Curriculum Vitae (English version)

Kathleen Rahn
Stegerwaldstraße 14, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
[email protected]
Curriculum Vitae
Academic Education
03-04/2013
Visiting researcher at the National Archive Windhoek/Namibia
Since 10/2013
Visiting scholar at the research Seminar for American Studies, University of Leipzig
Since 04/2012
Doctoral dissertation. Working Title: “Discipline, Punish, Improve? Colonial prisons in German
Southwest Africa (1884-1914)”
Since 09/2010
Visiting scholar of the research Seminar of the Department of Social and Economic History, University
of Leipzig
03/2011
M.A. in Medieval and Modern History, History of Art and Comparative Literature
Grade: “very good”
Master’s Thesis: „Kolonialpropaganda im Wilhelminischen Kaiserreich -Sozioökonomische
Argumentation und die Perzeption der autochthonen Bevölkerung in den deutschen Kolonien 18841914“ (Colonial Propaganda in the German Empire: Socio-Economic Argumentation and the
Perception of Indigenous People in the German Colonies 1884-1914)
Since 2009
Conducting regular research at the Federal Archive Berlin
Work Experience
01/2015
Teaching session/lecture: “Germany, Europe and the World in the age of imperialism and fin de siècle”,
Winter semester 2014/15, University of Leipzig.
Since 10/2014
Teaching the seminar: „A place in the Sun” in German South West Africa 1884-1914?, Winter semester
2013/14, University of Leipzig.
04-06/2014
Research assistant at “Zeitlaeufer - Agency for Exhibitions”
Organising an exhibition about colonial soldiers in the First World War for the History Campus of the
Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (Federal Agency for Civic Education)
2013/14
Teaching the seminar: „A place in the Sun” in German South West Africa 1884-1914? Winter semester
2013/14, University of Leipzig.
11/20116/2013
Research assistant at the Department of Social and Economic History, University of Leipzig
Organising Seminars, Creating Bibliographies, Editing Scientific Papers, Research Activities
2012/2013
Teaching: Theories and Methods of Modern and Contemporary History”, winter semester 2012/13,
University of Leipzig.
Research Interests
German and European Colonial History including Colonial Propaganda, Colonial Law and Justice, Colonial Discourses; Transfer
of Knowledge, History of Crime and Criminology, Postcolonial Culture of Remembrance
Scholarships and Awards
04/2015
Travel Grant from the Monmouth University
9/2014
Travel Grant from the German Historical Institute Washington
Since 08/2014
Research support Scholarship from the Gesellschaft für Ueberseegeschichte e.V.
(Association for Colonial History)
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Since 10/2013
Mentee at “Women in Science!” of the Kooperationsstelle Wissenschaft und
Arbeitswelt Leipzig (KOWA)
Since 04/2012
PhD Scholarship from the Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit („Friedrich
Naumann Foundation for Freedom“)
Memberships
European Network in Universal and Global History (ENIUGH)
German Studies Association (GSA)
Gesellschaft für Ueberseegeschichte e.V. (Association for Overseas History)
Verband der Stipendiaten und Altstipendiaten der Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung e.V. (Association of fellows and alumni of the
Friedrich Naumann Foundation)
Verband der Historiker und Historikerinnen Deutschlands e.V. (Association of Historians of Germany)
Publications
2014
Erfahrungen von Flucht, Exil und Repatriierung. „DDR-Kinder aus Namibia („Experiences of escape, exile and
repatriation. "GDR-Kids from Namibia”), in: Powision – Magazin am Institut für Politikwissenschaft der
Universität Leipzig 16 (2014), pp. 28-30.
2013
Von der Ernst-Hasse-Straße in Leipzig zum Schanzenweg in Windhoek. Auf kolonialen
Spuren in der Hauptstadt Namibias („From Ernst Hasse street in Leipzig to Schanzenweg in Windhoek.
Colonial traces in the capital of Namibia“), in: Tobias ROSCHER/Karolin REINHOLD/Stefan KAUSCH
(Hrsg.), Sambaabende, Asyldebatte und Interkulturalität in Leipzig. Eine europäische Stadt in der Welt nach
dem Kolonialismus („Samba evenings, asylum debate and interculturality in Leipzig. A European city in the
world after colonialism”), Leipzig 2013, pp. 18-30.
2013
Das Leben und Leiden des Leonard Trask. Amerikanische Erstbeschreibung der Spondylitis ankylosans („The
Life and Sufferings of Leonard Trask. First American Description of Ankylosing Spondylitis”), in: MorbusBechterew-Journal (2013), No. 132, pp. 17-18.
2012
Adolf Struempell und seine deutsche Erstbeschreibung der Spondylitis ankylosans (Morbus Bechterew) („Adolf
Strümpell and his first German description of ankylosing spondylitis”), in: Morbus-Bechterew-Journal (2012),
No. 128, pp. 24-26.
Coming soon:
Contribution to www.leipzig-postkolonial.de: “Street names in Leipzig as evidence of German colonial rule: The Ernst
Hasse-Street.
Workshop Report: The Birth of the Prison in German South-West Africa. Colonial Imprisonment from 1884 to 1914, in: Annual
for Overseas History 14 (2014).
City map on (post)colonial traces in Leipzig. (Project Management 2014 / strategy "Leipzig. Place of diversity").
Lectures and Presentations (in selection)
04/2015
Racism and the Colonial Carceral Space. Prisons and Forced Labour in German South-West African (18841914), Conference: „The Fourth Biennial Interdisciplinary International Conference on Race. The
Criminalization of Race in History and Global Societies: Social Activism and Equal Justice“, Monmouth
University, West Long Branch, New Jersey, USA.
04/2015
Forced labour in the prisons in German South-West Africa (1884-1914). Practices of working recruitment and
aces of production of modern knowledge of punishment, Workshop: “Forced and Coerced Labour: Comparing
Colonial Spaces and Global Conflicts”, CEGESOMA (Centre for historical Research and documentation on war
and contemporary society), Brussels, Belgium.
11/2014
(Post)koloniale Spuren in Leipzig. „Völkerschauen“, Wissenschaft und Erinnerungskultur, (Postcolonial traces
in Leipzig. „Völkerschauen“, Science and Culture of Remembrance), Symposium of the American Studies of
the University of Leipzig: „‘Black Leipzig‘? Historische und zeitgenössische Präsenz afrikanischer und
afroamerikanischer Kulturen in Ostdeutschland“ (Historical and contemporary presence of African and African
American cultures in East Germany), Grassi-Museum in Leipzig.
09/2014
Poster Presentation, PhD Forum at the 50th conference of the Association of Historians of Germany,
University of Goettingen, Germany.
Kathleen Rahn
Stegerwaldstraße 14, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
[email protected]
09/2014
Discipline, Punish, Improve? Imprisonment as an Instrument of Colonial Rule in German South West Africa
(1884-1914), Thirty-Eighth Annual Conference of the German Studies Association: panel titled "Criminal Law,
Punishment, and the Death Penalty in Central Europe and Beyond", Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
09/2014
The Birth of the Prison in German South-West Africa: Practices of Confinement and Knowledge of Punishment
in the Colonial Periphery, Fourth European Congress on World and Global History: panel titled “
„The History of Punishment in Global Perspective: Agendas for Research“, Paris, France.
03/2014
Racism in the Colonial Prison Service: Prisons and Forced Labour in German South West Africa, Conference:
Labour and Race in Modern German History, Birkbeck, University of London; Pears Institute for the study of
Antisemitism; Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust and Genocide, United Kingdom.
09/2013
Gefängnis und Zwangsarbeit. Freiheitsstrafe am Beispiel der Kolonie Deutsch-Südwestafrika 1884-1914
(„Prison and Forced Labour. Imprisonment in the Colony German South West Africa 18841914“), section: Strafen in transnationaler Perspektive, Kriminalität und Strafjustiz in der Moderne, 18.–20. Jh.
Conference on Historical Crime Research, Gauting (Munich), Germany.
Volunteer Work
Since 01/2015
Editing and writing articles for the journal ZAG (anti-racist magazine)
Since 10/2014
Mentor under the "Arbeiterkind.de" initiative
Seit 09/2014
Project funding under the Municipal overall strategy "Leipzig. Place of diversity" and the funding of the
FRG-project "PROMOTE TOLERANCE", the project of Saxony ("Cosmopolitan Saxony") and the City of
Leipzig (5000 EUR): city map on (post)colonial traces in Leipzig (project management, accounting, Editorial /
Content)
Since 10/2012
Engagierte Wissenschaft e.V.
Writing articles about postcolonial history
Publishing the monthly newsletter
Writing contributions for the homepage www.leipzig-postkolonial.de
Since 10/2011
Deutsche Vereinigung Morbus Bechterew e.V. („German Association of Ankylosing Spondylitis”)
Writing medical historical articles and reports about events of the DVMB for the Morbus-Bechterew-Journal
Organising information events about Ankylosing Spondylitis
Supervising exhibition stands of the DVMB on several national fairs
Representing the younger members of the Federal State of Saxony
Organising meetings and sports events in Leipzig
Skills
Languages:
English – Proficient
French – Intermediate
Spanish – Basic
Afrikaans – Basic
Latin – Advanced
Digital Skills:
(Certified)
Adobe InDesign and Photoshop (Essentials)
Citavi (Reference Management)
Microsoft Office
Mac OS und iWork(Essentials)
Prezi
Certified Professional Development (in selection)
2014
International Career Development, Kooperationsstelle Wissenschaft und Arbeitswelt (KOWA).
2013
Project and research methods, Career Center of the University of Leipzig.
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2013
Pursuing an academic career: qualification routes and funding opportunities in the humanities and social
sciences), Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung.
2013
Research funding, Higher Education Teaching Courses, University of Leipzig.
2012
Pursuing a career in teaching, Research Academy Leipzig ELSYS.
2012
Using visualization in academic teaching, Higher Education Teaching Courses, University of Leipzig.
2012
Using Citavi, Transferable Skills Programme of the Research Academy Leipzig.
March 2015