Noam Schimmel is a Lecturer in Global Studies and African Studies and has a joint appointment with the Goldman School of Public Policy teaching community development on the Master in Development Practice program. He is a former Visiting Associate Professor of Ethics and International Affairs and Professorial Lecturer at the Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University where he taught courses on human rights, development, and humanitarian aid. He has taught on the International Honors Program (IHP) of World Learning/SIT School of International Training on their comparative human rights study abroad program in Nepal, Jordan, and Chile. He has conducted research at the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights at Oxford University's Faculty of Law as a Research Visitor researching reparative justice in Rwanda, was a Visiting Fellow at Kellogg College at Oxford University researching human rights and development, and conducted research at the Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism, McGill Faculty of Law, where he is an Associate Fellow and where he was an O'Brien Fellow in Residence. He is a Humanity in Action Senior Fellow. Noam Schimmel has particular interests in Rwanda and contemporary African Studies, pre – colonial and post-colonial Africa, the ethical dimensions of international human rights law, the politics and ethics of human rights and humanitarian and development aid, development studies, grassroots efforts to combat poverty, public health, global governance and its intersection with human rights law, reparative justice, and the role of rhetoric and communication in both advancing and limiting human rights. He currently teaches DEVP (Development Practice) 237: Leadership, Conflict Resolution, And Community Development on the Master in Development Practice program at the Goldman School of Public Policy in addition to teaching courses in African Studies, Global Studies, human rights and film, and Japanese culture, society, and film in the Global Studies program. A major focus of his research centers on transitional justice and reparative justice for survivors of the 1994 Rwandan genocide against the Tutsi and on the gathering and transmission of testimonies of Rwandan genocide survivors.
Education
London School of Economics, PhD, Politics, Policy, and Communication. (Interdisciplinary, Communication.)
London School of Economics, Masters, Philosophy, Policy, and Social Value
Oxford University, Masters in International Human Rights Law
Yale University, BA in Political Science and English
Research Areas
African Studies, Rwanda, Reparative Justice and Transitional Justice, International Development, Human Rights, Humanitarian Aid, Global Justice and Ethics, Global Governance, the United Nations, International Human Rights Law, Pre-colonial and Post-colonial African Studies, Contemporary Africa, Democracy and Authoritarianism, Indigenous Rights and Well-Being, Social Movements, Public Health, Poverty Alleviation, Liberalism and Pluralism, Women's Rights and Well-Being, African Film, Literature, and Arts
Contact Information
101 Stephens Hall
Office Hours: By appointment. Please email me.