Professor Mahmood Mamdani FBA

Colonialism and post-colonialism; civil wars and extreme violence in Africa; political violence and political justice; decolonization of the university and higher education, War on Terror
Fellow type
International Fellow
Year elected
2017

Current post

Herbert Lehman Professor of Government and Professor of Anthropology, Columbia University; Professor and Executive Director, Makerere Institute of Social Research, Makerere University

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Lea Ypi FBA

Normative political theory (including democratic theory, theories of justice, and migration), the philosophy of the Enlightenment (especially Kant), Marxism, critical theory, Balkan history and literature (especially Albania).

Lea Ypi FBA

Professor Anne Phillips FBA

Feminist political theorist working on inequality, democracy, and political representation.

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Professor Joseph Chan FBA

Confucian political philosophy; comparative political theory; analytical political philosophy with particular reference to perfectionism and equality; social cohesion studies

Joseph Chan FBA

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