Nina Schneider

Nina Schneider is an Assistant Professor in the History Department at the University of Duisburg-Essen, specializing in global-local perspectives on human and social rights. She leads the DFG-funded project "Child Labour Opponents in the Americas and their Campaigns in Global Perspective, 1888-1938" and serves as a Research Group Leader at the Centre for Global Cooperation Research (GCR21). Her work bridges Global History, Cultural History, and Public History, with a focus on child labor, dictatorship legacies, and racism.

• 2021–Present: Assistant Professor, University of Duisburg-Essen
• 2018–2024: Research Group Leader, Käte Hamburger Kolleg/GCR21
• 2023–: Scientific Committee Member, Swiss Network for International Studies

Her research examines:

• Critical history of child labor legislation across the Americas
• Propaganda and violence in Cold War Latin America
• Visual regimes of migration and racism
• Transnational memory politics and truth commissions
• Methodological integration of oral and media histories

Key scientific contributions include:

• Marie Curie Postdoc Fellowship (2013–2015)
• DFG-funded research on child labor campaigns
• DAAD Stipendium for Columbia University research (2012–2013)

She collaborates with interdisciplinary teams at the Global South Studies Center (2015–2018) and contributes to public history initiatives, including exhibitions like Normaliminalities: Artefacts from Various Souths and Norths (2017).