Our RTG 2686 fellow Franziska Moosmann will present her research as part of her doctoral project on May 5, 2026, in the lecture series Katholische Akademie des Bistums Hildesheim. Her lecture is titled “Missionary Collections from Colonial Contexts: Historical and Decolonial Approaches.”
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