Nisrin Elamin recognized by American Anthropological Association

Nisrin Elamin, an assistant professor in the Faculty of Arts & Science’s department of anthropology, has received the Sam Dubal Memorial Award for Anti-Colonialism and Racial Justice from the American Anthropological Association.

This award honours anthropologists who have demonstrated a deep commitment to anti-colonial and racial justice in any world region.

Elamin’s research traces the spatialized geography of imperial power in Sudan and beyond, while also paying attention to processes and dynamics that threaten to destabilize such power. Her insights and analyses have taken on greater importance ever since war erupted between different factions of Sudan’s military coup regime in April 2023. 

Since 2023, she has played a leading role in developing the Sudan Solidarity Collective with U of T students. The Collective has raised around $350,000 for volunteer-run emergency response rooms in the areas hardest hit by Sudan’s war, as well as farmers’ unions.

This story originally appeared in U of T Celebrates.