Monthly Editorial November 2021 Abstract: The editorial explains the attraction that colonies had for the European bourgeois world – through scientific interest, “scientific,” from today’s perspective pseudo-scientific racism, as well… Read More ›
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On the Decolonization of Public Memory
In light of controversially led debates: Which contribution can and should Public History make to a decolonialization of history?
Past & Presentism: Podcasting as Historical Work
Abstract: We argue that historians have a duty to push back against the systemic issues that shape our own field and profession and to respond to current crises and problems…. Read More ›
Transnational Public History
Monthly Editorial July 2021 Abstract: Public history has often been conflated with local history and as such has been seen as less significant than forms of history that speak to… Read More ›
Kant – a Racist?
Abstract: The question of whether Immanuel Kant is a racist or even the founder of European racism is subject to ongoing debate in philosophical research and has only recently sparked… Read More ›
Once the Statues are out of Sight?
Underlying inequalities will remain despite the erasure of historically racist monuments, and perhaps even by virtue of such erasure.
Black Suffering as Profitable Art
Luke Willis Thompson’s “autoportrait” has gained a nomination for this year’s prestigious Turner Prize – and sparked fierce accusations of profiteering off of black suffering.
Racism – A Killing Argument in Cultural Studies?
In the culture of politics and history, racism is a thoroughly over-used term. It belongs neither to political nor to cultural-scientific lines of thought, and its meaning has been poorly defined.