I. Das revolutionäre Moment | Das lange19. Jh. - Träume von der post-kolonialen Republik

In the organizer's words:

What does democracy have to do with decolonization and what role did Germany play in this? In some states, a development towards democratic structures was successful after independence, but not in others. Various actors intervened in these processes and attempted to influence them with narratives, economic and military interventions, but also with support for pro-independence actors.

The event series Dreams of the Post-Colonial Republic. Past and Future of Democracies after Independence Struggles invites you to explore the complex interactions between decolonization and democracy, to critically examine contradictions and to develop alternative perspectives on past and present challenges of democratization after independence processes. In doing so, it asks both what the post-colonial republic looked like in the utopias that were developed before (formal) independence and what became of it later.

In the long 19th century, the bourgeoisie broke the dominance of the nobility. Nationalism and capitalism asserted themselves as new forms of social organization in a European-dominated global economy and created global hierarchies and imaginary worlds shaped by racism.
What did the dreams of democracy in Latin America, southern Asia, the Middle East or the peripheries of the Tsarist Empire look like at the time, and how did they attempt to be realized?

Speakers:

• Prof. Dr. Jörn Happel (Helmut-Schmidt-Universität Hamburg) works on topics such as Russia/the Soviet Union as empires, international relations between Eastern and Western Europe and the Russian Revolution.
• PD Dr. Omar Kamil (Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg) works on topics such as Arab-Jewish history, Arab history of ideas and historical experiences, European colonialism in the Middle East region and North Africa, and Islam in Europe.
• Dr. Razak Khan (Freie Universität Berlin) works on topics such as gender justice, colonial after-effects and interdependencies in modern India.
• Prof. Dr. Stefan Rinke (Freie Universität Berlin) works on topics such as Latin America in a global perspective, cultural globalization and futurology.

Responsible:

Markus Hengelhaupt(markus.hengelhaupt@bsb.hamburg.de).

Cooperation partners:

Giga, Goethe Institute, Bücherhallen Hamburg

German Institute for Global and Area Studies I Leibniz Institute of Global and Area Studies

Goethe Institute Hamburg

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