Mohamed Sesay
Associate Professor
Coordinator, African Studies (AFST) Program
Also affiliated with Criminology (CRIM) and International Development Studies (IDS)
Office: 775 Ross Building South
Phone: 416-736-2100 Ext: 20510
Email: msesay19@yorku.ca
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Accepting New Graduate Students
Mohamed Sesay is an Associate Professor and Coordinator of the African Studies Program in the Department of Social Science at York University. He is also a UKRI GCRF Visiting Fellow at the LSE Centre for Women, Peace and Security. 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. He is co-investigator for a UKRI GCRF project titled Land Policy, Gender Justice, and Dual Legal Systems. 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 UniversityMA, University of Alberta
MPhil., University of Sierra Leone
Current Courses
Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
---|---|---|---|---|
Fall 2024 | GS/DVST5100 3.0 | A | Conceptual Foundations of Development | SEMR |
Fall/Winter 2024 | AP/SOSC2480 6.0 | A | Introduction to African Studies | ONLN |
Upcoming Courses
Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
---|---|---|---|---|
Winter 2025 | AP/SOSC3005 3.0 | M | Special Topics in ISS | SEMR |
Fall/Winter 2024 | AP/SOSC2480 6.0 | A | Introduction to African Studies | ONLN |
Mohamed Sesay is an Associate Professor and Coordinator of the African Studies Program in the Department of Social Science at York University. He is also a UKRI GCRF Visiting Fellow at the LSE Centre for Women, Peace and Security. 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. He is co-investigator for a UKRI GCRF project titled Land Policy, Gender Justice, and Dual Legal Systems. 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 UniversityMA, University of Alberta
MPhil., University of Sierra Leone
Current Courses
Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
---|---|---|---|---|
Fall 2024 | GS/DVST5100 3.0 | A | Conceptual Foundations of Development | SEMR |
Fall/Winter 2024 | AP/SOSC2480 6.0 | A | Introduction to African Studies | ONLN |
Upcoming Courses
Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
---|---|---|---|---|
Winter 2025 | AP/SOSC3005 3.0 | M | Special Topics in ISS | SEMR |
Fall/Winter 2024 | AP/SOSC2480 6.0 | A | Introduction to African Studies | ONLN |