The research in the department of History incluide topics from the beginning of the colonial times until the contemporary history. The interest in the perspectives of the global history and the transnational interrelations with other world regions is what they have in common.

Other important research topics are the culture of remembrance, the circulation of knowledge, cultural globalization and Governance in areas of limited statehood. The projects are involved mostly in external projects (International Research Training Group „Between Spaces“, the SFB 700, the Einstein Research Fellowship and the DFG-Project "Self-fashioning") and also with partner institutions in Latin America (International Cooperations). The dissertation projects and the completed projects of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft reflect the research focus of the department of History.

Research focus of the Professors and Postdoc Students of the department of History

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