ERC Starting Grant CATTLEFRONTIERS
(Post)colonial Cattle Frontiers: Capitalism, Science and Empire in Southern and Central Africa
For more info, check our website: https://cattlefrontiers.eu/
CATTLEFRONTIERS
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On 1 April 2026 we are very happy to welcome Narusa Yamato (Stanford University) who will be presenting on "An Archipelago of Cows: A History of the Japanese Dairy Industry, 1854-1945". For more information: cattlefrontiers.eu/narusa-yamat...
In the peaceful atmosphere of the Rustpunt, 25 scholars from all over the world debated the importance of cattle frontiers, cattle commodification processes and bovine commodities in and for global history. The programme can be found at www.cattlefrontiers.eu/workshops.
Last week Elene Vernaeve and Zarah Cleve attended the 4th CRN PhD Days, presenting on "Cattle, companies and the countryside: Environmental impact of the cattle industry in 20th century Katanga" and "Controlling Flies and Managing Landscapes: Veterinary Science and Tsetse in Katanga" respectively.
Last week Samuël Coghe and Elene Vernaeve attended the Resources in Africa conference in Ghent, presenting on 'The making and the unmaking of the cattle frontier in Madagascar, 1870s-1970s' and 'Indigenous cattle breeds in Katanga in/during the 19th and early 20th century' respectively.
We have a new blog post up on our website where team member Paulo Matos talks about some of his experiences conducting fieldwork in Angola earlier this year: cattlefrontiers.eu/paulo-matos-...
From 3 to 5 June 2026, the ERC Starting Grant Project CATTLEFRONTIERS organised the international workshop 'Cattle Commodifation in Global History: Capitalism, Science and Empire'.
