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Jonas Kreienbaum

PD Dr. Jonas Kreienbaum heads the DFG project "Neoliberal globalisation or 'global disconnect'?" at Freie Universität Berlin. The historian completed his doctorate at Humboldt University Berlin in 2013 with the thesis "A Sad Fiasco. Colonial Concentration Camps in Southern Africa 1900-1908." This was followed in 2020 by his habilitation at the University of Rostock. His research focuses on the history of colonialism, decolonisation, mass violence and economic crises.

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The Kaiser, the Berlin Palace and German Colonialism
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