Louis Bickford
Director, Policymakers and Civil Society Unit; Director, Memory, Museums and Monuments Program
Louis Bickford, a political scientist, has consulted with governments, NGOs, human rights activists, and democratic movements on strategies for confronting the legacies of past abuse in more than a dozen countries. Previously, he was the associate director of the Global Studies Program and a lecturer in International Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Dr. Bickford has worked as a consultant for the Ford Foundation in Chile, and was a visiting researcher at the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences. He earned a PhD at McGill University (1997) and an MA at the New School for Social Research (1993), both in political science, and did additional graduate work at the University of Oslo, Norway. He has published in Human Rights Quarterly and Latin American Research Review, and has contributed chapters to several books, including The Art Of Truth-telling about Authoritarian Rule (2005). He is currently adjunct professor at the Wagner School of New York University and in the Graduate Program in International Affairs (GPIA) at the New School for Social Research.
Samantha Hinds
Founding Manager
Samantha Hinds is Editor in Chief of Fortnight Journal, an online documentary project. Fortnight provides a multimedia platform for new work in established fields and connects its young contributors to mentors. Patti Smith, U.S. Senator Max Cleland and Marian Bantjes have all served Fortnight as mentors since Hinds co-founded the publication in 2010.
ICTJ is an international NGO that works to redress serious human rights violations committed during an authoritarian regime or armed conflict. Hinds’ work at ICTJ focused on human rights documentation, historical memory and outreach to policymakers and civil society groups in over 30 countries.
Hinds’ research interests include memory, impunity and cultural production at the intersection of art and politics.
Special Thanks
The following have contributed assistance to MemoryandJustice.org:
Tal Avivi
Jon Connolly
Natalie Donghia
Sarah Kellner
Rollo Romig
Brigitte Sion
Antonio Sosa
Nisma Zaman
