Roland Wenzlhuemer is Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany. Having studied at University of Salzburg, Austria, he has been a visiting professor at University of Basel, Switzerland, University of Innsbruck, Austria, and held the Chair of Modern History at the University of Heidelberg, Germany. His research and teaching focuses on colonial and global history, with a particular interest in global connections and the theories and methods of global history.