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Daniel Steinbach serves as Associate Professor at the SAXO Institute within the Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen, specializing in European colonial history with emphasis on the First World War's global dimensions and colonial theater interactions between African, Indian, and European participants.
His academic training includes a Magister degree in History, Politics, and European Ethnology from Humboldt University of Berlin and a PhD in History from Trinity College Dublin, where he held the Ussher Fellowship. Prior positions include five years as a researcher at the German Historical Museum in Berlin, a postdoctoral role with the HERA-funded 'Cultural Exchange in a Time of Global Conflict' project at King's College London, and a lectureship at the University of Exeter.
Steinbach's research critically examines colonial representations and war memory through visual sources like soldiers' photographs, focusing on East Africa's imperial encounters. His work bridges Military History and Visual Culture to explore intimacy-violence dynamics in colonial warfare, while connecting African experiences to broader European imperial frameworks. Current projects analyze photographic documentation's role in shaping historical narratives of colonial conflict.
Recent publications (2022-2025) demonstrate consistent focus on First World War's transnational dimensions, particularly through visual analysis of East African campaigns and global conflict narratives. These works collectively advance understanding of non-European contributions to WWI and decolonize mainstream war histories by centering African perspectives and photographic evidence.
His scientific recognition includes the Ussher Fellowship during doctoral studies at Trinity College Dublin.
Steinbach participates in major collaborative projects including the HERA-funded 'Cultural Exchange in a Time of Global Conflict' and co-edited the 2022 Routledge volume 'Colonial Encounters in a Time of Global Conflict, 1914-1918', reflecting sustained engagement with international research networks examining colonialism's intersection with global warfare.
He maintains active scholarly contributions through editorial work and research collaborations focused on colonial military history, with particular emphasis on visual methodologies and global war narratives.
