Today's all about "managing dis:connectivity during decolonization". The great Ayala Levin (UCLA) is taking a head start with a masterclass on architecture and urban planning in postcolonial African states. #gdcsummerschool

Have you ever wondered what some 20 scholars/artists are doing at 32°C while everybody else is enjoying their summer break? Let’s take a look at some impressions of our first day at #gdcsummerschool:

Our third and last day of #gdcsummerschool is drawing to a close, so we want to bid farewell to our wonderful participants and guests. We bow to your commitment to this event (even at over 30°C) and your valuable contributions!

For more information on our conference "Roads to Exclusion: Socio-Spatial Dynamics of Mobility Infrastructures since 1800," taking place this week, visit the conference webpage: ghi-dc.org/events/event/d…

Dis:connections are not just lateral, across the surface of the globe; they can also be vertical, between the surface and the reservoirs beneath our feet. 🌏🛢️🌍 Our own Tom Menger explores both dimensions in the latest blog post from global dis:connect: bit.ly/3RWhuvT

Scholars? Assembled. Zoom-links? Working. Globalisation? Rethought. Team? Ready!! Let’s go #gdcconference2022

The first day of our #gdcconference2022 is in the books! We concluded yesterday evening with a fascinating artist lecture: Cathrine Boublatzky spoke with Iranian artist and activist Parastou Forouhar about positionality and intimacy as well as dis:connective elements in her art.

Putting the "lunchtime" in "lunchtime colloquium" at a local Bavarian beer garden. We needed some space for our big ideas. #currywurst #brainfood

Some common keywords of global #disconnection research include: - history ⌛ - empire 🇬🇧 - the environment 🎋 - the long 19th century 🚂 Our newest (Marie Curie) fellow, Lachlan Fleetwood, covers them all. Welcome to Munich and #gdc! 🎉🎇👋

#Colombo has long been a deeply connected city, linking #West and #East, #North and #South, #island and #mainland, #land and #sea, #rulers and #ruled. Sujit Sivasundaram takes a closer look at the dis:connections it contains in our latest blog post: bit.ly/3Dx4iro

Is it signal? Is it noise? Is it a scholarly comic about a Sahrawi refugee? Is it a compendium of thought about #disconnectivity from #globaldisconnect? Yes. It's all that. It's #static. 📡 Issue 1.2 just landed. Download it now (or hmu for a print copy): bit.ly/3G3vWPC

Excited to share the website for my Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions project hosted by global dis:connect. If you’re interested in themes of transparency and accountability, or curious about the relationship between military, democracy, and empire in Britain, check out: warwitness.co.uk

The programme of our workshop 'Colonial violence beyond the borders of empires: dis/connections, transfers, and mobilities, ca. 1850–1954' is now online! And, if I may say, it looks exciting! Registration for virtual participation is still open: hsozkult.de/event/id/event…

Excited to be in Munich for "Oceans Disconnect" at global dis:connect Universität München. Organised by David Armitage 🇺🇦 davidrarmitage.bsky.social, Sujit Sivasundaram and Roland Wenzlhuemer, the workshop examines the dynamics of disconnection in oceanic history. globaldisconnect.org/11/21/21-22-no…

Is there a better way to #decolonise #cities than through artistic interventions? 🏙️🎨💃 Probably not. We're excited to see how our Yolanda Gutiérrez, our newest fellow, uses her art to help decolonise #Munich. Welcome Yolanda!

End of the Oceans Dis:connect conference yesterday. Thanks to the organizers Universität München for rich conversation and warm hospitality.

My colleague Anna Diem and I are organizing this workshop with the generous help of Fondation Pierre du Bois. It will be a great occasion to exchange on global history and we are so excited! Please share widely CHSP IHC History at EUI Munich Centre for Global History transnational & global history seminar Imperial & Global

Issue 2.1 of static just dropped! And we just launched a new static homepage, where you can download entire issues or single articles for free! static.ub.uni-muenchen.de (Ironically, it's a special issue about disconnected objects, but static is now more connected than ever).

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Congratulations to our fellow Lachlan Fleetwood on publishing this amazing article