Ryan Clarke

Biography

BA Modern History and Politics (2016) MA History (2017) PhD History (2017-present) I have been involved in and/or spoken at various conferences listed below: 'NGOs and White-Settler Culture During the Zimbabwean Liberation War 1972-1980', Department of History Research Seminar, University of Essex, December 11th 2019. Oxfam and Villagisation: A comparative focus of Oxfam involvement in Tanzania and Rhodesia in the 1970s at Freedom Road and its intersections: the struggles for the liberation of Southern and central Africa and their interconnections, University of Stirling, June 15th 2019. Fieldwork abroad: A Comparative Focus on research in Zambia and Zimbabwe (co-presented with Tarynn Gourley, University of Kent), CHASE Encounters Conference, University of Sussex, 16th November 2019. Fieldwork abroad: A focus on field research in Zimbabwe July to November 2019, Department History Seminar, University of Essex, December 11th 2019. Whitehall and Aid during the Zimbabwean Liberation War (1972-1980), LSE HY509 International History Research Seminar, London School of Economics, 19th February 2020. NGOs and Strategic Resettlement during the Zimbabwean Liberation War (1972-1980), Counterinsurgency Forum, Defence Research Network, Land Warfare Centre, Warminster, 26th February 2020. Research update, Counterinsurgency Forum, Defence Research Network, Land Warfare Centre, Warminster, 2nd September 2020 (Virtual). Race, Class and Identity Forum May/June 2021, University of Essex (Organizer) Research update, Counterinsurgency Forum, Defence Research Network, Land Warfare Centre, Warminster, 15th September 2021 (Virtual). Methodism and its Impact, University of Essex, 18th September 2021 (Organizer) 'NGOs and Strategic Resettlement during the Zimbabwean Liberation War (1972-1980), African Politics Research Group, University of Edinburgh, 7th March 2022. 'NGOs and Strategic Resettlement during the Zimbabwean Liberation War' (1972-1980), CHASE Encounters Conference, University of Essex, June 22nd 2022. Publications Clarke, R. (2022). Fighting and Writing: The Rhodesian Army at War and Post-War, by Luise White, Journal of African Military History (published online ahead of print 2022) Clarke, R. and Sewell (eds.) Methodism and its Impact, (Oxford Centre for Church History and Methodism, 2022). Clarke, R. (2022), Navigating NGO Archives in Zimbabwe, Journal of Cold War History(Forthcoming) Prizes and Grants AHRC CHASE studentship (2017-2021) MA Dissertation Prize (2017)

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