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Companies and the colonial past

48th Academic Symposium of the Gesellschaft für Unternehmensgeschichte e.V.

Stephanie Decker

Dec 9

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48^th Academic Symposium "Companies and the colonial past", Freudenberg SE, Weinheim, Germany, 9^th/10^thOctobre 2025

Deadline for submissions: 20^th January 2025

Companies operate in a globalized world, and they did operate in a globalizing world 150 years ago – a world very much shaped by colonialism and imperialism. The age of colonialism is over, yet its impact is not. The legacy of colonialism and its challenges is fundamental to the current state of the world.

German colonial history has become a vital field in recent years, not only in terms of academic research and debates, but also in terms of public discussions and politics. Calls for the restitution of artwork and museum objects acquired in colonial contexts, as well as calls for reparations and compensation for slavery and colonial crimes have led to the development of legal stances, policies, and pertinent practices. Academic debates on the relation between colonial violence and the Holocaust, or on the concept of the Humboldt Forum in Berlin signal an ongoing struggle with and for a culture of remembrance. In a similar vein, somewhat more tangibly, there are demands for the re-naming of streets and the removal of statues, and controversies regarding colonial stereotypes in the naming and branding of consumer products. Companies are presented with a growing challenge by the need to navigate and engage with these issues, and not only those companies which are aware of a colonial past of their own.

For more information, see the Call for Papers: https://unternehmensgeschichte.de/files/37/CfP%2048.%20Wiss%20Symposium_Colonial%20Past_2025.pdf

Contact: Dr. Andrea Schneider-Braunberger (ahschneider@unternehmensgeschichte.de)

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