Preliminary Programme:
25.10.22
14:30
Introduction: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Zimmerer (UHH)
16:00
Colonial Looting – Soldiers and Traders in the Contact Zones
Dr. Idahosa Osagie Ojo (Benson Idahosa University, Benin City/NDA Kaduna)
Topic: The Colonial Looting and Internationalisation of the Benin Bronze Sculptures Dr. Julia Binter (SPK Berlin) Topic: Trade, Imperial Contact and Relating to the Past in the Niger Delta
Panel Host: Paula Dahl (UHH)
18:00
Keynote by Dr. Kwame Opoku: The Benin Bronzes, Restitution and Decolonization. The Debate on Colonial Loot and Reparations
19:30
Conference Dinner
26.10.22
10:00
Traders and Markets – Moving Colonial Loot
Jonas Ehrsam (UHH)
Topic: Trade Networks of the Benin Bronzes since 1897
Talip Törün (ZLB Berlin)
Topic: German Maritime Markets for non-European Artefacts
Panel Host: Myriam Gröpl (UHH)
13:30
Shifting the paradigm – Layers of Identity in Looted Objects
Sani Yakubu Adam (Bayero University Kano)
Topic: Colonial Loot and Competing Narratives of African Art
Isabel Eiser (UHH)
Topic: Becoming an Emblem. From Colonial Propaganda to Decolonial Movement. A Discourse Analysis on the ‚Benin Bronzes‘
Panel Host: Dr. Diana M. Natermann (UHH)
16:00
Concluding Discussion: Loot and Restitution – Where do we go from here?
Prof. Dr. Kokunre Agbontaen Eghafona (University of Benin)
Prof. Dr. Osarhieme Benson Osadolor (University of Benin)
Prof. Dr. Barbara Plankensteiner (MARKK Hamburg)
Prof. Dr. Ojong Echum Tangban (NDA Kaduna)
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Zimmerer (UHH)
The Keynote and the Concluding Discussion will be available online after registration.