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Authorizing the archive: Methodological reflections on the Mau Mau case

December 16, 2016
Talk "Authorizing the archive: Methodological reflections on the Mau Mau case" by Caroline Elkins December 16, 2016 / Cambridge, MA

December 16, 2016 from 1pm – 2:20pm in Hauser Hall 101 at Harvard Law School

A group is viewing a laptop at a table.The IGLP sponsored a lunch discussion with Caroline Elkins, Professor of History and African and African American Studies at Harvard. Her work – along with missing archives she uncovered – has had a direct bearing on legal claims by former Mau Mau detainees against the British government. Prof. Elkins had an open discussion with participants, entitled Authorizing the archive: Methodological reflections on the Mau Mau case.

 

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The event was organized by IGLP Residential Fellows Deval Desai, Christopher Gevers, and Adil Hasan Khan as well as IGLP Visiting Researcher, Sundhya Pahuja.

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