Announcements
25.06.2025 - 28.06.2025 Chloë Mayoux (United States) & Robin E. Möser (Germany)

This panel aims to address blind spots in the historiography of Africa in the atomic age, propose theoretical frameworks and methodological innovations which can give the field new momentum, and thus help bring to the fore a richer, more diverse and inclusive narrative of the atomic age.

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Reviews
Rev. by Maren Röger, Leibniz-Institut für Geschichte und Kultur des östlichen Europa (GWZO), Leipzig

Nachdem staatlich erzwungene Massenmigrationen über lange Zeit überwiegend im nationalstaatlichen Rahmen erinnert und beforscht wurden, oftmals den limitierten und national verengenden Termini folgend, hat die Forschung seit mindestens zwei Jahrzehnten den komparativen und negativ verbindenden Aspekt entdeckt.

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Journals

Uncovering Non-Official Expectations of Independence in Africa
Ed. by Ngozi Edeagu and Dmitri van den Bersselaar

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Articles
By Jens Jäger, Historisches Institut, Universität zu Köln

Interpol – or rather the International Criminal Police Commission (ICPC) [1], as it was known until 1956 – was the only international organization to fall entirely into German hands after 1933. In contrast to the Nazi policy towards international organizations, which was generally ambivalent if not hostile [2], the new leaders of the German police took a keen interest in the ICPC.

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Conference Reports
12.10.2023 - 14.10.2023 Cristian Cercel, Institute for Danube Swabian History and Regional Studies, Tübingen; Dietmar Müller, Leipzig University
By David Borchin, Institut für Interdisziplinäre Studien und Forschungen, Lucian-Blaga-Universität-Sibiu