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Felicity Jensz @fjensz.bsky.social · 10d

Our #DFG GloBil project exhibition on the legacies of Bible translations in the Arctic, West Africa and Oceania is opening next week. Come along to the @bibelmuseum in Münster from 10. October 2025

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Felicity Jensz @fjensz.bsky.social · 23d

Ich bin begeistert vom Veranstaltungsort und natürlich vom Inhalt hier am #historikertag2025

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Felicity Jensz @fjensz.bsky.social · 24d

#historikertag2025
Reflexion on influences that shape history writing with Dipesh Chakrabarty

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Felicity Jensz @fjensz.bsky.social · 24d

#historikertag2025
Great start to the conference.

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Felicity Jensz @fjensz.bsky.social · 28d

Had a few inspirational days in Växjö at ENIUGH.

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Felicity Jensz @fjensz.bsky.social · Jul 16

Some summer listening...

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Felicity Jensz @fjensz.bsky.social · Jun 27

Last day of the conference. It's been a inspiring few days. Thanks to @kilderbenhauser.bsky.social and GHI Washington

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Felicity Jensz @fjensz.bsky.social · Jun 19

Congratulations Matt! Excellent work. I'm looking forward to reading it!

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Matt Fitzpatrick @kilderbenhauser.bsky.social · Jun 19

Official release day for my newie 'A Pacific Power: Liberal Imperialism in German Samoa'. And I have copies!! Would love to see this in a few libraries. You can order it here: global.oup.com/academic/pro...

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Felicity Jensz @fjensz.bsky.social · Jun 19

Hot off the press :
My latest article in @jich.bsky.social open access. Read, discuss, share. Thanks to all the scholars who helped shape this work.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Imperial Reach Through Bible Translations in Nineteenth Century German East Africa

Informed by an attention to global and transnational entanglements, this article examines the context and process of bible translations from German East Africa at the tail end of German colonial ru...

www.tandfonline.com

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Felicity Jensz @fjensz.bsky.social · May 3

My new article is now out on various experiences of internment during WWI in German East Africa. Thanks to Matt Fitzpatrick @kilderbenhauser for putting the (forthcoming) issue together
academic.oup.com/gh/advance-a...

Making Enemies: British and German Missionary Personnel in East African Internment Camps during the First World War*

Abstract. During the First World War, German and British citizens in British and German colonies in East Africa were placed in internment camps. Men, women

academic.oup.com

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Felicity Jensz @fjensz.bsky.social · Mar 6

muse.jhu.edu/article/950281

New article out by me and my wonderful colleague Marleen Reichgelt on children, photography and transimperialism

Project MUSE - Papuan Children, Catholic Missionaries, and the Formation of Transimperial Networks in Late Nineteenth-Century Europe

muse.jhu.edu

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Felicity Jensz @fjensz.bsky.social · Feb 5

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

Just reminding you all that this article I co-wrote with the fabulous Daniel Gerster on methodology in researching boarding is open access.... Enjoy

“Equipping a Child for Life’s Battles”? Sources and Methods in the History of Boarding Schools

Boarding schools are well-known institutions that have been extensively studied by historians. Yet, there are still many hidden histories associated with this type of schooling. This section presen...

www.tandfonline.com

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Felicity Jensz @fjensz.bsky.social · Feb 4

Delighted to share here that I am a Bristol Benjamin Meaker Distinguished Visiting Professor for the month of February at the University of Bristol working with my wonderful colleague Prof Hillary Carey. My time here is already been very inspiring and productive. Very grateful for the opportunity.

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Felicity Jensz @fjensz.bsky.social · Jan 21

My DFG Globil project has case studies of the historical processes of bible translations in three areas including West Africa, Australia and Oceania and the Arctic.... And now I see in the city library in Münster this catégorisation exists too

Felicity Jensz @fjensz.bsky.social · Jan 15

Relevant in the current situation.

link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Legacies of David Cranz's 'Historie von Grönland' (1765)

This book examines how David Cranz’s Historie von Grönland (1765) resonated in various disciplines, periods and countries

link.springer.com

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Felicity Jensz @fjensz.bsky.social · Jan 9

This piece I wrote years ago is relevant again...
theconversation.com/greenland-is...

Greenland isn’t Denmark’s to sell: some essential reading for Trump on colonialism

The USA has a long colonial history – as does Denmark. The USA has even tried to buy Greenland before. But this time, Greenland isn’t Denmark’s to sell.

theconversation.com

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Felicity Jensz @fjensz.bsky.social · Jan 9

Back from my winter break and look what I found in my postbox. Thanks to Franziska Metzger and the team at SZRK for putting together this special issue on Religion and Post Colonial memory!

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Felicity Jensz @fjensz.bsky.social · Jan 8

Seen in the window of Rosta book shop. Our edited volume about Colonial traces in Münster and Münster land. Published by @transcript-verlag.bsky.social

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Felicity Jensz @fjensz.bsky.social · Dec 13

globalbible.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2024/12/13/p...
New post from our GloBil DFG/AHRC funded project.

Peni Lelei and Bible Translations at the German colonial exhibition of 1896 – Global Bible

globalbible.blogs.bristol.ac.uk

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Stadtarchiv Münster @stadtarchivms.bsky.social · Dec 12

Vielleicht sucht Ihr noch ein interessantes Weihnachtsgeschenk?! 👉 Philipp Erdmann / Felicity Jensz (Hg.), Koloniale Spuren in Münster und im Münsterland. ISBN: 978-3-8376-7483-5

Felicity Jensz @fjensz.bsky.social · Dec 5

Enjoyed the book launch tonight at the Stadtarchiv Münster. Thanks to all for coming and participating!

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Felicity Jensz @fjensz.bsky.social · Dec 12

www.uni-muenster.de/news/view.ph...
Our GloBil project, funded by the DFG, is featured in the December issue of the Münster University newspaper. You can read it here.

Verborgenes Wissen aus religiösen Archiven

Zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts gab es Bibelübersetzungen in etwa 1.000 Sprachen, darunter viele, die zuvor keine Schriftlichkeit kannten. Wer hat diese Übersetzungen angefertigt, gedruckt und verteilt...

www.uni-muenster.de

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Felicity Jensz @fjensz.bsky.social · Dec 5

Enjoyed the book launch tonight at the Stadtarchiv Münster. Thanks to all for coming and participating!

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Christian Drury @cjdrury.bsky.social · Dec 2

Call for Abstracts - ‘Epistemic Frontiers’? Geoscientific Knowledge, Authority, and Politics of Participation in Arctic and African Exploration - Oslo, 22–24th April 2025: www.hf.uio.no/iakh/english... #histsci

Call for Abstracts - ‘Epistemic Frontiers’? Geoscientific Knowledge, Authority, and Politics of Participation in Arctic and African Exploration - Department of Archaeology, Conservation and H...

Read this story on the University of Oslo's website.

www.hf.uio.no

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The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History @jich.bsky.social · Nov 30

Volume 52 Issue 4-5 is now out - check it out here:
www.tandfonline.com/toc/fich20/5...

The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History

Volume 52, Issue 4-5 of The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History

www.tandfonline.com

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