylvania across Empires by Anca Parvulescu & Manuela Boatcă Presenting the award-winning book

Our book now has a website! As it was getting hard to keep track of materials around "Creolizing the Modern" @cornellupress.bsky.social, we put them all in one place. Many thanks to Louise Link @uni-freiburg.de! We hope the overview is helpful & a possible teaching resource. creolizingthemodern.com

My book Fractured Pasts @universitypress.cambridge.org was officially launched today. Grateful for everyone who attended, and thanks to everyone who contributed in big and small ways. You can order it here www.cambridge.org/core/books/f... and you can get a 20% discount at checkout using FPLKB2025.

Happy about another generous review of our book, this time in the Slavic and East European Journal. Many thanks to Siobhán Seigne for carefully excavating of the many connections that brought Anca Parvulescu's & my work together before we even met!
seej.org/issues/68.3....

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“Cui bono? Business elites and interstate conflict” by @torewig.bsky.social ,Henrik Knutsen, Sirianne Dahlum and @magnusrasmussen.bsky.social

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Vor einer Bücherwand sitzt eine Frau neben Menschen auf dem Podium und spricht in ein Mikrofon.

Am 8. Juli diskutierten @sabanurcheema.bsky.social,
@dirkmoses.bsky.social sowie Gäste der Brunnenpassage Wien, @neuengamme-mem.bsky.social & @zfk-mr.bsky.social
„Die Zukunft des Erinnerns“ mit Moderator & Organisator
@jannikpfister.bsky.social.

Mehr Infos: www.trace-center.de/veranstaltun...

Temporalities of independence and closure: violence in the UN-trusteeships of Togoland and Cameroon After World War II, the former German colonies of Cameroon and Togoland were placed under United Nations trusteeship, a system meant to guide territories toward self-governance. Despite similar str...

📢 New publication alert!
Happy to share that our article is out now with Cambridge Review of International Affairs: doi.org/10.1080/0955...
Together with Julius Heise, we compare the two UN trusteeship territories of Cameroon and Togoland 1/3

Two new interdisciplinary English-taught MA programs at the University of Marburg on research in political and social science!🧐 Discover more about these innovative programs and how to apply here: www.uni-marburg.de/en/fb03/stud...

Ich habe für die @zeit.de ein paar Gedanken aufgeschrieben. Die militärischen und sicherheitspolitischen Auswirkungen des Krieges muss man separat von den innenpolitischen Konsequenzen für den Iran bewerten - denn diese sind fatal.

📢 Einladung zum 3. Vortrag der Reihe „Konflikte in Gegenwart und Zukunft":

"Viele Wege führen zum Ziel? Klima- & Mobilitätswende in Zeiten der Negativ-Politik" 🌱🌍

🎙️ Dr. Fritz Reusswig vom @pik-potsdam.bsky.social
📅 30. Juni | ⏰ 18:30 Uhr
📍 Historischer Rathaussaal, Marburg
🔗 uni-marburg.de/ExOZXl

Until Friday, you can get our book (and all other @cornellupress.bsky.social books in print) at half price when ordering to the U.S. using the code below!!

YouTube video by Postcolonial Hierarchies in Peace & Conflict Peace and Conflict in Latin America. Insights from Critical Perspectives.

🎞️ Video out now!

Our colleagues from @postcolh.bsky.social invited a group of renowned scholars to discuss the #colonial legacies and continuities and their connection to dynamics of #peace and #violence in #LatinAmerica.

▶️ Check it out on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWQT...

Policy Paper: „Menschliche Überreste" in Universitätssammlungen - Rewriting peace and conflict Dieses Policy Paper greift eine dringend notwendige Debatte über postkoloniale Hierarchien in der Forschung auf. Im Zentrum steht die Verantwortung von Universitäten, sich kritisch mit ihrer koloniale...

Wichtiges Policy Paper von @mehler.bsky.social und Richard Tsogang Fossi: „Menschliche Überreste” in Universitätssammlungen

#restitution #Kamerun

Veröffentlicht in Kooperation mit @postcolh.bsky.social

@abi-freiburg.bsky.social @uni-freiburg.de

rewritingpeaceandconflict.net/2025/04/25/p...

Thrilled to have the English-language version of my article on "Becoming an Author in Times of Asymmetric Ignorance" come out in the @postcolh.bsky.social "Virtual Encyclopedia of Peace and Conflict Studies" right in time for my presentation at @ergvidsu.bsky.social on Tuesday! tinyurl.com/pdep62fr

YouTube video by Postcolonial Hierarchies in Peace & Conflict [In dialogue] with Bana Group: Insights into the Sudan War and feminist Peacebuilding

🎥Video out now!

Following the visit of the Bana Group for Peace and Development at the ABI, @postcolh.bsky.social has published an interview with Ilaaf Alaaeldin and Mai Ali Shatta from the group, giving insights into the Sudan War and feminist Peacebuilding.

▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKXG...

Why apply for the ICAS:MP Fellowship?
• Work in an interdisciplinary environment
• Monthly stipend up to €3,500
• Focused writing time
• Present your research to the ICAS academic circle & receive expert feedback
@ghilondon.bsky.social @maxweberstiftung.de @unierfurt.bsky.social @uni-wuerzburg.de

We are excited to invite you to our next public lecture by Rirhandu Mageza-Barthel at the Center for Conflict Studies in Marburg next week.

Date and time: May 26th, 6pm
Venue: Pilgrimstein 12, Room 305, Marburg

In two weeks' time in Stockholm thanks to my Kerstin Hesselgren Visiting Professorship @sodertorn.bsky.social @vetenskapsradet.bsky.social

Grassroots Geopolitical Imaginaries in the Sahel: Civil Society Security Narratives in Burkina Faso and Niger Recent shifts in the international security partnerships of several Sahelian countries have become a matter of fierce public debate. This article analyzes the link between geopolitical imaginaries,...

How do civil society actors in the Central hashtag#Sahel shape their governments' foreign policies and geopolitics? @lauraberlingozzi.bsky.social and I examine this question with regard to current politics in #Niger and #Burkina Faso. 1/x

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Entwicklungszusammenarbeit gerät zunehmend unter Beschuss. Welche Bedeutung hat das für geopolitische Machtasymmetrien, Migrationsdynamiken und Menschenrechte? Darüber spreche ich am 22.5. mit Valeria Hänsel, Mariel Reiss und Myriell Fußer.

Last night, we had the pleasure of listening to Pascha Bueno-Hansen talk about resistance practices and interventions in TJ processes of people of non-conformative genders and sexualities in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.

We also videotaped the lecture and will upload it to our YouTube account soon.

We are excited to invite you to our next public lecture by Pascha Bueno-Hansen at the Center for Conflict Studies in Marburg in cooperation with University Gießen.

Date and time: May 14th, 6pm
Venue: Pilgrimstein 12, Room 305, Marburg

For more information, see the Center's Website.

🚨 Starting today!

The Center Colloquium for Summer Term 2025 starts! 🎤

📅 28 April, 12:00 PM
📍 Ketzerbach 63, +2/0140

Topics: Nation-building, radicalisation & more
Speakers: Filipp Semyonov, VORTEX Team, Orwa Ajjoub, Heidi Piva

🌐 Full Programme on our website: uni-marburg.de/Ip4i6C
Join us!

ECPR Webinar: Navigating Syria's Transitional Landscape: Governance, Refugee Return, and Geopolitical Dynamics Thursday 5 June, 14:00–15:00 BST / 15:00–16:00 CEST

🚨 NEW webinar🚨

Syria stands at a pivotal juncture after the ousting of Bashar al-Assad 💻 Join us to explore the challenges of governance, refugee return, and geopolitical dynamics

🗣️ @reginesonja.bsky.social & Peter Seeberg
📅 Thu 5 Jun, 14:00–15:00 BST
#MENAsky #IRsky #polisky #migcitsky @prif.org

Very much looking forward to presenting my current research on Romani Europeans and the politics of memory at the
@uusociologydep.bsky.social as part of my Kerstin Hesselgren professorship 2025 at @sodertornshogskola.bsky.social! 🤗

The Women, Peace, and Security Agenda at 25 Years: What is next in an era of a changing world order? Roundtable and Q&A with PRIF Researchers and Members of PRIF’s Scientific Advisory Board

✨ 25 of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda ✨
Looking forward to chairing this event @prif.org with a fantastic lineup and lots of ground to cover🤩
Come join us if you‘re in town and would like to join the conversation!

www.prif.org/veranstaltun...

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I'm excited that my article "Postcolonial Embarassment" was published over the holidays. The article examines the UN Arria Formula Meeting on the humanitarian situation in Cameroon 2019 and argues that the meeting significantly shaped international responses to the violence. 1/1