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Rubber was the most important export product of the German colony of Cameroon. Around 1900, rubbe... more Rubber was the most important export product of the German colony of Cameroon. Around 1900, rubber was part of tires, cables, and a myriad of everyday objects. The strong demand for this raw material sparked a global rubber boom between 1890 and 1913, which also shaped the German colony of Cameroon. Die colonial rubber industry, however, was not only based on coercion and violence. Rather, Africans used the demand for rubber and labor for their own social mobility. European companies were able to draw on a variety of different forms of labor mobilization, which Africans manipulated to their own interests. What emerged was a colonial labor force which not only challenged their European employers but also the local African societies.

Articles by Tristan Oestermann

Bischoff, Sebastian/Frey, Barbara/Neuwöhner, Andreas (Hg.): Koloniale Welten in Westfalen, Paderborn: Schöningh, 2021., 2021

Lang, Sabine/Nicklisch, Andrea (Hg.): Den Sammlern auf der Spur. Provenienzforschung zu kolonialen Kontexten am Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim 2017/18, Heidelberg: arthistoricum.net, 2021, S. 191-199., 2021

Dies sind die einzigen Objekte aus Nordamerika, die vom Königlichen Museum für Völkerkunde Berlin... more Dies sind die einzigen Objekte aus Nordamerika, die vom Königlichen Museum für Völkerkunde Berlin an das Städtische Museum Hildesheim bzw. an das spätere Roemer-Museum gelangt sind. Die kleine Sammlung ist im ethnologischen Magazin des RPM heute noch nahezu komplett erhalten. Umstände des Transfers der Objekte nach Hildesheim Ausweislich des Hildesheimer Inventarbuchs sind die Gegenstände im Tausch von Berlin nach Hildesheim gekommen. 1 Was das Städtische Museum damals im Gegenzug an das Königliche Museum für Völkerkunde gab, geht aus dem Inventarbuch und den Dokumenten im Hildesheimer Stadtarchiv nicht hervor, ebenso wenig der Zeitpunkt des Tausches. Anderen Quellen zufolge (siehe unten) lag dieser aber möglicherweise schon kurz nach Jacobsens Rückkehr aus Alaska im Jahre 1883.

Beyond the Margins: The Political Economy of Life in Modern Africa, 2017

Histories of Productivity: Genealogical Perspectives on the Body and Modern Economy, 2017

Afrique en images. Représentations & idées reçues de la crise, 2015

Book Reviews and Conference Reports by Tristan Oestermann

German Historical Institute London Bulletin 44 (2), 153-159, 2022

Erinnerung: Wege aus der Erinnerungs konkurrenz', workshop held as part of the con ference 'Blick... more Erinnerung: Wege aus der Erinnerungs konkurrenz', workshop held as part of the con ference 'Blickwinkel: Von Strippen ziehern & Terror ist en. Res senti ments gegen Jüd innen und Juden und Muslim*innen in der post national sozialistischen Gesell schaft', 7-8 Dec. 2020, organ ized by the Bildungs stätte Anne Frank (Frank furt am Main) in cooperation with the Stiftung 'Erinner ung, Ver ant wortung und Zu kunft' (EVZ), the Bundes zentrale für Polit ische Bild ung (BPB), the Zen trum für Antisemitismus forschung der TU Berlin, the Akademie für Islam und Wissen schaft in der Gesell schaft (AIWG), and the Gesell schaften für Christlich-Jüdische Zusammen arbeit.

Papers by Tristan Oestermann

Kautschuk und Arbeit in Kamerun unter deutscher Kolonialherrschaft 1880-1913

Koloniale Welten in Westfalen, 2021

H-Soz-Kult, 2021

The murder of George Floyd not only sparked demonstrations in the United States and Europe but al... more The murder of George Floyd not only sparked demonstrations in the United States and Europe but also fanned the flames of an already ongoing debate about colonialism. Therefore, the conference, which was postponed and then digitized due to Covid-19, had very good timing.[1] It aimed at, as Bettina Brockmeyer put it, bringing together research, arts, and civil society in analyzing colonial memory in Germany as well as in the rest of Europe and, importantly, the Global South. However, even before the conference started, some scholars criticized that there was no speaker from Namibia – the former German colony with the most troubled relationship with the former metropolis.[2] Nevertheless, whatever reason led to this shortcoming, the genocide of the Herero and Nama people was a recurring theme throughout many presentations as well as in the welcoming speech of undersecretary of state, MICHELLE MÜNTEFERING (Berlin). Rather than being a tame conference, as feared by some, its sound was rather radical.

Tagungsbericht: Colonialism as Shared History. Past, Present, Future, 07.10.2020 – 09.10.2020 digital, in: H-Soz-Kult, 24.04.2021, <www.hsozkult.de/conferencereport/id/tagungsberichte-8913>.

American Historical Association. Annual Meeting, Chicago, 2019

Thick Comparison in der Gewaltforschung? Zu Möglichkeiten und Grenzen eines Vergleichs von Gewaltsituationen. Centre Marc Bloch, Berlin, 2016

CON-IH 16. International and Global History: The Economic Dimension. Harvard University, Cambridge (MA), 2016

Rubber was the most important export product of the German colony of Cameroon. Around 1900, rubbe... more Rubber was the most important export product of the German colony of Cameroon. Around 1900, rubber was part of tires, cables, and a myriad of everyday objects. The strong demand for this raw material sparked a global rubber boom between 1890 and 1913, which also shaped the German colony of Cameroon. Die colonial rubber industry, however, was not only based on coercion and violence. Rather, Africans used the demand for rubber and labor for their own social mobility. European companies were able to draw on a variety of different forms of labor mobilization, which Africans manipulated to their own interests. What emerged was a colonial labor force which not only challenged their European employers but also the local African societies.

Bischoff, Sebastian/Frey, Barbara/Neuwöhner, Andreas (Hg.): Koloniale Welten in Westfalen, Paderborn: Schöningh, 2021., 2021

Lang, Sabine/Nicklisch, Andrea (Hg.): Den Sammlern auf der Spur. Provenienzforschung zu kolonialen Kontexten am Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim 2017/18, Heidelberg: arthistoricum.net, 2021, S. 191-199., 2021

Dies sind die einzigen Objekte aus Nordamerika, die vom Königlichen Museum für Völkerkunde Berlin... more Dies sind die einzigen Objekte aus Nordamerika, die vom Königlichen Museum für Völkerkunde Berlin an das Städtische Museum Hildesheim bzw. an das spätere Roemer-Museum gelangt sind. Die kleine Sammlung ist im ethnologischen Magazin des RPM heute noch nahezu komplett erhalten. Umstände des Transfers der Objekte nach Hildesheim Ausweislich des Hildesheimer Inventarbuchs sind die Gegenstände im Tausch von Berlin nach Hildesheim gekommen. 1 Was das Städtische Museum damals im Gegenzug an das Königliche Museum für Völkerkunde gab, geht aus dem Inventarbuch und den Dokumenten im Hildesheimer Stadtarchiv nicht hervor, ebenso wenig der Zeitpunkt des Tausches. Anderen Quellen zufolge (siehe unten) lag dieser aber möglicherweise schon kurz nach Jacobsens Rückkehr aus Alaska im Jahre 1883.

Beyond the Margins: The Political Economy of Life in Modern Africa, 2017

Histories of Productivity: Genealogical Perspectives on the Body and Modern Economy, 2017

Afrique en images. Représentations & idées reçues de la crise, 2015

German Historical Institute London Bulletin 44 (2), 153-159, 2022

Erinnerung: Wege aus der Erinnerungs konkurrenz', workshop held as part of the con ference 'Blick... more Erinnerung: Wege aus der Erinnerungs konkurrenz', workshop held as part of the con ference 'Blickwinkel: Von Strippen ziehern & Terror ist en. Res senti ments gegen Jüd innen und Juden und Muslim*innen in der post national sozialistischen Gesell schaft', 7-8 Dec. 2020, organ ized by the Bildungs stätte Anne Frank (Frank furt am Main) in cooperation with the Stiftung 'Erinner ung, Ver ant wortung und Zu kunft' (EVZ), the Bundes zentrale für Polit ische Bild ung (BPB), the Zen trum für Antisemitismus forschung der TU Berlin, the Akademie für Islam und Wissen schaft in der Gesell schaft (AIWG), and the Gesell schaften für Christlich-Jüdische Zusammen arbeit.

Kautschuk und Arbeit in Kamerun unter deutscher Kolonialherrschaft 1880-1913

Koloniale Welten in Westfalen, 2021

H-Soz-Kult, 2021

The murder of George Floyd not only sparked demonstrations in the United States and Europe but al... more The murder of George Floyd not only sparked demonstrations in the United States and Europe but also fanned the flames of an already ongoing debate about colonialism. Therefore, the conference, which was postponed and then digitized due to Covid-19, had very good timing.[1] It aimed at, as Bettina Brockmeyer put it, bringing together research, arts, and civil society in analyzing colonial memory in Germany as well as in the rest of Europe and, importantly, the Global South. However, even before the conference started, some scholars criticized that there was no speaker from Namibia – the former German colony with the most troubled relationship with the former metropolis.[2] Nevertheless, whatever reason led to this shortcoming, the genocide of the Herero and Nama people was a recurring theme throughout many presentations as well as in the welcoming speech of undersecretary of state, MICHELLE MÜNTEFERING (Berlin). Rather than being a tame conference, as feared by some, its sound was rather radical.

Tagungsbericht: Colonialism as Shared History. Past, Present, Future, 07.10.2020 – 09.10.2020 digital, in: H-Soz-Kult, 24.04.2021, <www.hsozkult.de/conferencereport/id/tagungsberichte-8913>.

American Historical Association. Annual Meeting, Chicago, 2019

Thick Comparison in der Gewaltforschung? Zu Möglichkeiten und Grenzen eines Vergleichs von Gewaltsituationen. Centre Marc Bloch, Berlin, 2016

CON-IH 16. International and Global History: The Economic Dimension. Harvard University, Cambridge (MA), 2016

International Symposium: Hundred Years Ago Germans Left Cameroon: A History of a Break-down/Continuity. Université de Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, 2016

International Colloquium: History and Memory in Cameroon: Legacies and Practices. Paul Ango Ela Foundation (FPAE), Yaoundé, 2017

Thinking about Labour within and across Empires. European Labour History Network (ELHN) “Labour & Empire” working group, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle – Paris 3, 2018

The planned workshop brings together international historians of German colonialism, who explore ... more The planned workshop brings together international historians of German colonialism, who explore German colonial capitalism and put its economic conditions, material aspects and social structures at the heart of their research. It concentrates the knowledge of scholars of the various local contexts in Africa, Asia, Latin America as well as Oceania, in which German colonial actors were economically active.