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Workshop “Violent Entanglements – Tracing Life and Loss in Colonial Archives”, 09.–10. April 2026

Thurs­day, 09 April – Fri­day, 10 AprilLeib­niz-Zen­trum Mod­ern­er Ori­entKirch­weg 3314129 Berlin Abstract From the fif­teenth cen­tu­ry onward, Euro­pean colo­nial expan­sion was insep­a­ra­ble from prac­tices of doc­u­men­ta­tion, clas­si­fi­ca­tion, and record-keep­­ing that ren­dered ter­ri­to­ries, peo­ples, and non­hu­man life leg­i­ble to impe­r­i­al regimes, giv­ing rise to colo­nial archives. Far from neu­tral repos­i­to­ries, these archives func­tioned as epis­temic instruments […]

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MIDA Publications Used as Teaching Materials at the University of Delhi

Our advi­so­ry board mem­ber Van­dana Joshi was invit­ed as an expert and speak­er for the work­shop “Recon­struct­ing the Past” as part of the inter­dis­ci­pli­nary bach­e­lor’s pro­gramme in the eighth semes­ter by the Depart­ment of His­to­ry at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Del­hi. The work­shop took place from 18 to 20 Feb­ru­ary 2026.  As part of her pre­sen­ta­tion, she […]

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