Postdoctoral Researcher at the Rank of Instructor 2019-21
Yan Slobodkin is a historian of modern Europe, with a focus on French colonial and transnational history. His current book project is a history of famine in 19th- and 20th century North Africa, West Africa, and Southeast Asia, and its relationship to changing ideas of scientific control, political obligation, and humanitarian ethics. He received his Ph.D. in history from Stanford University and his B.A. in history and French from Oberlin College.
Research
History of Science, Public Health, Economics, and Environmental Studies
Empire of Hunger: Famine and the French Colonial State, 1867-1945