People, images, a world. Images of human beings in missionary magazines during the time of the German Empire

Authors

  • Lize Kriel Associate Professor, Department of Visual Arts, University of Pretoria.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17159/

Keywords:

Leibniz Institute for European History, German Empire, Images of human, missionary magazines

Abstract

From 6 to 8 October 2016, I was privileged to attend a colloquium on the above topic held at the Leibniz Institute for European History in Mainz, Germany, sponsored by the Institut für Mainzer Kirchengeschichte and the Fritz Thyssen Foundation. What follows is a fairly free English translation of the purpose of the colloquium as articulated by the organisers, and an overview of the presentations.

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Published

2025-02-20

Issue

No. 28 (2016): Image and Text

Section

Conference Reports