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.

The Colonial Veteran in the Archive, COLVET Workshop, 25 June, Hybrid Workshop, Maynooth University (Hybrid)

by Donal Hassett | Jun 18, 2025 | Events

Workshop Schedule 09:30-09:45 Registration 09:45-10:00 Welcome, Prof Dónal Hassett 10:00-11:00 Keynote: Prof Santanu Das, All Souls College, Oxford University, ‘Decolonising the First World War: Archive, Resistance, Commemoration’. 11:00-11:15 Coffee 11:15-12:45:...

Project Presentation: ‘Writing the History of Colonial Veterancy: Sources on Eritrean Askari’, Dr Nicola Camilleri, Research and Documentation Centre, Asmara, Eritrea, May 06 2024

by Donal Hassett | May 14, 2025 | Events, Presentations

Conference Presentation: ‘Towards a History of the Systems of Care for War-Wounded Veterans in France’s African Colonies’, Prof Dónal Hassett, Military Welfare History Network Symposium, University of Birmingham, April 11 2025.

by Donal Hassett | May 14, 2025 | Events, Presentations

New Directions in Veteran History, COLVET Workshop, 02 April, Maynooth University (Hybrid).

by Donal Hassett | May 14, 2025 | Events

The COLVET project held its inaugural workshop in Maynooth on April 02 2025. This hybrid event brought together scholars from across different geographical and temporal contexts of veteran history to explore New Directions in Veteran History. With participants from...

Dónal Hassett, ‘Repenser l’ancien combatttant depuis l’empire colonial’, University of Lille, 07/11/2024.

by Donal Hassett | Nov 7, 2024 | Events