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Postcolonial Hierarchies in Peace and Conflict @postcolh.bsky.social · 28d

Part 2: Some other highlights include our Thinklab and very insightful public lectures we hosted in Freiburg and Marburg.

We are also very much looking forward to our final conference!

Make sure to check our website to stay updated throughout the year.
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Postcolonial Hierarchies in Peace and Conflict @postcolh.bsky.social · 28d

Part 1: Take a look at some of the things we have done this 4th year of the Postcolonial Hierarchies project - and what is yet to come.

Our highlights include the Virtual Encyclopaedia with written, audio and audiovisual content.

postcolonial-hierarchies.net/encyclopedia/

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Research Group MeDiMi @for-medimi.bsky.social · Jul 30

🚨 Save the Date: #MeDiMiConference2026! 🚨

💥 We are thrilled to officially announce the final conference of MeDiMi's first research phase!

📅 May 7–8, 2026

📍 Justus Liebig University Giessen

👉 A detailed announcement and a call for papers will follow – stay tuned!

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Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institut Freiburg @abi-freiburg.bsky.social · Aug 25

🎙️ @postcolh.bsky.social release 4th podcast episode!

Guests Hanna Al-Taher and Firoozeh Farvardin explore a range of topics, including authoritarianism, collective mobilization, epistemic hierarchies, and the relationship between resistance, praxis, and academia.

▶️ open.spotify.com/episode/1FA4...

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TraCe @trace-center.de · Aug 27

The 2015 Truth & Reconciliation Commission of Canada report documented the devastating legacy of the Indian Residential School System. In the new TraCe Policy Brief, Rita Kopp (@prif.org) examines the Commission’s work, political progress & ongoing challenges.
🔗 www.trace-center.de/fileadmin/Da...

Cover of TraCe Policy Brief No. 9 titled Truth Spoken, Progress Delayed: Reflections on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada

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Manuela Boatcă @manuelaboatca.bsky.social · Aug 14

Web dossier on uneasy postcolonial spaces, with contributions on Latin America, Ireland, Goa, Palestine & the European East, initially published in 2013 in honor of Fernando Coronil, is now available for free download tinyurl.com/3bp6wky6. Thanks to Louise Link for invaluable work on the new layout!

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Manuela Boatcă @manuelaboatca.bsky.social · Aug 4

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

Julian Scholtes @jscholt.bsky.social · Jul 24

My newest in the Hague J on the Rule of Law: a critical study of the work of the Venice Commission. I argue that aspects of the VC's work sheds light on our 'mental map' of European constitutionalism, emphasising above all an East-West binary.

Read it here:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

The Venice Commission and the Mental Map of European Constitutionalism - Hague Journal on the Rule of Law

The Venice Commission is known to differentiate its constitutional advice depending on whether a state is considered a ‘new’ or an ‘established’ democracy. This article gives an account of the distinc...

link.springer.com

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Manuela Boatcă @manuelaboatca.bsky.social · Aug 7

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

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Postcolonial Hierarchies in Peace and Conflict @postcolh.bsky.social · Aug 12

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...!

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...

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ninahall.bsky.social @ninahall.bsky.social · Jul 21

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 🙏

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

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Manuela Boatcă @manuelaboatca.bsky.social · Jul 17

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

Creolizing the Modern Transylvania across Empires by Anca Parvulescu & Manuela Boatcă

Presenting the award-winning book

creolizingthemodern.com

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Gillian Mathys @gillianmathys.bsky.social · Jun 27

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.

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Manuela Boatcă @manuelaboatca.bsky.social · Jul 13

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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EJIR @ejir.bsky.social · Jul 10

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

t1p.de/ugm9r

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TraCe @trace-center.de · Jul 10

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...

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

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Maria Ketzmerick-Calandrino @mariaketzmerick.bsky.social · Jul 8

📢 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

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...

www.tandfonline.com

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Anika Oettler @anikaoettler.bsky.social · Jul 10

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...

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Tareq @teraqerat.bsky.social · Jun 28

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.

DIE ZEIT @zeit.de · Jun 28

Regime-Change? Von wegen! Die Opposition im Iran darf den politischen Trümmerhaufen beseitigen, den Trumps Angriffe angerichtet haben.

Innenpolitik im Iran: Der GAU für jede demokratische Bewegung

Regime-Change? Von wegen! Die Opposition im Iran darf den politischen Trümmerhaufen beseitigen, den Trumps Angriffe angerichtet haben.

www.zeit.de

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Zentrum für Konfliktforschung @zfk-mr.bsky.social · Jun 23

📢 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

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Manuela Boatcă @manuelaboatca.bsky.social · Jun 25

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!!

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Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institut Freiburg @abi-freiburg.bsky.social · Apr 28

🎞️ 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...

Peace and Conflict in Latin America. Insights from Critical Perspectives.

YouTube video by Postcolonial Hierarchies in Peace & Conflict

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Africa Centre for Transregional Research @actunifreiburg.bsky.social · Apr 29

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...

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...

rewritingpeaceandconflict.net

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Manuela Boatcă @manuelaboatca.bsky.social · May 25

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

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Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institut Freiburg @abi-freiburg.bsky.social · Jun 16

🎥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...

[In dialogue] with Bana Group: Insights into the Sudan War and feminist Peacebuilding

YouTube video by Postcolonial Hierarchies in Peace & Conflict

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ICAS:MP @icasmp.bsky.social · Jun 19

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

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