Research projects

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Cartographic sources and territorial transformations of Ethiopia since the late 18th century - ETHIOMAP
Project management
Prof. Dr. Iris Schröder Duration
01/2016 - 01/2019 Funding
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG):
106 000 €
The research project consists of two partner projects which are being carried out in parallel in France (funded by the ANR) and in Germany (funded by the DFG). The aim of the research project is the systematic collection, classification and analysis of historical maps from and about Ethiopia, which are often unknown in Ethiopian research.
Charts - Oceans
Project management
Several Duration
07/2018 - 04/2022 Funding
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF):
1 100 000 €
Iris Schröder & Felix Schürmann: Maps have hitherto led a marginal existence in the history of globalization. Sea and ocean charts receive even less attention, despite their unique visualization of maritime spaces and their inherent global connections. The aim of the joint project is to use sea and ocean charts to tell a little-known story in the period of transformation dating from the mid-19th to the mid-20th century.
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Perthes kolonial: Das Geschäft mit der Kartierung Afrikas, Lateinamerikas und Ozeaniens (1871–1945)
Project management
Several Duration
03/2026 - 02/2029 Funding
Thüringer Aufbaubank:
370 000 €
The research project “Perthes kolonial” at the University of Erfurt is investigating how colonial cartography was produced, used and marketed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and what role the Gotha-based publisher Justus Perthes played in this. The project also aims to systematically analyse the interconnection between economic interests, knowledge production and colonial orders using the Perthes collection, thereby providing new impetus for research into colonial knowledge cultures.

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