Home > People > Faculty : Ron Aminzade
Specialties
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19th century France
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citizenship
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class formation
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democratic theory
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globalization
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historical sociology
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nationalism
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political change in East Africa
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political sociology
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race relations
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social movements
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sociology of development
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Tanzania
Educational Background
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Ph.D.: Sociology, University of Michigan.
Publications
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Historical Sociology and Time: Aminzade, Ron, Sociological Methods and Research, 20 456-480, 1992.
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Ballots and Barricades: Class Formation & Republican Politics in Nineteenth Century France: Aminzade, Ron, Princeton University Press, 1993.
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The Social Worlds of Higher Education. Aminzade, Ron, Bernice Pescosolido, Pine Forge Press, 1999.
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Silence and Voice in the Study of Contentious Politics: Aminzade, Ron, Cambridge University Press, 2001.
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The Politics of Race and Nation: Citizenship and Africanization in Tanganyika: Aminzade, Ron, Political Power and Social Theory, 2000.
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From Race to Citizenship: The Indigenization Debate in Post-Socialist Tanzania: Aminzade, Ron, Comparative Studies in International Development, 2003.
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Nation Building in Post-Colonial States: The Cases of Tanzania and Fiji: Aminzade, Ron, Eric Larson, UNESCO, International Social Science Journal, #192 169-182, 2008.
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Historians and the Study of Social Protest: Aminzade, Ron, Brian Dill, Social Movements Across the Disciplines, 267-311, 2007. Download
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Nation-States Confront the Global: Discourses of Indigenous Rights in Fiji and Tanzania: Aminzade, Ron, Eric Larson, Sociological Quarterly, 48 801-831, 2007.
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Race, Nation, and Citizenship in Post-Colonial Africa: The Case of Tanzania. Aminzade, Ron, Cambridge University Press, Author, 2013.
Professional Activities
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Chair: Social Science Research Council, International Dissertation Field Research Program , 2002 - 2004
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Series Co-Editor: University of Minnesota Press , 1996 - 2005
Outreach Activities
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Vice President: Books for Africa, 2001 - 2005
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Community Solutions for Africa's Development: Board of Directors, 2007 - 2009
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Project Zawadi: Board of Directors, 2008 - 2010
Awards
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Center for Advanced Study, Palo Alto fellow
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College of Liberal Arts Teaching Award, University of Minnesota, 1990
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Graduate-Professional Teaching Award, University of Minnesota, 2001
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Arthur "Red" Motley Exemplary Teaching Award, College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota, 2012
Courses Taught
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Soc 8011 - Sociology of Higher Education: Theory and Practice
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Research Methods: Historical Sociology
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Soc 3322 - Social Movements, Protest and Change
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Soc 8390 - Nationalism, Citizenship, and Race in Global Perspective
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