{"id":2317,"date":"2023-06-30T07:12:31","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T07:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ministry1.govmu.org\/ism\/?page_id=2317"},"modified":"2023-06-30T08:19:57","modified_gmt":"2023-06-30T08:19:57","slug":"scientific-committee","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ismmauritiusltd.govmu.org\/ism\/?page_id=2317","title":{"rendered":"Scientific Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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NAME<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

EXPERTISE<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

COUNTRY<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Professor Benigna Zimba<\/p><\/td>

  • Associate Professor, Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo<\/li>
  • Senior historian of Mozambique slave trade and slavery<\/li>
  • Former Vice-President of UNESCO Slave Route Project<\/li>
  • Conceptor of the Intercontinental Slavery Museum for the Truth and Justice Commission\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><\/td>

Slave Trade and Slavery in South Eastern Africa;\u00a0
Women and Gender;
<\/span>Global Slave Diaspora in the Indian Ocean;
<\/span>Gender and Human Rights in Africa.<\/span><\/p><\/td>

Mozambique<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Professor Myriam Cottias<\/p><\/td>

  • Director of CIRESC, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.<\/li>
  • President of UNESCO Slave Route Project<\/span><\/li>
  • Former President of the <\/span>Comit\u00e9 pour la m\u00e9moire et l\u2019histoire de l\u2019esclavage<\/em>.<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/td>

Slavery in the Caribbean\u00a0;
French Empire and Slavery<\/span><\/p><\/td>

France<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Professor Edward Alpers<\/p><\/td>

  • Historian of Mozambique and East African slave trade and History of African Diaspora in Indian Ocean<\/li>
  • Research Professor at the University of California.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/td>

Political economy of international trade in pre-colonial eastern Africa East; African Slave Trade;<\/p>

African Diaspora in the Indian Ocean;<\/p><\/td>

USA<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Professor Richard Allen<\/p><\/td>

  • Senior historian of slave trade, slavery and indenture.<\/li>
  • Professor in the History department at Framingham State University.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/td>

Slave trade in the Indian Ocean;
Free Coloured Population in \u00a0Mauritius;
<\/span>Post emancipation period<\/span><\/p><\/td>

USA<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Professor Preben Kaarsholm<\/p><\/td>

  • Historian of Makua Diaspora and Danish Slave Trade in Indian Ocea\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/td>

Makua Diaspora;
Danish Slave Trade in Indian Ocean<\/span><\/p><\/td>

Denmark<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Professor Rosabelle Boswell<\/p><\/td>

  • Professor of Ocean Cultures and Heritage at Nelson Mandela University<\/li>
  • Social Anthropologist specialized on cultural identity gender, cultural heritage.<\/span><\/li>
  • Has made significant contribution to the Truth and Justice Commission Report.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/td>

Diversity management, cultural heritage, and the role of gender in development<\/p><\/td>

Mauritius and South Africa<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Associate Professor Sophie White<\/p><\/td>

  • Professor of American Studies at the University of Notre Dame.<\/li>
  • Historian of Slavery, Race and Material Culture.<\/span><\/li>
  • Her book \u201cEnslaved Voices\u201d was the winner of the Frederick Douglass Book Prize for most outstanding book on slavery published in 2019<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/td>

Gender, Race and Slavery; African-American and Native-American Studies;
French Colonial America
<\/span>Material Culture<\/span><\/p><\/td>

Mauritius and USA<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Emeritus Professor Nigel Worden<\/p><\/td>

  • British South African Historian of Cape slavery and Dutch slave trade in the Indian Ocean<\/li>
  • Professor of History, University of Cape Town<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/td>

Cape slavery and its aftermath; Comparative slavery in the Indian
Ocean (especially Mascarenes and Southeast Asia); Public history and heritage; Cape and Southeast Asian historical links, especially during the VOC (Dutch East India Company) period.<\/p><\/td>

UK and South Africa<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Doudou Di\u00e8ne<\/p><\/td>

  • Ph.D. in Public Law from the University of Paris;<\/li>
  • Former Chair of the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience and presently a Board Member;<\/li>
  • Member of the Scientific Committee of UNESCO Slave Route Project,<\/li>
  • United Nations Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance<\/li>
  • Former Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in C\u00f4te d’Ivoire<\/li>
  • Chairman of the United Nations commission of inquiry on Burundi since February 2018.<\/li><\/ul><\/td>

Slavery, Racism and Intolerance;
Contemporary Forms of Racism and Discrimination;
Human Rights<\/p><\/td>

Senegal<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Professor Prosper Eve<\/p><\/td>

  • Senior historian of slavery in Reunion Island<\/li>
  • Professor of History at Universit\u00e9 de la R\u00e9union<\/em><\/li>
  • Member of the Scientific Committee of the Fondation pour la Memoire de l\u2019esclavage<\/em>.<\/li><\/ul><\/td>

Economic and social history;
Slavery in the Mascarenes;
Post-emancipation period.<\/p><\/td>

Reunion Island<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Dr Thomas Vernet, France<\/p><\/td>

  • Lecturer at Universit\u00e9 Paris 1 Panth\u00e9on-Sorbonne<\/em><\/li>
  • Historian of East African French Slave trade with Mascarenes.<\/li><\/ul><\/td>

Slave Trade and Slavery in East Africa towards the Mascarene Islands;
Social history of modern Africa.<\/p><\/td>

France<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0 NAME ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS EXPERTISE COUNTRY Professor Benigna Zimba Associate Professor, Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo Senior historian of Mozambique slave trade and slavery Former Vice-President of UNESCO Slave Route Project Conceptor of the Intercontinental Slavery Museum for the Truth and Justice Commission\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Slave Trade and Slavery in South Eastern Africa;\u00a0Women and Gender;Global Slave Diaspora in the Indian Ocean;Gender and Human Rights in Africa. Mozambique Professor Myriam Cottias Director of CIRESC, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique. President of UNESCO Slave Route Project Former President of the Comit\u00e9 pour la m\u00e9moire et l\u2019histoire de l\u2019esclavage.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Slavery\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2317","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"blocksy_meta":{"page_title_panel":"","has_hero_section":"disabled","f085eb16c0e9105cad21860354a04500":"","hero_section":"type-1","hero_elements":[{"id":"custom_title","enabled":true,"heading_tag":"h1","title":"Home"},{"id":"custom_description","enabled":true,"description_visibility":{"desktop":true,"tablet":true,"mobile":false}},{"id":"custom_meta","enabled":false,"meta_elements":[{"id":"author","enabled":true,"label":"By","has_author_avatar":"yes","avatar_size":25},{"id":"post_date","enabled":true,"label":"On","date_format_source":"default","date_format":"M j, Y"},{"id":"updated_date","enabled":false,"label":"On","date_format_source":"default","date_format":"M j, 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