COLVET: Ex-Soldiers Empire: Towards a Comparative History of Colonial Veterancy in the Interwar Period

Prof Dónal Hassett is the Principal Investigator on the ERC Starting Grant project COLVET: Ex-Soldiers Empire: Towards a Comparative History of Colonial Veterancy in the Interwar Period.

The Colvet project will develop the first comprehensive comparative history of colonial veterancy in the interwar period. The project team and their collaborators will trace and analyse the contrasts and commonalities in the evolution and reception of veteran policy within, across, and between a wide range of colonial contexts. This research will help us reimagine the concepts we use to analyse veterans and their stories so they can better capture the diversity of veteran experiences around the globe.