Norman Aselmeyer @aselmeyer.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Conference time! From protest routes to print networks, from imperial capitals to port cities, urban spaces were not just backdrops but engines of anticolonial struggle. Join us for the "Cities and Decolonization" conference in Oxford this week. More: citiesanddecolonization.com 02411
Norman Aselmeyer @aselmeyer.bsky.social · 22/02/2026Auch hier im Vereinigten Königreich. Sehr zu empfehlen. @he-mel.bsky.social 151
Norman Aselmeyer @aselmeyer.bsky.social · 13/02/2026Glad to share that our special issue of German History, co-edited with @nkleinoeder.bsky.social, is now available in First View. It focuses on colonial railway infrastructure in the German Empire. If you would like access, just let us know. doi.org/10.1093/gerh... 43414
Norman Aselmeyer @aselmeyer.bsky.social · 28/12/2025I went on a day trip with friends today to the #Kedong Valley, where the Kedong Massacre (1895) took place. We also found Andrew Dick’s grave (-1.091348, 36.566617). It had been dug up, and the headstone was destroyed. 000
Norman Aselmeyer @aselmeyer.bsky.social · 28/11/2025Virginie Kamche wird am Tag des Ehrenamts (1.12.2025) der Verdienstorden der Bundesrepublik verliehen. Herzlichen Glückwunsch! Sehr verdient. www.bundespraesident.de/SharedDocs/B... 020
Norman Aselmeyer @aselmeyer.bsky.social · 05/11/2025The call does specifically invite ECR to submit proposals for presentations. 030
Norman Aselmeyer @aselmeyer.bsky.social · 05/11/2025🚨 Call for Papers 🚨 The Association of Historians and Archaeologists of Togo invites submissions for its upcoming conference on Colonialism, Resistance, and Legacy, to be held at the University of Lomé from 21 to 23 April 2026. Deadline for abstracts: 31 December 2025. 1117
Norman Aselmeyer @aselmeyer.bsky.social · 31/10/2025In der globalen Anti-Apartheid-Bewegung spielte Namibia nur eine Nebenrolle. Das mag ein Grund sein, warum auch die Forschung der internationalen Solidarität mit dem namibischen Befreiungskampf bisher wenig Aufmerksamkeit geschenkt hat. Unser Band „Solidarity with Namibia“ 1/3 152
Norman Aselmeyer @aselmeyer.bsky.social · 27/10/2025Für die Bremer/innen: Am 1.11. liest Virginie aus unserem Buch „Stadt der Kolonien“ im Kwanzaa Bookshop Bremen 0114
Norman Aselmeyer @aselmeyer.bsky.social · 14/10/2025Die Rückgabe nach Namibia war "eine bequeme Möglichkeit für die Stadt und den Senat, diese Sammlung endlich loszuwerden." Zum Ende des Bremer Afrika Archivs berichtet heute der Weser-Kurier. www.weser-kurier.de/bremen/breme... 02810
Norman Aselmeyer @aselmeyer.bsky.social · 07/10/2025Here’s the term card for the Northeast Africa Forum in Oxford, a research seminar focused on the broader East Africa region. We meet on Tuesdays at 4 p.m., and most sessions are also held in hybrid format. @jasonmosley.bsky.social @mwangimwaura.bsky.social @terrefebiruk.bsky.social 0107
Norman Aselmeyer @aselmeyer.bsky.social · 02/10/2025Over 120 abstracts came in (I even stopped counting at one point). Such an amazing response. We aim to share the line-up in early November. 040
Norman Aselmeyer @aselmeyer.bsky.social · 01/10/2025Neue Besprechung der (mittlerweile schon etwas älteren) Studie von Florence Bernault „Colonial Transactions“. Mehr: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi... 020
Norman Aselmeyer @aselmeyer.bsky.social · 23/09/2025In bester Gesellschaft. Und mit Empfehlung der Buchhandlung. 🔆🍀 040
Norman Aselmeyer @aselmeyer.bsky.social · 20/09/2025At this year’s conference of the German Historical Association ("Historikertag"), @schoeckquinteros.bsky.social and I organised the first panel ever on Black German history. The room was packed, with more than 90 participants. With Eve Rosenhaft, @rjmauk.bsky.social and Andrea-Vicky Amankwaa-Birago. 0101
Norman Aselmeyer @aselmeyer.bsky.social · 16/08/2025From the archives: In 1960, historian Bethwell Ogot drafted the proposal to establish the Kenya National Archives (KNA). Five years later, in 1965, the KNA opened its doors. Today, it stands in Nairobi’s CBD as the country’s central repository of memory. 020
Norman Aselmeyer @aselmeyer.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Am 9.7.2025 eröffnet die Ausstellung „Solidarität in (post-) kolonialen Räumen“ zur antikolonialen Arbeit des Bremer Afrika Archivs seit den 1970er Jahren. Kuratiert von Studierenden der Uni Bremen unter Leitung von Caro Schäfer. Alle herzlich willkommen! Mehr hier: bch.uni-bremen.de/projekte/sol... 192
Norman Aselmeyer @aselmeyer.bsky.social · 23/06/2025In unserem Buch 'Stadt der Kolonien' merken wir an, dass die meisten Bremer Schüler/innen nicht wüssten, welche Geschichte sich hinter dem Elefanten verbirgt. Nun zeigen Schüler/innen der 8c der Wilhelm-Focke-Oberschule in Bremen, dass sie doch wissen, was es mit dem Elefanten auf sich hat. Chapeau! 020
Norman Aselmeyer @aselmeyer.bsky.social · 29/05/2025I met Ngugi wa Thiong‘o in Berlin in 2012. I remember asking him about Meja Mwangi (whose novels I preferred to Ngugi‘s) and their relationship. RIP 000
Norman Aselmeyer @aselmeyer.bsky.social · 28/05/2025Together with Saitabau Lulunken (@saitabau.bsky.social), I wrote a piece for the "Dekoloniale" website about what is likely the first group of Maasai people in Europe – exhibited at the First German Colonial Exhibition in Berlin in 1896. Feedback and hints welcome! www.dekoloniale.de/en/map?kind=... 184
Norman Aselmeyer @aselmeyer.bsky.social · 22/04/2025Morgen (23.04.2025) in Erfurt: "Exploring Voluntariness in Postcolonial Settings". Ich spreche über entwicklungspolitische Kampagnen zur "Modernisierung" von Kleidungsmoden im postkolonialen Ostafrika (1960er–1980er Jahre). 052
Norman Aselmeyer @aselmeyer.bsky.social · 04/04/2025Peter Sebald’s influence in #Togo is unmistakable. This week, I had the opportunity to work in his office and to look at his materials at the National Archives in #Lomé. 020
Norman Aselmeyer @aselmeyer.bsky.social · 03/03/2025In unserem Band gibts Infos zur Geschichte und zur Auseinandersetzung mit beiden Denkmälern: 140
Norman Aselmeyer @aselmeyer.bsky.social · 07/02/2025Fellowship opportunity. @wadhamcollege.bsky.social in cooperation with the @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social established the Koch History Centre, an Institute of Advanced Studies for History. The first cohort will start on 1 Oct 2025. This year's theme:"Religion and the State". Please consider applying 235
Norman Aselmeyer @aselmeyer.bsky.social · 30/01/2025I‘ve just learnt that Bethwell Ogot passed away at the age of 95 in Kisumu. He was one of the founders of Kenyan history after independence and a pioneer of oral tradition. His contributions to history scholarship will be missed. 060