Military history research seminar: Warfare in Africa 1960-2022
Welcome to the Military History Department's research seminar on 15 May, this time in collaboration with Stellenbosch University.
In this first joint seminar speakers from Stellenbosch University and Swedish Defence University will provide insight and different perspectives on small war, border war and counter-insurgency in Africa 1960–2022.
The main purpose of the seminar is to share research and ideas in an informal way to a broader audience and hopefully be able to find synergies and future areas of co-operation at both a personal and university level.
Speakers:
Lt. Colonel (Dr) Jean-Pierre Scherman, History Department, Stellenbosch University: Operation Bombay: Early South African Defence Force (SADF) Counter Insurgency Operations in Northern South West Africa (Namibia) and South Eastern Angola, 1966–1970
Dr David Gebre-Medhin, Department of War Studies, Swedish Defence University: Between ‘Qoretta’ and Trenches: The 2020–2022 Tigray War, the Tigrayan Defense Forces, and 21st Century ‘Mobile Warfare’
Henrique Garbino, Doctoral Student, Department of War Studies, Swedish Defence University: Balancing violence and restraint: an archaeology of minefields in Angola
Christian Kjellsson, Doctoral Student, Department of Military History, Swedish Defence University: Portuguese and Rhodesian counter-insurgency and Swedish support to the national movements in Southern Africa 1960–1980
Online or onsite
Attend on site or follow the lecture via Zoom: https://fhs-se.zoom.us/j/68986892818?pwd=x5OQ4QqaZ4ADHUfEAGAmlagiSVmpDy.1
Meeting ID: 689 8689 2818
Passcode: 083599
Register to participate on site
You are reminded that if you are not a student or staff at the Swedish Defence University and want to join in-person, you must inform us well in advance with name and social security number (se contact details below) and bring appropriate photo-ID with you. On the day of the event, you need to be at the reception at the Swedish Defence University no later tha 09.30.