I don’t have live access to the latest news right now, but here’s what recent coverage has highlighted about Mahmood Mamdani:
- Context on his current role and recent activities: Mamdani remains a prominent figure in African studies and post-colonial theory, with ongoing engagement in public debates around academia, colonial legacies, and Middle East politics. Recent profiles describe him navigating the intersection of scholarship and public life, and reflect on how his work relates to current events in Africa and beyond.[2][3][5]
- Family and public life as it intersects with his work: News pieces have drawn attention to his son Zohran Mamdani’s rise in New York City politics, exploring how this personal dimension intersects with Mamdani’s intellectual influence and public presence.[3][5][6]
- Publication focus and new works: Conversations and interviews note his ongoing writing projects, including forthcoming or recently released works that critique or analyze post-colonial governance, humanitarian interventions, and the politics of knowledge production.[5][3]
- Scholarly and public reception: Coverage includes assessments of Mamdani’s methodological approach, his critiques of state power and international interventions, and the debates his positions have sparked within academia and public discourse.[2][5]
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- Mahmood Mamdani coverage and context[2]
- Profile and new book discussions[3]
- Public life and his son Zohran Mamdani’s rise[5]
- Boston Globe profile on Mamdani’s public life[6]
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# Commercialisation is killing Makerere University Mahmood Mamdani Governance * Professor Mahmood Mamdani is back in Uganda after more than a decade abroad with his last assignment at Colombia University where he was the Herbert Lehman Professor of Government in the Department of Anthropology and Political Science. He recently took a position at Makerere University as the director of Makerere Institute of Social Research (MISR). Moses Mulondo talked to him about the new challenge, a federal...
pambazuka.orgAt once, Mahmood Mamdani's fame was eclipsed by his son's. At the same time, the election of Zohran Mamdani has attracted new interest in his father's work.
www.nytimes.comProfessor Mahmood Mamdani said he does not seek to interfere with his son’s political rise and public life. “I’m more of an observer than a participant,” he said. Yet his views on the Middle East, Africa, and post-colonialism often stir contentious debate.
www.bostonglobe.comNPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Professor Mahmood Mamdani about his new book, "Slow Poison." The book is a firsthand report on the tragic unraveling of Uganda's struggle for independence.
www.vpm.orgAfter being expelled from his homeland in 1972, the academic has grappled with questions of political belonging – a major theme of his son's mayoral campaign
www.theguardian.comMahmood Mamdani, father of Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, locked an LGBTQ activist and professor at a university in Uganda
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anthropology.columbia.eduThe Columbia scholar, and father of the mayor-elect, on politics, academe, and antisemitism.
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