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Shireen Hassim is an internationally renowned expert in feminist theory, politics, social movements, and collective action. She spent the 2017-2018 academic year as a distinguished visiting professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University. After completing her fellowship in the United States, Hassim returned to her faculty position at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa for a short period. Subsequently, she was appointed to a seven-year term as the Canada 150 Research Chair in Gender and African Politics at Carleton University. This initiative is part of a $117.6-million federal program aimed at creating several new research chairs to enhance Canada's efforts to attract leading scholars and scientists from around the world. Science Minister Kirsty Duncan highlighted Canada as a beacon of science with a strong commitment to research and evidence-based decision-making during the announcement of the new chairs.
Carleton University • Ottawa, ON
Research Chair focusing on Gender and African Politics.
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University • Cambridge, MA
Distinguished visiting professor during the academic year.
Includes MEng and MASc options.