Staff

Scarlett Cornelissen

Scarlett Cornelissen
Name Scarlett Cornelissen
Affiliation Visiting Professor, African Studies Center - TUFS / Professor, Department of Political Sciences, Stellenbosch University
E-mail sc3sun.ac.za
Key Words Japanese diplomacy, aid and industry in Africa, Africa's international relations, South African foreign policy
Academic Career 2015 Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Ethnics at Stellenbosch University
2002 Doctor of Philosophy in Urban Studies at University of Glasgow
1997 Master of Arts in International Studies at Stellenbosch University
1995 Bachelor of Social Sciences at University of Cape Town
Degree Doctor of Philosophy in Urban Studies at University of Glasgow (2002)
Professional Career October 2010 - Present Professor, Department of Political Science, Stellenbosch University
August 2018 - Present Co-editor, Geopolitics
January - December 2010 Interim Director, Centre for Chinese Studies, Stellenbosch University
July 2007 - September 2010 Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Stellenbosch University
September 2004 - June 2007 Senior lecturer, Department of Political Science, Stellenbosch University
July 2002 - August 2004 Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Stellenbosch University
January 1998 - July 2002 Junior lecturer, Department of Political Science, Stellenbosch University

[Visiting professorships and fellowships]
Fall semester 2016-2017 Katherine Hampson Bessell Fellow, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University
March 2017 Hallsworth Visiting Professorship, University of Manchester
January – December 2016 Fellow, Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study
April – September 2015 Leibniz Professor, Leipzig University, Germany
April – August 2014 Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University, Japan
October 2012-March 2013 Visiting Research Fellow, Institute of Developing Economies, Chiba, Japan
May-July 2012 Visiting Professor, Tsuda College, Tokyo, Japan
May-July 2011 Research Fellow, Kansai University, Osaka, Japan
July-September 2010 Japan Foundation Fellow, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan
January – October 2009 Leverhulme Trust Research Fellow, University of Stirling, Scotland
September 2008 – January 2009 Visiting Professor, Graduate School of International Relations, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan
Major Works

Books

Guest editorship of journal special issue

  • Issue title: "Tourism, Capital and Livelihoods in Africa". Global-e: A Global Studies Journal 11(34). 2018. (Co-editorship with J. Maruyama).
  • Issue title: "Sport, leisure and consumption in Africa". International Journal of the History of Sport 30(16), 2013. (co-editorship with S. Baller).
  • Issue title: "Sport and the City in Africa". International Journal of the History of Sport 28(15), 2011. (Co-editorship with S. Baller).
  • Issue title: "Sport mega-events and their legacies - the 2010 FIFA World Cup". Development Southern Africa 28(3), 2011. (Co-editorship with U. Bob and K. Swart).
  • Issue title: "Sport Past and Present in South Africa - (Trans)forming the Nation". International Journal of the History of Sport 28(1), 2011. (Co-editorship with A. Grundlingh).
  • Issue title: "Looking Beyond: The Political Dimensions of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa". Politikon 34(3), 2007.

Recent peer-reviewed journal articles