With faculty from nearly every other school of the University, Emory Graduate School creates a wealth of scholarship to address complex global problems. In the Graduate Division of Religion, for instance, theologians work with sociologists, ethicists with lawyers, and experts in Islam with scholars in Buddhism. In the Graduate Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, more than 300 faculty members from Emory College, the School of Medicine, and the Rollins School of Public Health create a powerhouse for graduate school research.
History professor Clifton Crais first went to South Africa in 1984 as a Fulbright Scholar and wound up participating in one of the world’s great dramas: the end of apartheid and the birth of a new democracy at Africa’s southernmost tip. Crais spent days writing his dissertation, nights attending rallies, and weekends at political protests. Twice he shared a jail cell with Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
His experiences gave him a dedication to scholarship that asks big questions about the past and present. His first book traced the origins of white supremacy in South Africa; his second discussed the ways black South Africans gave meaning to the oppression and grinding poverty in which they lived and died. His newest manuscript focuses on the link between violence and poverty. Crais co-directs Emory’s interdisciplinary workshop in colonial and postcolonial studies, which attracts visiting scholars from universities worldwide to explore such topics as economic change in eastern Europe, famine in India, and the influence of foreign missionaries on the cultures they visit.
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