Faculty

Office: Manchester Hall 217
Telephone: 860 429-3417
E-Mail: josef.gugler@uconn.edu

Biographical Statement:

My work is concerned with poor countries, with special emphasis on Africa South of the Sahara. It is informed by close to a decade of research and teaching in Uganda and Nigeria, by shorter stays in the Congo (Kinshasa), Cuba, India, Kenya, and Tanzania, and by visiting appointments in African and Development Studies programs in Europe and the U.S. Much of my research and writing has addressed issues arising from the urban transformation of developing countries. Some years ago I began developing my interest in African literature and film. Most recently I have ventured into an exploration of film and politics in the Middle East.

Education:

1959 Dr. rer. pol. (Ph.D. in Sociology), Cologne University (Germany)

1955 Diplomvolkswirt (M.A. in Economics), Munich University (Germany)

Selected Publications:

African Film: Re-Imagining a Continent , Bloomington: Indiana University Press, Cape Town: David Philip, Oxford: James Currey, 2003

"Fiction, Fact, and the Responsibility of the Critic: Camp de Thiaroye, Yaaba, and The Gods Must Be Crazy," pages 69-85 in Focus on African Film , edited by Françoise Pfaff, Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2004

"Cinema of Revolution," pages 139-153 in Revolutionary Movements in World History: From 1750 to the Present , edited by James V. Defronzo, Santa Barbara / Denver / Oxford: ABC-CLIO, 2006