We are happy to welcome Ankit Chowdhury, who after finishing his Master studies with us, joins again the BCDSS as a Predoctoral Fellow! We are excited to have Ankit back in our community! 👉To know more about his work visit: buff.ly/HptzJTJ @unibonn.bsky.social @dfg.de

🗣️ Join us for the upcoming workshop "Collaborative & Intercultural Methodological Approaches" on February 19, 2026. To attend, please register by February 10, 2026 via [email protected] 👉 www.dependency.uni-bonn.de/en/outreach/... @unibonn.bsky.social @dfg.de

🎧 If you missed our last Joseph C. Miller Memorial Lecture by Marçal de Menezes Paredes , you can now find the recording on YouTube! Follow the link 👉 buff.ly/HnXt9qz @unibonn.bsky.social @dfg.de

Explore Roman Bonn through the eyes of Bassiana, a free Ubian woman living near the legionary camp of Bonna. Our new self-guided digital heritage trail is now online via the free app – with places, stories, and small challenges along the way. More: buff.ly/4QtrLc9 @unibonn.bsky.social @dfg.de

A big welcome to Anita Kporkpor Pobi, who joins the BCDSS as a Predoctoral Fellow! We are excited to have Anita’s important perspective at our Cluster! 👉 To learn more about her work, visit: buff.ly/U8k9TAd @unibonn.bsky.social @dfg.de

Education is a human right and a public good. Marking #InternationalDayOfEducation, we reaffirm our commitment to inclusive, accessible learning at the BCDSS. Our 2026 DEI workshops will offer practical training in inclusive communication, teaching, and leadership. Details soon: buff.ly/ZQyKT8e

#NewPublication 📚 We're happy to share that Volume 27 of the DSS publishing series is out now! Read more: buff.ly/DwTA0dW @unibonn.bsky.social @dfg.de @degruyterbrill.bsky.social

We are happy to welcome Jakob D. Jung, who has joined the Bonn BCDSS as a Predoctoral Fellow! 👉 To learn more about Jakob's work, visit: buff.ly/7duWJtn @unibonn.bsky.social @dfg.de

📚Find the new publication of BCDSS PhD researcher Diego Schibelinski, a book review on "Joaquim de Almeida: A história do africano traficado que se tornou traficante de africanos". 👉https://buff.ly/Y3QY4WO @unibonn.bsky.social @dfg.de @tandfresearch.bsky.social

Congratulations to Dr. Sinah Kloß, whose article "Skin" has just been published in “Key Terms for Material Religion 2025” in the Journal Material Religion. 👉 buff.ly/PdZV0Th @unibonn.bsky.social @dfg.de @tandfresearch.bsky.social

Do not miss our upcoming #JCMM Lecture with Nasir Uddin! 🗓️ 26 January 2026 ⏱️16:15 CET ❕Hybrid event: Niebuhrstr. 5 or via Zoom 👉For more info, visit: buff.ly/hwGX4kY @unibonn.bsky.social @dfg.de @bora-network.bsky.social

We are happy to introduce Reza Halomoan, who joins the #BCDSS as one of our newest Predoctoral Fellows! We are excited to have his expertise and fresh perspective within our research community. 👉 To learn more about Reza's work, visit: buff.ly/65tsFkv @unibonn.bsky.social @dfg.de

Thank you to Postdoctoral Guest Researcher Dr. Darlan Lorenzetti, who presented his research on "Sinners, Masters and Slaves: The reception of Augustine of Hippo's theory of slavery in Alonso de Sandoval S. J." in today's Research Seminar. @unibonn.bsky.social @dfg.de

Do not miss our upcoming #JCMM #Lecture with Evelyn Hu-DeHart! 🗓️ 12 January 2026 ⏱️16:15 CET ❕Hybrid event: Niebuhrstr. 5 or via Zoom 👉For more info, visit: buff.ly/K7wJQkl unibonn.bsky.social dfg.de

🎉 Congratulations! to Danitza Márquez Ramírez on co-editing a newly published issue of Notas de Antropología de las Américas on Andean Ethnohistory. The dossier honors Catherine Julien and reflects on 25 years of Reading Inca History. 🔗 buff.ly/MTF9jbW @unibonn.bsky.social @dfg.de

📢 New Gender & History special issue on Gender & Segregation out now. Co-edited by Lisa Hellman & Julia Hillner, alongside Daniel J. R. Grey and Rachel Jean-Baptiste. The issue builds on last year's conference, with a contribution by Emma Kalb. 🔗 buff.ly/3U8hxSj @unibonn.bsky.social @dfg.de

💫 We sincerely thank everyone who has helped shape the BCDSS. The Cluster has thrived through your dedication, expertise, and collaboration! You have strengthened the community of researchers and learners and inspired us to build on this momentum in the second funding phase. Your BCDSS Team

Congratulations to Prof. Dr. Stephan Conermann, PD Dr. Ulrike Schmieder and Prof. Dr. Michael Zeuske, whose book, "Cultural Heritage and Slavery: A Perspective from the Caribbean," has just been published! 👉 buff.ly/sUOpm23 @unibonn.bsky.social @dfg.de @degruyterbrill.bsky.social

🎧 If you missed our last Joseph C. Miller Memorial #Lecture by Luis Rosenfield, you can now find the #recording on #Youtube! 👉https://buff.ly/U2iQf6o @unibonn.bsky.social @dfg.de

It was a pleasure to host Behnaz Mirzai for an engaging and well-attended evening combining lecture and film screening. Many thanks to @behnazmirzai.bsky.social, Jun.-Prof. Dr. Julia Binter for hosting at the GHL, and everyone who joined the discussion. @unibonn.bsky.social @dfg.de @brocku.ca

BCDSS Professors Julia Hillner and Pia Wiegmink, together with former BCDSS Guest Researcher Jamie Wood (University of Lincoln), have been granted funding by the VolkswagenStiftung for their collaborative project "The Nameless in History". @unibonn.bsky.social @dfg.de @volkswagenstiftung.de

👏 Our warmest congratulations to Vitali Byl, Honey Hammer, Claire Conrad, and James Harland (@jmharland.bsky.social) on earning their BCDSS DEI Certificates. All members of @unibonn.bsky.social are eligible for the certificate! More info: buff.ly/ULgEnQI @dfg.de

Dont forget to join our next's week #JCMM #Lecture with Marçal de Menezes Paredes! 🗓️ 15 December 2025 ⏱️16:15 CET ❕Hybrid event: Niebuhrstr. 5 or via Zoom 👉For more info, visit: buff.ly/7zlCDq5 @unibonn.bsky.social @dfg.de

📕 Congratulations to BCDSS postdoctoral researcher James M. Harland on his new publication in "Traditio: Studies in Ancient and Medieval History, Thought and Religion." 👉 More information: buff.ly/Dwlp4Lk @unibonn.bsky.social @dfg.de @universitypress.cambridge.org @jmharland.bsky.social

My new article has now been published in the 2025 volume of Traditio. I use a little examined episode on the lower Rhine in the late 350s with the aid of agricultural archaeology to reveal fiscal dependency relations between the Empire & Barbaricum, & the consequences of their rupture. #medievalsky

🎧 If you missed our last Joseph C. Miller Memorial #Lecture by Alan Rice, you can now find the #recording on #Youtube! Follow the link 👉https://buff.ly/afOxREf @unibonn.bsky.social @dfg.de

Join the upcoming talk and documentary film on African slavery in Iran by Behnaz Mirzai! 📅 Thursday, 11.12. 25 ⏰ 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM 📍 GHL, Poststraße 26, 53111 Bonn 👉 buff.ly/602OkbG @unibonn.bsky.social @dfg.de @behnazmirzai.bsky.social

Sciences and the divine: A heartfelt thank you to Rev. David Smith as well as BCDSS Professor Pia Wiegmink and all involved in a highly engaging and enlightening exploration of the historical connection between Christianity and Slavery as part of Dies Academicus! @unibonn.bsky.social @dfg.de

We were thrilled to welcome so many to our Dies Academicus lecture with Christian Mader and Philip Atta Mensah. Drawing on their research project on Fort William in Ghana, they explored the material signature for slavery and colonialism. @unibonn.bsky.social @dfg.de

Do not miss our upcoming #JCMM #Lecture with Luis Rosenfield! 🗓️08 December 2025 ⏱️16:15 CET ❕Online event via Zoom 👉https://buff.ly/NFwfhbn @unibonn.bsky.social @dfg.de

Our new blog post is out! Looking back with a sense of nostalgia and looking forward with excitement, we are bringing the first funding phase to a close. We asked our researchers: What will you take away from BCDSS? What were your highlights? Full post: buff.ly/7C4PfDx @unibonn.bsky.social @dfg.de

📘Congratulations to Stephan Conermann and Roberto Hofmeister Pich, editors of the newly published Volume 21 of the DSS Series. 👉 More: buff.ly/hTUTIm8 @degruyterbrill.bsky.social @unibonn.bsky.social @dfg.de

📣 New Special Issue Published! 📣 The special issue of Atlantic Studies: Global Currents, co-edited by BCDSS Professor and Co-speaker, Pia Wiegmink has just been published! For more info: buff.ly/bO0FZ7R @unibonn.bsky.social @dfg.de

How have African Atlantic artists transformed our understanding of slavery’s legacy? Do not miss out upcoming #JCMM #Lecture with Alan Rice! 🗓️01 December 2025 ⏱️ 16:15 CET ❕Hybrid event: Niebuhrstr. 5 or via Zoom 👉https://buff.ly/K9CsrNn @unibonn.bsky.social @dfg.de

“Whose Prayers did God hear?” Join us on 3 Dec, 7 PM @ Schlosskirche for talks, interviews, and interactive reflections on Christianity’s historical entanglements with slavery. More info: buff.ly/GjjVq3A No registration required. @unibonn.bsky.social @dfg.de #BCDSS #DiesAcademicus #Bonn

We enjoyed the inspiring talks at last week’s workshop, “Longue Durée Approaches to the Global Plantation Complex.” Many thanks to the organizer and PhD researcher Joe Biggerstaff, as well as to all participants for their valuable contributions! @unibonn.bsky.social @dfg.de

Call for Applications! The Ottoman Slavery Working Group invites submissions for the conference “Ottoman Slaveries and Typologies of Unfreedom.” 📍 Bonn, 24–26 June 2026 More info: buff.ly/IvFb1wS @unibonn.bsky.social @dfg.de

📘 Out now: 'Slavery and Servile Societies in Korean History: The Hidden Background of Modern Korea' by BCDSS PI Reinhard Zöllner. All volumes in this series are available open access! 👉 More info: buff.ly/80R2y4q @unibonn.bsky.social @dfg.de @degruyterbrill.bsky.social

Join today's IMPULSE Café on "Displacement, ‘fugitivity’ and agency" through the lens of Slavery Studies! 🗓️ Tuesday, November 18, 2025 ⏰ Time: 4:00 - 5:30 pm CET 📍 House of Imagination and Intellectual Creativity, Adenauerallee 131, Bonn @unibonn.bsky.social @dfg.de

Very happy to see this out in the world! A deeply collaborative attempt at thinking ecological dependencies from/across a variety of disciplines. Thank you @dependencybonn.de for providing us with the space + resources to develop this. Check the book out here: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

Beyond chattel slavery, who really built the global plantation complex? Our upcoming #JCMM Lecture with Randy M. Browne shows that plantations did not rely solely on enslaved labor. 🗓️ 20 November 2025 ⏱️17:30 CET ❕ONLINE event via Zoom For more Info👉 buff.ly/xKU279h @unibonn.bsky.social @dfg.de

📚 Congratulations to BCDSS PhD Researcher Zeynep Y. Gökçe and Junior Professor and BCDSS Alumna Jennifer Leetsch, editors of Vol. 24 in our DSS Series with De Gruyter. 👉 Read more: buff.ly/O1Plhhl @unibonn.bsky.social @dfg.de @unitrier.bsky.social

Call for Papers! The POLLEN conference and the panel 'Time is of the Essence: Temporal (In)Justice, Extractivisms and Dispossessions in the "Green Transition"' is now accepting paper proposals. 📝Deadline: 5 December 2025 👉 buff.ly/lfcZ8jC pollenetwork.bsky.social unibonn.bsky.social dfg.de

Following Thursday’s film discussion, we invite you to the Chilean film “Oro Amargo” (Bitter Gold) by Juan Francisco Olea, screened as part of the CineEscuela Film Festival Bonn. The film will be introduced by Colectiva Borregas Moradas, a Latinx migrant feminist collective!

👏 Congratulations to BCDSS research group coordinator Sinah Kloß on her new article published in the Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute! 👉 For more info: buff.ly/wDLmIgC @dfg.de @unibonn.bsky.social

What is the material signature of slavery and colonialism, and where can we still feel it today? Join BCDSS Research Group Leader Christian Mader at the Dies Academicus Lecture at Uni Bonn. 📍Hörsaal IV, main building 📅 3 December 2025, 2.15pm - 3pm 👉 buff.ly/SIOR6wX @dfg.de @unibonn.bsky.social

✨ Author spotlight! Meet Anas Ansar, author of "Rohingyas and the Geographies of Precarity in Exile." Available in open access, it analyzes the precarious situation of #Rohingya #refugees displaced from Myanmar to Bangladesh and Malaysia. Photo: @abi-freiburg.bsky.social

🎬Thanks to Drs. Kieslinger (FAU) & Mashingaidze (BCDSS) for insights on SUGAR ISLAND (2024). We explored colonial legacies, discrimination, human rights struggles, and resilience expressed through youth and motherhood. @unibonn.bsky.social @dfg.de

Great turnout at yesterday's event "Uni im Rathaus - Dilemma Palmöl" with BCDSS Investigator Prof. Dr. Kristina Großmann. A huge thank you to Prof. Dr. Großmann, Volkshochschule Bonn, and everyone who joined us for such a lively exchange. @unibonn.bsky.social @dfg.de

Don't miss our upcoming #JCMM #Lecture with Christian Cwik! 🗓️ 10 November 2025 ⏱️16:15 CET ❕Hybrid event: Niebuhrstr. 5 or via Zoom 👉For more info, visit: buff.ly/0BjLLcF @unibonn.bsky.social @dfg.de