UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN CURRICULUM VITAE` A. Personal Data: 1. (a) Name: Olutayo Charles ADESINA (b) Date of Birth: 27 January 1964. (c) Department : History (d) Faculty: Arts II. (a) First Academic Appointment: 1 December 1993 (b) Present post (with Date): Professor, 1 October 2007 (c) Date of last Promotion: 1 October 2007 III University Education (with dates and granting bodies): (a) University of Ife, Ile- Ife, 1981-1985 (b) Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, 1987-1989 (c) Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Dec.1989-Feb. 1994 IV Academic Qualifications (with dates and granting bodies): (a) B.A. History, 1985, University of Ife, Ile-Ife (b) M.A. History, 1989, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife (c) Ph.D (History) 1994, Obafemi Awolowo University,Ile-Ife. V. Professional Qualifications and Diplomas (with dates): Certificate of Completion, Institute in Law and American History, Boston College and the United States Information Agency, Boston College, U.S.A., June- August,, 1994. VI Scholarships, Fellowships and Prizes (with dates) in respect of Undergraduate and Postgraduate work only) Postgraduate Fellowship Award, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, 1990-1991. VII Honours, Distinctions and Membership of Learned Societies: a. International Visiting Fellow, Boston College, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A b. Fellow, Atlantic History Seminar, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Charles Warren Center, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
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UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN
CURRICULUM VITAE`
A. Personal Data:
1. (a) Name: Olutayo Charles ADESINA (b) Date of Birth: 27 January 1964.
(c) Department: History (d) Faculty: Arts
II. (a) First Academic Appointment: 1 December 1993 (b) Present post (with Date): Professor, 1 October 2007
(c) Date of last Promotion: 1 October 2007
III University Education (with dates and granting bodies):
(a) University of Ife, Ile- Ife, 1981-1985 (b) Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, 1987-1989 (c) Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Dec.1989-Feb. 1994
IV Academic Qualifications (with dates and granting bodies):
(a) B.A. History, 1985, University of Ife, Ile-Ife (b) M.A. History, 1989, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife
V. Professional Qualifications and Diplomas (with dates): Certificate of Completion, Institute in Law and American History, Boston College and the United States Information
Agency, Boston College, U.S.A., June- August,, 1994.
VI Scholarships, Fellowships and Prizes (with dates) in respect of
VII Honours, Distinctions and Membership of Learned Societies:
a. International Visiting Fellow, Boston College, Boston,
Massachusetts, U.S.A b. Fellow, Atlantic History Seminar, Harvard University,
Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Charles Warren Center, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
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(International Seminar on the History of the Atlantic World), 1998.
c. Fellow, Salzburg Seminar, Austria (Ethnicity, Race, Religion and American Identity), 2001.
d. Member Advisory Board, Comparative American Studies. An International Journal, London, Sage Publications.
e. Member, International Committee, American Studies Association, Washington D.C. 2001-2004.
f. African Visiting Fellow, Rhodes Chair of Race Relations, St. Antony‟s College, Oxford, U.K
g. Senior Associate Member, St. Antony‟s College, Oxford, U.K
h. Member, American Studies Association of Nigeria, 1989- Present
i. Member, Historical Society of Nigeria j. Member, African Studies Association, U.S.A. 2002- Present
k. Member, Peace and Conflict Studies Group, University of Ibadan (Deputy Coordinator of Training Programmes, The
Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (CEPACS), 2001 – Present
l. Member, Popular Economy and social life study group,
University of Ibadan, 1998-2002 m. Member Popular forms of Accountability Study Group,
University of Ibadan, 2004-2006. n. Member, Shifting Cities Research Group under the auspices of
the Volkswagen Foundation, Germany (Research Coordinator- Prof. Flora Veit-Wild, Humboldt University of Berlin,
Germany), 2007-2008. o. Member, Environmental Protection Society of Nigeria. p. Postgraduate Fellowship Award, Obafemi Awolowo University,
Ile-Ife, 1990-1991. q. Member, The Global –Africa Development Network, 2009-
Present r. Member, Network of Nigerian Historians (NNH), 2010-Present
Other Appointments and Distinctions
1998-2006: Editor, The Nigerian Journal of Economic History (A publication of the Economic History Association of Nigeria)
1998-2002: Member, Popular Economy and Social Life Study Group, University of Ibadan.
2000 Grantee, University of Ibadan Senate Research Grant. 2000-2005: Member, Editorial Board, The Comet newspaper. 2001-2006: Business Manager, The Historical Society of Nigeria
Ondo State, Nigeria. 2003-Present: Member, Advisory Board, Comparative
American Studies: An International Journal, Leeds, United Kingdom.
2003: Facilitator, Department of History, University of Ibadan Distinguished Alumni Lecture Series.
2004: Facilitator, University of Ibadan/Kennesaw State University (U.S.A) Links Programme. 2008 Guest Editor, Journal of Global Initiatives (Special Edition on
Globalization and the Unending Frontier, Vol.2 No.2, 2008), Institute for Global Initiatives, Kennesaw State University, Georgia,
U.S.A. 2008: Member, Planning Committee of the 14th Academic Exchange
Lecture of the University of Ibadan delivered by Prof. John Hunwick of Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA on “Islam into
West Africa and the Establishment of Timbuktu.” 2008: Member, Panel of Judges on University of Ibadan Radio Identity.
2008-2009: Director, Foundation Degree Programme, Osun State University, Osogbo, Nigeria.
2008-2009: Head, Department of History and International Studies, Osun State University, Ikire Campus, Osun State, Nigeria.
2008-Present Resource Person/International Panel of Scholars, African Humanities Programme of the American Council of Learned
Societies (ACLS). 2009: Member, Committee of Experts of the Department of National Archives of Nigeria to the House of Representatives, Abuja,
Nigeria on the „Public Hearing on a Bill for An Act to Repeal The National Archives Act, 1992 and to Establish the National Archives
and Records Administration‟, 28th October, 2009. 2009-2011: Resource person, Committee of Experts in setting up
the new Faculty of Arts, Bowen University, Iwo, Osun State, Nigeria. 2010- Present: Protem Secretary, The Network of Nigerian
Historians (NNH). 2010: Chairman, Panel of Investigation on the allegation of plagiarism against a Ph.D Student in the Department of Theatre
Arts, University of Ibadan. 2010-2011: Member, Faculty of Arts Implementation Committee
on the N5.5 billion Federal Government Building Renovation Intervention Fund, University of Ibadan.
2011: Member, Think-Thank Group on Budget Analysis and Other Policy Related Matters, University of Ibadan.
2011: Chairman, 1st Faculty of Arts Biennial International Conference Committee (African Culture in the Making of the Modern World, University of Ibadan, June 6-9, 2011).
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B. Research Grants 2005 Ambassador‟s Fund for Cultural Preservation Grant,
Department of State, U.S.A, „Preserving Archival and Oral Sources for the Historians of the 21st Century‟,
2007 CODESRIA Textbook Grant Award (Project Title: The Companion To Development Studies: Concepts and
Realities in the Third World.
C. Details of Teaching Experience at University Level: (a) Teaching Assistant, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife,
1990-1991. (b) Lecturer III, Department of History, Adeyemi College of
Education, (Degree Awarding), Ondo, 1991-1993. (c) Lecturer II, Department of History, University of Ibadan,
1993-1997 (d) Lecturer I, Department of History, University of Ibadan,
1997-2000.
(e) Sub-Dean (General), Faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan, 1999-2001.
(f) Senior Lecturer, Department of History, University of Ibadan, 2000-Present.
(g) Ag. Head, Department of History, University of Ibadan, 2001-2003.
(h) Visiting Scholar (Summer Teaching), Kennesaw State University, Georgia, USA, June 2004.
(i) Ag Head, Department of History, University of Ibadan from
June 2006
D. Courses Taught at the Undergraduate Level:
HIS 403: Development: Concepts and Realities in the Third World.
HIS 408: Problems of Nation-Building in Independent African States
HIS 310: Colonial Rule and Independence Movements in Africa.
HIS 311: USA since 1865.
HIS 306: Economic History of West Africa Since 1800. HIS 211: Africans in Diaspora.
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HIS 212: USA: From Colony to Nationhood.
HIS 201: African Response to European Invasion.
HIS 105: Topics in World History.
E. Postgraduate Teaching: HIS 721: The Industrial Process and Economy of Colonial West
Africa, 1885-1960.
HIS 733: Economic Cooperation in West Africa Since 1958
PCS 709: Religious Conflicts in Nigeria (M.A in Peace and Conflict Studies Programme, University of Ibadan)
HRS 712: International Agencies and the Management of Refugee Problems (M.Sc in Humanitarian and Refugees
Studies Programme of the University of Ibadan)
MSS 702: Contemporary Strategic Thinking (Master of Science in Strategic Studies, Department of Political Science,
University of Ibadan)
F. Supervision:
a. Undergraduate: 3 undergraduate Long Essays in the current
session.
b. Postgraduate: I have successfully supervised 24 M.A. Students, and
5 Ph.D students are currently under my supervision.
1 Ph.D student graduated in 2006.
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G. Fields of Specialisation/ Areas of Research Competence:
1. Modern Nigerian history (economic, social and political)
2. Economic and Social history of West Africa
3. History of Development
4. African history (general)
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5. Race Relations
H. Completed Research:
Indians in Nigerian history, economy and society.
PUBLICATIONS
Dissertation and Thesis:
a. M.A. Dissertation: “A Historical Evaluation of the Western Nigerian Government Agricultural Policy, 1951-1966”,
Department of History, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, 1989.
b. Ph.D. Thesis: “Indigenous Participation in the Economy of Western Nigeria 1900-1970”, Department of History, Obafemi
Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, 1994.
Books and Monographs:
1. Adesina, O.C.2000. Gideon Isaac Oladipo Olajide: The Making of the People’s Bishop, Ijebu-Ode: VICOO International Press, 170pp.
Olutayo Charles and Uji, Charles (eds) 2002. Religion in the United States of America, Ibadan: Hope Publications for
American Studies Association of Nigeria (ASAN), 239pp.
3. Amali, S.O.O, Owens-Ibie, Noma, Foluke Ogunleye, Charles Uji, and Adesina, Olutayo Charles, (eds).2002. Consolidation and Sustenance of Democracy: The United States of America
and Nigeria, Ibadan: Hope Publications for American Studies Association of Nigeria, 320pp.
4. Amali, S.O.O, Adell Patton Jr., Foluke Ogunleye, Charles Uji,
Adesina, Olutayo Charles and Zakariya Goshit (eds). 2003. Ethnicity, Citizenship, and Democracy in the United States of
America, Ibadan: Humanities Publishers for ASAN, 276pp. 5. Adesina, O.C. 2004. The World of Yemi Farounbi, Oshogbo,
Sumob Publishers, 210pp.
6. Akanmu Adebayo and O.C. Adesina (eds).2009. Globalization and Transnational Migrations: Africa and Africans in the
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Contemporary Global System (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, U.K, Cambridge Scholars Publishing). 361pp.
7. Akanmu Adebayo, Olutayo C. Adesina and Rasheed Olaniyi
(eds). 2010. Marginality and Crisis: Globalization and Identity in Contemporary Africa (Lanhan, Maryland, U.S.A.
Lexington Books), 276 pp.
8. Adesina, O.C., Prof Oladele A. Ajose: The Legend and Life of an Intellectual Icon. (Forthcoming)
9. Akanmu G. Adebayo and O.C. Adesina, Promise and Failure in an African State (Under Publisher‟s Review).
10. Adesina, O.C. (ed), Currency, Culture and Politics in Modern
Africa (Under Publisher‟s Review).
11. Adesina, O.C. Indians in Nigerian history, Economy and Society (Forthcoming)
Articles in Refereed Journals:
12. Adesina, O.C., “Ecological Deterioration and Conservation in the Third World” APRI: African Peace Research Institute
Publication, Lagos, Nigeria, Vol. IV. No 3, May/June, 1989, pp. 14-19.
13. Adesina, O.C “A Review of the Writings on the Economic
History of West Africa”, New African Historian, Vol. XII,
1990, pp. 39-46.
14. Adesina, O.C., A Review of “Critical Essays on African and Third World Economic Development”, Wilfred A. Ndongko
and Vivekananda, F.(eds) ODU: A Journal of West African Studies, No. 37, 1990, pp. 202-205.
15. Adesina, O.C., “Culture and Capital Formation: Conflict of
Tradition and Modernity in Southwestern Nigeria” Olota:
Journal of African Studies, Vol.1. No. 1 October, 1995, pp. 37-49.
16. Adesina, O.C., “The Colonial State‟s Wartime Emergency
Regulations and the Development of the Nigerian Entrepreneurial Class, 1939-45”. Ibadan Journal of
Humanistic Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan, No. 7, October, 1997, pp. 67-76.
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17. Olorunfemi, A. and Adesina, O.C., „Politics and Nigerian Agriculture in the First Decade of the “Oil Boom”: A
Preliminary Assessment”. The Nigerian Journal of Economic History, (The Nigerian Economic History Association, c/o
Department of History, University of Ibadan), 1998, No. 1, pp. 57-69.
18. Adesina, O.C., “Grassroots Banking in Nigeria and the Crises
of Confidence, 1977-1997”. Ife Journal of History Vol. 3. No. 1. June, 1999, pp. 30-41.
19. Adesina, O.C., “Oil, The Economy and The Nation”. Recall: A Chronicle of Nigerian Events, Ibadan, No. 1, Hope
Publications, January, 2000, pp. 69-80.
20. Adesina, O.C., “Hamdala: Strategic Response to Exchange Rate Dynamics in Contemporary Nigeria”. Humanities
Review Journal, Department of Dramatic Arts, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, December 2001, Vol. 1 No.2 pp. 23-30.
21. Olorunfemi A and Adesina, O.C., “Labour Unions and the
Decolonisation Process in Nigeria, 1940-1960”. Ilorin Journal of History, Vol. 1 No.1, January 2003, pp. 9-18.
22. Adesina, O.C., “Diamonds and Constitutional Disorder in
Sierra Leone”, The Nigerian Journal of Economic History, Nos. 5&6, 2003, pp.56-73.
23. Adesina, O.C., “Sub-ethnic Identities and the Crisis of Development in Contemporary Nigeria: Perspectives from
the Ife-Modakeke Conflict”, AAU: African Studies Review, Vol.3, June, 2004, pp. 1-22.
24. Adesina O.C., “Nigerian Political Leadership and
Yoruba/Hausa-Fulani Relations”, International Journal of Humanistic Studies, Vol.4, 2004, pp.17-33
25. Adesina, O.C., “Modern Agriculture in Nigeria: A Historical Exegesis”, Benin Journal of Historical Studies, Vol.4 Nos.1
and 2, 2002-2004, pp.59-80.
26. Adesina, O.C., “Adebisi Sanusi Giwa(?- 1938): The Life and Career of an Ibadan Entrepreneur and Community Leader”,
Lagos Notes and Records, A Journal of the Faculty of Arts, University of Lagos, Vol. XII, May, 2006, pp.28-42.
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27. Adesina, O.C., „Teaching History in Twentieth Century Nigeria: The Challenges of Change‟, History in Africa:
A Journal of Method, 33, 2006, pp.17-37.
28. Adesina, O.C., “Nigerian Cities” edited by Toyin Falola and Steven J. Salm, (Review), African Affairs¸ 105/421, 2006,
pp. 475-476.
29. Adesina O.C., “Friendship with the Dragon:” Mapping Contemporary China-Nigeria Relations in the Global Market Place‟, African Journal of Political Science (AJPS), Vol.12, No.
1., 2007.
30. Adesina, O.C. “Rethinking West African Economic Integration: Francophone Gendarmes and Nigeria‟s Cross-
Border Trade, International Journal of Humanistic Studies (University of Swaziland), Vol.6, 2007 (June), pp.38-51.
31. Adesina, O.C. “Nigeria: peu d‟action collective, beaucoup de
violence”, Alternatives Sud: Etat de resistance dans le Sud-
2009, Face a la crise alimentaire, Volume 15, 2008/4, pp. 59-64.
32. Adesina, O.C., “Globalization and the Unending Frontier”,
Journal of Global Initiatives: Policy, Pedagogy, Perspective, Vol.3, No.2, 2008, pp. 107-110. (And also the Guest Editor
for the Volume) 33. Adesina, O.C. “The Nationalist Class and the Politics of
Historical Production in Colonial and Post-Colonial Nigeria.” African Identities (Forthcoming)
Chapters in Books
34. Adesina, O.C., “Structural Adjustment Programmes in Sub-
Saharan Africa: From Acquiescence to Protest‟ in Albert, Isaac O., Adisa, Jimi, Agboola, T. and Herault, G., (eds) Urban Management and Urban Violence in Africa, Vol. 2:
Ibadan Institute for French Research in Africa, (IFRA), 1994, pp. 239-245.
35. Adesina, O.C., “The Politics of Economic Liberalisation and
the Electoral Process”, in Ogunba, Oyin, (ed) Governance and the Electoral Process: Nigeria and the United States of
America,: Lagos: University of Lagos Press for American Studies Association of Nigeria, 1997, pp.305-318
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36. Adesina, O.C., “The Debt Crisis and the National Question in Sub-Saharan Africa‟ in Oladipo, Olusegun (eds) Remaking
Africa: Challenges of the Twenty-First Century, Ibadan Hope Publications, 1998, pp. 69-93.
37. Adesina, O.C and A. Olorunfemi, „The Economy of Western
Nigeria, 1900-1980‟, in Biodun Adediran and Deji Ogunremi(eds): Culture and Society in Yorubaland.
Ibadan:Rex Charles Publishers in association with Connel Publications, 1998, pp.127-138.
Northwestern Nigeria”, in John Middleton (ed) Encyclopedia of sub-Saharan Africa, New York: Charles Scribner‟s Sons.
1998. 39. Adesina, O.C., “Revenue Allocation Commissions and the
Contradictions in Nigeria‟s Federalism” in Amuwo, Kunle, Agbaje, Adigun, Suberu, Rotimi and Herault, Georges (eds),
Federalism and Political Restructuring in Nigeria: Ibadan Spectrum/IFRA Publication, 1998, pp. 232-246.
40. Adesina, O.C., “The Underground Foreign Exchange Market
in Ibadan During Devaluation” in Guyer, Jane, Denzer, LaRay and Agbaje, Adigun (eds), Money Struggles and City Life: Devaluation in Ibadan and Other Urban Centres in
Southern Nigeria, 1986-96: Portsmouth, NH, Heinemann, 2002, pp. 77-91.
and Sustainable Democracy in the United States and Nigeria”, in Amali, S.O.O, Owens-Ibie, Noma, Ogunleye
Foluke, Uji, Charles, Adesina, Olutayo (eds.), Consolidation and Sustenance of Democracy: The United States of America and Nigeria: Ibadan Hope Publications for American Studies
Association of Nigeria, 2002, pp.94-102
42. Adesina, O.C., “Ethnic Profiling and Yoruba Irredentism: A Political Economy”, in Carabine, Deirdre and Ssemusu,
Lawrence L. (eds), Ethnicity in an Age of Globalization: Kampala, Uganda Martyrs University Press, 2002, pp. 70-83.
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43. Contributing Scholar, Encyclopedia of African History, Kevin Shillington (ed), New York: Fitzroy
Dearborn, 2005: (a) “Benin, Republic of (Dahomey): Democratization,
National Conference and, 1990s”, pp.142-143. (b) “Benin, Republic of (Dahomey): Kerekou, Mathieu”
44. Adesina, O. C., “KENYA: Overview of major elements of long-distance trade involving the area of present-
day Kenya from 1450 to the present” in John J. McCusker(ed), History of World Trade Since 1450,
Michigan, Macmillan Reference, USA, The Gale Group, 2006, PP.437-438.
45. Adesina, O.C “Sharpeville Massacre Focuses Global Awareness on Apartheid”, in Robert F. Gorman (ed), Great
Events from History: The 20th Century, 1941-1970, California, Salem Press, 2006, pp.2034-2036.
46. Adesina, O.C., “Guinea Gains Independence from France”, in
Robert F. Gorman (ed), Great Events from History: The 20th Century, 1941-1970, California, Salem Press, 2006, pp.1859-1860.
47. Adesina, O.C. “Jean-Bedel Bokassa”, in Carl L. Blankson
III(ed), Great Lives from History: Notorious Lives, California, Salem
Press, 2007, pp113-114.
48. Adesina, O.C., “Mobutu Sese Seko”, in Carl L. Blankson III(ed), Great Lives from History: Notorious Lives, California, Salem Press, 2007, pp740-741.
49. Adesina, O.C., “Winnie Mandela”, in Carl L. Blankson III(ed),
Great Lives from History: Notorious Lives, California, Salem Press, 2007, pp. 686-688.
50. Adesina, O.C., “Islam, Violence and the Politics of
Stereotypes: A Critical Discourse”, in Afis Oladosu, (ed) Islam in Contemporary Africa. On Violence, Terrorism and
51. Adesina, O.C., “Kimathi, Dedan, 1920-1957”, in William A.
Darity (ed), International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, Detroit: Macmillan Reference, USA, 2008, p.266.
52. Adesina, O.C. “The Indigene-Settler Question in the
Federation of Nigeria”, in Dele Layiwola, Olawale Albert and Bernard Muller (eds), The contexts of Non-Linear History: Essays in Honour of Tekena Tamuno, Ibadan,Sefer, 2008,
pp.356-377.
53. Adesina, O.C. “Oral History and Historiography in U.I”, in Femi Osofisan, Bode Lucas and Michael Aken‟Ova, University
of Ibadan: Sixty Landmarks, (Ibadan, Postgraduate School, 2008, pp. 57-60
54. Adesina, O.C. “Professor Jacob Festus Ade-Ajayi and the
Ibadan School of History”, in Femi Osofisan, Bode Lucas and
Michael Aken‟Ova, University of Ibadan: Sixty Landmarks, (Ibadan, Postgraduate School, 2008), pp.139-142.
55. Adesina, O.C. “Professor Tekena N. Tamuno”, in Femi
Osofisan, Bode Lucas and Michael Aken‟Ova, University of Ibadan: Sixty Landmarks, (Ibadan, Postgraduate School,
2008), pp.187-189. 56. Adesina, O.C. “Why do they Hate us so Much?” Of
Gendarmes, Economic Integration and the Civil Society”, in Adekunle Amuwo, Hippolyt Pul and Irene O. Adadevoh, Civil
Society, Governance and Regional Integration in Africa, Nairobi, Development Policy Management Forum (DPMF),
2009, pp.127-138.
57. Adesina, O.C. “Overseas Development and Integration in West Africa: the Nigerian Experience.” In Yomi Akinyeye (ed), Nation-States and the Challenges of Regional
Integration in West Africa: the case of Nigeria, Paris, Editions Karthala, 2010, pp. 229-244.
58. Adesina, O.C. “Baule” pp:140-143
“Herbert Macaulay”pp: 83-85 “Shango” pp: 332-334
In F. Abiola Irele and Biodun Jeyifo (eds), The Oxford Encyclopedia of African Thought, Vols. 1 &2, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2010.
Rereading Globalization in Contemporary Nigeria.” In Boike Rehbein, Globalization and Inequality in Emerging Societies,
(Hammond, U.K., Palgrave Publishers), 2011, pp. 136-147.
Articles That Have Already Appeared In Conference Proceedings and Occasional Publications:
60. Adesina, O. C. „From Structural Adjustment to the
Adjustment of Structures: The New Nigerian Houses‟, in
Bayo Amole (ed) The House in Nigeria: History, Environment, Place and Development. Proceedings of a
National Symposium on the House in Nigeria. Ile-Ife, Department of Architecture, Obafemi Awolowo University,
2007, pp. 67-70.
61. Adesina, O.C. „The “Sabo Corridor” and the Underground Foreign Exchange Market in Ibadan‟. Occasional Publication, No. 98-01, Center for International Studies, University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1998, 14pp.
62. Adesina, O.C. „The Culture of Entrepreneurship, Cross-Cultural Visions, and the Construction of the African-
American Standards of Inheritance‟, Working Paper No. 98-18, Charles Warren Center, Harvard University, USA, 1998,
19pp. 63. Adesina, O.C. „From “Aginju” to Forest Reserves: Crisis and
Conflict in Forestry Legislations in Colonial Southwestern Nigeria‟, The International Conference on “The Forest and
Environmental History of The “British Empire And Commonwealth”, University of Sussex, U.K, 2003, 16pp.
Chapters in Books already accepted For Publication:
64. Adesina, O.C. “Faith, Spiritualism and Materialism:
Understanding the Interfaces of Religion and Economy in Nigeria.” In Afe Adogame, Ezra Chitando & Bolaji Bateye
(eds) African Traditions in the Study of Religion in Africa. Festschrift in Honor of Prof. J.K. Olupona.(U.K: Ashgate)
(Forthcoming).
65. Adesina, O.C. “Feeding the Millions: Africa‟s Food Security.” In R.A. Olaniyan (ed), Contemporary Issues in Africa. (Forthcoming).
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66. Adesina, O.C. “Between Colonialism and Cultural
Authenticity: Isaac Ladipo Oluwole, Oladele Adebayo Ajose, Public Health Services in Nigeria, and the Glasgow
Connection.” in Afe Adogame and Andrew Lawrence (eds) Africa in Scotland, Scotland in Africa (Brill: Forthcoming).
67. Adesina, O.C. “Lord Frederick Lugard and the Politics of
Amalgamation” in Danmole H.O. (ed) Building a Nation: Politics, Religion and Culture in Modern Nigeria, (Forthcoming).
Professional Accomplishments and Assignments:
Convenor, Interactive Seminar/Workshop On Contemporary American Society And Culture, Sponsored By The United States
Information Service (USIS), at the Faculty Of Arts, University of Ibadan, 15 July 1998.
Columnist, National Concord Newspaper, (Lagos), “Diary of a Don”, (1995 - 2000).
Research Associate, African Peace Research Institute,
Lagos, 1989.
Research Associate, Development Policy Centre, Ibadan, 1997-1998 (Attached To Prof Akin Mabogunje), 1997-1998: Documentary Analysis. Social and Economic Issues in the CMS
Records.
Part-Time Lecturer, Faculty of Management Studies, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) (Masters of
Technology in Transport Management Programme), Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria, July 2000 – 2004: Course
Taught: MTM 702: History of Transport.
Member, Editorial Board, The Comet Newspapers, Lagos,
June 2000 - 2006.
Deputy Coordinator of Training Programmes, The Centre For Peace And Conflict Studies, University Of Ibadan.
Member, Department of History Staff / Student Liaison
Committee, 1994.
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Departmental Representative on the Faculty Staff / Student Liaison Committee, 1994.
Member, Faculty of Arts Consultancy Committee, 1994.
Member, Department of History Strategic Planning
Committee, 1995/96.
Departmental Representative on Faculty Room Allocation Committee, 1995 - 1999.
Departmental Representative on the Board of the Faculty of Education, 1995 - 2001.
Faculty Representative on the Board of Art Studies, 1996-
External Examiner, Department of History and International Relations, College of Humanities, Redeemer‟s University
(RUN), Mowe, Ogun State, Nigeria, 2010- Present.
Co-convenor: Joint International Conference on Globalization: Migration, Citizenship and Identity. University of Ibadan/Kennesaw
State University, Georgia, USA. University of Ibadan, November 6-9, 2007.
Co-convenor: Faculty of Arts Conference on „The Humanities and Social Transformation in Africa‟, University of Ibadan, Nigeria,
October 14-16, 2008.
Convenor, 1st Faculty of Arts Biennial International Conference on “African Culture in the Making of the Modern World.” Faculty of Arts,
University of Ibadan, Nigeria. 2011.
Major Conferences Attended with Papers Read: National Symposium On The House In Nigeria Held At The
Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, 23-24 July 1997, Paper Read: From Structural Adjustment To The Adjustment Of
Structures: The New Nigerian Houses.
Conference on The Impact Of Migration On Urban Life In Developed And Developing Countries, Center For
International Studies, University Of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1-2 May 1998: Paper Read: The “Sabo Corridor” And The Underground Foreign Exchange Market In Ibadan, Nigeria.
International Seminar On The History Of The Atlantic
World, 1500-1800. Charles Warren Center For Studies In American History, Harvard University, Cambridge,
Massachusetts, USA. 10-21 August 1998: Paper Read: The Culture of Entrepreneurship, Cross-Cultural Visions And The
Construction Of The African-American Standards of Inheritance..
The 6th Annual Conference Of The American Studies Association Of Nigeria On The Empowerment Of The Civil
Society: Nigeria And The United States Of America, Held At Whispering Palms, Badagry, Lagos State, 21-24
September, 1999. Paper Read: The “First Lady” in American and Nigerian History: A Review and a Critique.
The Department Of Linguistics And African Languages, University of Ibadan International Seminar In Honour of Prof.
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Olatunde O. Olatunji, 5-6 July 2000. Paper Read: The Yoruba Foreign Exchange Dealers of Sabo, Ibadan: The Anatomy of
an Infestation”.
The 45th Congress of The Historical Society of Nigeria, 13-15 November 2000, University Of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria.
Paper Read: "Conjugal Dictatorships And The Political Economy Of Women Activism In Post-Independence Nigeria".
The Conference on Security, Segregation And Social Networks In West African Cities, 19th - 20th Centuries organised By The
French Institute For Research In Africa (Ifra) In Collaboration With Institute Of African Studies, University of Ibadan,
Nigeria, 29th - 31st October, 2001.Paper Read: “Hamdala": Self-Invention, Social Ratification And Spatial Relations In An
Underground Foreign Exchange Market In Nigeria".
The 7th Annual Conference Of The American Studies Association Of Nigeria On Institutional Models For The Consolidation Of Sustainable Democracy: Nigerian And
The U.S, Held At Precious Palm Royal Hotel, Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria, 2001. Paper Read: “Central Banking, Economic
Empowerment And Sustainable Democracy In Nigeria And The U.S.”
The Conference On Ethnicity In An Age of Globalization,
Uganda Martyrs University, Nkozi, Kampala, Uganda, 3-6 September 2001. Paper Read: "Ethnic Profiling and Yoruba Irredentism: A Political Economy".
Conference On European Traditions Of The Study Of Religion
In Africa At The University Of Bayreuth, Germany, 4-7 October 2001. Paper Read: "Historical Approaches of
European Traditions To The Study of Religions In Africa".
Participant At The American Studies Association Annual Meeting On "Multiple Publics/Civic Voices", Washington D.C., 8-11 November 2001.
The APAD-ASC Conference On The Governance Of Daily Life
In Africa, African Studies Center, Leiden, The Netherlands, 22-25 May 2002. Paper Read: "Federal Property": Inter-Ethnic
and Intra-Ethnic Conflicts, Politics, and The Subversion of The Public Trough In Nigeria".
The Programme Of Ethnic And Federal Studies (PEFS), University Of Ibadan, 4 May 2002.Paper Read: "Mutual
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Commitment Or Collective Compulsion? The Negotiation of Identity In Nigerian Politics And Economy Since 1954".
Princeton University, New Jersey, U.S.A, 3 December 2002. Paper Read: "The Politics Of Oil In Nigeria And The Rise And
Fall Of The Niger Delta, 1958-2000".
The Indaba Breakfast Seminar Of The African Studies Program, Princeton University, New Jersey, 4 December 2002. Paper Read: "Globalisation and Contemporary Africa: Political
Questions, Religious Identities and Economic Prospects".
The University Seminar, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, U.S.A, 26 November 2002. Paper Read:"History,
Historians, Contemporary Africa, and the Challenges of The Twenty-First Century".
International Conference on The state of the Art (s), University of Cape Coast, Ghana, 7-11 May, 2002. Paper Read: " Historical
Inquiry and Cross-Cultural Methodology: Nigerian Perceptions of the United States".
The Roundtable of the 2002 Annual meeting of the American
Studies Association with the theme "The Local and the Global", at the Westin Galleria and Oaks, Houston, Texas, 14-17 November,
2002. Paper Read: "American Studies in a Hostile World: U.S Culture and Global Politics after September 11th": Reconstruction of Nigerian Parameters”.
International Conference on the Forest on the Forest and
Environmental History of the British Empire and Commonwealth, University of Sussex, U.K, 19-21 March, 2003. Paper Read: “From
Aginju to “Forest Reserves”: Crisis and Conflict in Forestry Legislations in Colonial Southwestern Nigeria.
The University of Cambridge, Centre of African Studies Visiting Fellowships Workshop on Gender, Resource Rights and
Development in Africa, 5 March, 2005. Paper Read: “Loss and Recovery: Gas Flaring, Manioc Production and Women‟s Activism in
the Niger Delta.”
Special African Studies Conference, Antonian Conference (Gaudy), St. Antony‟s College, Oxford University, U.K, 27-29 June, 2005.
Paper Read: “The Challenges of Teaching History in Twentieth Century Nigeria: A Retrospective Analysis.” (Higher Education in Africa Session, 27 June 2005).
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The Joint Conference on Civil Society, Governance and Regional
Integration in Africa, 17-19 May 2006, UNCC, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Paper Read: “Why do they hate us so much? Of
Gendarmes, Economic Integration and the Civil Society.”
Conference on Asian Minorities in Africa, the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, May 13, 2008. Paper Read: Indian Entrepreneurship
and anti-Indian rhetoric in Nigeria. The Swiss & German International Conference on African Studies,
Basel, Switzerland and Freiburg, Germany (joint conference of the VAD and SGAS “Frontiers and Passages‟), 14-17 May, 2008. Paper
Read: Crime, Perceptions and Punishments: An Examination of Indian Entrepreneurship and anti-Indian Rhetoric in the Age of
Liberal Democracy in Nigeria.
Faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan, Conference on „The Humanities and Social Transformation in Africa, October 14-16, 2008. Paper Read: History and the Democratization of Scholarship
in the Twenty-First Century.‟
The University of Edinburgh, U.K, Centre of African Studies (CAS) Conference on „Africa in Scotland, Scotland in Africa,‟ April 28-May
1, 2009. Paper Read: The Roots of Public Health Services in Nigeria: Isaac Ladipo Oluwole, Oladele Adebayo Ajose and the Glasgow
Connection. Ife International Film Festival, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife,
Nigeria, January 26-30, 2009. Paper Read: The Gods Must be Crazy and Surrealist Historiography.”
The Joint Seminar of the Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of advanced
Studies and the UGC Academic Staff College, Jawarhalal Nehru University, Conference Hall, UGC Academic Staff College, Jawaharlal
Nehru University, New Delhi, India, 28 July, 2009. Paper Read: “How Economists Underdeveloped the Third World.”
The Ninth National Conference of the School of Languages, Federal College of Education, Osiele, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria, 3rd-7th
August, 2009. Lead Paper Presenter- Title of Paper: Language, Literature and Linguistics and the Creation of a „Nigerian Grand
Strategy.‟
Keynote Speaker at the founding conference of the African Network in Global History, University of Ilorin, Nigeria, 9-11 December,
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2009. Paper Read: The Dilemmas of the African Diaspora in the Global Age.
Weatherhead Centre for International affairs, Harvard University
and the Ghana Academy of arts and Sciences (GAAS) International Conference on “Understanding African Poverty in the Longue
Duree,” July 15-17, 2010. Paper Read: “The World the Economists Made: A Historical Analysis of Economic Policies and the Crisis of
Adaptation in Anglophone West Africa.” The Global Conference of Black Nationalities on “The Black Race:
The Past, Present and Future of a Rich Heritage,” at the Centre for Black Culture and International Understanding, Osogbo, Osun State,
Nigeria, 23rd -27th August, 2010. Paper Read: “In the Shadow of Slavery: Interrogating the Slavery Blame-Game and International
Understanding in a Global Age.”
“New Directions in the Humanities” Workshop of the African Humanities Programme of the American Council of Learned Societies(ACLS), Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, September
21-23, 2010. Paper Read: “The Nationalist Class and the Politics of Historical Production in Colonial and Post-Colonial Nigeria.”
A Summit on „Security and Risk Management: i. On Land ii. In the
Air, iii. At Sea‟, organised by Professionals and the Organised Private Sector. January 27, 2011. Paper Read (on behalf of Prof.
J.K. Olupona, Professor of African Religious Traditions, Harvard Diviny School, Harvard University, U.S.A.): Religion and National Security in Nigeria: Challenges and Prospects for Change.
A Roundtable on “Nigeria‟s Security Crises and the Challenges of
2011 Elections” at the Osun State University, Ikire Campus, Osun State, January 31, 2011. Paper Read: Nigeria‟s Security Crises and
the Challenges of 2011 Elections: A Commentary.”
World Summit of Mayors International Conference, Osogbo, Osun State, February 25- March 2, 2011.Paper Read: Transnational Land Acquisitions: Re-defining the Boundaries of Agriculture and Human
Relations in the Twenty-First Century.
Department of History, University of Ibadan Seminar Presentation, March 31, 2011: Paper Read: Transnational Land Acquisitions and
the Remaking of the Agrarian Land Question in sub-Saharan Africa: A Critique.
