robert.kluijver
Robert Kluijver
Phone: +32471425311 - robertkluijver@gmail.comBorn in Nicosia, Cyprus in 1968. Master degrees in International Relations at the University of Amsterdam (1995, on civil society in Mexico) and Sciences Po Paris (1999, on the historiography of Tajikistan) and a PhD degree at Sciences Po (2023, on statebuilding in Somalia). Fieldwork in conflict areas since 1997: Central Asia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Palestine, Yemen, Somalia and Sudan with a focus on statebuilding. Secondary focus on contemporary art produced in or about these countries, with curatorial work in Saudi Arabia, the Emirates and Western Europe. Lectures at Sciences Po since 2010.
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Fluent in English, French, Dutch, Spanish; fully conversant and able to read in Russian and Persian; intermediate level (also reading) in Arabic, Swahili & Somali
« Le Somaliland, la démocratie africaine aux 30 ans d’isolement », The Conversation (French edition), 17 January, 2022.
Culture Sector Mapping in the Horn of Africa, 2020-2021, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, 2021.
"Why did Somaliland just suspend cooperation with the UN?", African Arguments, 9 November 2020.
"Al-Shabab Governance", Zomia, 10 July 2019.
"The Artist Giving Stateless Syrians a Voice", The Art Newspaper, London, December 2015.
"Arte y Poder Blando en el Golfo", Afkar/Ideas, Issue #47, October 2015.
Afghan Perceptions on Democracy and Elections, Free and Fair Elections Forum of Afghanistan, Kabul, 2014, 142 p.
Contemporary Art in the Gulf: Contexts and Perspectives, The Farook Printing Press, Dubai, 2013, 146 p.
I am Anything, I am Everything: Ayman Yossri Daydban and the Jeddah Art Scene, Athr Gallery/Al Mohtaraf publishing, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 2012, 63 p.
Borders: Contemporary Middle Eastern Art and Discourse, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, 2010, 140 p.
