German Institute for Global and Area Studies | Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien

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Dr. Maxine Rubin

Research Fellow

Dr. Maxine Rubin

  • Kurzer Lebenslauf

    • Since 08/2023: Research Fellow at the GIGA Institute of African Affairs.
    • Since 07/2023: Associate Editor of African Spectrum.
    • 10/2022-07/2023: Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa.
    • 07/2020-03/2023: Assistant Editor of the South African Journal of International Affairs.
    • Education: PhD at the University of Cape Town, South Africa (funded by the Ernst Oppenheimer Memorial Trust Merit Scholarship); Master of Arts at the University of York, United Kingdom (funded by the Commonwealth Scholarship); Bachelor of Social Science Honours in Justice and Transformation at the University of Cape Town, South Africa (A. W. Mellon Foundation Honours Scholarship); Bachelor of Social Science in Political Studies and History at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.

    Aktuelle Forschung

    • International Criminal Court and its African members.
    • Africa's International Relations and agency.
    • South African politics.
    • Transitional and transformative justice.
    • Reparations.

    Länder und Regionen

    • African States Parties to the International Criminal Court.
    • South Africa

    Mitgliedschaften

    • Vereinigung für Afrikawissenschaften in Deutschland, Mitgliedschaft in Komitee, Sektion oder Arbeitsgruppe, seit 2023
    • International Studies Association, Mitgliedschaft in Komitee, Sektion oder Arbeitsgruppe, seit 2023
    • European International Studies Association, Mitgliedschaft in disziplinärem Fachverband oder Netzwerk, seit 2023
    • British International Studies Association, Mitgliedschaft in disziplinärem Fachverband oder Netzwerk, seit 2022
    • South African Coalition for Transitional Justice, Member, seit 2022
    • South African Association of Political Studies, Deputy Convenor of the International Relations and Diplomacy Research Committee, 2021 - 2023

    Dr. Maxine Rubin

    Research Fellow

    maxine.rubin@giga-hamburg.de

    Publikationen

    South African Journal of International Affairs | 03.2023

    State Behavior and the International Criminal Court: Between Cooperation and Resistance

    Book review of Franziska Boehme's "State Behavior and the International Criminal Court: Between Cooperation and Resistance".

    Dr. Maxine Rubin

    Research Fellow

    Eintrag für Enzyklopädie/Lexikon | 2023

    Commission of Enquiry into Complaints by Former African National Congress Prisoners and Detainees (‘the Skweyiya Commission')

    Dr. Maxine Rubin

    Research Fellow

    Dr. Hugo van der Merwe

    The Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation

    Eintrag für Enzyklopädie/Lexikon | 2023

    Commission of Inquiry into Certain Allegations of Cruelty and Human Rights Abuse against ANC Prisoners and Detainees by ANC Members (‘the Motsuenyane Commission')

    Dr. Maxine Rubin

    Research Fellow

    Dr. Hugo van der Merwe

    The Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation

    Journal of Human Rights Practice | 12.2020

    Exploring Transitional Justice’s Impact Pathways on Gender Justice: Trends in Sexual and Gender-Based Violence against Women from Thirteen African Cases

    This article explores which core characteristics of transitional justice processes are more likely to positively contribute toward measures taken by the state to address sexual and gender-based violence against women outcomes.

    Dr. Maxine Rubin

    Research Fellow

    International Journal of Transitional Justice | 07.2020

    Politicized Justice: Africa and the International Criminal Court

    Review essay of "Affective Justice: The International Criminal Court and the Pan-Africanist Pushback" by Kamari Maxine Clarke; "Distant Justice: The Impact of the International Criminal Court on African Politics" by Phil Clark; and "Judicial Imperialism: Politicisation of the International Criminal Justice in Africa" by Tim Murithi.

    Dr. Maxine Rubin

    Research Fellow

    Forschungsprojekte

    Forschungsprojekt | 01.01.2023 - 31.12.2024

    African Agency and the International Criminal Court (ICC)’s Judicial Intervention

    This research project examines how African agency can be empirically measured using the relationship between African states and the International Criminal Court as a case study. The project seeks to contribute to the relatively small literature focused on advancing academic understanding of Africa's agency in International Relations.
    OMT, 2023-2024

    Vorträge

    Konferenz | 02.10.2023

    South Africa and the International Criminal Court

    Towards a Multipolar World, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg Dr. Maxine Rubin (Vortragende:r)

    An evaluation of South Africa’s changing role in the ICC and the implications for its foreign policy goals and international image

    Dr. Maxine Rubin

    Research Fellow

    Konferenz | 21.06.2023 - 23.06.2023

    British International Studies Association Annual Conference 2023

    British International Studies Association Annual Conference 2023, Hilton, Glasgow Organisation: British International Studies Association Dr. Maxine Rubin (Panelbeitragende:r)

    Presented a working paper entitled "Decoy Forums: African States’ demands for United Nations Security Council Reform within International Criminal Court spaces".

    Dr. Maxine Rubin

    Research Fellow

    Lehre

    Lehre | University of Cape Town | 2022

    Introduction to Politics A

    I taught two-thirds of the Introduction to Politics A course in 2022 at the University of Cape Town's Department of Political Studies.

    Lehre | University of Cape Town | 2020

    Introduction to Politics B

    I taught three weeks of Introduction to Politics B in 2020 at the University of Cape Town's Department of Politics Studies

    Lehre | Center for International Educational Exchange | 2017

    Poverty and Development

    I designed and taught the "Poverty and Development" course offered by the Centre for International Educational Exchanges for three semesters.

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