Richard Joseph
Richard Joseph, B.A. Dartmouth, B. Phil and D. Phil (Oxon), is Emeritus John Evans Professor of International History and Politics of Northwestern University. He is also Honorary Fellow of New College, Oxford University. He has held positions at several institutions: Dartmouth College, Emory University, University of Ibadan (Nigeria), University of Khartoum (Sudan), Boston University, Harvard University, UCLA, MIT, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (France), Chr. Michelsen Institute (Norway), the Ford Foundation, The Brookings Institution, and the United States Institute of Peace. Among his awards are Fulbright Scholarships (graduate and faculty), Guggenheim Fellowship, Rhodes Scholarship, and grants from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, Gates Foundation, the National Endowment for Democracy, and the Rockefeller Foundation. His publications include many articles and the seminal books, Radical Nationalism in Cameroun: Social Origins of the UPC Rebellion and Democracy and Prebendal Politics in Nigeria: The Rise and Fall of the Second Republic. His edited volumes are Gaullist Africa: Cameroon under Ahmadu Ahidjo, State, Conflict, and Democracy in Africa, and Smart Aid for African Development. He was the founding director of the African Governance Program of the Carter Center and editor of Africa Demos. He also directed African and African-American Studies programs at Emory, Dartmouth, and Northwestern. His online publications have appeared on Arch Library (Northwestern), the African Collaborative Learning Initiative (ACLI.org), and many other sites. His Arima Project includes the collation of his Archives and the composition of Chronicles on his African experiences. He is currently preparing submissions to the Cameroon-France Historical Commission. This Commission, established by President Emmanuel Macron, is examining political violence and repression in Cameroon, 1945-1971. Prof. Joseph published foundational studies in English and French on these experiences. His extensive archives, which include substantial documentation on Nigerian politics and the peace and democracy initiatives of The Carter Center, will be made publicly available in the near future.