Prof. Dr. Obert Bernard Mlambo

Profile

Academic positionAssociate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Reader
Research fieldsOther Areas of History,Modern and Contemporary History
KeywordsComparative History, Masculinity, Land Expropriation, Post-War Conflict, Veterans
Honours and awards

2019: Alexander von Humboldt Return Fellowship

2019: Global South Studies Centre, Universität zu Köln (Grant for a research stay in Switzerland)

2016: Humboldt (Georg Forster) Research Fellowship, Universität zu Köln, Germany

2016: Nordic Africa Institute Guest Scholar Award, Uppsala, Sweden

2014: DAAD’s DIES (Dialogue on Innovative Higher Education Strategies) Grant for travel and training in Proposal Writing for Research Grants, Cape Town, South Africa

2013: Hardt Fondation Doctoral Research Scholarship (for travel and dissertation to Geneva, Switzerland

2011: Classical Association Bursary (for conference to Durham)

2010: Classical Association Bursary (for conference to Edinburgh)

2010: CODESRIA Gender and Sports Institute Grant to Dakar, Senegal

Current contact address

CountryZimbabwe
CityHarare
InstitutionUniversity of Zimbabwe (UZ)
InstituteDept. of Religious Studies, Classics and Philosohpy

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Thomas WidlokInstitut für Afrikanistik und Ägyptologie, Universität zu Köln, Köln
Start of initial sponsorship01/08/2016

Programme(s)

2015Georg Forster Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2022Obert Bernard Mlambo: Land Expropriation in Ancient Rome and Contemporary Zimbabwe: Veterans, Masculinity and War.. London: Bloomsbury Academic Publishers., 2022
2019Obert Bernard Mlambo and Clive R Zimunya: Obert Bernard Mlambo and Clive Tendai Zimunya, (forthcoming), Learning from Ancient History: Honour, Patriotic loyalty, and Treachery in Zimbabwe’s Land Reform Crisis . In: Munyaradzi Nyakudya, Wesley Mwatwara, Joseph Mujere, Revolutionaries and Sellouts: New Perspectives on Zimbabwe’s Nationalist Struggle,. University of Zimbabwe Publications, 2019.
2018Obert Bernard Mlambo: Veterans, decolonization and land expropriation in post- independence Zimbabwe, 2000–2008. In: Angel Alcade & Xose M. Nunez Seixas, War Veterans and the World after 1945 Cold War Politics, Decolonization, Memory. Routledge, 2018. 167-183
2017Obert Bernard Mlambo, John Douglas McClymont, E. Zvorna: Land, Political Power, and Violence in Republican Rome and Contemporary Zimbabwe: A Comparative View. In: Africology: The Journal of Pan African Studies, 2017, 153-178
2017OBERT BERNARD MLAMBO: Review: I am Evelyn Amony: Reclaiming my Life from The Lord´s Resistance Army. In: Afrikanistik Aegyptologie Online, , 2017, 1-3
2016John Douglas McClymont and Obert Bernard Mlambo: John Douglas McClymont and Obert Bernard Mlambo. 2016. African Values in a Modern City: Threats and Benefits. In: Ruby Magosvongwe, Obert Bernard Mlambo and Eventhough Ndlovu, Africa’s Intangible Heritage and Land: Emerging Perspectives. University of Zimbabwe, 2016. 112-120
2015Obert Bernard Mlambo: Bargaining with Heroic Militarism: Veterans and Land Distribution in Late Republican Rome and Contemporary Zimbabwe´s Third Chimurenga, (2000-2008). In: Zambezia; Journal of Humanities, 2015, 40-51
Obert Bernard Mlambo: Obert Bernard Mlambo, (forthcoming), Robert Mugabe and Emperor Augustus: A Comparison in civic renewal in E. Chitando (ed.), London, Routledge. . In: Ezra Chitano, Angel Gabriel? Religion, Politics and Ideology in Mugabe’s Zimbabwe. Routledge, .