H-Africa ANN: Conference “Confronting the colonial past! ‚Askari‘, Lettow-Vorbeck and Hamburg’s entangled (post-)colonial legacies“, University of Hamburg, 28/2/2018 – 2/3/2018

Discussion published by Kim Sebastian Todzi on Sunday, February 11, 2018

(Draft version. Please visit the conference website for the latest version of the programme: https://www.kolonialismus.uni-hamburg.de/confronting-the-colonial-past/)

Wednesday 28/2/2018

12:00 – 13:30 Registration

13:30 – 14:00 Opening of Conference

Welcoming Remarks: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Zimmerer (University of Hamburg)

14:00 – 16:00 Panel I: Contributions

Kim Sebastian Todzi (University of Hamburg): “From Free Trade to Imperialism: Hamburg merchants and the German Colonial Empire” Dr. Caroline Herfert (University of Hamburg): “Performing Colonialism: Stagings of the Other in Hamburg’s theatre and entertainment” Dr. Florian Wagner (University of Erfurt): “Hamburg: Port History as Colonial History”

16:30 – 18:30 Panel II: Creating “Heroes”

Dr. Michael Pesek (University of Hamburg): “Glorifying colonial ‘Heroes’. From Wissmann to Lettow Vorbeck” Dr. Ulf Morgenstern (Otto-von-Bismarck-Stiftung, Friedrichsruh): “Reassessing Bismarck. Towards a postcolonial reading” Reginald Kirey (Dar es salaam / University of Hamburg): “The Imperial Race for Colonial Commemorations in Tanganyika: 1920s-1940s”

19:00 – 20:30 Keynote: Prof. Oswald Masebo (University of Dar es salaam): “Entangled Histories: Dar es salaam – Hamburg”

Citation: Kim Sebastian Todzi. ANN: Conference “Confronting the colonial past! ‚Askari‘, Lettow-Vorbeck and Hamburg’s entangled (post-)colonial legacies“, University of Hamburg, 28/2/2018 – 2/3/2018. H-Africa. 02-11-2018. https://networks.h-net.org/node/28765/discussions/1356566/ann-conference-%E2%80%9Cconfronting-colonial-past-%E2%80%9Aaskari %E2%80%98-lettow-vorbeck Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. 1 H-Africa

Thursday 1/3/2018

09:45 – 11:00 Panel III: Artistic Interventions

Nicola Brandt (Windhoek / London) Vitjitua Ndjiharine (Windhoek)

11:30 – 13:30 Panel IV: Institutionalizing Memories

Flower Manase Msuya (National Museum of Dar es salaam): “Representation of German Colonialism in East Africa at the National Museum in Tanzania” Prof. Dr. Philipp Osten (Medizinhistorisches Museum Hamburg): “Human Remains. From Discovery to Restitution” Dr. Diana Natermann (Universiteit Leiden): “Hamburg and its Role in Visualising Africa: A Perturbed Legacy”

13:30 – 14:30 Lunch

14:30 – 16:30 Panel V: Confrontations

Dr. Denise Toussaint (University of Johannesburg): “Falling statues, rising debates. South African discourse on decolonisation three years after #Rhodesmustfall” Tom Gläser, Jonas Prinzleve, Meryem Choukri (Hamburg): “Quo vadis Hamburg: Dealing with Genocide and Colonial Amnesia in a local context” (title tbc) Tania Mancheno (University of Hamburg): “Speicherstadt (World Heritage Ware House Complex) and Hafencity. Confronting (post-)colonial Memory” (title tbc)

Public Part

18:00 – 19:30 Keynote: Prof. Michelle Moyd (Indiana University Bloomington): “Askari: Reality and Myth” (title tbc)

20:00 – 21:30 Public Panel: Podiumsdiskussion: “Aufarbeitung des (post-)kolonialen Erbes in Hamburg” (“Dealing with Hamburgs (post-)colonial legacy”)

Tobias Bergmann (Handelskammer) Börries von Notz (Stiftung Historische Museen Hamburg) Millicent Adjei (Arbeitskreis Hamburg postkolonial) Amelie Deuflhard (Kampnagel) Prof. Dr. Andreas Eckert (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) (tbc) Hamed Abbaspur (Eine Welt Netzwerk Hamburg e.V.) Dr. Reinhard Behrens (Beirat „Geschichtsgarten Deutschland-Tansania“) Moderation: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Zimmerer (Forschungsstelle „Hamburgs (post-)koloniales Erbe / Hamburg und die frühe Globalisierung“)

Citation: Kim Sebastian Todzi. ANN: Conference “Confronting the colonial past! ‚Askari‘, Lettow-Vorbeck and Hamburg’s entangled (post-)colonial legacies“, University of Hamburg, 28/2/2018 – 2/3/2018. H-Africa. 02-11-2018. https://networks.h-net.org/node/28765/discussions/1356566/ann-conference-%E2%80%9Cconfronting-colonial-past-%E2%80%9Aaskari %E2%80%98-lettow-vorbeck Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. 2 H-Africa

Friday 2/3/2018

8:30 – 11:30 Excursion to the “Tansania Park” (Hamburg Jenfeld)

11:30 – 13:00 Final Discussion

Registration

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1. name, first name 2. Institution 3. What is your personal / professional interest in the conference?

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Related date: February 15, 2018

Citation: Kim Sebastian Todzi. ANN: Conference “Confronting the colonial past! ‚Askari‘, Lettow-Vorbeck and Hamburg’s entangled (post-)colonial legacies“, University of Hamburg, 28/2/2018 – 2/3/2018. H-Africa. 02-11-2018. https://networks.h-net.org/node/28765/discussions/1356566/ann-conference-%E2%80%9Cconfronting-colonial-past-%E2%80%9Aaskari %E2%80%98-lettow-vorbeck Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. 3