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The article examines the interactions between German and British colonies which arose over mixed ... more The article examines the interactions between German and British colonies which arose over mixed marriages between British citizens from the Cape colony and mixed-race or African women living in German South-West Africa. When the German colonial administration banned mixed-race relations and degraded the offspring of these marriages during the years 1905-1907, the people affected tried to use their British citizenship to lodge complaints via the British Consul. Communications concerning the marriages in question evolved on colonial and imperial level between the Cape colony and German South-West Africa as well as between the respective motherlands. The article addresses the interactions through the multi-vectorial analysis of a histoire croisee, thus offering a new, comparative view on the often discussed issue of mixed marriages in the German colony. It also focuses on the negotiations of the categories ‘white’, ‘native’ and ‘mixed-race’ between colonies of different European empir...
When German mining companies in the German colony of South West Africa pressed their government t... more When German mining companies in the German colony of South West Africa pressed their government to recruit Chinese or Indian indentured workers for their enterprises in 1912, a discussion ensued in neighbouring South Africa. In the Transvaal, at that time already part of the Union of South Africa, tens of thousands of Chinese had been imported to work in the mines at the Witwatersrand between 1904 and 1907 (Richardson 1984). The advice of a Transvaal Newspaper to the German colonial minister was to keep German South West Africa as a "white colony" and to refrain from importing Asian coolies as it would endanger the racial order. 1 But German South West Africa proceeded with its endeavour to recruit Indian indentured workers, even though it was not successful, as the Indian government restricted indenture in general. Almost at the same time, in 1910, a British government committee, the Sanderson committee, exploring the future use of Indian contract migrants in colonial environments, mentioned the "invaluable service" of Indian immigration in many colonies of the British Empire and proposed encouraging the introduction of indentured labourers in the future. 2 It also stated that it would be
ABSTRACT Agnes Hill, the unmarried daughter of a British landowner and farmer and his mixed-race ... more ABSTRACT Agnes Hill, the unmarried daughter of a British landowner and farmer and his mixed-race wife, was living a ‘white’ farmer’s life in the colony German South West Africa. In 1908, she was suddenly classified as ‘native’, due to the enforcement of radical racial legislation in the German colony degrading the offspring of mixed-race people as ‘bastards’. The new classification would have had dire consequences for the whole family, especially in respect to their landownership. However, Agnes fought for her family, with the support of solicitors and – as a daughter of a British father coming from the Cape Colony – with the help of the British consul residing in the German colony. She finally succeeded in securing the estate for the family, even if she was an unmarried woman in a predominantly patriarchal settler society. Using mainly material from the court cases, the article traces Agnes Hill’s fight for the Hill inheritance, thereby investigating various crucial issues of colonial societies. It points at the changing boundaries between ‘white’ and ‘non-white’ and the ambiguity of racial classifications. The article argues that women such as Agnes Hill could play a significant role in colonial settler societies and were able to transcend gender-role boundaries.
The chapter offers an introduction to the historiography of gender and empire, our approaches to ... more The chapter offers an introduction to the historiography of gender and empire, our approaches to the field, and the central topics of the volume "New Perspectives on Gender and Empire: Comparative and Global Approaches". It provides an examination of the research field and argues that despite a growing body of literature that has been produced over the years the history of gender and empire is far from told. On the contrary, both imperial history and gender have brought forth new theoretical and methodological approaches over the last few years. The introduction stresses that “New Perspectives on Gender and Empire” draws on those developments in both fields. It is inspired by new imperial history and global history, and by innovative approaches in gender studies. Based on the work of Laura Ann Stoler and Carol McGranahan, as well as that of Mrinalini Sinha, we suggest that instead of studying empires as geopolitical entities one should analyze imperial formations, in our case gendered imperial formations. This approach allows us to investigate how local conditions as well as broader structures and ideologies shaped gendered practices in various imperial settings, and how those settings related to each other.
The Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS), directed by Stefano Bartolini since Septe... more The Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS), directed by Stefano Bartolini since September 2006, is home to a large post-doctoral programme. Created in 1992, it aims to develop inter-disciplinary and comparative research and to promote work on the major issues facing the process of integration and European society.
RESÜMEE Der Artikel untersucht das deutsche und britische Kolonialengagement in Afrika vor dem Er... more RESÜMEE Der Artikel untersucht das deutsche und britische Kolonialengagement in Afrika vor dem Ersten Weltkrieg. Er analysiert, in welchem Maße unterschiedliche nationale Kolonialkonzepte identifi-ziert werden können, wie sich die Kolonialmächte gegenseitig wahrnahmen und inwiefern ge-meinsame Formen der Kolonisation oder der Kooperation in Afrika bestanden. Außerdem wird gezeigt, wie sehr die afrikanische Bevölkerung in Interaktion mit den Kolonisierenden koloniale Herrschaftsformen prägte und wie diese auch von den jeweiligen geographischen und klima-tischen Bedingungen abhingen. Die Autorin arbeitet Charakteristika deutscher und britischer Kolonialherrschaft heraus und illlustriert dabei, dass die oberste Maxime der Kolonisierenden, eine " weiße Vorherrschaft " über die schwarze afrikanische Bevölkerung zu erhalten, Kooperati-on und Wissensaustausch in Afrika trotz europäischer Rivalitäten förderte. British and German colonial rule in Africa developed during the period of European imperialism before WWI. At the time, almost all European powers were engaged in the scramble for Africa and were trying to evolve forms of colonial rule, even though " islands of rule " may be a more appropriate term for these early colonial attempts in Africa. 1
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The article examines the interactions between German and British colonies which arose over mixed ... more The article examines the interactions between German and British colonies which arose over mixed marriages between British citizens from the Cape colony and mixed-race or African women living in German South-West Africa. When the German colonial administration banned mixed-race relations and degraded the offspring of these marriages during the years 1905-1907, the people affected tried to use their British citizenship to lodge complaints via the British Consul. Communications concerning the marriages in question evolved on colonial and imperial level between the Cape colony and German South-West Africa as well as between the respective motherlands. The article addresses the interactions through the multi-vectorial analysis of a histoire croisee, thus offering a new, comparative view on the often discussed issue of mixed marriages in the German colony. It also focuses on the negotiations of the categories ‘white’, ‘native’ and ‘mixed-race’ between colonies of different European empir...
When German mining companies in the German colony of South West Africa pressed their government t... more When German mining companies in the German colony of South West Africa pressed their government to recruit Chinese or Indian indentured workers for their enterprises in 1912, a discussion ensued in neighbouring South Africa. In the Transvaal, at that time already part of the Union of South Africa, tens of thousands of Chinese had been imported to work in the mines at the Witwatersrand between 1904 and 1907 (Richardson 1984). The advice of a Transvaal Newspaper to the German colonial minister was to keep German South West Africa as a "white colony" and to refrain from importing Asian coolies as it would endanger the racial order. 1 But German South West Africa proceeded with its endeavour to recruit Indian indentured workers, even though it was not successful, as the Indian government restricted indenture in general. Almost at the same time, in 1910, a British government committee, the Sanderson committee, exploring the future use of Indian contract migrants in colonial environments, mentioned the "invaluable service" of Indian immigration in many colonies of the British Empire and proposed encouraging the introduction of indentured labourers in the future. 2 It also stated that it would be
ABSTRACT Agnes Hill, the unmarried daughter of a British landowner and farmer and his mixed-race ... more ABSTRACT Agnes Hill, the unmarried daughter of a British landowner and farmer and his mixed-race wife, was living a ‘white’ farmer’s life in the colony German South West Africa. In 1908, she was suddenly classified as ‘native’, due to the enforcement of radical racial legislation in the German colony degrading the offspring of mixed-race people as ‘bastards’. The new classification would have had dire consequences for the whole family, especially in respect to their landownership. However, Agnes fought for her family, with the support of solicitors and – as a daughter of a British father coming from the Cape Colony – with the help of the British consul residing in the German colony. She finally succeeded in securing the estate for the family, even if she was an unmarried woman in a predominantly patriarchal settler society. Using mainly material from the court cases, the article traces Agnes Hill’s fight for the Hill inheritance, thereby investigating various crucial issues of colonial societies. It points at the changing boundaries between ‘white’ and ‘non-white’ and the ambiguity of racial classifications. The article argues that women such as Agnes Hill could play a significant role in colonial settler societies and were able to transcend gender-role boundaries.
The chapter offers an introduction to the historiography of gender and empire, our approaches to ... more The chapter offers an introduction to the historiography of gender and empire, our approaches to the field, and the central topics of the volume "New Perspectives on Gender and Empire: Comparative and Global Approaches". It provides an examination of the research field and argues that despite a growing body of literature that has been produced over the years the history of gender and empire is far from told. On the contrary, both imperial history and gender have brought forth new theoretical and methodological approaches over the last few years. The introduction stresses that “New Perspectives on Gender and Empire” draws on those developments in both fields. It is inspired by new imperial history and global history, and by innovative approaches in gender studies. Based on the work of Laura Ann Stoler and Carol McGranahan, as well as that of Mrinalini Sinha, we suggest that instead of studying empires as geopolitical entities one should analyze imperial formations, in our case gendered imperial formations. This approach allows us to investigate how local conditions as well as broader structures and ideologies shaped gendered practices in various imperial settings, and how those settings related to each other.
The Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS), directed by Stefano Bartolini since Septe... more The Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS), directed by Stefano Bartolini since September 2006, is home to a large post-doctoral programme. Created in 1992, it aims to develop inter-disciplinary and comparative research and to promote work on the major issues facing the process of integration and European society.
RESÜMEE Der Artikel untersucht das deutsche und britische Kolonialengagement in Afrika vor dem Er... more RESÜMEE Der Artikel untersucht das deutsche und britische Kolonialengagement in Afrika vor dem Ersten Weltkrieg. Er analysiert, in welchem Maße unterschiedliche nationale Kolonialkonzepte identifi-ziert werden können, wie sich die Kolonialmächte gegenseitig wahrnahmen und inwiefern ge-meinsame Formen der Kolonisation oder der Kooperation in Afrika bestanden. Außerdem wird gezeigt, wie sehr die afrikanische Bevölkerung in Interaktion mit den Kolonisierenden koloniale Herrschaftsformen prägte und wie diese auch von den jeweiligen geographischen und klima-tischen Bedingungen abhingen. Die Autorin arbeitet Charakteristika deutscher und britischer Kolonialherrschaft heraus und illlustriert dabei, dass die oberste Maxime der Kolonisierenden, eine " weiße Vorherrschaft " über die schwarze afrikanische Bevölkerung zu erhalten, Kooperati-on und Wissensaustausch in Afrika trotz europäischer Rivalitäten förderte. British and German colonial rule in Africa developed during the period of European imperialism before WWI. At the time, almost all European powers were engaged in the scramble for Africa and were trying to evolve forms of colonial rule, even though " islands of rule " may be a more appropriate term for these early colonial attempts in Africa. 1
New Perspectives on the History of Gender and Empire extends our understanding of the gendered wo... more New Perspectives on the History of Gender and Empire extends our understanding of the gendered workings of empires, colonialism and imperialism, taking up recent impulses from gender history, new imperial history and global history. The authors apply new theoretical and methodological approaches to historical case studies around the globe in order to redefine the complex relationship between gender and empire.
The chapters deal not only with 'typical' colonial empires like the British Empire, but also with those less well-studied, such as the German, Russian, Italian and U.S. empires. They focus on various imperial formations, from colonies in Africa or Asia to settler colonial settings like Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, to imperial peripheries like the Dodecanese or the Black Sea Steppe. The book deals with key themes such as intimacy, sexuality and female education, as well as exploring new aspects like the complex marriage regimes some empires developed or the so-called 'servant debates'. It also presents several ways in which imperial formations were structured by gender and other categories like race, class, caste, sexuality, religion, and citizenship.
Offering new reflections on the intimate and personal aspects of gender in imperial activities and relationships, this is an important volume for students and scholars of gender studies and imperial and colonial history.
Cultural diversity and hybridity challenge traditional concepts of national and cultural identity... more Cultural diversity and hybridity challenge traditional concepts of national and cultural identity, causing anxieties on many levels in Western societies. These phenomena have received increasing attention in recent years, in the humanities as well as in the social sciences. This volume engages with these debates and discusses cultural diversity and its implications in various new ways: First, the developments in Germany and Britain are addressed comparatively. Second, the book generates a rarely held long-term perspective, considering the colonial and postcolonial phase. Third, the volume brings together cultural studies, literary studies and history, thus providing an interdisciplinary approach. The essays investigate cultural difference in the fields of colonial and postcolonial identifications, national and transnational consumer culture, and the contemporary debates on multiculturalism and national belonging.
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The chapters deal not only with 'typical' colonial empires like the British Empire, but also with those less well-studied, such as the German, Russian, Italian and U.S. empires. They focus on various imperial formations, from colonies in Africa or Asia to settler colonial settings like Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, to imperial peripheries like the Dodecanese or the Black Sea Steppe. The book deals with key themes such as intimacy, sexuality and female education, as well as exploring new aspects like the complex marriage regimes some empires developed or the so-called 'servant debates'. It also presents several ways in which imperial formations were structured by gender and other categories like race, class, caste, sexuality, religion, and citizenship.
Offering new reflections on the intimate and personal aspects of gender in imperial activities and relationships, this is an important volume for students and scholars of gender studies and imperial and colonial history.