Dr. Elijah Doro

Profile

Academic positionPost Doc
Research fieldsHistory of Science
KeywordsPostcolonial, Anthropocene, Pollution, Environment, Toxicities

Current contact address

CountryNorway
CityKristiansand
InstitutionUniversity of Agder
InstituteDepartment of Religion, Philosophy and History

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Christof MauchRachel Carson Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), München
Prof. Dr. Jan-Bart GewaldDepartment of African Studies, Leiden University, Leiden
Start of initial sponsorship01/12/2023

Programme(s)

2023Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2025Elijah Doro: Toxic Narratives of an African Wasteocene: Gold Mining and Arsenic in (Southern Rhodesia) Colonial Zimbabwe. In: Social History of Medicine, 2025,
2024Elijah Doro: The Chemical Violence of Colonial Encounters in Africa: Historiographical Reflections and Theoretical Perspectives. In: O.B. Mlambo and E. Chitando, The Palgrave Handbook of Violence in Africa. Palgrave Macmillan, 2024. 167-181