Professor of Political Science and Sociology Office: LT 302 Office hours as posted or by appointment. Phone: ext. 7-4809 Email: laremont@binghamton.edu CURRICULUM VITAE

Ricardo René Larémont is Professor of Political Science and Sociology at SUNY Binghamton and Carnegie Corporation Scholar on Islam. His research focuses upon Islamic politics, Islamic law, ethnic and religious conflict, civil wars, conflict resolution, democratization, and civil/military relations. He received his B.A., cum laude in Political Science from New York University and his J.D. from the same institution. He was graduated from Yale University with a Ph. D. in Political Science. Before arriving at SUNY Binghamton, he taught at Columbia University, Vassar College, and Yale University. He has been a frequent lecturer for the United States Department of State, focusing on issues related to his research interests. Thus far, his overseas lectures have included Niger, Ethiopia, Guinea-Conakry, Mali, Senegal, Venezuela, Canada, Guatemala, Benin, Cote d'Ivoire, Singapore, Morocco, Mauritania, and France.

Recent Courses:

Intro to Political Sociology
Political Violence

Selected Publications:

Larémont, Ricardo René. Islamic Law and Governance in Nigeria, 1803-2007. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, forthcoming.

Larémont, Ricardo René, editor. Borders, Nationalism, and the African State. Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 2005.

Larémont, Ricardo René, editor. The Causes of War and the Consequences of Peacekeeping in Africa. Portsmouth: Heinemann, 2002.

Larémont, Ricardo René. Islam and the Politics of Resistance in Algeria, 1783-1992. Trenton: Africa World Press, 2000.

Larémont, Ricardo René and Rez Aslan. "Legal Cultures in Muslim Societies: Rights in Conflict in Nigeria and Iran." NYU Review of Law and Security, Issue 10 (2008): 118-123.

Larémont, Ricardo René. "The United States in Africa: Addressing the Combustible Mix of Islam and Oil." The Daily Star (Cairo), January 30, 2007; The Daily Star (Beirut, January 23, 2007.

Larémont, Ricardo René and Hrach Gregorian. "Political Islam in West Africa and the Sahel." Military Review, Vol. LXXVI (January-February 2006): 27-36.

Recent Publications:

Borders, Nationalism, and the African State: Sudan, Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Sierra Leone. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 2005.

"Borders, States, and Nationalism." In Borders, Nationalism, and the African State: Sudan, Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Sierra Leone. Edited by Ricardo Rene Laremont. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 2005.

"Ethnicity and National Identity in Sierra Leone." (With Jimmy Kandeh and Rachel Cremona.) In Borders, Nationalism, and the African State: Sudan, Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Sierra Leone. Edited by Ricardo Rene Laremont. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 2005.

"Ethnic Grievance or Material Greed?" (With Robert L. Ostergard.) In Borders, Nationalism, and the African State: Sudan, Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Sierra Leone. Edited by Ricardo Rene Laremont. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 2005.

"Conclusion." In Borders, Nationalism, and the African State: Sudan, Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Sierra Leone. Edited by Ricardo Rene Laremont. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 2005.

Power, Politics, and the African Condition: The Collected Essays of Ali A. Mazrui, Volume III. (With Robert L. Ostergard and Fouad Kalouche.) Lawrenceville, NJ: Africa World Press, 2004.

The Causes of War and the Consequences of Peacekeeping in Africa. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2002.

Africa and Other Civilizations: The Collected Essays of Ali A. Mazrui, Volume II. (With Fouad Kalouche.) Lawrenceville, NJ: Africa World Press, 2002.

Africanity Redefined: The Collected Essays of Ali A. Mazrui, Volume I. (With Tracia Leacock Seghatolislami. Lawrenceville, NJ: Africa World Press, 2002.

"The Challenges of Consolidating the Transition from Military to Civilian Rule: The Nigerian, Argentine, and Brazilian Experiences." (With Robert L. Ostergard.) Democracy Research News, February 2002.

"Jewish and Japanese American Reparations: Political Lessons for the Africana Community," Journal of Asian American Studies, Vol. IV, No. 3 (October 2001): 235-250.

"Chinese Coolies and African Slaves in Cuba, 1847-74." (With Lisa Yun.) Journal of Asian American Studies, Vol. IV, No. 2 (June 2001): 99-122.

Islam and the Politics of Resistance in Algeria, 1783-1992. Lawrenceville, NJ: Africa World Press, 2000.

"The Havana Afrocubano Movement and the Harlem Renaissance: The Role of the Intellectual in the Formation of Racial and National Identity." (With Lisa Yun.) Souls: A Critical Journal of Black Politics, Culture, and Society, Vol. 1, No. 2 (June 1999): 18-30.

"Political versus Legal Strategies for the African Slavery Reparations Movement," African Studies Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 4 (February 1999).

"Race, Islam, and Politics: Differing Views Among Black American Muslims," Oxford Journal of Islamic Studies, Vol. 10, No. 1 (January 1999): 33-49.

"Is There a Silk Road? Views on Samuel Huntington?s Confucian-Islamic Connection." In The New Silk Road and the Global Counterculture. Edited by Kiichi Mochizuki and Katherine Mueller, New York: The Pacific Institute, 1999.

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