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Eric T. Jennings, Professor of History, University of Toronto, "Free French Africa in World War II"

February 24, 2014
8:30PM - 10:00PM
Mershon Center, 1501 Neil Ave.

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Add to Calendar 2014-02-24 20:30:00 2014-02-24 22:00:00 Eric T. Jennings, Professor of History, University of Toronto, "Free French Africa in World War II" Event Host: Race, Ethnicity and Nation Constellation, DISCO (The Diversity and Identity Studies Collective at OSU), the Mershon Center for International Security Studies, and the Department of French and Italian Eric T. Jennings, professor, history, University of Toronto, is the author of four critically acclaimed monographs on the modern French empire. He will speak on his latest book Free French Africa in World War II (Cambridge, 2014), which examines the critical and largely forgotten role played by francophone African laborers and soldiers in the Allied war effort. Co-sponsored by the Race, Ethnicity and Nation Constellation, DISCO (The Diversity and Identity Studies Collective at OSU), the Mershon Center for International Security Studies, and the Department of French and Italian. Mershon Center, 1501 Neil Ave. College of Arts and Sciences asccomm@osu.edu America/New_York public
Event Host: Race, Ethnicity and Nation Constellation, DISCO (The Diversity and Identity Studies Collective at OSU), the Mershon Center for International Security Studies, and the Department of French and Italian


Eric T. Jennings, professor, history, University of Toronto, is the author of four critically acclaimed monographs on the modern French empire. He will speak on his latest book Free French Africa in World War II (Cambridge, 2014), which examines the critical and largely forgotten role played by francophone African laborers and soldiers in the Allied war effort. Co-sponsored by the Race, Ethnicity and Nation Constellation, DISCO (The Diversity and Identity Studies Collective at OSU), the Mershon Center for International Security Studies, and the Department of French and Italian.

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