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Jonathon Glassman
East Africa; comparative race and slavery
Office: 1800 Sherman #108
Phone: 847-491-8963
E-mail: j-glassman
northwestern.edu
Jonathon Glassman (PhD Wisconsin, 1988) specializes in nineteenth and twentieth century East Africa, and in comparative race and slavery. His book, Feasts and Riot: Revelry, Rebellion, and Popular Consciousness on the Swahili Coast, 1856-1888, won the Melville Herskovits Prize of the African Studies Association. He has been awarded fellowships from the Social Science Research Council, the Institute for Advanced Studies, and the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, as well as a Fulbright Senior Research Grant.
Professor Glassman is currently Director of Graduate Studies for the Department of History.
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