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EXC 2036 Beyond Slavery and Freedom Asymmetrical Dependencies in Pre-Modern Societies
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🗣️ Join us for the upcoming workshop "Collaborative & Intercultural Methodological Approaches" on February 19, 2026.

To attend, please register by February 10, 2026 via [email protected]

👉 www.dependency.uni-bonn.de/en/outreach/...

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February 5, 2026 at 8:58 AM
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🎧 If you missed our last Joseph C. Miller Memorial Lecture by Marçal de Menezes Paredes , you can now find the recording on YouTube!

Follow the link 👉 buff.ly/HnXt9qz

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February 4, 2026 at 6:46 PM
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Explore Roman Bonn through the eyes of Bassiana, a free Ubian woman living near the legionary camp of Bonna.

Our new self-guided digital heritage trail is now online via the free app – with places, stories, and small challenges along the way.

More: buff.ly/4QtrLc9
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February 3, 2026 at 1:14 PM
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A big welcome to Anita Kporkpor Pobi, who joins the BCDSS as a Predoctoral Fellow!

We are excited to have Anita’s important perspective at our Cluster!
👉 To learn more about her work, visit: buff.ly/U8k9TAd
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February 2, 2026 at 8:30 AM
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Education is a human right and a public good. Marking #InternationalDayOfEducation, we reaffirm our commitment to inclusive, accessible learning at the BCDSS.
Our 2026 DEI workshops will offer practical training in inclusive communication, teaching, and leadership. Details soon: buff.ly/ZQyKT8e
January 30, 2026 at 12:52 PM
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#NewPublication 📚 We're happy to share that Volume 27 of the DSS publishing series is out now!

Read more: buff.ly/DwTA0dW

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January 29, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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We are happy to welcome Jakob D. Jung, who has joined the Bonn BCDSS as a Predoctoral Fellow!
👉 To learn more about Jakob's work, visit: buff.ly/7duWJtn
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January 26, 2026 at 8:30 AM
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📚Find the new publication of BCDSS PhD researcher Diego Schibelinski, a book review on "Joaquim de Almeida: A história do africano traficado que se tornou traficante de africanos".

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January 22, 2026 at 9:30 AM
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Congratulations to Dr. Sinah Kloß, whose article "Skin" has just been published in “Key Terms for Material Religion 2025” in the Journal Material Religion.

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January 21, 2026 at 11:30 AM
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Do not miss our upcoming #JCMM Lecture with Nasir Uddin!

🗓️ 26 January 2026
⏱️16:15 CET
❕Hybrid event: Niebuhrstr. 5 or via Zoom

👉For more info, visit: buff.ly/hwGX4kY
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January 21, 2026 at 9:30 AM
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We are happy to introduce Reza Halomoan, who joins the #BCDSS as one of our newest Predoctoral Fellows!

We are excited to have his expertise and fresh perspective within our research community.
👉 To learn more about Reza's work, visit: buff.ly/65tsFkv

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January 19, 2026 at 2:59 PM
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Thank you to Postdoctoral Guest Researcher Dr. Darlan Lorenzetti, who presented his research on "Sinners, Masters and Slaves: The reception of Augustine of Hippo's theory of slavery in Alonso de Sandoval S. J." in today's Research Seminar.

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January 15, 2026 at 2:30 PM
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Do not miss our upcoming #JCMM #Lecture with Evelyn Hu-DeHart!

🗓️ 12 January 2026
⏱️16:15 CET
❕Hybrid event: Niebuhrstr. 5 or via Zoom

👉For more info, visit: buff.ly/K7wJQkl
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January 7, 2026 at 10:01 AM
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🎉 Congratulations!
to Danitza Márquez Ramírez on co-editing a newly published issue of Notas de Antropología de las Américas on Andean Ethnohistory. The dossier honors Catherine Julien and reflects on 25 years of Reading Inca History.
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January 5, 2026 at 5:34 PM
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📢 New Gender & History special issue on Gender & Segregation out now.
Co-edited by Lisa Hellman & Julia Hillner, alongside Daniel J. R. Grey and Rachel Jean-Baptiste.
The issue builds on last year's conference, with a contribution by Emma Kalb.

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December 22, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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💫 We sincerely thank everyone who has helped shape the BCDSS. The Cluster has thrived through your dedication, expertise, and collaboration! You have strengthened the community of researchers and learners and inspired us to build on this momentum in the second funding phase.

Your BCDSS Team
December 19, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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Congratulations to Prof. Dr. Stephan Conermann, PD Dr. Ulrike Schmieder and Prof. Dr. Michael Zeuske, whose book, "Cultural Heritage and Slavery: A Perspective from the Caribbean," has just been published! 👉 buff.ly/sUOpm23

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December 18, 2025 at 6:29 AM
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🎧 If you missed our last Joseph C. Miller Memorial #Lecture by Luis Rosenfield, you can now find the #recording on #Youtube!

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December 16, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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It was a pleasure to host Behnaz Mirzai for an engaging and well-attended evening combining lecture and film screening. Many thanks to @behnazmirzai.bsky.social, Jun.-Prof. Dr. Julia Binter for hosting at the GHL, and everyone who joined the discussion.
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December 15, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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BCDSS Professors Julia Hillner and Pia Wiegmink, together with former BCDSS Guest Researcher Jamie Wood (University of Lincoln), have been granted funding by the VolkswagenStiftung for their collaborative project "The Nameless in History".
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December 15, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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👏 Our warmest congratulations to Vitali Byl, Honey Hammer, Claire Conrad, and James Harland (@jmharland.bsky.social) on earning their BCDSS DEI Certificates.
All members of @unibonn.bsky.social are eligible for the certificate! More info: buff.ly/ULgEnQI

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December 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Dont forget to join our next's week #JCMM #Lecture with Marçal de Menezes Paredes!

🗓️ 15 December 2025
⏱️16:15 CET
❕Hybrid event: Niebuhrstr. 5 or via Zoom

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December 10, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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📕 Congratulations to BCDSS postdoctoral researcher James M. Harland on his new publication in "Traditio: Studies in Ancient and Medieval History, Thought and Religion."
👉 More information: buff.ly/Dwlp4Lk

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December 9, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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My new article has now been published in the 2025 volume of Traditio. I use a little examined episode on the lower Rhine in the late 350s with the aid of agricultural archaeology to reveal fiscal dependency relations between the Empire & Barbaricum, & the consequences of their rupture. #medievalsky
JULIAN’S BATAVIAN CAMPAIGN, AN EMBEZZLEMENT TRIAL IN BRITAIN, AND BARBARIAN ACCESS TO THE ANNONA MILITARIS | Traditio | Cambridge Core
JULIAN’S BATAVIAN CAMPAIGN, AN EMBEZZLEMENT TRIAL IN BRITAIN, AND BARBARIAN ACCESS TO THE ANNONA MILITARIS - Volume 80
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December 5, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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🎧 If you missed our last Joseph C. Miller Memorial #Lecture by Alan Rice, you can now find the #recording on #Youtube!

Follow the link 👉https://buff.ly/afOxREf @unibonn.bsky.social
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December 8, 2025 at 9:00 AM