Ronald Niezen

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Ronald Niezen is Distinguished James McGill Chair, Professor of Anthropology and Associate Member of the Faculty of Law at McGill University.  He has done research on an Islamic reform movement in West Africa, justice campaigns in indigenous communities in Canada, and in a variety of international organizations, including the WHO, the Arctic Council, and the UNPFII at the United Nations. He has held visiting positions at Åbo Akademi University in Finland and the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University. His books include: The Origins of Indigenism: Human Rights and the Politics of Difference (University of California Press 2003) Truth and Indignation: Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission on Indian Residential Schools (University of Toronto Press 2017) and #HumanRights: The Technologies and Politics of Justice Claims in Practice (Stanford University Press, 2020).