Resonances from the Colonial Past
Leverhulme Trust network: Understanding Insurgencies: Resonances from the Colonial Past Paris Research Workshop, December 2016 Hosted by Emmanuel Blanchard of the Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin/Sciences Po Saint-Germain, the second Leverhulme Trust workshop on Understanding Insurgencies was held in Paris on 15-16 December 2016. The workshop was themed around the issues of laws of war and targets …
Read More December Workshop in ParisDay one: Thursday, 15 December: Centre Malher, room 409 9.30-10.00: Coffee 10.00-10.15: Welcome: Emmanuel Blanchard & Martin Thomas (workshop coordinators) Session 1: 10.15-11.15 Boyd van Dijk, EUI, ‘The Geneva Conventions of 1949: the imperial origins of humanitarian law.’ 11.15-11.30: Coffee Session 2: 11.30 – 12.45 Huw Bennett, Cardiff University, ‘British psychological warfare and propaganda in …
Read More Workshop Programme Paris 15-16 December, 2016
Following September’s inaugural network meeting in Exeter I now have a link to the introduction, written by Dan Branch and myself, to the wider collection of papers. Anderson, David M. “Making the loyalist bargain: surrender, amnesty, and impunity in Kenya’s decolonization, 1952-63.” International History Review 39, i (2017): in press. Please click on the link …
Read More Introducing our collection of papers