Greg Mann was featured in the Frankfurter Allgemeine’s recent article on postcolonial research in Africa, where he spoke on the government crises across West Africa and their connection to material security concerns in the region, as well as the failure of neoliberal democracies to meet citizen’s expectations for political stability.

Dec 19, 2024

Greg Mann was featured in the Frankfurter Allgemeine‘s recent article on postcolonial research in Africa, where he spoke on the government crises across West Africa and their connection to material security concerns in the region, as well as the failure of neoliberal democracies to meet citizen’s expectations for political stability. Read the full article here (in German), and read Professor Mann’s article on the rise of military governance in Africa here.

Natasha Lightfoot spoke at UNESCO’s Global Forum Against Racism and Discrimination in Barcelona, addressing the intersections between histories of colonialism and climate precarity in the Caribbean and throughout the developing world, and how that disproportionately disadvantages women and girls of African descent.

Dec 11, 2024

Mae Ngai published an article in The Atlantic, “A New Bracero Program is Not the Solution,” which explores the connections between Trump’s current immigration policy and the mass deportation efforts of the Eisenhower Administration.

Dec 9, 2024

Mae Ngai published an article in The Atlantic, “A New Bracero Program is Not the Solution,” which explores the connections between Trump’s current immigration policy and the mass deportation efforts of the Eisenhower Administration. Read the full article here.

Manan Ahmed was interviewed by Columbia News on his latest publication, Disrupted City: Walking the Pathways of Memory and History in Lahore, in which he discusses the origins of the book, his experience writing it, and other books that have impacted his thinking.

Dec 9, 2024

Manan Ahmed was interviewed by Columbia News on his latest publication, Disrupted City: Walking the Pathways of Memory and History in Lahore, in which he discusses the origins of the book, his experience writing it, and other texts that have impacted his thinking. Read the full interview here.