Aidan Russell
Assistant Professor
International History
Graduate Institute of International Studies Geneva
Switzerland
Biography
Aidan Russell completed his DPhil in History at Oxford University in 2013. His thesis explored the history of Burundi's northern border with Rwanda across its first postcolonial decade, up to the 'selective genocide' of 1972. Prior to his arrival in Geneva he was elected to a Title A research fellowship at Trinity College, Cambridge.
Research Interest
His current research focusses on the emergence of the Great Lakes region of Africa through the tumult of the 1960s and 1970s. A matter of ambiguous regional integration prompted by internal crises, border conflicts, the movement of vast numbers of refugees and the cooperation of transnational rebel groups, this understudied period of history holds much of vital importance for the understanding of subsequent developments in the region today.
Publications
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Russell A (2011)'Home, Music and Memory for the Congolese in Kampala. J Eastern African Studies 5: 294-312
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Russell A (2013)'Talking Politics and Watching the Border in Northern Burundi, c. 1960-1972'. DPhil thesis in History, Oxford University.
