Historical writing and the global turn: perspectives from a historian of Africa
| Autor | Andreas Eckert, Ana Carolina Schveitzer, William Blakemore Lyon; Ana Carolina Schveitzer, Matheus Serva Pereira |
| Cargo | Humboldt University of Berlin, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Institute for Asian and African Studies, Berlin, Germany/Humboldt University of Berlin, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Institute for Asian and African Studies, Berlin, Germany/Humboldt University of Berlin, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Institute... |
| Páginas | 600-616 |
Esboços, Florianópolis, v. 28, n. 48, p. 600-616, maio/ago. 2021.
ISSN 2175-7976 DOI https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7976.2021.e80610
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HISTORICAL WRITING AND THE
GLOBAL TURN: PERSPECTIVES
FROM A HISTORIAN OF AFRICA
INTERVIEWEE
Andreas Eckerta
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2566-1302
Email: andreas.eckert@asa.hu-berlin.de
a Humboldt University of Berlin, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Institute for
Asian and African Studies, Berlin, Germany
INTERVIEWERS
Ana Carolina Schveitzera
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4261-7327
Email: ana.carolina.schveitzer@hu-berlin.de
William Blakemore Lyona
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7558-1095
Email: lyonwill@student.hu-berlin.de
a Humboldt University of Berlin, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Institute for
Asian and African Studies, Berlin, Germany
KEYWORDS: Global History. African History. Labor History.
histórias em contextos globais
Esboços, Florianópolis, v. 28, n. 48, p. 600-616, maio/ago. 2021.
ISSN 2175-7976 DOI https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7976.2021.e80610 601/635
Historical writing and the global turn
How can Global History come into dialogue with African history? How valuable are
concepts of connections and entanglements as proposed by Global History?
How can we use Global History in our research? In addition to exploring what
Global History is, we were inspired to interview a researcher with extensive experience
on the subject. In this conversation, Professor Andreas Eckert details his trajectory as
Professor of African History and coordinator of the Global History Research Center
Professor Andreas Eckert holds the Chair of African History at the Institute of
Asian and African Studies at Humboldt University of Berlin. He joined the faculty in
research as a guest professor at various international universities such as Maison
des Sciences de l’ Homme in Paris, Harvard University, Stanford University, and
the University of Michigan. Since 2009, he has been the director of the International
Research Center “Work and Human Life Cycle In global history” — re:work — at
Humboldt University of Berlin.
Die Duala und die Kolonialmächte: Eine Untersuchung zu
Widerstand, Protest und Protonationalismus in Kamerun vor dem zweiten Weltkrieg
(1991) and
(1999). They are important contributions to understanding the role of colonialism in
Cameroonian history, and how the colonial system (German and after the First World
War, French and British) tried to manage labor and control land.
In recent decades, Andreas Eckert’s research has examined the relations
between African history, labor history and global history. He was a contributing editor
to many multiauthor volumes, including Globalgeschichte: Theorien, Themen, Ansätze
(2007), Global histories of work (2016), General Labour History of Africa: workers,
employers and governments, 20th-21st centuries (2019), and Corona and Work
around the globe (2021). With Marcel van der Linden, he published New perspectives
on workers and the history of work: Global Labor History, in Global History, globally:
research and practice around the world (2018) edited by Sven Beckert and Dominic
Sachsenmaier. He is also a regular contributor in German newspapers such as the
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and Die Zeit. Most recently, he published Geschichte
der Sklaverei. Von der Antike bis ins 21. Jahrundert (2021).
In addition to publishing, Eckert has built re:work into an important location for
It was founded in 2009 with the intention of focusing on engaging themes, including:
globalize labor studies especially by integrating ideas and scholars from the Global
work and what is not, and the blending of these two (supposed) separate spheres; and
But perhaps re:work’s greatest strength has been inviting and funding scholars from
around the world to develop, share and critique each other’s work as fellows based in
Berlin. Time spent by these academics — ranging from budding scholars to renowned
professors — at re:work has been a key element in the development of many books,
articles, collaborations, conferences and workshops.
The following interview was an in-person conversation with Prof. Eckert covering
questions shared ahead of time. We recorded in October of 2020, a few weeks before
Germany’s second COVID-19 lockdown. That being said, we followed proper protocols
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