Dr Robbie Aitken on the history of the Black Diaspora in Germany plus Q&A
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About this event
Robbie Aitken
I joined Sheffield Hallam University as a Senior Lecturer in 2010 and I am currently a Reader in History.
Prior to joining, I was first a Research Fellow and then a Lecturer in German Studies at the University of Liverpool. I received my Ph.D. from the University of Liverpool in 2002 during which time I also spent a year of research at the Humboldt Universität zu Berlin.
My research and teaching interests include the history of the Black Diaspora in Germany, European colonialism, and constructions of race in pre-1945 Europe. I have published widely on Germany's first Black community including Black Germany: The Making and Unmaking of a Diaspora Community, 1884-1960 (with Eve Rosenhaft, Cambridge University Press, 2013, 2015). My current work looks at Black compensation claims made in the aftermath of the Holocaust.
African Diaspora in Germany/Europe
German and European colonialism
Constructions of race and conceptions of
blackness and whiteness
Modern German and European history
Organiser Blak Outside
Organiser of Dr Robbie Aitken on the history of the Black Diaspora in Germany plus Q&A
Carole Wright, the founder of Blak Outside, is a conscious raising multidisciplinary artist and community gardener. Her work practices and community engagement led to the formation of Blak Outside.
Blak Outside project is grass roots led, intergenerational, supportive of social housing residents, QTIBIPOC (queer, trans, intersex, Black, indigenous people of colour). The project will build on existing work to provide a long term legacy.
