Das GlobeColloquium, die zentrale Plattform für wissenschaftlichen Austausch am ReCentGlobe, führt in diesem Semester vier thematische Mini-Series ein, die verschiedene Perspektiven auf aktuelle globale Herausforderungen bieten. Diese Mini-Series sind thematische Schwerpunkte, die von Semester zu Semester wechseln können und dazu dienen, bestehende und künftige Forschungsprojekte weiterzuentwickeln. Sie fördern die interdisziplinäre Vernetzung und ermöglichen thematisch fokussierte Diskussionen in Kooperation mit verschiedenen Lehrstühlen innerhalb und außerhalb der Universität Leipzig.
Die Veranstaltungen finden in der Regel mittwochs, 17:15–18:45 Uhr, Raum 5.55, Strohsackpassage, Nikolaistraße 6–10, Leipzig; Hybrid via ZOOM: events.recentglobe.org/gczoom. Abweichungen sind bei den Terminen vermerkt.
Series “Transimperial History”
This mini-series investigates imperial formations. It highlights entangled histories of water, livestock, and oceanic frontiers as well as the politics of comparisons and the reinterpretation of colonial archives in the age of AI. The talks discuss transimperial connectivity, cooperation, and competition, and thereby shed light on a research field in the making.
29.10.2025
Liquid Empire: Water and Power in the Colonial World
Corey Ross (Basel)
12.11.2025
(Post)colonial cattle frontiers. Capitalism, science and empire in Southern and Central Africa, 1890s-1970s
Samuël Coghe (Ghent)
26.11.2025
What is Transimperial History?
Satoshi Mizutani (Kyoto)
17.12.2025
Druckfrisch Book Discussion: Handbook on the History and Culture of the Black Sea Region
Ninja Bumann (Gießen), Kerstin S. Jobst (Wien), Stefan Rohdewald (Leipzig), Stefan Troebst (Leipzig)
4.2.2026
The Kuroshio Frontier: Empire and Environment in the Making of Japan's Pacific
Jonas Rüegg (Zürich)
11.2.2026
Workshop/Panel: Colonial Archives Revisited. Writing Transimperial Histories in the Age of AI
Series “Contested Cohesion & the Digital Arena”
This mini-series explores how social cohesion and belonging are contested in the digital and political arenas of the 21st century. From historical fascism, far-right influencer cultures and revisionist narratives to AI-mediated activism and debates on migration and belonging, the talks illuminate the fragile grounds of solidarity and the conflictual narratives shaping contemporary societies.
6.10.2025 | Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst
Von ‘Culture Wars’ bis ‘Toxic Empathy’ – Die Welt der rechten Influencerinnen
Annika Brockschmidt (Berlin)
8.10.2025 | Design Offices Leipzig Post
Panel (FGZ-Jahreskonferenz): Migration, Integration und Zusammenhalt – Zugehörigkeitsdiskurse in Zeiten der ‘Disruption’
Tarik Abou-Chadi (Oxford), Patrick Bahners (Frankfurt), Karim El-Helaifi (Berlin), Winfried Kluth (Halle), Meri Uhlig (Karlsruhe) & Kathrin Leipold (Konstanz)
5.11.2025
European Far-Right and De-Recognition of Kosovo: Historical Revisionism in Digital Media
Katarina Ristić (Leipzig)
10.12.2025
What Happens to Evidence? GenAI and the Politics of Creativity in Palestinian Activism
Tom Divon (Jerusalem), Moderation: Christian Pentzold (Leipzig)
Series “Epistemic Challenges to the Humanities in the Age of AI”
This mini-series interrogates how artificial intelligence and digital technologies transform the ways we understand evidence, interpretation, and authorship. It brings digital humanities tools into dialogue with hermeneutic traditions and explores the politics of knowledge production in activism and archives, asking how scholarship and different disciplines are reshaped through the rise of non-human actors in the era of artificial intelligence.
2.12.2025 | Bibliotheca Albertina
Whaat!? Ihr vibe-coded eure Forschungstools nicht? Neue Wege und neue Probleme als Digital Humanities Entwickler:in
Christopher Pollin (Graz), Moderation: Manuel Burghardt (Leipzig)
10.12.2025
What Happens to Evidence? GenAI and the Politics of Creativity in Palestinian Activism
Tom Divon (Jerusalem), Moderation: Christian Pentzold (Leipzig)
21.1.2026
AI and the Humanities: Epistemic Challenges Today and Tomorrow
Rico Hauswald (Dresden)
11.2.2026
Workshop/Panel: Colonial Archives Revisited. Writing Transimperial Histories in the Age of AI
18.2.2026
Hermeneutic Challenges. Thinking Trees and Networks as a Literary Scholar
Solvejg Nitzke (Bochum)
Series “Entangled Ecologies: Human-Nonhuman Relations, Global Extractive Regimes, and Planetary Crisis"
This mini-series explores how humans and nonhumans are entangled in global histories of extraction and ecological transformation. From oil and energy regimes to water infrastructures, livestock frontiers, and conservation struggles, the talks trace how resources are made, contested, and redefined. They situate regional case studies within broader global dynamics of labor, empire, and the unfolding planetary crisis.
22.10.2025
Energy's History, Toward a Global Canon
Daniela Ruß (Leipzig) & Thomas Turnbull (Berlin)
29.10.2025
Liquid Empire: Water and Power in the Colonial World
Corey Ross (Basel)
12.11.2025
(Post)colonial cattle frontiers. Capitalism, science and empire in Southern and Central Africa, 1890s-1970s
Samuël Coghe (Ghent)
18.11.2025
Colonial Residues and the Urgency for Transformative Conservation in Southern Africa
Mathew Bukhi Mabele (Dodoma)
14.1.2026
Unruly Labor – A History of Oil in the Arabian Sea
Andrea Wright (Williamsburg, VA)
4.2.2026
The Kuroshio Frontier: Empire and Environment in the Making of Japan's Pacific
Jonas Rüegg (Zürich)
18.2.2026
Hermeneutic Challenges. Thinking Trees and Networks as a Literary Scholar
Solvejg Nitzke (Bochum)