BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sabre//Sabre VObject 4.6.1//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Zurich X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Zurich TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/Zurich BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19810329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19961027T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:news5294@zasb.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260907T100748 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20261106T161500 SUMMARY:Michelle Moyd (Michigan State University): Three things to know abo ut Africa and the Great War (since the Centenary) DESCRIPTION:The African world’s multifaceted involvement in the global Fi rst World War remains marginal in existing historiography. This is true de spite a surge of scholarly production and public interest during the Great War’s centenary (2014-2018). By foregrounding African and African diasp oric peoples’ perspectives on\, and actions in\, the Great War\, this ta lk offers three perhaps unconventional ways of understanding its violent\, but also generative\, effects across different dimensions of their socio- economic\, political\, and spiritual lives. \\r\\nMichelle Moyd is Associ ate Professor of History at Michigan State University. She is a historian of eastern Africa and studies the region’s histories of soldiering and w arfare. Her first book\, Violent Intermediaries: African Soldiers\, Conque st\, and Everyday Colonialism in German East Africa (Ohio University Press \, 2014) explores the social and cultural history of African soldiers (ask ari) in the colonial army of German East Africa\, today’s Tanzania. She currently works on a book entitled Africa\, Africans\, and the First World War\, which examines the spectrum of African experiences in the war\, esp ecially as soldiers and workers. X-ALT-DESC:

The African world’s multifaceted involvement in the global First World War remains marginal in existing historiography. This is true despite a surge of scholarly production and public interest during the Gre at War’s centenary (2014-2018). By foregrounding African and African dia sporic peoples’ perspectives on\, and actions in\, the Great War\, this talk offers three perhaps unconventional ways of understanding its violent \, but also generative\, effects across different dimensions of their soci o-economic\, political\, and spiritual lives. \;

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Miche lle Moyd is Associate Professor of History at Michigan State Univ ersity. She is a historian of eastern Africa and studies the region’s hi stories of soldiering and warfare. Her first book\, Violent Intermediar ies: African Soldiers\, Conquest\, and Everyday Colonialism in German East Africa (Ohio University Press\, 2014) explores the social and cultura l history of African soldiers (askari) in the colonial army of German East Africa\, today’s Tanzania. She currently works on a book entitled Af rica\, Africans\, and the First World War\, which examines the spectru m of African experiences in the war\, especially as soldiers and workers.< /p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR