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DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20251203T155126
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20250922T171500
SUMMARY:Book launch and discussion: "Transnational Histories of Rural Refor
 m\, 1900−1950"
DESCRIPTION:Cultivating Race - Transatlantic Agricultural Reform in South A
 frica\, c. 1900–1950 [https://global.oup.com/academic/product/cultivatin
 g-race-9780198917281?cc=ge&lang=3n] Julia Tischler is Associate Professor 
 of African History at the University of Basel\, Switzerland. She obtained 
 her PhD in History at the University of Cologne\, Germany\, in 2012. After
  her postdoctoral research at Humboldt University in Berlin\, Germany\, sh
 e joined the University of Basel in 2015. Her research focuses on historie
 s of the environment\, development\, and racism in Southern Africa. Her re
 cent book\, Cultivating Race (OUP 2025)\, examines agricultural progressiv
 ism in segregationist South Africa as a transnational movement.\\r\\nCulti
 vating Fields of Progress - Agriculture and the International Labour Organ
 ization\, 1920s–1950s [https://global.oup.com/academic/product/cultivati
 ng-fields-of-progress-9780192849892?cc=us&lang=en] Amalia Ribi Forclaz is 
 Full Professor in International History and Politics at the Geneva Graduat
 e Institute. She holds a DPhil in Modern history from the University of Ox
 ford (Lincoln College\, 2008). Her current research interests focus on the
  history of agriculture\, labour\, development\, international institution
 s\, and the environment. Her recent book Cultivating Fields of Progress (O
 UP 2025) explores how the improvement of working and living conditions in 
 agriculture became an international issue in the broader context of the in
 terwar and immediate post Second World War years.\\r\\nJuri Auderset is Le
 cturer for the History of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries at the In
 stitute of History at the University of Bern and research fellow at the Ar
 chives of Rural History in Bern. Among his research and teaching interests
  are the history of agriculture and environment\, labor history and the hi
 story of capitalism\, conceptual and intellectual history.\\r\\nMonday\, S
 eptember 22\, 2025\, 17:15 Hörsaal Orangerie\, Europainstitut\, Riehenstr
 asse 154\, Basel\\r\\nThe event will be followed by a reception.\\r\\nCont
 act: julia.tischler@unibas.ch [https://dg.philhist.unibas.ch/de/aktuelles/
 veranstaltungen/details/transnational-histories-of-rural-reform-19001950/#
 ]
X-ALT-DESC:<p><em><a href="https://global.oup.com/academic/product/cultivat
 ing-race-9780198917281?cc=ge&amp\;lang=3n" target="_blank">Cultivating Rac
 e - Transatlantic Agricultural Reform in South Africa\, c. 1900–1950</a>
 </em><br /> <strong>Julia Tischler</strong> is Associate Professor of Afri
 can History at the University of Basel\, Switzerland. She obtained her PhD
  in History at the University of Cologne\, Germany\, in 2012. After her po
 stdoctoral research at Humboldt University in Berlin\, Germany\, she joine
 d the University of Basel in 2015. Her research focuses on histories of th
 e environment\, development\, and racism in Southern Africa. Her recent bo
 ok\, Cultivating Race (OUP 2025)\, examines agricultural progressivism in 
 segregationist South Africa as a transnational movement.</p>\n<p><em><a hr
 ef="https://global.oup.com/academic/product/cultivating-fields-of-progress
 -9780192849892?cc=us&amp\;lang=en" target="_blank">Cultivating Fields of P
 rogress - Agriculture and the International Labour Organization\, 1920s–
 1950s</a></em><br /> <strong>Amalia Ribi Forclaz </strong>is Full Professo
 r in International History and Politics at the Geneva Graduate Institute. 
 She holds a DPhil in Modern history from the University of Oxford (Lincoln
  College\, 2008). Her current research interests focus on the history of a
 griculture\, labour\, development\, international institutions\, and the e
 nvironment. Her recent book Cultivating Fields of Progress (OUP 2025) expl
 ores how the improvement of working and living conditions in agriculture b
 ecame an international issue in the broader context of the interwar and im
 mediate post Second World War years.</p>\n<p><strong>Juri Auderset</strong
 > is Lecturer for the History of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries at
  the Institute of History at the University of Bern and research fellow at
  the Archives of Rural History in Bern. Among his research and teaching in
 terests are the history of agriculture and environment\, labor history and
  the history of capitalism\, conceptual and intellectual history.</p>\n<p>
 Monday\, September 22\, 2025\, 17:15<br /> Hörsaal Orangerie\, Europainst
 itut\, Riehenstrasse 154\, Basel</p>\n<p><em>The event will be followed by
  a reception.</em></p>\n<p>Contact: <a href="https://dg.philhist.unibas.ch
 /de/aktuelles/veranstaltungen/details/transnational-histories-of-rural-ref
 orm-19001950/#">julia.tischler@unibas.ch</a></p>
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