A Conversation with Derek Peterson, MacArthur Fellow and Historian of Eastern Africa

In this episode of AHR Interview, our guest is University of Michigan historian and recent MacArthur Fellowship recipient Derek Peterson. Peterson’s research focuses on the colonial experience in eastern Africa with a particular focus on the various intellectual cultures that developed through this period. He is the author of the 2004 book Creative Writing: Translation, Bookkeeping, and the Work of Imagination in Colonial Kenya and the awarding-winning 2012 book Ethnic Patriotism and the East African Revival: A History of Dissent. He speaks with Indiana University professor Michelle Moyd, whose own research likewise focuses on eastern Africa.

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AHR Interview presents brief discussions with historians whose work has appeared in the American Historical Review, the official publication of the American Historical Association. Sometimes the interview accompanies an article or a featured review in a current or recent issue; other times it will feature a scholar who has recently been in the news, but whose work appeared in the journal in the past. These accessible and user-friendly podcasts highlight historical scholarship of wide interest and enormous import for issues of the day.