We are excited to announce Professor Mahmood Mamdani as this year’s speaker. Professor Mamdani has received numerous awards and recognitions, including being listed as one of the ‘Top 20 Public Intellectuals’ by Foreign Policy (US) and Prospect (UK) magazine in 2008.

The Question of Justice in Response to Political Violence: Criminal or Political?

Professor Mahmood Mamdani

Jubilee GTS Lecture Theatre

5pm-7pm

Biography

Professor Mahmood Mamdani is the Herbert Lehman Professor of Government. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1974 and specializes in the study of African history and politics. His works explore the intersection between politics and culture, a comparative study of colonialism since 1452, the history of civil war and genocide in Africa, the Cold War and the War on Terror, and the history and theory of human rights. Prior to joining the Columbia faculty, Mamdani was a professor at the University of Dar-es-Salaam in Tanzania (1973-79), Makerere University in Uganda (1980-1993), and the University of Cape Town (1996-1999). From 1998 to 2002 he served as President of CODESRIA (Council for the Development of Social Research in Africa). His essays have appeared in the New Left Review and the London Review of Books, among other journals.

 Professor Mamdani’s books include Saviors and Survivors: Darfur, Politics, and the War on Terror (2009); Good Muslim, Bad Muslim: America, the Cold War and the Roots of Terror (2004); When Victims Become Killers: Colonialism, Nativism and Genocide in Rwanda (2001); Citizen and Subject: Contemporary Africa and the Legacy of Late Colonialism (1996), which was awarded the Herskovitz Prize of the African Studies Association; Politics and Class Formation in Uganda (1976); From Citizen to Refugee (1973); and The Myth of Population Control: Family, Class and Caste in an Indian Village (1972).

There will be drinks and refreshments after the lecture in the Jubilee foyer.

Please note registration is not required. Please arrive promptly at 18:00 at Room 144, the Jubilee Building, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, The City of Brighton and Hove BN1 9SL. Metered car parking is available

You can participate on Twitter before and during the event using the hashtag #SCSR. Please circulate to your contacts and invite others who may be interested..

By: Katy Joanna Joyce
Last updated: Thursday, 11 February 2016