Professor Henning Melber

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Research Summary and Profile

Research interests:

Civil Rights, Colonies & Colonization, emigration & immigration, Communities, Classes, Races, Globalization & Development, History, Human rights, International Relations, Politics

Regions:

Africa

Summary of research interests and expertise:

Dag Hammarskjöld and the United Nations; (History of) Racism, Southern Africa, Namibia, Liberation Movements as Governments

Project summary relevant to Fellowship:

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Publication Details

Related publications/articles:

Date	Details
30-Dec-2021	“One Namibia, One Nation”? Social Cohesion under a Liberation Movement as Government in Decline Articles In: Stichproben. Vienna Journal of African Studies, vol. 21, no. 41, 2021, pp. 129-158
06-Dec-2021	Selective commemoration: coming to terms with German colonialism Chapters In: Tatjana Louis/Mokgadi Molope/Stefan Peters (eds), Dealing with the Past in Latin America, Southern Africa and Germany. Baden-Baden: Nomos 2021, pp. 87-106 (with Reinhart Kössler)
01-Nov-2021	Namibia Chapters In: Albert K. Awedoba/Benedikt Kamski/Andreas Mehler/David Sebudubudu (eds), Africa Yearbook, volume 17. Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara 2020. Leiden and Boston: Brill 2021, pp. 508-516
15-Oct-2021	Development Chapters In: Ulf Engel (ed.), Yearbook on the African Union. Volume 1 (2020). Leiden: Brill 2021, pp. 51-67
11-Oct-2021	Kritik des deutschen Kolonialismus. Postkoloniale Sicht auf Erinnerung und Geschichtsvermittlung. Edited Book Co-editor (with Wolfgang Geiger). Frankfurt/Main: Brandes & Apsel
01-Oct-2021	“La mort est un maître d’Allemagne” Chapters In: Penser les génocides. Les chercheurs face aux génocides et crimes de masse. Paris: CNRS 2021, pp. 27-34
01-Jun-2021	Namibia’s Regional and Local Authorities Elections 2020: Democracy beyond SWAPO Articles In: Journal of Namibian Studies, no. 29, 2021, pp. 73-83
01-Jun-2021	Deutsche Kolonialgeschichte als Gegenwart: Land und Entwicklung in Namibia Journal articles Zeitschrift für Menschenrechte, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 10-25
18-May-2021	Competitive Authoritarianism in a Constitutional Democracy: The Case of SWAPO in Namibia Chapters In: Charles M. Fombad/Nico Steytler (eds), Democracy, Elections, and Constitutionalism in Africa. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 161-185
22-Mar-2021	Zimbabwe’s Foreign Policy Under Mnangagwa (with RogerSouthall) Journal articles Journal of Asian and African Studies, vol. 56, no. 2, pp. 234-250
31-Dec-2020	In the Shadow of Apartheid: The Windhoek Old Location Journal articles Southern Journal for Contemporary History, vol. 45, no. 2, pp. 33-58
07-Dec-2020	Die Welt aus der Perspektive der Entwicklungssoziologe. Festschrift für Dieter Neubert Edited Book Co-editor (with Artur Bogner, Reinhart Kößler and Rüdiger Korff,) Baden-Baden: Nomos
12-Oct-2020	Namibia Chapters In: Albert K. Awedoba/Benedikt Kamski/Andreas Mehler/David Sebudubudu (eds), Africa Yearbook, volume 16. Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara 2019. Leiden and Boston: Brill, pp. 506-514
20-Aug-2020	Germany and Namibia: Negotiating Genocide Journal articles Journal of Genocide Research, vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 502-514
26-Jun-2020	Geingob 2.0. Namibia’s new government Journal articles Journal of Namibian Studies, no. 27, pp. 101-121
20-Feb-2020	Namibia’s parliamentary and presidential elections: the honeymoon is over Journal articles The Round Table, vol. 109, no. 1, pp. 13-22
03-Jan-2020	Sam Nujoma: Lebenslänglich Freiheitskämpfer. Chapters In: Michael Epkenhans/Ewald Frie (eds), Politiker ohne Amt. Von Metternich bis Helmut Schmidt. Paderborn: Ferdinand Schöningh, pp. 239-256
02-Dec-2019	Global governance and human rights: South Africa and the United Nations Chapters In: Vasu Reddy/Heather Thuynsma (eds), The undiscovered country. Essays in honour of Maxi Schoeman. Pretoria: Institute for Security Studies 2019, pp. 49-66
01-Nov-2019	No Rainbow yet in Sight: Southern Africa under Liberation Movements as Governments. Journal articles The Round Table, vol. 108, no. 5, pp. 531-541
15-Oct-2019	Deutschland und Afrika. Anatomie eines komplexen Verhältnisses Edited Book Frankfurt/Main: Brandes & Apsel. Including own chapters on Das Deutsche Afrika, pp. 7-21 and Herausforderungen deutscher Dekolonisierung, pp. 209-219
10-Oct-2019	Africa Yearbook, volume 15. Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara 2018 Edited Book (Co-editor, with Victor Adetula, Benedikt Kamski and Andreas Mehler). Leiden: Brill Including own chapters on Southern Africa, pp. 415-423 and Namibia, pp. 487-495 and a co-authored chapter (with co-editors) on Sub-Saharan Africa, pp. 3-15
01-Jul-2019	Auf der Suche nach “Entwicklung”. Ein Abgesang auf eine Begriffsverwirrung. Chapters In: Michaela Fink, Jonas Metzger and Anne Zulauf (eds), Was wird aus der Hoffnung? Interdisziplinäre Denkanstöße für neue Formen des Miteinanders. Gießen: Psychosozial-Verlag, pp. 105-115
15-Apr-2019	Dag Hammarskjöld, the United Nations and the Decolonisation of Africa. Monographs London: Hurst
10-Apr-2019	Elmar Altvater (1938-2018) Chapters In: David Simon (ed), Key Thinkers on Development. Second (expanded) edition. London and New York: Routledge, pp. 18-23
10-Apr-2019	Dag Hammarskjöld (1905-1961) Chapters In: David Simon (ed), Key Thinkers on Development. Second (expanded) edition. London and New York: Routledge, pp. 195-200
10-Apr-2019	Inge Kaul (1944-) Chapters In: David Simon (ed), Key Thinkers on Development. Second (expanded) edition. London and New York: Routledge, pp. 234-239
05-Apr-2019	Populism in Southern Africa under liberation movements as governments. Journal articles In: Review of African Political Economy, vol. 45, no. 158, 2018, pp. 678-686
30-Mar-2019	China in Namibia: An ’All-Weather-Friendship’ Examined. Journal articles In: afriche e orienti, vol. 20, nos. 1-2, 2018, pp. 7-23
20-Mar-2019	Colonialism, Land, Ethnicity, and Class: Namibia after the Second National Land Conference Journal articles In: Africa Spectrum, vol. 54, no. 1, 2019, pp. 73-86
01-Feb-2019	Knowledge Production, Ownership and the Power of Definition: Perspectives on and from Sub-Saharan Africa. Chapters In: Isa Baud/Elisabetta Basile/Tiina Kontinen/Susanne von Itter (eds), Building Development Studies for the New Millennium. London: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 265-287
15-Dec-2018	Looking East/Going South: The Namibian-Chinese “All Weather Friendship” Journal articles Stichproben. Vienna Journal of African Studies, no. 35, pp. 25-50
01-Nov-2018	Völkermord – Anerkennung ohne Entschuldigung und Entschädigung? Verwicklungen in verwobener Geschichte Chapters Co-authored with Reinhart Kössler. In: Marianne Bechhaus-Gerst/Joachim Zeller (eds), Deutschland postcolonial? Die Gegenwart der imperialen Vergangenheit. Berlin: Metropol Verlag, pp. 223-242
15-Oct-2018	Africa Yearbook, volume 14. Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara 2017 Edited Book Leiden: Brill
30-Aug-2018	United in Separation? Lozi Secessionism in Zambia and Malawi. Chapters Co-authored with Wolfgang Zeller. In: Lotje de Vries, Pierre Englebert, Mareike Schomerus (eds), Secessionism in African Politics: Aspiration, Grievance, Performance, Disenchantment. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan 2018, pp. 293-328
01-Jun-2018	Knowledge Production and Decolonisation – Not Only African Challenges Journal articles  Strategic Review for Southern Africa
01-Apr-2018	The shifting grounds of emancipation: From the anti-colonial struggle to a critique of post-colonial society Chapters  UNAM Press
01-Dec-2017	Heroic narratives, patriotic history and Namibian politics: The case of (Herman) Andimba Toivo Ya Toivo (1924-2017) Journal articles  Journal of Namibian Studies
01-Dec-2017	Genocide Matters. Negotiating a Namibian-German Past in the Present Journal articles  Stichproben. Vienna Journal for African Studies
01-Oct-2017	Namibia. Gesellschaftspolitische Erkundungen seit der Unabhängigkeit. Monographs  Brandes & Apsel (2nd, enlarged edition)
01-Oct-2017	Explorations into modernity, colonialism and genocide: Revisiting the past in the present Journal articles  acta academica
01-Oct-2017	Explorations into modernity, colonialism and genocide: Revisiting the past in the present Journal articles  acta academica
01-May-2017	Völkermord - und was dann? Zur Politik deutsch-namibischer Vergangenheitsbearbeitung Monographs  Brandes & Apsel
01-May-2017	Africa Yearbook, volume 13. Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara 2016 Edited Book  Brill
01-May-2017	China and Namibia: an All-Weather Friendship Investigated Chapters  Palgrave MacMillan
01-May-2017	Agency Chapters  J.B. Metzeler
01-May-2017	Why we need a Constitution Chapters  Konrad Adenauer Stiftung
01-May-2017	Mediating Decolonization. Dealing with conflict parties - the long way to Namibia's transition to independence Chapters  Nomos/Bloomsbury
01-May-2017	Struggle Mentality versus Democracy: The case of SWAPO of Namibia Chapters  Routledge
01-May-2017	The African Middle Classes - in the middle of what? Journal articles  in ROAPE Taylor and Francis
01-May-2017	Changing of the Guard? An Journal articles  in African Affairs
01-May-2017	How Democratic is Namibia's Democracy? Journal articles  in Taiwan Journal of Democracy
01-May-2017	Mission Impossible: Hammarskjöld and the UN Mandate for the Congo (1960-1961) Journal articles  in Africa Security, Tayler and Francis
01-Oct-2016	Rassismus und Entwicklungspolitik Chapters  Springer
01-Oct-2016	Wieviel Klasse hat die afrikanische Chapters  Nomos
01-Oct-2016	Update: Journey for Truth - From Chapters  Hurst
01-Oct-2016	Africa Yearbook, volume 12. Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara 2015 Edited Book  Brill
01-Oct-2016	The Rise of Africa's Middle Class Edited Book  Zed
01-Oct-2015	Africa Yearbook. Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara in 2014. Edited Book Co-editor (with Sebastian Elischer, Rolf Hofmeier and Andreas Mehler). Leiden: Brill
01-Mar-2015	Namibia. Gesellschaftspolitische Erkundungen seit der Unabhängigkeit. Monographs Frankfurt/Main: Brandes & Apsel
01-Dec-2014	Understanding Namibia. The trials of Independence. Monographs London: Hurst and Johannesburg: Jacana (also New York: Oxford University Press 2015)
01-May-2014	Peace Diplomacy, Global Justice and Inter-national Agency. Rethinking Human Security and Ethics in the Spirit of Dag Hammarskjöld Edited Book Co-editor (with Carsten Stahn). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

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