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Visiting Professors
Mark Condos
PhD, University of Cambridge 2013
Research Interest/Specialization
His most recent book, Empire with a Vengeance: Honour and Revenge in European Colonial Warfare, 1815-1914 was published in 2026 by Hurst and Oxford University and examines the ways the British and French empires regularly framed imperial wars of conquest and counterinsurgency using the language the honour and revenge, making claims about the need to avenge alleged insults, punish perceived transgressions, and exact retribution for “crimes’ committed against the dignity and honour of Europeans.
Visiting from King’s College London, UK
Dong Yang
PhD, University of Cambridge 2013
Research Interest/Specialization
Lecturer and PhD Candidate Mary Baxter is keenly interested in compiling transnational and comparative histories of the Great Lakes with a focus on the environment, natural resource exploitation and energy development. The topic of her PhD dissertation will come from this research. Her other main area of interest is exploring the history of information in the digital age with a particular focus on how we identify, value, view, and handle public information. This work is funded by a Canada Graduate Doctoral Scholarship.
Visiting from Chengdu University, China