Congratulations to former AHA President Lynette Russell on her appointment as Mercator Professor at the University of Potsdam. The Mercator Professorship is awarded in recognition of Lynette’s leadership and contribution to ‘Settler Decolonisation in Country/On Land: Rehearsing Collaboration’ (2025-28). The project will examine ‘how decolonization as an Indigenous-led effort can open up spaces for collaboration with non-Indigenous actors’. Lynette will supervise PhDs, conduct research, facilitate international workshops and visits by Australian Indigenous communities, plus advise and mentor German researchers to explore how to explore and interrogate German settler colonialism and decolonise German institutions, including museums and higher education. This work will be completed with German colleagues and in association with a focus on Turtle Island (US and Canada) supported by Native American experts. Congratulations, Lynette!