Mag. Eric Burton

Projects

”Hubs of Decolonization”: Post-doc project in preparation

Socialism goes global, University of Exeter

Bars, curtains and pipelines: Conjunctures of African mobility towards and beyond Eastern Europe during the Cold War, SFB 1199/EEGA, Universität Leipzig

Personal cooperation in development aid and socialist aid in the context of system competition, University of Vienna

Education and Work Experience

• Assistant Professor (Universitätsassistent) at the Department of Contemporary History, University of Innsbruck
• Guest lecturer, University of Ghana, Legon/Accra, Ghana, April 2019
• Post-doc research fellow, Socialism goes global, University of Exeter, 2018-2019
• EEGA Leibniz Science Campus Guest researcher, University of Leipzig, 2017-2018
• Lecturer in African Studies and Development Studies, University of Vienna, since 2015
• Pre-doc researcher in the project “Personal cooperation in development aid and socialist aid in the context of system competition”, Department of Social and Economic History, University of Vienna
• PhD in History, University of Vienna, 2018
• Mag. (equivalent to MA) in Development Studies, University of Vienna, 2013
• Term abroad: University of Dar es Salaam, 2011-2012
• BA in Cultural and Social Anthropology, University of Vienna, 2014

Fields of Research and Teaching

• Global history
• East-South relations during the Cold War
• African decolonisation and liberation movements
• Socialisms and solidarities
• History of development
• African mobilities during the Cold War

Professional Services

• Austrian Journal of Development Studies (JEP) (editorial committee)
• Stichproben. Vienna Journal of African Studies (editorial committee)
• Book reviews / peer reviews for International History Review, H-Soz-Kult, H-Socialism, Austrian Journal of Development Studies (JEP), Vienna Journal of African Studies

Honors, Awards & Fellowships

• Eastern Europe – Global Area (EEGA) Leibniz Science Campus guest researcher, University of Leipzig, 2017-2018
• Grant for finalization of PhD dissertation, University of Vienna, 2017
• Merit grant, University of Vienna, 2012/13
• Research grant for field work in Tanzania, University of Vienna, 2012
• Merit grant, University of Vienna, 2011

Memberships

• European Network in Universal and Global History (ENIUGH)
• African Studies Association Germany (VAD)
• Mattersburger Kreis für Entwicklungspolitik
• Southern Africa Documentation and Cooperation Centre (SADOCC)

Selected Publications

Hubs of Decolonization. African Liberation Movements and Eastern Connections in Cairo, Accra and Dar es Salaam. In: Southern African Liberation Movements and the Global Cold War “East”: Transnational Activism 1960-1990. Edited by Lena Dallywater, Helder A. Fonseca and Chris Saunders. Berlin: De Gruyter, forthcoming.

Diverging Visions in Revolutionary Spaces: East German Advisers and Revolution from above in Zanzibar, 1964–1970. In: Between East and South: Spaces of Interaction in the Globalizing Economy of the Cold War. Edited by Anna Calori, Anne-Kristin Hartmetz, Bence Kocsev, James Mark and Jan Zofka. Berlin: De Gruyter Oldenbourg, forthcoming.

Solidarität und ihre Grenzen bei den Brigaden der Freundschaft der FDJ. In: Globales Engagement im Kalten Krieg, Edited by Frank Bösch, Caroline Moine and Stefanie Senger. Göttingen: Wallstein, 2018.

Navigating global socialism: Tanzanian students in and beyond East Germany. Cold War History (online first), 2018.

Journeys of education and struggle: African mobility in times of decolonization and the Cold War. Special Issue of Stichproben. Wiener Zeitschrift für kritische Afrikastudien 18, no. 34, 2018.

Socialisms in Development. Special Issue of Journal für Entwicklungspolitik 33, no. 3, 2017.