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Episode 131 of Africa Past and Present features an interview by Prof. Peter Alegi with Dr. Jessica Marie Johnson (ex-MSU, now at Johns Hopkins). The conversation focuses on her award-winning new book, Wicked Flesh: Black Women, Intimacy, and Freedom in the Atlantic World and leadership… Continue Reading New Afripod with Jessica Johnson
The Football Scholars Forum, based in the History Department and convened by Prof. Peter Alegi, recently held two sessions. On February 25, the fútbology collective discussed Soccer Diplomacy: International Relations and Football since 1914 (Univ. Press of Kentucky, 2020) with the volume editor, historian Heather… Continue Reading Football Scholars Forum holds two events
Bernie Moore published an article in the prestigious Journal of Southern African Studies, as part of a special issue on Nambian labor history that he co-edited with Stephanie Quinn, William Blakemore Lyon, and Kai F. Herzog. Moore is a PhD candidate in African history supervised… Continue Reading Bernie Moore publishes in Journal of Southern African Studies
The Football Scholars Forum held a five-part summer series with award-winning author David Goldblatt on his new book, The Age of Football: The Global Game in the Twenty-first Century [UK edition here / US edition here]. Professor Peter Alegi was the convenor of the series,… Continue Reading Football Scholars Forum 2020 Summer Series