Dr Anindita Bhattacharya, ‘The Empire’s Ledger and the Indian Widow: A WWI Story of Grief, Culture, and Imperial Bureaucracy’.

by Donal Hassett | Mar 18, 2026 | Veterans' Stories

When we recount the sweeping global history of the First World War, our collective memory is often dominated by the staggering statistics of the battlefield: the millions of artillery shells fired, the miles of trenches dug across Europe, and the incomprehensible loss...

Keynote Talk, Joint Presentation by Prof Dónal Hassett on COLVET and Prof Raul Carstocea on his ERC INTEMPO, Irish History Students’ Association Conference, Maynooth, 28/02/2026

by Donal Hassett | Mar 2, 2026 | Presentations

Prof Dónal Hasssett, ‘Workshop on Colonial Veterans and Decolonisation’, Lycée Jean Mermoz, Dakar, 12/02 and 20/02/2026

by Donal Hassett | Feb 24, 2026 | Events

Prof Hassett presented to and worked with secondary school students at the Lycée Mermoz in Dakar on topics related to colonial veterans and decolonisation in the French Empire.

‘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