Jean-Claude Willame (born 28 March 1938) is a Belgian professor emeritus specialised in the political history of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He obtained his PhD in political science at the University of California, Berkeley in 1971. He was a professor at the Université nationale du Zaïre (National University of Zaire) from 1971 to 1975. In 1989, he was the deputy director of the Centre d'études et de documentation africaines (CEDAF), which developed into the contemporary history section at the Royal Museum for Central Africa in Tervuren. He retired as a professor at the UCLouvain Faculty of Economic, Social and Political Sciences and Communication at the Université Catholique de Louvain. As an independent expert within the Coimbra Group, Willame went to Congo-Kinshasa and Congo-Brazzaville to study opportunities of cooperation between the European Union and ACP countries.[3][4]
Jean-Claude Willame | |
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| Born | Jean-Claude Willame 28 March 1938[2] |
| Nationality | Belgian |
| Spouse | Isabelle Durant |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley (PhD, 1971) |
| Influences | Max Weber[1] |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Political science; African studies; History |
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| Notable works |
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| Website | uclouvain |
He is married to Isabelle Durant, former Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Mobility and Transport (1999–2003), who became Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in 2017.[5]
Publications edit
- Willame, Jean-Claude, Patrice Lumumba: La Crise congolaise revisitée, Karthala, 1990, 496 p.
- Willame, Jean-Claude, L'automne d'un despotisme. Pouvoir, argent et obéissance dans le Zaïre des années quatre-vingt, Karthala, 1992, 226 p.
- Willame, Jean-Claude, Aux sources de l'hécatombe rwandaise, Cahiers africains/Afrika studies, 14, 1995, 171 p.
- Willame, Jean-Claude, Banyarwanda et Banyamulenge : Violences ethniques et gestion de l'identitaire au Kivu, Cahiers africains/Afrika studies, 25, 1997, 156 p.
- Willame, Jean-Claude, L'odyssée Kabila: Trajectoire pour un Congo nouveau?, Karthala, 1999, 256 p.
References edit
- ^ Lemarchand, René (September 1973). "Reviewed Work(s): Patrimonialism and Political Change in the Congo by Jean-Claude Willame". The American Political Science Review. 67 (3): 1096–1098. doi:10.2307/1958742. JSTOR 1958742. S2CID 148157976. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
- ^ Profile on the website of Bibliothèque nationale de France
- ^ Coimbra Group (15 July 2003). "8 ACP TPS 128- Travaux préparatoires à la mise en oeuvre du Cadre Commun de Coopération dans l'Enseignement Supérieur entre l'UE et les Pays ACP" (PDF). Coimbra Group. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
- ^ B. De W. (December 2003). "Réactiver la coopération universitaire avec les pays ACP" (PDF). Louvain. Louvain-la-Neuve. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
- ^ "Deputy Secretary-General". UNCTAD. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
Isabelle Durant, of Belgium, took up the position of Deputy Secretary-General on 3 July 2017.
External links edit
- Publications of Willame on Persée.fr
- Contributions in La revue nouvelle
- Profile on the website of Bibliothèque nationale de France