My newest publication with Philipp Erdmann in 75/2025-2026 If Westfälische Forschungen. Our contribution is entitled "Wer schreibt Postkoloniale Stadtgeschichte? Eine Zwischenbilanz aus Münster.

Thematic issue on “Abdulrazak Gurnah and German Colonialism”; Guest Editors: Lukas Lammers and Kai Wiegandt Volume 74, issue 1 of the journal Zeitschrift für Anglistik und Amerikanistik was published in 2026.

www.degruyterbrill.com/journal/key/...

Thank you to Kai Wiegandt and Lukas Lammers for including me in this open access issue on Abdulrazak Gurnah and for providing me the opportunity to share the stage with the amazing Maaza Mengiste, she's such an inspiration and phenomenal storyteller.

I guess I won't get to see the last day open to the public....was wonderful (and the catalogue is also worth purchasing).

Last visit for me to our#DFG GloBil Project exhibition

Geschichte wird nie alt.
Vielleicht sucht ihr noch ein interessantes Weihnachtsgeschenk? Das Buch ist sehr zu empfehlen! Sieh unten! 👇

Thanks for this. Jeff Bowersox's work is great. I'll put this on my reading list for tomorrow.

That's fantastic! Thanks for sharing.

I love stumbling on things during archival work. Maybe this is common knowledge, but I didn't know that after the 1896 Colonial Exhibition in Berlin some 20 people brought to Germany to be 'displayed' remained. These people were overwhelming men from the German colonies. Has anyone written on this?

globalbible.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2025/10/16/g...

What an amazing exhibition opening and conference. Read all about our #DFG funded, internationally connected and inspiring work here.

Our #DFG GloBil project exhibition on the legacies of Bible translations in the Arctic, West Africa and Oceania is opening next week. Come along to the @bibelmuseum in Münster from 10. October 2025

Ich bin begeistert vom Veranstaltungsort und natürlich vom Inhalt hier am #historikertag2025

#historikertag2025
Reflexion on influences that shape history writing with Dipesh Chakrabarty

#historikertag2025
Great start to the conference.

Had a few inspirational days in Växjö at ENIUGH.

Some summer listening...

Last day of the conference. It's been a inspiring few days. Thanks to @kilderbenhauser.bsky.social and GHI Washington

Congratulations Matt! Excellent work. I'm looking forward to reading it!

Official release day for my newie 'A Pacific Power: Liberal Imperialism in German Samoa'. And I have copies!! Would love to see this in a few libraries. You can order it here: global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Imperial Reach Through Bible Translations in Nineteenth Century German East Africa Informed by an attention to global and transnational entanglements, this article examines the context and process of bible translations from German East Africa at the tail end of German colonial ru...

Hot off the press :
My latest article in @jich.bsky.social open access. Read, discuss, share. Thanks to all the scholars who helped shape this work.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Making Enemies: British and German Missionary Personnel in East African Internment Camps during the First World War* Abstract. During the First World War, German and British citizens in British and German colonies in East Africa were placed in internment camps. Men, women

My new article is now out on various experiences of internment during WWI in German East Africa. Thanks to Matt Fitzpatrick @kilderbenhauser for putting the (forthcoming) issue together
academic.oup.com/gh/advance-a...

muse.jhu.edu/article/950281

New article out by me and my wonderful colleague Marleen Reichgelt on children, photography and transimperialism

“Equipping a Child for Life’s Battles”? Sources and Methods in the History of Boarding Schools Boarding schools are well-known institutions that have been extensively studied by historians. Yet, there are still many hidden histories associated with this type of schooling. This section presen...

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Just reminding you all that this article I co-wrote with the fabulous Daniel Gerster on methodology in researching boarding is open access.... Enjoy

Delighted to share here that I am a Bristol Benjamin Meaker Distinguished Visiting Professor for the month of February at the University of Bristol working with my wonderful colleague Prof Hillary Carey. My time here is already been very inspiring and productive. Very grateful for the opportunity.

My DFG Globil project has case studies of the historical processes of bible translations in three areas including West Africa, Australia and Oceania and the Arctic.... And now I see in the city library in Münster this catégorisation exists too

Legacies of David Cranz's 'Historie von Grönland' (1765) This book examines how David Cranz’s Historie von Grönland (1765) resonated in various disciplines, periods and countries

Relevant in the current situation.

link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Greenland isn’t Denmark’s to sell: some essential reading for Trump on colonialism The USA has a long colonial history – as does Denmark. The USA has even tried to buy Greenland before. But this time, Greenland isn’t Denmark’s to sell.

This piece I wrote years ago is relevant again...
theconversation.com/greenland-is...

Back from my winter break and look what I found in my postbox. Thanks to Franziska Metzger and the team at SZRK for putting together this special issue on Religion and Post Colonial memory!

Seen in the window of Rosta book shop. Our edited volume about Colonial traces in Münster and Münster land. Published by @transcript-verlag.bsky.social

globalbible.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2024/12/13/p...
New post from our GloBil DFG/AHRC funded project.

Vielleicht sucht Ihr noch ein interessantes Weihnachtsgeschenk?! 👉 Philipp Erdmann / Felicity Jensz (Hg.), Koloniale Spuren in Münster und im Münsterland. ISBN: 978-3-8376-7483-5