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Famine & the Responsibility of the Empire

Lectures: Yan Slobodkin, author of 'The Starving Empire', will visit The Croft Institute to speak on Famine and the Responsibility of the Empire.

Wed
28
Feb
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Feb. 28, 2024
Croft Room 107, Croft Institute International Studies, Oxford Campus, Joseph C. Bancroft Conference Room, Croft 107
Open to the public

Yan Slobodkin is a historian of Modern Europe with a focus on French colonialism, transnational humanitarianism, and the history of global medicine and public health.
His book The Starving Empire is a history of famine in France’s colonies in the 19th
and 20th centuries, touching on questions of race science, humanitarian ethics, and
transnationalism. His talk on Wednesday, February 28th will include time for audience questions.  

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