‘Exhibiting Imperial Loyalty: Veterans at the Colonial Exhibition of 1931’

by Donal Hassett | Jan 12, 2026 | Veterans' Stories

On the evening of August 9th 1931, leading figures from the French political, military and colonial elites gathered in the main hall of the Palais de la Porte Dorée eastern Paris to mark the closure of Veterans’ Weekend of the International Colonial Exhibition. After...

Dr Nicola Camilleri, ‘Guns and Gun Licences for Colonial Soldiers and Veterans. Italian East Africa in Comparative Perspective’, New Perspectives on the History of Firearms, University of Padova, 18-19/12/2025

by Donal Hassett | Jan 9, 2026 | Presentations

You can read the programme here: New Perspectives on the History of Firearms

Prof Dónal Hassett, ‘Beyond the Tirailleur: Narrating and Mobilizing Colonial Experiences of the First World War in the French Empire’, Journal of the Western Society for French History, Vol. 51, 2025.

by Donal Hassett | Dec 8, 2025 | Publications

https://journals.publishing.umich.edu/wsfh/article/id/8676/  Abstract The Centenary of the First World War saw a new focus in official commemoration, cultural production and broader scholarly and public discourses on the figure of the colonial soldier, the tirailleur....

Prof Dónal Hassett, ‘‘The Muslim, in general, was not too troubled by the emotions of the war’: The Influence of the First World War on the Rise of Colonial Psychiatry’, Society for Francophone Postcolonial Studies, 05/12/2025

by Donal Hassett | Dec 8, 2025 | Presentations

Project Team Presentations and PI Keynote, ‘Between Choice and Command Workshop, Erfurt, 01/12-02/12/2025

by Donal Hassett | Dec 8, 2025 | Presentations

Between Choice and Command: Migration and Return Across and Beyond Colonial Empires, 1900-1960 University of Erfurt, December 1-2, 2025   Monday, December 1st, 9am-7pm, Senatssaal, University of Erfurt 9-9.30: Florian Wagner Welcome and Introduction Section 1:...