Tag: Decolonization

Glasgow Workshop 22-23 November 2018

The Political Economy of Insurgency-Smugglers, Black Markets, and Proxy Forces University of Glasgow, 22-23 November 2018 Thursday 22nd November, Hilton Hotel 09:30 Welcome, Tea/coffee 10:00 Keynote speaker Beatrice Heuser, University of Glasgow, ‘National Styles in Insurgencies and Counterinsurgencies?” 11:30 Break for lunch 13:00 Panel One: Ireland Dr Aaron Edwards, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, ‘Dark Networking …

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‘Recruitment for insurgency and counterinsurgency’: Leiden, 13–14 July 2017

Some photographs taken at the Leiden Workshop (Left to right) Peter Keppy (NIOD Amsterdam), Bart Luttikhuis (Leiden University) and Abdul Wahid (KITLV): ‘Violence strikes root: why vigilantism became central to Indonesian politics, 1943–1955’ Mathilde von Bulow (Glasgow): ‘External sanctuaries and insurgent recruitment: the FLN in West Germany’ Keynote speaker, Will Reno (Northwestern), on ‘Are we …

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December Workshop in Paris

December Workshop in Paris

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 …

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Introducing our collection of papers

Introducing our collection of papers

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 …

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Workshop paper

Workshop paper

Following September’s inaugural network meeting in Exeter, I can now give you a free download of the paper I presented at that workshop. Anderson, David M. and Daniel Branch. “Allies at the end of empire: loyalists, nationalists and the Cold War, 1945-76.” International History Review 39, i (2017): in press. Please click on the link …

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