O. C. Adesina

Olutayo Charles Adesina is a professor of history at the University of Ibadan.[1][2] His research interests are in the fields of economic history of West Africa, history of development, and Nigerian history. Adesina is a Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Letters. He has at different times served as the Head of the History Department at the University of Ibadan.[3]

Education and career

Adesina was educated at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU, formerly University of lfe), where he earned his bachelors (in 1985), masters (in 1989), and his doctorate degrees (in 1994) all in history. From 1989 through 1991, Adesina was engaged as a Teaching assistant at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife (1989–91), and a Lecturer Grade III at the Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo, Nigeria from 1991 to 1993. He joined the faculty of the Department of History, University of Ibadan in 1993, rising to the rank of full professor in 2007.[4] Over time, Adesina has served as the departmental head three times (2001–2003, 2006–2008 and 2019–2021), and as the Director of the university's Centre for General Studies.

In 1994, Adesina was a Grantee of the United States Information Agency at the Boston College, Massachusetts. He has also received several distinguished visiting fellowship awards, including the Fellowship of Salzburg Seminar, Austria (2001); Fellow of the Atlantic History, Charles Warren Center, Harvard University (1998); the African Visiting Fellow, Rhodes Chair of Race Relations, St Antony's College, Oxford (2004/2005); and, Fellow of the Institute of Advanced Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (2009).[5]

In 2004 and 2014, Adesina was a visiting professor at Kennesaw State University, Georgia, US. In October 2019, he was the Distinguished Visiting Guest Lecturer at the Centre for African Studies, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China.[6]

Adesina is a current Editor of Africa Review.[7] In May 2017, Adesina was elected as president of the Society of Nigerian Archivists, taking over from Gabriel Alegbeleye.[8] In 2018, he was inducted as a Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Letters.[9][10]

Selected publications

  • Adesina, Olutayo Charles, ed. Nigeria in the Twentieth Century: History, Governance and Society. Connel Publications, 2017.
  • Adesina, Olutayo Charles. "Soccer Victory Authorized by the Gods: Prophecy, Popular Memory and the Peculiarities of Place." In Global Perspectives on Sports and Christianity, pp. 80–95. Routledge, 2017.[11]
  • Adesina, Olutayo C. "A Terrain … Angels Would Fear to Tread": Biographies and History in Nigeria", Southern Journal of Contemporary History 45, no. 1, (2020): 6–29.[12]
  • Adesina, Olutayo C. "Teaching History in Twentieth Century Nigeria: The Challenges of Change." History in Africa 33 (2006): 17–37.[13]
  • Adesina, Olutayo C. "Globalization and the Unending Frontier: An Overview." Journal of Global Initiatives: Policy, Pedagogy, Perspective 3, no. 2 (2010): 107–110.
  • Adesina, Olutayo C. "Nigerian Political Leadership and Yoruba-Hausa/Fulani Relations: A Historical Synthesis." International Journal of Humanistic Studies 4 (2005): 17–33.
  • Adebayo, Akanmu G.; Adesina, Olutayo C. (eds.), Globalization and Transnational Migrations: Africa and Africans in the Contemporary Global System, Cambridge Scholars Publishing.[14]

References

  1. ^ "Faculty of Arts | ADESINA C. OLUTAYO". www.facultyofartsui.org. Retrieved 2023-07-03.
  2. ^ Olaniyi, Olufemi (2021-07-07). "UI don, Ibadan chief seek end to Nigeria's quota system". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 2023-07-03.
  3. ^ "Professor Olutayo Charles Adesina – WATJCentre". Retrieved 2023-07-03.
  4. ^ Admin (2016-08-22). "ADESINA, Dr. Olutayo Charles". Biographical Legacy and Research Foundation. Retrieved 2023-07-03.
  5. ^ UCL (2021-11-16). "Project Team (Nigeria)". History. Retrieved 2023-07-03.
  6. ^ "Prof. Olutayo Adesina – Ife Institute of Advanced Studies". Retrieved 2023-07-03.
  7. ^ "Africa Review". Brill. Retrieved 2023-07-03.
  8. ^ "Adesina Emerges President Society Nigerian Archivist". The Nation. May 19, 2017.
  9. ^ "Olutayo Charles Adesina". Nigerian Academy of Letters. Retrieved 2023-07-03.
  10. ^ "Address by the Vice Chancellor on 13 November, 2018 | University of Ibadan". ui.edu.ng. Retrieved 2023-07-03.
  11. ^ Adesina, Olutayo Charles (2017-11-27), "Soccer victory authorized by the gods", Global Perspectives on Sports and Christianity, Routledge, pp. 80–95, doi:10.4324/9781315738352-6, ISBN 9781315738352, retrieved 2023-07-03
  12. ^ Adesina, Olutayo C. (2020-07-14). ""A Terrain…Angels Would Fear to Tread": Biographies and History in Nigeria". Journal for Contemporary History. 45 (1). doi:10.18820/24150509/sjch45.v1.2. ISSN 0258-2422. S2CID 225643431.
  13. ^ Adesina, Olutayo C. (2006). "Teaching History in Twentieth Century Nigeria: The Challenges of Change". History in Africa. 33: 17–37. doi:10.1353/hia.2006.0002. ISSN 0361-5413. S2CID 161497947.
  14. ^ Adebayo, Akanmu G.; Adesina, Olutayo C., eds. (2009-03-26). Globalization and Transnational Migrations: Africa and Africans in the Contemporary Global System. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4438-0804-0.