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Fabian Krautwald
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Historian of eastern and southern Africa @uclhistory.bsky.social interested in memory, sovereignty, and decolonization.
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Fabian Krautwald @fkrautwald.bsky.social · Sep 8
Happy to share the launch of the new, hybrid African History Seminar @ihr.bsky.social . Check out our fall program here: history.ac.uk/news-events/... If you're in London and want to present new research on Africa, get in touch!
Institute of Historical Research
The Institute of Historical Research is the UK's national centre for history
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UCL History @uclhistory.bsky.social · 22d
We’re honoured to welcome renowned journalist and SOAS President Zeinab Badawi for the launch of the new African History Seminar at the Institute of Historical Research✨

🗓️ 14 Oct 2025
🕠 5:30–7:30 pm
📍 Hybrid: Zoom & Senate House, London

All welcome and free, register here: shorturl.at/vyAMN
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Fabian Krautwald @fkrautwald.bsky.social · Sep 8
Happy to share the launch of the new, hybrid African History Seminar @ihr.bsky.social . Check out our fall program here: history.ac.uk/news-events/... If you're in London and want to present new research on Africa, get in touch!
Institute of Historical Research
The Institute of Historical Research is the UK's national centre for history
history.ac.uk
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Fabian Krautwald @fkrautwald.bsky.social · Sep 8
All sessions are hybrid, so you can easily join from outside London and the UK!
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Fabian Krautwald @fkrautwald.bsky.social · Sep 8
The inaugural meeting of the new African History Seminar at London's Institute of Historical Research will take place on October 14 from 5:30-7:30 PM. Zeinab Badawi will talk about her fantastic book, An African History of Africa. You can register here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... Join us!
Recasting the Past: Zeinab Badawi’s An African History of Africa
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Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social · Aug 5
📣🎉 We are pleased to announce 3 new IHR Seminar Series starting in September 2025.

• African History
• Migration & Mobility History
• Planetary History

Find out about the new series on the IHR website: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
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UCL History @uclhistory.bsky.social · May 21
🎓 London calling! Study at a top-10 QS uni in the heart of Bloomsbury.

Visa students: just over a month left to apply for a Master’s at UCL History!

🌍 Culture, Economy, Empires, Environment, Modern, Medieval, Ancient & Public History!

Apply now 👉 shorturl.at/13nVr

#UCL #History #Masters
Master's in History | Graduate (Taught)
Study for a History Master's degree at the intellectual heart of the world's best student city (QS Best Student Cities 2018-25).
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John Sabapathy @jwwsabapathy.bsky.social · May 7
The @erc.europa.eu's Marie Skłodowska-Curie postdocs go live tomorrow.

Would you like to hold one @uclhistory.bsky.social? If so get in touch with me! #skyhistorians
MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025
MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships enhance the creative and innovative potential of researchers holding a PhD and who wish to acquire new skills through advanced training, international, interdisciplinary ...
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historianmemory.bsky.social @historianmemory.bsky.social · Mar 25
Most Britons do not know scale of UK’s involvement in slavery, survey finds www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Most Britons do not know scale of UK’s involvement in slavery, survey finds
Vast majority unaware how many people were enslaved and for how long, although poll finds support for reparations is rising
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SOAS History and the SOAS History Blog @soashistory.bsky.social · Feb 28
Next up in the #SOAS History Seminar is @fkrautwald.bsky.social (UCL) who will be speaking about 'Mnemonic sovereignty: Memories of German colonialism and Africa’s decolonization'. Wednesday, 5 March 2025, 5pm in room C325. All welcome!
For more information see www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/...
Photo appears to be showing black troops in the German colonial army. Image: Copyright by the National Archives of Namibia, with permission
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UCL History @uclhistory.bsky.social · Feb 3
Dr Fabian Krautwald has recently published a short article for the American-German Institute on the nearing conclusion of the 'reconciliation agreement' between Namibia and Germany about the genocide of 1904-1908 against the Herero and Nama 📖

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A Zeitenwende for Whom?
German Colonial Memory and Epistemic Barriers On November 21, 2024, The Namibian, Namibia’s leading English-language newspaper, reported that the ongoing negotiations between Namibia and Germany over ...
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