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Fabian Krautwald is a Lecturer in African History at University College London. He specializes in social, political, cultural, economic, and intellectual history of Africa from the late nineteenth century to the early twenty-first century. His research particularly focuses on comparative transnational histories, exploring the connections in Eastern and Southern Africa through vernaculars such as Swahili and Otjiherero. Before joining UCL in 2024, he held postdoctoral fellowships at Binghamton University and Princeton University. His major publications include "The Past Set Free: Prophetic Memory Twentieth-Century Herero Religious Thought" in the International Journal of African Historical Studies, and "Genocide Politics Memory Decolonization Namibia" in the Journal of Southern African Studies, the latter of which received the journal's Terence Ranger Prize for first-time authors in 2022. He engages in public history, tackling the colonial past through oral history and popular publications and has contributed articles to major newspapers and academic blogs.
University College London • London, ENG, GB
Teaching and researching African history, focusing on social, political, and economic factors.