Stefan Tetzlaff (Tandem Fellow in the History of Knowledge & Knowledge Cultures, German Historical Institute Washington, DC)
28 May 2019
Lecture: Cold War Expertise and Infrastructure: West German Aid and India’s National Development
Abstract: Why and how did development aid – as we know it today – emerge during the Cold War? The talk addresses the question by looking at the development of West German aid for India in the 1950s to 1970s. In doing so, it analyzes the specific contexts and repercussions of West German technical aid for India’s national development and highlights a number of West German technical aid projects in India.
Bio: Stefan Tetzlaff is a historian of South Asia and its connection with the world. He was trained at the Centre for Historical Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi and at the Centre for Modern Indian Studies at the University of Göttingen. In the course of his career, Stefan has held positions at academic institutions in Berlin, Göttingen, Paris, Kolkata, London, New Delhi and Washington, D.C. During 2018-19, Stefan is also the first recipient of the Godrej Archives Research Fellowship in Business History.