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Mohamed Sesay

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Department of Social Science

Associate Professor
International Development Studies, Criminology, and African Studies
On Sabbatical (July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2026)

Office: 775 Ross Building South
Phone: 416-736-2100 Ext: 20510
Email: msesay19@yorku.ca

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Mohamed Sesay is an Associate in the Department of Social Science at York University. Specializing in International Relations and Comparative Politics, his research and teaching interests are in development, transitional justice, international criminal justice, rule of law, customary justice, peacebuilding, and post-conflict reconstruction particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. Mohamed Sesay is the author of Domination through Law: The Internationalization of Legal Norms in Postcolonial Africa. His works have also been published in several peer reviewed journals including International Studies Perspectives, Cooperation & Conflict, African Affairs, and European Journal of International Security, and Third World Quarterly.

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Degrees

Ph.D, McGill University
MA, University of Alberta
MPhil., University of Sierra Leone

Mohamed Sesay is an Associate in the Department of Social Science at York University. Specializing in International Relations and Comparative Politics, his research and teaching interests are in development, transitional justice, international criminal justice, rule of law, customary justice, peacebuilding, and post-conflict reconstruction particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. Mohamed Sesay is the author of Domination through Law: The Internationalization of Legal Norms in Postcolonial Africa. His works have also been published in several peer reviewed journals including International Studies Perspectives, Cooperation & Conflict, African Affairs, and European Journal of International Security, and Third World Quarterly.

Degrees

Ph.D, McGill University
MA, University of Alberta
MPhil., University of Sierra Leone