Amir H. Idris

Region of Interest	Africa
Primary Country of Residence	United States of America
Title	Professor of African History and Politics
Affiliation	Fordham University, New York
Email	idris@fordham.edu
Mailing Address	Department of African & African American Studies Fordham University (Lincoln Center Campus) 113 West 60th Street, Room 414E New York, New York 10023 USA
Phone/Fax Number(s)	phone: 212-636-6180 fax: 212-636-7253
Countries of Specialization	Sudan ; South Sudan
Research Interests	Member, Sudan Studies Association (USA), since 1995 Member, Canadian African Studies Association, since 1995 Ph.D. in African History, Queens University, 2000. M.A. in Political Science, American University in Cairo, 1992. -History and Politics of Colonialism -State Formation and Nationhood -Slavery, Race and Political Identities -Civil Society & Democracy
Teaching Interests	-History and Politics of Colonialism -State Formation and Nationhood -Slavery, Race and Political Identities -Civil Society & Democracy
Publications	Books and Monographs: Identity, citizenship, and violence in two Sudans : reimagining a common future. Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. Conflict and politics of identity in Sudan. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, c2005. Sudan's Civil War - Slavery, Race and Formational Identities. New York: The Edwin Mellen Press, 2001. Book Chapters: "Federalism and Political Stability in the Sudan," in Hyder Ali, ed., Democracy in the Sudan. Cairo: S.C, 1993. "Sudan"; "Juba"; and "Khartoum". In Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century African History, eds., Paul T. Zeleza and Dickson L. Eyoh (London: Routledge, 2003). "The Racialized and Islamicized Sudanese State and the Question of the Southern Sudan," in State Crises, Globalisation, and National Movements in North-east Africa, ed. by Asafa Jalata (London; New York: Routledge, 2004). Conference presentations: "Reconstituting the Sudan's civil war," Paper presented to the International Sudan Studies Association Fourth Triennial Meetings, Cairo, Egypt, 11-14 June 1997. Co-presenter of: "Civil society and the myth of the two publics in Africa," Paper presented to the Canadian Association of African Studies Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada, May 1-5, 1996.
Keywords	history ; politics ; colonialism ; state formation ; nationhood ; slavery ; race ; identity.