15.07.2024 New publication "Securitising Decolonisation" by Julius Heise

 Julius Heise, who served as a research assistant from 2018 to 2021 in the sub-project "Securitization and Desecuritization in international Trusteeship Administrations," has published his dissertation as a monograph titled Securitising Decolonisation - The Silencing of Ewe and Togoland Unification under United Nations Trusteeship, 1945-1960.

At the intersection of postcolonial theory and security studies, Julius Heise presents a theory-driven history of Togoland's path to independence, providing an important lesson for international state-building efforts.

Published by Transcript Verlag, the book is available as an open-access download and in print.
Further information about the publication can be found on the Transcript Verlag website.