{"id":1002,"date":"2016-11-10T17:33:15","date_gmt":"2016-11-10T17:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/africa\/?p=1002"},"modified":"2016-11-10T17:33:15","modified_gmt":"2016-11-10T17:33:15","slug":"writing-popular-histories-complex-places-informal-conversation-adam-hochschild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/africa\/writing-popular-histories-complex-places-informal-conversation-adam-hochschild\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing Popular Histories of Complex Places: An Informal Conversation with Adam Hochschild"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/11\/IMG_5753.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1003\" src=\"http:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/11\/IMG_5753-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5753\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/11\/IMG_5753-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/11\/IMG_5753-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/11\/IMG_5753-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/11\/IMG_5753-375x281.jpg 375w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/11\/IMG_5753-750x563.jpg 750w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/11\/IMG_5753-1140x855.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/11\/IMG_5753-108x81.jpg 108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/11\/IMG_5756.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1004\" src=\"http:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/11\/IMG_5756-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5756\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/11\/IMG_5756-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/11\/IMG_5756-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/11\/IMG_5756-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/11\/IMG_5756-375x281.jpg 375w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/11\/IMG_5756-750x563.jpg 750w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/11\/IMG_5756-1140x855.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/11\/IMG_5756-108x81.jpg 108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Award winning American author, journalist, and lecturer Adam Hochschild spoke to UW students and faculty on November 9th at Smith Hall. His best-known works include <em>King Leopold\u2019s Ghost<\/em>, <em>To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion<\/em>, <em>1914\u20131918<\/em>, <em>Bury the Chains<\/em>, <em>The Mirror at <span class=\"m_-6088609140443448034gmail-aBn\"><span class=\"m_-6088609140443448034gmail-aQJ\"><span class=\"aBn\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Midnight<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em>, and <em>The Unquiet Ghost<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Award winning American author, journalist, and lecturer Adam Hochschild spoke to UW students and faculty on November 9th at Smith Hall. 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