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SUMMARY:Martin Kalb: "German Colonial Fantasies: Empire\, Nature\, and Infr
 astructures in Southwest Africa\, 1884 – 1915"
DESCRIPTION:Lecture by Martin Kalb  (Bridgewater College\, Virginia)       
                                \\r\\nShort description: How did nature cha
 llenge German colonialism in  Southwest Africa? How did colonialists view 
 and respond to such threats?  These\, plus other questions\, are at the ce
 nter of a presentation  that highlights the importance of environmental f
 actors  for German colonialism in Southwest Africa. For instance\, and alo
 ng  with other factors\, strong ocean currents\, desert landscapes\, and a
 t  least one small non-human actor repeatedly threatened German visions of
   empire. In response\, colonialists invested into  massive imperial infr
 astructures only to face repeated setbacks. Such  narratives can arguably 
 tell us much about German colonial fantasies\,  the eagerness of a young e
 mpire\, and the impact of colonialism in this  region\; it also emphasize
 s the role of nature  within colonial Southwest Africa more broadly\, ther
 eby illustrating the  importance of a multiplicity of human and non-human
  actors tied to these historical events.   \\r\\nShort biography: Marti
 n  Kalb is Assistant Professor of History at Bridgewater College\, a  smal
 l liberal arts college in Virginia. He got his M.A. at the  University of 
 Erlangen-Nuremberg (2007) and his Ph.D. at Northern  Arizona University (2
 011). His research focuses on Germany  and its empires\, with an emphasis 
 on youth cultures and environmental  history. He is currently completing r
 esearch around environmental  dynamics in German Southwest Africa.
X-ALT-DESC:<h4>Lecture by Martin Kalb  (Bridgewater College\, Virginia)    
                                   </h4>\nShort description: How did nature
  challenge German colonialism in  Southwest Africa? How did colonialists v
 iew and respond to such threats?  These\, plus other questions\, are at th
 e center of a presentation  that&nbsp\;highlights the importance of enviro
 nmental factors  for German colonialism in Southwest Africa. For instance\
 , and along  with other factors\, strong ocean currents\, desert landscape
 s\, and at  least one small non-human actor repeatedly threatened German v
 isions of  empire.&nbsp\;In response\, colonialists invested into  massive
  imperial infrastructures only to face repeated setbacks. Such  narratives
  can arguably tell us much about German colonial fantasies\,  the eagernes
 s of a young empire\, and the impact of colonialism&nbsp\;in this  region\
 ; it also emphasizes the role of nature  within colonial Southwest Africa 
 more broadly\, thereby illustrating the  importance of a multiplicity of&n
 bsp\;human <i>and</i> non-human actors tied to&nbsp\;these historical even
 ts.&nbsp\;&nbsp\; \nShort biography: <b>Martin  Kalb</b> is Assistant Prof
 essor of History at Bridgewater College\, a  small liberal arts college in
  Virginia. He got his M.A. at the  University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (2007)
  and his Ph.D. at Northern  Arizona University (2011). His research focuse
 s on Germany  and its empires\, with an emphasis on youth cultures and env
 ironmental  history. He is currently completing research around environmen
 tal  dynamics in German Southwest&nbsp\;Africa.
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