Adam LoBue

Adam LoBue serves as a Visiting Assistant Professor of History at Valparaiso University for the 2025-2026 academic year, specializing in Modern Africa's global connections. His research centers on East Africa's Swahili coast (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda) within Cold War and decolonization contexts, emphasizing African agency in world history.

Dr. LoBue's scholarly work explores critical intersections through:

• Modern African History with East African regional expertise
• Global Cold War dynamics and Africa's Cold Wars
• Indian Ocean World historical networks
• Afro-Asian solidarity movements and Non-Aligned Movement histories
• Intellectual history, print culture, and propaganda studies
• Emerging research in Afrofuturism and African science fiction

He teaches courses including The World in the Twentieth Century, Controversies in African History, Revolt and Revival in African History, African History and Society, and the Global History of the Automobile. His pedagogy actively counters narratives of African passivity by demonstrating how Africans shaped global historical processes. As a visiting professor on a one-year appointment, his current teaching focuses on undergraduate mentorship within Valparaiso's History Department, with research continuing to bridge African, Asian, and global historical frameworks.