Public Outreach

Contributions at Conferences and Workshops

Krauer, Philipp, Beyond the Rails: The Transimperial Journey of the ‘Java Bogie’ in the 1920s at Workshop Empire and (Im-)Mobility in South and South-East Asia (19th and 20th Centuries)’, organised by gd:c Munich and held in New Delhi (IND, Feb 2026).

Ligtenberg, Monique, Commodifying the Amazon: A German Painter, a Swiss Industrialist, and the Transimperial Butterfly Trade (1890– 1920) at Conference Slavery, Resistance and Democracy : Exploring Swiss-Brazilian connections in the 19th century Atlantic world at Université de Lausanne (CH, Nov 2025).

Contributions at Colloquia

Ligtenberg, Monique, Koloniale Spuren in den ETH Sammlungen: Schweizerische
Naturforschung zwischen Zürich und
Somaliland (ca. 1890–1900)’ at the Research Seminar (University of Berne) ‘After Restitution. Museum as Archives for New African Histories’.

Teaching

Spring Term 2026 Seminar: Engineering Empires: Technology, Environment, and Power in the Age of Colonialism (Philipp Krauer).

Autumn Term 2025 Seminar: Colonial Past, Entangled Present: Natural History Collections in Context (Monique Ligtenberg, Ella Müller)

Public History

Sarujan as Guest at Paneldiscussion about ‘Humain Remains, Restiution and Colonial Knowledge’ after the Documentary film ‘Elephants & Squirrels’ at Riffraff Cinema Zürich, 15.03.2026.

Presentation of Monique at the Weltkulturenmuseum Frankfurt am Main (DE): Bernhard Hagen (1853–1919): Vom Tropenmediziner zum Rassenforscher – Eine Verflechtungsgeschichte zwischen Sumatra, Neuguinea und Frankfurt, 2.2.2026.

Exhibition ‘Colonial Traces – Collections in Context’ in extract (ETH Zurich) curated by Monique (31.8.2024 – 13.07.2025).

Articles in Newspapers

Monique about the founder of the Weltkulturenmuseum Bernhard Hagen in: Frankfurter Allgemeine , ‘Man bekommt viel von der Brutalität mit’, 17.2.2026

Philipp Kauer about Mercenaries from Schwyz against the Ottomans in: March Anzeiger, ‘Schwyzer Söldner im “Heiligen Krieg” gegen die Osmanen, 22.4.2026.