Peter Uvin

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Peter Uvin
Born1962 (age 61–62)
Belgium
Education
Graduate Institute of International Studies
OccupationPolitical scientist
EmployerClaremont McKenna College

Peter Uvin (born 1962)

Herskovits Prize of the African Studies Association in 1999.[2]

Education and career

Uvin earned a

Graduate Institute of International Studies in 1991. After several visiting positions he joined Brown University as Joukowsky Family Assistant Professor in 1994.[3]
Uvin became Henry Leir Professor in Humanitarian Studies at
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts from 2007 to 2013.[3]
He was a In 2013 he was hired by Amherst College as its first provost.[6] He moved again to Claremont McKenna in 2015.[7]

Books

Uvin is the author of:

  • The International Organization of Hunger (Kegen Paul International, 1994)[8]
  • Aiding Violence: The Development Enterprise in Rwanda (Kumarian Press, 1998)[9]
  • Human Rights and Development (Kumarian Press, 2004)[10]
  • Life After Violence: A People's Story of Burundi (Zed Books, 2013)[11]

References

  1. ^ Birth year from Library of Congress catalog entry, retrieved May 20, 2019.
  2. ^ Kuntz, Patricia S. (January–March 2000). "Book Awards". Africana Libraries Newsletter. 101.
  3. ^ a b "Curriculum vitae" (PDF). Claremont McKenna College. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
  4. ^ "Chairs endowed at Fletcher and Dental Schools". Graduate school news. The Tufts Daily. Tufts University. April 1, 2001.
  5. ^ "Peter Uvin". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved January 10, 2019.
  6. ^ Monaghan, Peter (January 28, 2013). "Expert in Diplomacy to Become Amherst College's First Provost". Inside Higher Education.
  7. ^ "New Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty named at Claremont McKenna College". Newsroom. Claremont McKenna College. May 4, 2015.
  8. ^ Reviews of The International Organization of Hunger:
  9. ^ Reviews of Aiding Violence:
  10. ^ Reviews of Human Rights and Development:
  11. ^ Reviews of Life After Violence: