Mohamed Sesay

Assistant Professor
Coordinator, African (AFST) Studies Program
Office: 775 Ross Building South
Phone: 416-736-2100 Ext: 20510
Email: msesay19@yorku.ca
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Mohamed Sesay is an Assistant Professor in Social Science at York University and 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’s works have been published in International Studies Perspectives, Cooperation & Conflict, African Affairs, and the European Journal of International Security. His most recent article is titled “Hijacking the Rule of Law in Postconflict Environments” (2019).
Degrees
Ph.D, McGill UniversityMA, University of Alberta
MPhil., University of Sierra Leone
Current Courses
Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
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Fall/Winter 2020 | AP/SOSC4652 6.0 | A | Contemporary Issues in Criminology | SEMR |
Fall/Winter 2020 | AP/SOSC2480 6.0 | A | Introduction to African Studies | LECT |
Mohamed Sesay is an Assistant Professor in Social Science at York University and 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’s works have been published in International Studies Perspectives, Cooperation & Conflict, African Affairs, and the European Journal of International Security. His most recent article is titled “Hijacking the Rule of Law in Postconflict Environments” (2019).
Degrees
Ph.D, McGill UniversityMA, University of Alberta
MPhil., University of Sierra Leone
Current Courses
Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
---|---|---|---|---|
Fall/Winter 2020 | AP/SOSC4652 6.0 | A | Contemporary Issues in Criminology | SEMR |
Fall/Winter 2020 | AP/SOSC2480 6.0 | A | Introduction to African Studies | LECT |