Talk with Linda J. Mann: Colonialism, Transitional Justice and Descendant/Victim Engagement
As a Fulbright Schuman scholar, Linda Mann is performing policy-oriented research to examine in what ways, if any, research institutions are engaging with descendant/survivor communities to redress colonialism and its impact, and further, if stakeholders view these efforts as a form of transitional justice.
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1461-516, Nobelparken
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Colonialism, Transitional Justice and Descendant/Victim Engagement
Linda Mann, Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program in the European Union (Fulbright Schuman)
Speaker biography:
Mann is a 2024 Fulbright EU Schuman Awardee where she is advancing research at the intersection of EU and US policy related to colonialism, enslavement and transitional justice. She currently is the co-founder and Director at the African American Redress Network (AARN) at Columbia University alongside Howard University. Mann additionally teaches master courses at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) as an Assistant Adjunct Professor. Previously she served as the Executive Director for the Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project at Northeastern University’s School of Law and served as VP of Research for the Georgetown Memory Project. Mann has written widely about local and state reparative justice, descendant engagement and maximizing justice potentials.