APH-Conference: Call for Papers Panels and Posters
The organisers of the Association for Political History (APH) and their partners are calling for papers, panels and posters. From 11 to 13 June, the topic "Dynamising and Decentring Empires: A Recalibration of the History of the Political" will be explored in depth at a three-day conference. The venue is the University of Münster.
Further information can be found in the CfP.
Announcement: Workshop CES on "Imperial frontiers. Global and local entanglements"
Since the Centre for Empire Studies welcomes two fellows in the upcoming winterterm, we will host a workshop in 2026 together with our guest-scientists. On February 9th and 10th 2026 our workshop on "Imperial frontiers. Global and local entanglements" will take place. More Information on programme, place and registration will follow!
On 27–28 November 2025, a workshop on the topic of ‘Imperial Hostages (Amanaty) Exploring Imperial Governance and Subordination in the Eurasian Space’ will take place at the Käthe Hamburger Kolleg in Münster. This workshop is being organised by the Institute for Eastern European History at the University of Münster in cooperation with the Centre for Empire Studies (CES).
You can find the detailed programme for this conference here: Programme
On October 29-30.2025, an international conference will be held in Münster on the topic of “(Post)Byzantine Worlds: The (Eastern) Roman Heritage between East and West.” The conference is a collaboration between several institutes from various universities.
The participating institutions are the Department of East European History, University of Münster (Prof. Dr. Ricarda Vulpius), Chair of Eastern European History, University of Mainz (Prof. Dr. Jan Kusber), Institute for Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, University of Münster (Prof. Dr. Michael Grünbart), Chair of Byzantine Studies, University of Mainz (Prof. Dr. Johannes Pahlitzsch), Cluster of Excellence “Religion and Politics” and the Centre for Empire Studies: (Post)colonial Histories and Global Entanglements (CES)
This Wednesday, October 29, 2025, the two new fellows at the Centre for Empire Studies, Hayley Roy and Mario Graña Taborelli, will give a lecture on their current research project as part of the Modern and Contemporary History Colloquium. The lectures will begin at 6:15 p.m. in Room F3 (Fürstenberghaus, Domplatz 20-22). Both speakers will present in English.
The two lectures are briefly presented below:
Hayley Roy (Emory University (USA))
"Networks of Nurses: Debating Nursing Practice in the German Overseas Empire, 1890 - 1907"
What is the role of nursing in German colonialism, and what is the role of colonialism in the development of the nursing occupation in Germany? This presentation sets the groundwork for answering these questions by outlining the activities of nurses working in German overseas territories around 1900. It begins with a brief history and overview of the historiography of nursing in German history, then discusses how the colonial project made secular nursing not only possible, but encouraged, which marks a significant and understudied departure from this tradition. Women’s presence in overseas territories did not go uncontested. The talk will explain tensions and debates about the role of the nurse that resulted in a more professionalized version of nursing in the colonies than would have been possible in Germany proper at that time.
Mario Graña Taborelli (UCL (London))
"Building Political Density, "Equipping the Land": Entangled Jurisdictions, Political Cultures, and Law in the Construction of a Frontier in the Early Modern Iberian Worlds"
Mario Graña Taborelli’s presentation is a review of his ongoing research on the political construction of a frontier space of the Early Modern Iberian Worlds. It suggests a periodisation for the process of territorialisation of the borderlands of the east of Charcas (colonial Bolivia) in the sixteenth century, exploring key concepts, and the vocabulary that reflects such process. It also informs of the findings in this research so far and of potential directions of this research moving forward. Finally, it discusses the idea of frontiers.
The CES is organising a semester lecture in the coming winter semester. On 22 October Prof. Dr. Albrecht Fuess from the University of Marbirg will speak at the colloquium about "The Clash of Muslim Empires. The struggle between Ottomans, Safavids and the Mamluks 1490 - 1520".
The speaker, Albrecht Fuess, is a professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Marburg.
The workshop ‘Standardisation and Empire (19th/20th Century)’, which was held in cooperation with the CES, was successful. The conference report has now been published.
Next year, the Association of Political History will hold its conference entitled "Dynamising and Decentring Empires: A Recalibration of the History of the Political". The conference will take place in Münster from 11 to 13 June 2026. The organizers are opening a call for papers, panels and posters. You can find the cfp and further information here.
Since 22 August, the Colonialism themed room has been open to visitors at Münster City Museum. The exhibition was developed in collaboration with the University of Münster and several partner institutions and can be visited until 15 February 2026.
On July 1st the Dutch historian Gert Oostindie will hold a presentation on "The Rediscovery of the Dutch Colonial Past". The talk will take place at the Haus der Niederlande at 7 o'clock in the library.
On 15 and 16 May 2025, PD Dr Caroline Rothauge (Münster) and PD Dr Nina Mackert (Leipzig) are organising the workshop "Standardisierung und Empire (19./20. Jh.)" together with the Centre for Empire Studies Interested parties are welcome to register by 5 May 2025 at the latest.
The Centre for Empire Studies: (Post)Colonial Histories and Global Entanglements (CES) at the University of Münster welcomes applications for fellowships for a period of up to six months starting 1 October 2025
