If you are interested in becoming a member, please submit a statement of interest and an updated CV to our Management team at dependency@uni-bonn.de.
At the next General Assembly, a vote will be held on your admission.
The BCDSS at the University of Bonn aims to overcome the binary opposition of "slavery versus freedom". It is a research cluster within the framework of the Excellence Strategy of the federal and state governments. Our Cluster of Excellence is a joint project of researchers from many different backgrounds, including anthropology, archaeology, Asian and Islamic Studies, comparative religious studies, German medieval literature, history, and theology. We propose "asymmetrical dependency" as a new key concept that covers all forms of bondage across time and space.
