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Abosede George
 Assistant Professor

Office: 418 Lehman Phone: 212-854-3645
Email: ageorge@barnard.edu
Fields:  African History

Extended CV


 
 

Course Offerings:
Critical Perspectives on Race and Ethnicity in African History
Children and Childhood in African History
Introduction to African History: 1700-Present                                                Introduction to African Studies
Lagos: From Pepper Farm to Megacity

Education:

August 2006   Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
                       Doctor of Philosophy in African History

April 2002       Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
                      
Master of Arts in African History

1994-1999       Rutgers College, Rutgers the State University of NJ
                      
Bachelor of Arts in History, Bachelor of Arts in Political Science

Selected Publications/Presentations:

  • Presented paper entitled “Not Up To Age: The Social Life of Innocence Ideology in Lagos, Nigeria, 1935-1950” at 5th Annual Greater New York Historians of Africa Workshop, Hofstra University. March 2008

  •  Presented paper entitled “Hawkers and Girlhood in Lagos, Nigeria 1940-1950” at American Historical Association meeting in Washington, D.C.  January 2008.

  •  “Feminist Activism and Class Politics: The Example of the Lagos Girl Hawker Project.” Women’s Studies Quarterly 35 (2007).

  •  Dissertation: “Gender and Juvenile Justice: Girl Hawkers in Lagos, Nigeria (1925-1950)” Stanford University August 2006.




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