Ethnic Homogenization and Industrialization in Modern Africa: A Book Talk by Elliot Green
In Industrialization and Assimilation: Explaining Ethnic Change in the Modern World, Professor Elliott Green examines the process of ethnic change in a broad historical context, emphasizing the role of industrialization in promoting ethnic homogeneity. Join us in a conversation with Professor Green focusing on Botswana, Somalia, and Uganda as case studies of this phenomenon.
This event is sponsored by Georgetown University’s African Studies Program, Mortara Center for International Studies, Global Human Development Program, and Department of Government.
Featuring
Elliot Green is Professor of Development Studies in the Department of International Development at the London School of Economics. His first book, Assimilation and Industrialization: Explaining Ethnic Change in the Modern World, was published by Cambridge University Press in December 2022. His research on ethnic politics, African studies, and the political economy of development has appeared in such journals as the British Journal of Political Science, Comparative Political Studies, Economic Development and Cultural Change, Ethnic and Racial Studies, International Studies Quarterly, Studies in Comparative International Development and World Development. He is currently a member of the Executive Committee of the Comparative Politics Section of the American Political Science Association.
Directions to Venue:
The event will be held at Georgetown University’s Main Campus located at 3700 O St NW Washington, DC 20057 in the Intercultural Center (ICC), in the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies Boardroom (Room 241). The ICC is located towards the north of Georgetown’s campus, next to White-Gravenor Hall, Reiss Science Building, and Regents Hall. The boardroom is located on the ICC’s second floor (View the location of the ICC on a virtual map)
In terms of transportation, if you choose to drive yourself, please use 3611 Canal Road NW as the address and park in the Southwest Garage. See details on garage rates.
Other options include public transit, notably the Georgetown University Transportation System (view the schedule of buses) and the WMATA Metrobuses (the G2, D6, 33, 31, and 38B among others have stops close to Georgetown’s campus).
If you need special accommodations, please contact the African Studies Department at africanstudies@georgetown.edu.