Peter Mendy

Gaige Hall (G) G212 (401) 456-9696 pmendy@ric.edu

Academic Background

Ph.D. (Birmingham University, England)
M.Soc.Sc. (Birmingham University, England)
Postgraduate Certificate in Education (Keele University, England)
B.A. (Sheffield University, England)

Courses Taught

HIST 161 Western History
HIST 163 Perspectives on Africa
HIST 265 Conflict & Conflict Resolution
HIST 348 Africa under Colonial Rule
HIST 349 History of Contemporary Africa
HIST 552 Topics
HIST 571 Graduate Reading Course in History
HONR 163 Seminar in Non-Western Cultures
INGO 401 Applied Development Studies

Areas of Competence

European Colonial Rule in Africa
Contemporary African History and Politics

Publications

Co-author (with Richard A. Lobban), Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, Scarecrow Press, Lanham (Maryland), 1997

"The Emergence of Political Pluralism in Guinea-Bissau", in F. Koudawo and P. M. Karibe Mendy (editors) Pluralisme Politique en Guinée-Bissau, Ediçoes INEP, Bissau, 1997
Colonialismo Português em Africa: A Tradiçäo da Resistência na Guiné-Bissau, 1879-1959, Ediçöes INEP, Bissau/Imprensa Nacional Casa Moeda, Lisbon, 1994.

Work in Progress

"The Military and Politics in Guinea-Bissau, 1980-2000" (book).