PhD candidate in the research project Global Bones: Entangled Histories, Transfers and Translations in the Early Modern Age, funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF, 2023-2028)
Working title of doctoral thesis: "The Power of Bones: Royal, Sacred and Captive Remains in the Material Cultures of Kongo, Ndongo and Portuguese Angola (1560s - 1660s)"
Research interests
- Central African material cultures
- History of Central Africa 1400-1800 CE
- Christian relics and reliquaries in Central Africa 1400-1800 CE
- Restitution of ancestors and belongings from colonial contexts
- German colonial history
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