Abigail Meert
Assistant Professor of History
Africa and Global South
Office: Robinson Hall 212
Phone: (517) 629-0399
Email: [email protected]
Education
- 2019 Ph.D., Emory University (History)
- 2017 M.A., Emory University (History)
- 2013 B.A., University of Michigan – Ann Arbor (History and English)
Courses
- Africa Before 1800
- Africa After 1800
- The African Atlantic
- Gender & Sexuality in African History
- Women in the Global South
- The Cold War & Decolonization
Scholarly Activity
Current Research Projects
- “From Students to Soldiers: Radical Politics and the Ugandan Exile Community in Dar es Salaam, 1966-1979”
- “Suffering, Struggle, and the Politics of Legitimacy in Uganda, 1952-1996”
Publications
“Suffering, Consent, and Coercion in Uganda: The Luwero War, 1981-1986,” International Journal of African Historical Studies 53, 3 (2020), 389 – 412.
Research Interests
- African History
- Global History
- Conflict and Society
- Oral History
- Memory
Awards
- Nielsen Center for the Liberal Arts Fellowship, Eckerd College (2024)
- National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Fellowship, National Endowment for the Humanities (2021)
- University Research Council Travel Grant, Texas A&M International University (2019)
- Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship, US Department of Education (2016-2017)
- Mathews Fellowship for Dissertation Research, Emory University (2016)
- Foreign Language and Area Studies Summer Fellowship, Yale University (2016)
- Foreign Language and Area Studies Summer Fellowship, University of California-Berkeley (2014)