Month: January 2019

New Publication – Soweto’s Female Comrades: Gender, Youth and Violence in South Africa’s Township Uprisings, 1984-1990

Emily Bridger’s latest publication, which explores the involvement of female youth in South Africa’s liberation struggle, is now available from the Journal of Southern African Studies. ‘Soweto’s Female Comrades: Gender, Youth and Violence in South Africa’s Township Uprisings, 1984-1990’. Abstract: Previous literature on South Africa’s township uprisings has overlooked girls and young women’s involvement in …

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Portugal Workshop – Call for Papers

Development and Securitisation, and (Counter)-Insurgency Joint research workshop: Understanding Insurgencies network and The worlds of (under)development: processes and legacies of the Portuguese colonial empire in a comparative perspective (1945-1975)  Lisbon, Portugal, 14-15 March 2019 Call for Papers Proposals for papers are invited from members of the Understanding Insurgencies network and others for a two-day research workshop …

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