Sudan’s Counterrevolutionary War
October 9 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
CSAAD Africa~ Diaspora Forum Series:
Sudan’s Counterrevolutionary War
Dr. Nisrin Elamin
Wednesday, October 09, 2024
5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
20 COOPER SQ NEW YORK, NY 10003
3rd Fl Suite
Zoom Link: https://nyu.zoom.us/j/
Dr. Nisrin Elamin’s lecture-based discussion will provide context for Sudan’s current counterrevolutionary war and famine from a political economy perspective. In particular, it will center struggles over land and the role civilian volunteers are playing at the frontline of mutual aid and relief efforts.
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Nisrin Elamin is currently an Assistant Professor of Anthropology and African Studies at the University of Toronto. She received her Ph.D. in Anthropology from Stanford University in 2020. She is currently writing a book tentatively titled: Stratified Enclosures: Land, Capital and Empire-making in Central Sudan which focuses on Saudi and Emirati land grabs and community resistance to land dispossession in the Gezira region of Sudan. In addition to scholarly articles, Nisrin has also written and co-authored several op-eds for Al Jazeera, the Washington Post, Hammer and Hope and Okay Africa and has provided commentary on NPR, BBC, CNN, The Agenda, CBC, Democracy Now and other media outlets. Before pursuing her Ph.D., Nisrin spent over a decade working as an educator, community organizer and researcher in the US and Tanzania. She is also a member of the Sudan Solidarity Collective which has been supporting local emergency response rooms in the face of a largely absent international aid community and civilian state.