New Publication by Former Fellow Andrea Azizi Kifyasi
We are delighted to announce the publication of a new book by our former fellow Andrea Azizi Kifyasi (Department of History, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania).
Drawing on extensive archival and oral sources, many previously inaccessible, the book explores major Chinese-funded projects in Tanzania’s health sector. It examines the historical contexts of China’s medical assistance and how these projects contributed to nation-building, promoted South-South medical knowledge exchange, and fostered self-sufficiency within Tanzania. By analyzing these entanglements, the book offers valuable insights into South-South cooperation and the dynamics of development partnerships in the Global South.
You can find the publication here.
We warmly congratulate Andrea on this important contribution to research on international collaboration and the history of medical infrastructure in Africa!
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global dis:connect postdoctoral researcher Susanne Quitmann has been awarded the Prize of the German Historical Institute London 2025 for her dissertation “Reconceptualising Voice: An Exploratory Case Study of British Child Migrants (1869–1970)”, completed at LMU Munich. This recognition marks the third distinction for her dissertation, which has also received the Society for the History of Children and Youth Dissertation Award and the German Association for British Studies Dissertation Award.
In her thesis, Quitmann reconceptualises voice as an analytical tool to study marginalised people in history. Using the example of British child migrants sent to Canada and Australia between 1869 and 1970, she explores how they navigated and communicated their experiences and constructed new identities within highly asymmetrical power structures. Her approach broadens the understanding of “voice” beyond speech and writing, attending also to silences, music, and bodily performance as meaningful forms of expression.
The GHIL Prize is awarded annually for outstanding doctoral theses in German or British history, colonial history, or British–German relations. It carries a €1,000 award and is formally presented at the GHIL Annual Lecture. 
We are delighted to share that our former fellow Julian Warner (fellow 2024/25) has been appointed professor of performance and artistic research at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart (HMDK).
Julian Warner is a German-British artist and curator. Before joining HMDK, he served as artistic director of the Brechtfestival Augsburg (2023–2025) and curated the Festival der KulturRegion Stuttgart (2022). He has designed performances and festivals for institutions such as Künstlerhaus Mousonturm and Münchner Kammerspiele.
During his fellowship at global dis:connect, Julian co-organised a workshop entitled The Grand Method. Brecht without guarantees together with Prof. Dr. Moritz Ege (UZH). The event, held as part of the Brechtfestival Augsburg, explored Brecht’s notion of the Grand Method as a practical doctrine and tool for creative and political action under changing social conditions. In line with Warner’s curatorial vision for the festival, the workshop brought together scholars, artists and curators to reflect on what it means to act without guarantees in cultural and political practice.
We look back fondly on this riveting event and the fruitful collaboration that made it possible.
Congratulations, Julian, and all the best for this exciting next chapter! 
On Tuesday, 12 November 2024 (7:00 - 8:30 p.m.) the LMU’s public lecture series adressed the complex topic of “