Research Center “Transformations of Political Violence” | collaboration of @prif.org, @goetheuni.bsky.social, @tuda.bsky.social, @jlugiessen.bsky.social & @unimarburg.bsky.social. Funded by the BMFTR. https://www.trace-center.de/ https://bsky.app/profile/trace-center.dehttps://bsky.app/profile/trace-center.de/post/3mv5nde7fxc23How does colonial violence interlink with international institutions? New TraCe Working Paper No. 9 by @linaschne.bsky.social & Lisbeth Zimmermann examines how international institutions have addressed colonial violence & how their role has changed over time. 🔗 https://www.trace-center.de/publikationen/trace-working-paper-series#c900910 Sep 2026 08:33 +0000at://did:plc:bllr24bc5dpjfn3mkftujpag/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv5nde7fxc23https://bsky.app/profile/trace-center.de/post/3mttbuxelzk24📚 From internationalized civil wars & digital technologies to the role of institutions, memory & language: How are forms, institutions & interpretations of political violence changing? The “Routledge Handbook on Transformations of Political Violence“ offers a comprehensive overview – out now! 🎉24 Aug 2026 12:16 +0000at://did:plc:bllr24bc5dpjfn3mkftujpag/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttbuxelzk24https://bsky.app/profile/trace-center.de/post/3mtbrz5s4vc2aThe war in Sudan is an urgent humanitarian crisis that threatens the country’s cultural heritage. In her article “War, Erasure, and the Politics of Culture in Sudan,” Larissa-Diana Fuhrmann (TraCe & @prif.org) explores the erasure of cultural identities. 🔗 https://gjia.georgetown.edu/human-rights-development/war-erasure-and-the-politics-of-culture-in-sudan/17 Aug 2026 13:17 +0000at://did:plc:bllr24bc5dpjfn3mkftujpag/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtbrz5s4vc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/trace-center.de/post/3mqoaoas5hc2j📕 Der Krieg ist zurück in Europa – das Recht des Stärkeren auch? Das diskutiert hendrikpsimon.bsky.social in seinem neuen Buch „Das Recht der Gewalt. Warum Waffen allein keinen Frieden schaffen“. Jetzt neu im @reclamverlag.bsky.social. 👉 https://www.trace-center.de/veranstaltungen/details-1/das-recht-der-gewalt-warum-waffen-allein-keinen-frieden-schaffen15 Jul 2026 07:56 +0000at://did:plc:bllr24bc5dpjfn3mkftujpag/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqoaoas5hc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/trace-center.de/post/3mqm4gurmt22yRussia, China, & the US – examples of a “New Interventionism”?On July 8, Lisbeth Zimmermann, Raphaël Cahen, @hendrikpsimon.bsky.social, Barry de Vries & Katja Schöberl discussed this recent development and violations of international law @jlugiessen.bsky.social. ➡️ https://www.trace-center.de/en/news-1/details/ein-neuer-interventionismus14 Jul 2026 11:35 +0000at://did:plc:bllr24bc5dpjfn3mkftujpag/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqm4gurmt22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/trace-center.de/post/3mox73mukxc2a🏳️‍🌈 Out now: “Joy, Reflections, Resistance – LGBTIQ+ Lived Realities in Africa. Scholarly and Activist Perspectives”, co-edited by @marielreiss.bsky.social & Ayodele Sogunro. The volume explores violence, resistance, solidarity, & queer lives across Africa. https://www.trace-center.de/en/news-1/details/joy-reflections-resistance-lgbtiq-lived-realities-in-africa-scholarly-and-activist-perspectives23 Jun 2026 10:31 +0000at://did:plc:bllr24bc5dpjfn3mkftujpag/app.bsky.feed.post/3mox73mukxc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/trace-center.de/post/3mjmde6xlh22x📣 Explore the TraCe publication highlights: This last highlight publication by Nicolai Hannig and Julia Engelschalt (both @tuda.bsky.social) examines the Congolese Sapeur Movement – using fashion to protest the Western clothing bans of the Mobutu regime. 🔗 https://www.trace-center.de/en/publications/highlights#c683416 Apr 2026 11:42 +0000at://did:plc:bllr24bc5dpjfn3mkftujpag/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjmde6xlh22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/trace-center.de/post/3mjhcwwm3ds2j📣 Explore the TraCe publication highlights: This highlight publication, TraCe Working Paper No. 6 – a collaboration with @kunsthallegiessen.bsky.social – unites interdisciplinary perspectives of researchers on the (in)visibility of violence. 🔗 https://www.trace-center.de/en/publications/highlights#c683414 Apr 2026 11:51 +0000at://did:plc:bllr24bc5dpjfn3mkftujpag/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjhcwwm3ds2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/trace-center.de/post/3mj2trylucc2o📣 Explore the TraCe publication highlights: This highlight publication by @marielreiss.bsky.social and Ayodele Sogunro explores LGBTIQ+ lived realities in African contexts at the intersections of knowledge-production and -transfer. 🔗 https://www.trace-center.de/en/publications/highlights#c683409 Apr 2026 12:48 +0000at://did:plc:bllr24bc5dpjfn3mkftujpag/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj2trylucc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/trace-center.de/post/3mivkjqxgq22s📣 Explore the TraCe publication highlights: In @journalgenocide.bsky.social, Kaya de Wolff and Jephta Nguherimo explore the ongoing struggle of Ovaherero and Nama for restorative justice for the colonial genocide committed by Germany in 1904 to 1908 in Namibia. 🔗 https://www.trace-center.de/en/publications/highlights#c683407 Apr 2026 10:19 +0000at://did:plc:bllr24bc5dpjfn3mkftujpag/app.bsky.feed.post/3mivkjqxgq22shttps://bsky.app/profile/trace-center.de/post/3miiusy6hx22p📣 Explore the TraCe publication highlights: This highlight publication – a @manchesterup.bsky.social book – explores memory politics and its impact on the quality of peace in societies transitioning from a violent past. 🔗 https://www.trace-center.de/en/publications/highlights#c684302 Apr 2026 09:19 +0000at://did:plc:bllr24bc5dpjfn3mkftujpag/app.bsky.feed.post/3miiusy6hx22phttps://bsky.app/profile/trace-center.de/post/3mignbm25zc24We are happy to welcome Esin Gülsen, our newest Associate Fellow from @goetheuni.bsky.social & Frankfurt Memory Studies Platform! Esin examines the transmission of intergenerational memories of violence in the Kurdish diaspora in Germany. 👉 https://www.trace-center.de/en/about-us/team/person/esin-guelsen01 Apr 2026 11:58 +0000at://did:plc:bllr24bc5dpjfn3mkftujpag/app.bsky.feed.post/3mignbm25zc24https://bsky.app/profile/trace-center.de/post/3miedfq4bds2v📣 Explore the TraCe publication highlights: This Cultural Dynamics Special Issue examines perspectives on the cultural memory of political violence by researchers from @prif.org, @goetheuni.bsky.social & @unimarburg.bsky.social, focusing on museums. 🔗 https://www.trace-center.de/en/publications/highlights#c684331 Mar 2026 13:57 +0000at://did:plc:bllr24bc5dpjfn3mkftujpag/app.bsky.feed.post/3miedfq4bds2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/trace-center.de/post/3mi2favtguc2l🎉 4 years of research on political violence! As TraCe concludes its first funding phase, we reflected on our journey at our retreat in Lollar. This graphic recording by Christa Fajen captures our research, exchange, and activities. Ready for the next chapter! 🔗 https://www.trace-center.de/en/news-1/details/an-end-and-a-beginning27 Mar 2026 15:03 +0000at://did:plc:bllr24bc5dpjfn3mkftujpag/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi2favtguc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/trace-center.de/post/3mhxyeolhqc2x📣 Explore the TraCe publication highlights: TraCe Working Paper No. 5, written by a multi-disciplinary team of TraCe researchers, reflects on “memory before violence” by analyzing six case studies. 🔗 https://www.trace-center.de/en/publications/highlights#c684326 Mar 2026 16:07 +0000at://did:plc:bllr24bc5dpjfn3mkftujpag/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhxyeolhqc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/trace-center.de/post/3mhuo3jznx22p📣 Explore the TraCe publication highlights: In this symposium, @hendrikpsimon.bsky.social (@fgz-risc.bsky.social & @prif.org) and Juan Pablo Scarfi started on @voelkerrechtsblog.org, the authors examine what the Monroe Doctrine stands for today. 🔗 https://www.trace-center.de/en/publications/highlights#c689125 Mar 2026 08:25 +0000at://did:plc:bllr24bc5dpjfn3mkftujpag/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhuo3jznx22phttps://bsky.app/profile/trace-center.de/post/3mhgceasuis2h📣 Explore the TraCe publication highlights: In this highlight publication, @hendrikpsimon.bsky.social (@fgz-risc.bsky.social & @prif.org) & Lothar Brock @goetheuni.bsky.social examine the reciprocal relationship between war justifications & international order. 🔗 https://www.trace-center.de/en/publications/highlights#c689119 Mar 2026 15:18 +0000at://did:plc:bllr24bc5dpjfn3mkftujpag/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhgceasuis2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/trace-center.de/post/3mhdrzy3r3s2c🎉 Looking back & looking ahead: During a two-day internal retreat on March 12–13 in Lollar, the TraCe network revisited four years of collaboration, bid farewell to colleagues moving on & discussed TraCe’s research agenda for the upcoming years. 👉 https://www.trace-center.de/en/news-1/details/meilensteine-momentaufnahmen-und-ein-blick-nach-vorn18 Mar 2026 15:21 +0000at://did:plc:bllr24bc5dpjfn3mkftujpag/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhdrzy3r3s2chttps://bsky.app/profile/trace-center.de/post/3mhbccffcqc2e📣 Explore the TraCe publication highlights: This highlight publication by Rafael Quishpe Contreras @jlugiessen.bsky.social, Mónica Salazar, Juan E. Ugarriza & Diana C. Acuña examines the transition of former rebel organizations into political parties. 🔗 https://www.trace-center.de/en/publications/highlights#c682817 Mar 2026 15:34 +0000at://did:plc:bllr24bc5dpjfn3mkftujpag/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhbccffcqc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/trace-center.de/post/3mh6rxojd5c26🌈 New TraCe Working Paper “The Long Shadow of Colonial Violence Against LGBTIQ+ Kenyans” @marielreiss.bsky.social & Āryā Jeipea Karijo argue that current anti-LGBTIQ+-violence in Kenya is rooted in norms & legislation introduced by British colonialism. 📝 https://www.trace-center.de/en/publications/trace-working-paper-series#c732716 Mar 2026 15:36 +0000at://did:plc:bllr24bc5dpjfn3mkftujpag/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh6rxojd5c26https://bsky.app/profile/trace-center.de/post/3mguk3lg7sc2w📣 Explore the TraCe publication highlights: In the @civilwarsjournal.bsky.social, @hannapfeifer.bsky.social and @reginesonja.bsky.social analyze conflict zones in West Asia and North Africa to examine the binary of state and non-state actors in civil wars. 🔗 https://www.trace-center.de/en/publications/highlights#c682812 Mar 2026 13:48 +0000at://did:plc:bllr24bc5dpjfn3mkftujpag/app.bsky.feed.post/3mguk3lg7sc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/trace-center.de/post/3mgpmezphwk2d📣 Explore the TraCe publication highlights: In this edited volume by Barry de Vries, Thilo Marauhn (jlugiessen.bsky.social) reflects two perspectives on the strengthening of norms against chemical and biological weapons.🔗 https://www.trace-center.de/en/publications/highlights#c682810 Mar 2026 14:46 +0000at://did:plc:bllr24bc5dpjfn3mkftujpag/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgpmezphwk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/trace-center.de/post/3mgcxtxlal22w📣 Explore the TraCe publication highlights: Juliana González Villamizar and Stefan Peters (both @jlugiessen.bsky.social) take a closer look at Colombia’s Truth Commission – analyzing how its work also aims to challenge structural inequalities (in Spanish). 🔗 https://www.trace-center.de/en/publications/highlights#c682805 Mar 2026 14:07 +0000at://did:plc:bllr24bc5dpjfn3mkftujpag/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgcxtxlal22whttps://bsky.app/profile/trace-center.de/post/3mg63krwkrc2k📣 Explore the TraCe publication highlights: On @lseblogs.bsky.social, @benchristian.bsky.social, Johanna Speyer (@prif.org), and Lisbeth Zimmermann (@goetheuni.bsky.social) argue that favoring powerful states undermines the rules-based international order. 🔗 https://www.trace-center.de/en/publications/highlights#c689103 Mar 2026 15:30 +0000at://did:plc:bllr24bc5dpjfn3mkftujpag/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg63krwkrc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/trace-center.de/post/3mg3l2awv5c24We warmly welcome our newest Associate Fellow Tobias Ide from @tuda.bsky.social & @prif.org! Tobias examines causes and consequences of political violence in the context of climate change and environment. 👉 https://www.trace-center.de/en/about-us/team/person/tobias-ide02 Mar 2026 15:29 +0000at://did:plc:bllr24bc5dpjfn3mkftujpag/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg3l2awv5c24https://bsky.app/profile/trace-center.de/post/3mfr7dlgg522j📣 Explore the TraCe publication highlights: In @coco-journal.bsky.social, Frederik Schissler, @hannapfeifer.bsky.social, Constantin Ruhe, @reginesonja.bsky.social & Jonas Wolff take a closer look at the trend of internationalized intrastate armed conflicts. 🔗 https://www.trace-center.de/en/publications/highlights#c682326 Feb 2026 12:33 +0000at://did:plc:bllr24bc5dpjfn3mkftujpag/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfr7dlgg522j