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[Christian Davenport]

idea for the year

Gave a talk called "The United Racisms of America: Conceptualizing, Measuring and Understanding Anti-Black Human Rights Violations, 1850-2000" at the University of California at Berkeley for Black History Month.  This presents (for the second time) a new measure called "The Anti-Black Index" created with Prof. David Armstrong.  We are launching the new webpage this week. 

Click here to find the talk explaining the Anti-Black Index 
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Generally, I am interested in two broad areas.  First, I am interested in political conflict and violence. Although this concerns a wide variety of activities from different actors in different parts of the world, I am particularly interested in those actions involving governments and those affiliated with them (e.g., genocide/politicide, mass killing, torture, bans, curfews, beatings, arrests for political purposes and domestic spying). I have a broad interest in the topic, which has brought me to look at both global patterns (e.g., dyorep) and individual cases (the United States: social movement and anti-movement interactions, riots/rebllions), Rwanda (genocide), India (untouchability), Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Zimbabwe, Mexico and Northern Ireland) as well as employ a diverse range of approaches (i.e., statistical research, ethnography, film and gaming).  Additionally, I am interested in peace and peace making - particularly understanding what it is, how it can be measured and what can be done to create/sustain/expand it. This interest has thus far been largely conceptual but I am creating some measurements for it that can be implemented globally.  One day I will evolve to the study of "political love" but I am not quite there yet.  

Enjoy
Christian Davenport

Professor 
  • Mary Ann and Charles R. Walgreen, Jr. Professor for the Study of Human Understanding, University of Michigan
  • Political Science, University of Michigan
Faculty Associate
  • Center for Political Studies, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan
Research Professor 
  • Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
Elected Fellow
  • ​American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS)
Director 
  • The Consequences of Contention
  • Dyo-Rep: Understanding Repression Dyads
  • Radical Information Project (RIP)​
Co-Founder/Director 
  • Conflict Consortium (CC) with Professor Will Moore (Gone but never forgotten)
​Co-Director ​
  • Repression Spells with Benjamin Appel
Co-Founder 
  • New Jack Academics with Professor Darren Davis
  • .EDU: opening minds & changing worlds with style with Professor Jillian Schwedler & Rodney Williams​

What is on this webpage?

On this site, you will find materials relevant to eleven areas: 

About Me - my vitae as well as some personal information
Written work - a listing of my books and articles (
published and underway)
Archiving - different collections of information I made relevant to political conflict/violence    
Analyses - explorations into the macro (large-scale) and micro (individual/group) determinants of contentious politics
Teaching - lists of courses and materials related to my classes

Media - interviews and articles that featured my work
Scholarism - my attempts to stop/limit conflict/violence and obtain justice
Audio/Video - recordings and/or videos of presentations

Artistic Expression - my written (non-academic) stories, photography, board games and paintings
About My Students - current as well as those that have graduated  
Analog, the Anti-blog - thoughts, quotes, pictures, whatever... 


Want to just dive in?
  • Click here to see my latest book, The Death & Life of State Repression 
  • Click here to see my page on Amazon for most of my books
  • Click here to see my Orcid page
  • Click here to see my Research Gate page
  • Click here to see my Google Scholar page
  • Click here to see my Twitter page

In remembrance (always): Steven Poe, Charles Tilly, Will Moore
     - Friends, Antagonists, Inspirations, Competitors, Mentors, Questions, Answers

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