Matthew Swagler

Matt Swagler

Visiting Assistant Professor of History

[email protected]
413-597-2655
Hollander Hall Rm 355

Fall 2019 Class Hours

Wed – 7:00 pm to 9:40 pm

Fall 2019 Office Hours

Thu – 10:00 am to 12:00 pm

Education

B.A. Brown University (2002)
M.Phil. Columbia University (2012)
Ph.D. Columbia University, History (2017)

Areas of Expertise

Francophone West and Central Africa; Decolonization and Post-Colonial African Politics; African Marxisms; Gender and Sexuality in African History

Courses

Note: courses in gray are not offered this academic year.

HIST 102 / WGSS 102

West Africa through Women's Voices

HIST 103 T(F)

Growing up in Africa/Growing up African

HIST 203(F)

Introduction to African History, 1800-Present

HIST 204

Anti-Colonialism & Social Movements in Africa Since World War II

HIST 304(S)

Africa and the United States: From the Atlantic Slave Trade to Black Panther

HIST 307(S)

Is Africa Poor?

Scholarship/Creative Work

Books (in preparation): 

Decolonization’s Discontents: Youth Radicalism in Francophone Africa, 1958-1974. 

Recent Articles: 

“Autonomous Youth Organizations’ Conquest of Political Power in Congo-Brazzaville, 1963-1968,” with Héloïse Kiriakou. In Etudiants africains en mouvement: contribution à une histoire des années 68, edited by Françoise Blum, Pierre Guidi and Ophélie Rillon, 57-76. Paris: Publications de la Sorbonne, 2016.

“Did the Russian Revolution Matter in Africa?” (Part I) Review of African Political Economy Blog, 30 August 2017. (Parts II and III forthcoming.)

Professional Affiliations

African Studies Association; American Historical Association; Central African Studies Association; Association of Concerned Africa Scholars