Prof. Dr. Ulrike Lindner
Professor of History of Europe and European Colonialism
Historical Institute
Modern History
Albertus-Magnus-Platz
50923 Cologne
Member of the Global South Studies Center (GSSC), the CRC 228 Future Rural Africa and mentor in the a.r.t.e.s. Graduate School for the Humanities Cologne
Contact Details
Philosophikum, 3rd floor, Office 3.127
ulrike.lindner(at)uni-koeln.de
Tel.: 0221-470 3810
Fax: 0221-470 5148
Office: 0221-470 5243
Office Hours Summer Semester 2026
Office hours can be scheduled via email and will take place in my office (Room 3.127) or via Zoom.
Research Topics
- Global History
- Comparative Imperial History
- Global Social Policy and Medical History
- Postcolonial Approaches
- Gender History
News
Successful Dissertation Defence
Congratulations to Luoneko Kaduma, who successfully defended his dissertation titled “Healing, Evangelism and Modern Healthcare: German Protestant Missionary Medicine in Tanzania’s Southern Highlands, 1891–1940”.
Successful Dissertation Defence
Congratulations to Merle Bode, who successfully defended her dissertation. She worked on the history of whiteness in the women’s movement in Cologne, 1971–1991.
Courses and Lectures
Summer Term 2026
On research leave
Winter Term 2025
- VL Kolonialismus im subsaharischen Afrika. Vom Beginn des 19.Jh. bis zum “Jahr der Unabhängigkeit” 1960, Wed 12:00-1:30 pm
- HS Einführung in die Globalgeschichte: Theoretische Texte zur Globalgeschichte und zur Geschichte der Globalisierung, Thu 2:00-3:30 pm
- Promotion | a.r.t.e.s.-Graduiertenklasse, Tue 2:00-3:30 pm