Prof. Dr. Rirhandu Mageza-Barthel

International politics 
Post-conflict transformation
Postcolonial studies
African–Chinese relations 
Critical development studies

2015 | Mobilizing Transnational Gender Politics in Post-Genocide Rwanda. London/New York: Routledge.

2016 | eds. Negotiating Normativity: Postcolonial Appropriations, Contestations and Transformations. Cham/New York: Springer.

2020 | eds. Afrasian Transformations. Transregional Perspectives on Development Cooperation, Social Mobility and Cultural Change. Leiden: Brill.

2021 | eds. Gewalt, Krieg und Flucht – Feministische Perspektiven auf Sicherheit (transl. Violence, War and Refuge: Feminist Perspectives on Security). Opladen/Berlin/Toronto: Verlag Barbara Budrich.

selection

“North-South Linkages and Connective Histories: Germany’s Peace Movement(s) Revisited” ▪ Conference Paper ‘Re-thinking Peace and Conflict Studies in a Postcolonial World’ ▪ MECAM Tunis ▪ October 2025

Looking ahead - Current Debates and Developments ▪ Roundtable ‘Re-thinking Peace and Conflict Studies in a Postcolonial World’ ▪ MECAM Tunis ▪ October 2025

“Legacies of Liberation: Revisiting Peace Studies in Contentious Times” ▪ Public Lecture ▪ Marburg University ▪ May 2025 

“After the election: What's at stake for Germany in international academic exchange?” DAAD KiWi Policy Talk ▪ Roundtable on Occasion of the Federal Election ▪ March 2025.

“Peace Movement(s) and their Transnational Currents”, Colloquium of the TraCe Research Center ▪ Goethe University ▪ February 2025. 

Peace Translations: On the Politics of Development and Difference ▪ Center Colloquium ‘Let’s Talk about Conflict’ ▪ Marburg University ▪ January 2025 

Globale feministische Dialoge ▪ Lecture Series ‚Feminismen in der Weltpolitik‘ ▪ Frankfurt University ▪ July 2024. 

Political Histories and the Struggles for Peace: African and International Developments ▪ Inaugural Lecture ▪ University of South Africa ▪ August 2023.

Academic projects (ongoing and completed)

“Germany’s Peace Movement(s) Revisited” (ongoing)

“Struggles of Contestation and Political Claims from the Margins” (ongoing)

See research areas for further teaching topics

Philipps-Universität Marburg (Marburg University)

01/2026 | “Friedens- und Konfliktforschung aus der Perspektive der Gender Studies” Introductory Lecture: Introduction to Peace and Conflict Studies

03/2025 | Masterclass: Common Challenges for Emerging Scholars 

01/2025 | „Friedensforschung und Internationale Politiken“ in Introductory Lecture: Introduction to Peace and Conflict Studies  

Collaboration with Prof. Tu T. Huynh and Dr. Tanja Scheiterbauer (George Mason Korea; Fulda University of Applied Sciences) on “Struggles of Contestation and Political Claims from the Margins” 

2012 | Doctoral Degree (Dr. phil.) in Political Science
Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany 

2005 | Magistra Artium (M.A.) in Political Science 
Interdisciplinary Graduate Certificate: Gender and Women’s Studies 
Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany 

2001| Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Political Studies 
University of Cape Town, South Africa

selection

Visiting Research Fellowship: ‘Transformation of Political Violence’
University of Marburg, Center for Conflict Studies 

Co-Applicant, Consortium, ‘Global Partnership Network’ (GPN) 

Grant for Teaching Project ‘Feminisms in Dialogue / Feminismen im Dialog’, University of Kassel, with Dr. Johanna Leinius. 

Doctoral Fellowship: German Research Foundation (DFG), Research Training Group ‘Public Spheres and Gender Relations. Dimensions of Experience’, Kassel / Frankfurt

Preis für besonders qualifizierte ausländische Studierende, DAAD & Goethe-Universität Frankfurt 

International Postgraduate Scholarship, Harry Crossley Foundation