New Publication: Photo Shops. Global Infrastructures of Photography (FOTOGESCHICHTE 178)
Burcu Dogramaci, Director of global dis:connect, has co-edited the new special issue Fotogeschäfte. Globale Infrastrukturen der Fotografie together with Helene Roth, now published as FOTOGESCHICHTE 178.
The issue explores photo shops as key infrastructures of photography that have so far received little systematic attention in photographic research. Beyond retail spaces, photo shops functioned as hubs of technical innovation, aesthetic exchange, and social interaction—particularly before the digital age. They played a crucial role in shaping photographic practices, mediating knowledge, and facilitating transnational connections, including in contexts of exile and migration.
Bringing together transnational, (post-)colonial, and (post-)imperial perspectives, the contributions expand and challenge established narratives of photography’s history.
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– Editorial (sample): https://asw-verlage.de/getmedia.php/_media/202511/14796v0-orig.pdf
– Title information: https://asw-verlage.de/katalog/fotogeschichte_heft_178-2745.html
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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 “