CRAFTE Working Paper Series

Crafting Entanglements: Afro-Asian Pasts of the Global Cold War

Watch out for the latest articles in our Working Paper Series Crafting Entanglements.

CRAFTE team members and guest researchers present their archival and field work, new finds on Afro-Asian entanglements, theoretical and methodological reflection pieces on the Cold War, biographical sketches, photo-essays, commented interviews and testimonies, and more here.

ISSN: 2944-7348

DOI: 10.58144/20241205-001

Series Editor: Anandita Bajpai

Issue Editor(s)/Copy-editing: Anandita Bajpai, Maria Ketzmerick-Calandrino, Niklas Dorner, Nico Putz

Template Design: Nico Putz

Webpage Design: Anandita Bajpai

Studying Students with Ajoy and Bhupesh: The Archives of the Communist Party of India (CPI) in Delhi and Kolkata

Nico Putz gives a glimpse into his stint working at the party's archive(s) in New Delhi and Kolkata, collections on the students' movement, and both access and inaccessibility of materials.

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Radio Listening, Private Collections & Afro-Asian Networks

Anandita Bajpai

No. 1, July, 2024

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Studying Students with Ajoy and Bhupesh: The Archives of the Communist Party of India (CPI) in Delhi and Kolkata

Nico Putz

No. 2, August, 2024

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Discovering Internationalist Practices of "Women of the Whole World": Reflections from the IISG Amsterdam Archive on Afro-Asian Entanglements during the Cold War

Tamalika Roy

No. 3, August, 2024

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From the Archives in Cameroon to the Stasi-Archiv in Berlin, Germany? Using Research Skills from African Archives to understand the German Cold War

Maria Ketzmerick-Calandrino

No. 4, September, 2024

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Political Subjectivity and Revolutionary Motherhood:
A Biographical Sketch of Surjeet Kaur

Tamalika Roy

No. 5, November, 2024

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When Afghanistan represented Egypt in the Bonn Republic: The case of an Egyptian passport and Afro-Asian Cold War Diplomacy

Sonja Hegasy

No. 6, December, 2024

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Local Circuits, Shared Imaginaries:
An Interview with a Lotus Reader

Lucy Gasser

No. 7, April, 2025

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Ethnography of a Friendly Country: An Egyptian Feminist's Travelogue at the Dawn of the Cold War

Antoinette Ferand

No. 8, November, 2025

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"We arrived in the GDR and left Germany":
Cuban Experiences of the Fall of the Berlin Wall and Everyday Life in the GDR

Milagro Alvarez Leliebre

No. 9, December, 2025

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From Russia, For Love:
Soviet Women’s Migration Experiences in Saida, Lebanon

Sari Chreiteh

No. 10, December, 2025

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Spirit of Optimism:
Beyond the limelight of international politics

Sonja Hegasy

No. 11, March, 2026

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From Conference to Correspondence:
Activities of the the Afro-Asian People’s Solidarity Organization’s Women’s Bureau

Linda Catharine Bowes

No. 12, August, 2026

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The Tränenpalast: East Berlin’s Crossroads of Emotions, Afro-Asian Histories, and Concerts

Maria Ketzmerick-Calandrino

No. 13, forthcoming

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Solidarity in War and Health: Reflecting on the “Solidarity Ward” Exhibition in East Berlin

Maria-Ketzmerick Calandrino

No. 14, forthcoming

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All Articles

Radio Listening, Private Collections & Afro-Asian Networks

Studying Students with Ajoy and Bhupesh: The Archives of the Communist Party of India (CPI) in Delhi and Kolkata

Discovering Internationalist Practices of "Women of the Whole World": Reflections from the IISG Amsterdam Archive on Afro-Asian Entanglements during the Cold War

From the Archives in Cameroon to the Stasi-Archiv in Berlin, Germany? Using Research Skills from African Archives to understand the German Cold War

Political Subjectivity and Revolutionary Motherhood: A Biographical Sketch of Surjeet Kaur

When Afghanistan represented Egypt in the Bonn Republic: The case of an Egyptian passport and Afro-Asian Cold War Diplomacy

Local Circuits, Shared Imaginaries: An Interview with a Lotus Reader

Ethnography of a Friendly Country: An Egyptian Feminist's Travelogue at the Dawn of the Cold War

"We arrived in the GDR and left Germany": Cuban Experiences of the Fall of the Berlin Wall and Everyday Life in the GDR

From Russia, For Love: Soviet Women’s Migration Experiences in Saida, Lebanon

Spirit of Optimism: Beyond the limelight of international politics

From Conference to Correspondence: Activities of the the Afro-Asian People’s Solidarity Organization’s Women’s Bureau

The Tränenpalast: East Berlin’s Crossroads of Emotions, Afro-Asian Histories, and Concerts

Solidarity in War and Health: Reflecting on the “Solidarity Ward” Exhibition in East Berlin

Political Subjectivity and Revolutionary Motherhood:
A Biographical Sketch of Surjeet Kaur

Local Circuits, Shared Imaginaries:
An Interview with a Lotus Reader

"We arrived in the GDR and left Germany":
Cuban Experiences of the Fall of the Berlin Wall and Everyday Life in the GDR

From Russia, For Love:
Soviet Women’s Migration Experiences in Saida, Lebanon

Spirit of Optimism:
Beyond the limelight of international politics

From Conference to Correspondence:
Activities of the the Afro-Asian People’s Solidarity Organization’s Women’s Bureau