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clifton crais

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Emory University

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Emory College of Arts and Sciences

African Studies

History

Clifton Crais is currently serving as an African Studies Professor at Emory University.

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history african american studies social history colonialism southern african studies african studies south africa cultural history african identity settler colonialism interdisciplinary history african diaspora political science historical sociology sociology historiography transnational history eastern cape international history global history postcolonial writing racial studies decoloniality anti-imperialism geopolitics historical review political imagination international relations biopolitics historical reconstruction post-colonial criticism sara baartman black resistance politics ideology political economy political behavior historical geography urban history regime analysis political theory race relations identity politics white supremacy black politics historical evidence historical methodology historical scholarship labor migration hendrik cesars cape town popular justice colonial order state formation theoretical criminology political analysis democracy social identity journalism history conflict studies sociology of law activism spatial politics political culture anti-oppressive practice rural economies government administration christian practice religious pluralism caste differentiation hottentot venus ghost story state power vacant land british expansion pre-industrial south africa anti-racism afrocentricity climate change

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The Killing Age: The Violent Origins of Our Times. Picador, UK, and the University of Chicago Press (2025)

social historypsychological violenceinterdisciplinary historyhistorydeath studieshomicidelateral violencecriminologykilling ageviolent behavior

David M. Gordon, Editor. Apartheid in South Africa: A Brief History With Documents.. The American Historical Review (2019)

Clifton Crais

southern african studiessocial historypolitical historyhistoryhistorical methodologyhistorical reassessmenthistorical sociologyhistorical reviewbrief historyafrican political economyafrican studieshistorical analysisafrican american studieshistorical reconstructionsouth africa

Chiefs and Bureaucrats in the Making of Empire:. Pluto Press eBooks (2017)

Clifton Crais

political historypublic administrationcolonialismhistoryinternational historybureaucracyempiregeopoliticspolitical scienceanti-imperialismgovernment administration

Mandela’s Kinsmen: Nationalist Elites and Apartheid’s First Bantustan. by Timothy Gibbs (Woodbridge, James Currey, 2014) 208 Pp. $64.00. The Journal of Interdisciplinary History (2015)

Clifton Crais

political historyinterdisciplinary historycolonialismhistoryhistorical reassessmenttransnational historyafrican american studiesfirst bantustannationalist elites

Jeff Guy. Theophilus Shepstone and the Forging of Natal: African Autonomy and Settler Colonialism in the Making of Traditional Authority.. The American Historical Review (2014)

Clifton Crais

southern african studiespolitical historycultural historyindigenous studiescolonialismhistorysettler colonialismhistorical reviewtraditional authorityafrican studieshistorical analysisafrican american studiesindigenous peoplesafrican autonomyafrican identitydecoloniality

Memory Work/Post-Colonial Lives. A Temporary Admission: A Reader (2014)

anthropologysocial historycultural historyglobal historycolonialismhistoryinterdisciplinary historysettler colonialismheritage studiesmemory work/post-colonial liveshistorical reconstructionhistoriographypostcolonial writing

Conclusion. Cambridge University Press eBooks (2011)

Famished Roads. Cambridge University Press eBooks (2011)

Clifton Crais

urban planningroute planningcivil engineering

Maize and Markets. Cambridge University Press eBooks (2011)

Clifton Crais

agricultural economicstradeagribusinessmarket (economics)crop productioneconomicsmarket designcompetition (economics)

Poverty, War, and Violence in South Africa. (2011)

Clifton Crais

conflict studiessouth africapolitical sciencepoverty

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clifton crais

Professor

Emory University

Affiliations

Emory College of Arts and Sciences

African Studies

History

Clifton Crais is currently serving as an African Studies Professor at Emory University.

Honors

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Emory University

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

The Killing Age: The Violent Origins of Our Times. Picador, UK, and the University of Chicago Press (2025)

social historypsychological violenceinterdisciplinary historyhistorydeath studieshomicidelateral violencecriminologykilling ageviolent behavior

David M. Gordon, Editor. Apartheid in South Africa: A Brief History With Documents.. The American Historical Review (2019)

Clifton Crais

Chiefs and Bureaucrats in the Making of Empire:. Pluto Press eBooks (2017)

Clifton Crais

political historypublic administrationcolonialismhistoryinternational historybureaucracyempiregeopoliticspolitical scienceanti-imperialismgovernment administration

Mandela’s Kinsmen: Nationalist Elites and Apartheid’s First Bantustan. by Timothy Gibbs (Woodbridge, James Currey, 2014) 208 Pp. $64.00. The Journal of Interdisciplinary History (2015)

Clifton Crais

political historyinterdisciplinary historycolonialismhistoryhistorical reassessmenttransnational historyafrican american studiesfirst bantustannationalist elites

Jeff Guy. Theophilus Shepstone and the Forging of Natal: African Autonomy and Settler Colonialism in the Making of Traditional Authority.. The American Historical Review (2014)

Clifton Crais

Memory Work/Post-Colonial Lives. A Temporary Admission: A Reader (2014)

Conclusion. Cambridge University Press eBooks (2011)

Famished Roads. Cambridge University Press eBooks (2011)

Clifton Crais

urban planningroute planningcivil engineering

Maize and Markets. Cambridge University Press eBooks (2011)

Clifton Crais

agricultural economicstradeagribusinessmarket (economics)crop productioneconomicsmarket designcompetition (economics)

Poverty, War, and Violence in South Africa. (2011)

Clifton Crais

conflict studiessouth africapolitical sciencepoverty

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