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Notes on Contributors a h m e d b a w a is Distinguished Lecturer in Physics andAstronomy at Hunter College, CityUniversity ofNewYork and former DeputyVice Chancellor of Research at the University ofKwaZuluNatal . He worked as the Higher Education program officer at the Ford Foundation with the portfolio ofbuilding universities across Africa. ROBERT m. b e r d a h l became President of the Association ofAmerican Universities (AAU) in May 2006. He has also served as Chancellor ofthe University of California, Berkeley and President ofthe University ofTexas at Austin. a k e e l b ilg r a m i isJohnsonian Professor ofPhilosophy and Director ofthe IIeyinan Center for the Humanities at ColumbiaUniversity. His books include Self-Knowledge and Resentment (2006) and Politics and the Moral Psychology ofIdentity (forthcoming). He has also published various articles in philosophy ofmind as well as in political and moral psychol­ ogy. Some ofhis articles in these latter subjects speakto issues ofcurrent poli­ tics in their relation to broader social and cultural issues. c r a i g c a l h o u n is President ofthe Social Science Research Council and University Professor ofthe Social Sciences at New YorkUniversity. He is the author ofthe prizewinning Neither Gods Nor Emperors: Students and the Strugglefor Democracy in China (1994) and other books, including Lessons ofEmpire (2005), and editor in chief ofthe Oxford Dictionary ofthe Social Sciences. b e f e k a d u d e g e f e , distinguished econo­ mist and former Senior Researcher and Director ofthe Center for Economic Studies and PolicyAnalysis in Addis Ababa, was elected to the Ethiopian Parliament in 2005 and subsequently imprisoned in a politically motivated case. A prisoner ofconscience for more than two years, he was “pardoned” and released in 2007. Author ofnumer­ ous publications, he is currently the Universityin Exile Scholar in Residence at the New School for Social Research. i t z h a k g a l n o o r is the Herbert Samuel Professor ofPolitical Science at the HebrewUniversity ofJerusalem and an associate ofthe Van LeerJerusalem Institute. His many articles and books include The Partition ofPalestine: Decision Crossroads in the ZionistMovement and The Israeli Political System (2008). m e r le G o ld m a n , Professor Emerita of Chinese History at Boston University andAssociate at the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at HarvardUniversity, is the author ofa number ofbooks, includ­ ing China's Intellectuals: Advise and Dissent (1981) and Sowing the Seeds ofDemocracy in China (1994), both selected by TheNewYork Times BookReview as notable books. h a n n a h o l b o r n g r a y is Hany Pratt Judson Distinguished Service Professor Emerita and former President ofthe University ofChicago. She has also served as Provost andActing President ofYale University. Contributors 769 s e r g e i g u r ie v is Morgan Stanley Professor ofEconomics and Rector at the NewEconomic School in Russia. He has published in Russian and interna­ tionaljournals, including the American Economic ReviewJournal ofEuropean EconomicAssociation, andfoumal ofEconomic Perspectives and has presented papers in economics at leading international conferences. r o n a i d KASSIMIR is Associate Provost for Curriculum and Research at the NewSchool. He has published scholarly work in manyjournals and periodicals and coedited three books: YouthActivism: An International Encyclopedia; Intervention and Transnationalism in Africa; and Youth, Globalization, and Law. i r a k a t z n e ls o n is Ruggles Professor of Political Science and History at Columbia University. His most recent books are When Affirmative Action Was White (2005) and Desolation and Enlightenment: Political Knowledge after Total War, Totalitarianism, and the Holocaust (2003). b o b k e r r e y is President ofthe New School. He served as the Democratic Governor and two-term Senator of Nebraska. He is the author ofWhenI WasA Young Man: A Memoir. He served as a member ofthe 9/11 Commission and as co-chairwith Newt Gingrich on the National Commission for Quality LongTerm Care. A n th o n y w. m a r x is President of Amherst College. He is the author ofa dozen substantive articles and three books, including...

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