Zimbabwe as a 'Race State': The Troubled History of Racializing International Relations

International and Global Studies Colloquium lecture “Zimbabwe as a ‘Race State’:The Troubled History of Racializing International Relations” by Timothy Scarnecchia, Department of History, Kent State University. Lunch is free for current Middlebury College students/faculty/staff; suggested $5 donation for others; RSVP by 9/28 to rcga@middlebury.edu.

Timothy Scarnecchia is the author of “The Urban Roots of Democracy and Political Violence in Zimbabwe: Harare and Highfield, 1940-1964” (University of Rochester Press, 2008). He is currently working on a monograph, “Cold War Race States: Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, and the defense of race, 1960-1985,” that combines detailed social history with diplomatic history, arguing that the shape of nationalist politics in Zimbabwe must be understood both for its local dynamics and its international diplomacy.

Sponsored by History department, Political Science department African Studies program, International Politics and Economics program