Alan Lester — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Professor of Historical Geography at the University of Sussex since 2000
Co-editor of Manchester University Press's Studies in Imperialism research monograph series
Author of 'From Colonisation to Democracy: A New Historical Geography of South Africa' (1996)
Author of 'Imperial Networks: Creating Identities in Nineteenth-century South Africa and Britain' (2001)
Co-author of 'Colonization and the Origins of Humanitarian Governance' (2014)

Biography

Alan Lester is a British historical geographer and author who has been a Professor of Historical Geography at the University of Sussex since 2000. His research primarily investigates imperial networks, colonial humanitarianism, and imperial governance. He has analyzed how individuals who considered themselves humane oversaw the destruction of Indigenous societies, as detailed in his work 'Colonisation and the Origins of Humanitarian Governance,' co-authored with Fae Dussart.