Dr. Lennart Bolliger

Biography

Lennart Bolliger is an Assistant Professor at Utrecht University, with a research focus on anti-colonial struggles, counterinsurgency, and militarization. He has a background as a Research Fellow in the Department of History at the University of the Free State. His postdoctoral experience includes work at the Institute of Asian and African Studies at Humboldt University of Berlin, and he has served as a visiting researcher at the History Workshop of the University of the Witwatersrand. Bolliger holds a PhD in International Development from the University of Oxford. His book, "Apartheid’s Black Soldiers: Un-national Wars Militaries Southern Africa," published in the War and Militarism in African History series by Ohio University Press, examines the history of Black soldiers from Namibia and Angola who fought against apartheid South Africa’s security forces during the Cold War. His research has been featured in various academic journals, including the Journal of Southern African Studies, South African Historical Journal, International History Review, Cold War History, and Journal of African History.

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