Colonialism and Decolonization in National Historical Cultures and Memory Politics in Europe

Uta Fenske and Daniel Groth work as research associates at the University of Siegen. Klaus-Michael Guse teaches History and works as a teacher trainer. They conducted the EU-funded project CoDec. Bärbel P. Kuhn is Professor of History Didactics at the University of Siegen, Germany.

• Contents: Uta Fenske/Bärbel P. Kuhn: Introduction – S. Karly Kehoe: Understanding Overseas Colonialism as a Process: An Introduction – Reinhard Wendt: Potatoes, Coffee and Sugar - The Foreign from «Overseas» Changes Europe – Susanne Popp/Miriam Hannig: Potatoes - The Foreign from the Colonies Becomes One’s Own – Susanne Popp/Miriam Hannig: Coffee - The Foreign Becomes Part of the «Western» Lifestyle in Europe – Susanne Popp/Miriam Hannig: Sugar - The Foreign is Copied – S. Karly Kehoe/Ben H. Shepherd/Nelson Mundell/Louise Montgomery: Colonialism and the Caribbean: Wealth, Power and the British Imperial State – S. Karly Kehoe/Ben H. Shepherd/Nelson Mundell/Louise Montgomery: Economic Aspects of Colonialism: A Caribbean Case Study – Philipp Marti/Bernhard C. Schär: Swiss Emigrants in 19th Century Brazil: Ambivalent Entanglements with Structures of Slavery – Claudia Kraft: Inner-European Colonialism: An Introduction – Andres Andresen/Anu Raudsepp: The Case of Lutheranism in Estonian History - From External Determination to People’s Church – Klaus-Michael Guse/Claudia Kraft/Daniel Groth/David Schäfer: Images of Poland in Germany in the Late 18th and the 19th Centuries: Precondition of Colonial Power Relations? – Klaus-Michael Guse/Claudia Kraft/Daniel Groth/David Schäfer: Making Sense of Postcolonial Theories and Applying them to the Relationship between Eastern and Western Europe – Przemysław Damski/Katarzyna Czekaj-Kotynia: German Colonial Policy in Greater Poland (19th and 20th Centuries) – Przemysław Damski/Katarzyna Czekaj-Kotynia: Inner-Polish Politics in Kresy during the Interwar Period: An Example of Inner-European Colonialism? – Bernhard C. Schär: Decolonization, the Cold War and Development Aid: An Introduction – Katarzyna Czekaj-Kotynia: Between a Brotherly Union and Colonialism - Poland in the USSR Sphere of Influence – Karel Van Nieuwenhuyse/Idesbald Goddeeris: The Representation of Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba and his Speech on 30 June 1960 (Congolese Independence Day) - Food for Controversy – Jaak Valge/Anu Raudsepp: Immigration to Estonia after World War II – Hillar Toomiste/Anu Raudsepp: The Case of the Secret Uranium Factory in Sillamäe – S. Karly Kehoe/Ben H. Shepherd/Nelson Mundell/Louise Montgomery: Reasons for Appeasement: The British Empire – Philipp Marti/Bernhard C. Schär: Switzerland and Rwanda: A Troublesome Partnership – Karel Van Nieuwenhuyse/Idesbald Goddeeris: Postcolonial Collective Memory Cultures in Europe. A Fragmented, Divided and National-Bound Landscape: An Introduction – Karel Van Nieuwenhuyse/Idesbald Goddeeris: Why «colonialism» as a concept causes confusion, and exploration of alternatives within historiography – Karel Van Nieuwenhuyse/Idesbald Goddeeris: Congo in Flemish/Belgian and Postcolonial Belgian/Congolese Collective Memory – Klaus-Michael Guse/Claudia Kraft/Daniel Groth/David Schäfer: Who Owns the Polish Past? Polish History Seen From Western European and Polish Points of View – Philipp Marti/Bernhard C. Schär: Colonial Patterns of Interpretation in Swiss Comics.