CURRICULUM VITAE

OLUTAYO CHARLES ADESINA, PH.D., FNAL

PROFESSOR OF HISTORY,

DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY, FACULTY OF ARTS

UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN, NIGERIA

Email: oc.adesina@ui.edu.ng

Alt. Email: olutayo27@gmail.com

Tel: +234-8023151255

http://arts.ui.edu.ng/OCAdesina

1. Name in Full:

Professor Olutayo Charles Adesina, FNAL

2. Contact Address:

Department of History, Faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan,

Oyo State, Nigeria.

3. Educational Qualifications (with Dates):

Ph.D. History, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, February 1994

M.A. History, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, 1989

B.A. History, University of Ife, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, 1985

4. Professional Qualifications (with Dates):

Certificate of Completion, Institute in Law and American History, United States

Information Agency/Boston College, Massachusetts, U.S.A, 1994.

5. Membership of Professional Bodies, Honours and Distinctions:

1. International Visiting Fellow, United States Information Agency/Boston College,

Massachusetts, U.S.A, 1994.

2. Fellow, Atlantic History Seminar, Harvard University, Cambridge,

Massachusetts, U.S.A. Charles Warren Center, Harvard University, Cambridge,

Massachusetts, U.S.A. (International Seminar on the History of the Atlantic World),

1998.

3. Fellow, Salzburg Seminar, Austria (Ethnicity, Race, Religion and American

Identity), 2001.

4. Member Advisory Board, Comparative American Studies. An International

Journal, London, Sage Publications.

5. Member, International Committee, American Studies Association, Washington

D.C. 2001-2004.

6. Fellow, Rhodes Chair of Race Relations, St. Antony’s College, Oxford

University, United Kingdom, 2004-2005.

7. Senior Associate Member (SAM) of St. Antony’s College, 1 October 2004 – 30

September 2005.

8. Member, American Studies Association of Nigeria, 1989- Present

9. Member, Historical Society of Nigeria

10. Member, Economic History Association of Nigeria

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11. Member, African Studies Association, U.S.A. 2002- Present

12. Member, Peace and Conflict Studies Group, University of Ibadan (Associate

Lecturer and Deputy Coordinator of Training Programmes, The Centre for Peace

and Conflict Studies (CEPACS), 2001 – 2013.

13. Member, Environmental Protection Society of Nigeria.

14. Postgraduate Fellowship Award, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, 1990-

1991.

15. Member, The Global –Africa Development Network, 2009-Present

16. Member, Network of Nigerian Historians (NNH), 2010-Present

17. Keynote Speaker, International Conference on Indigenous Conflict Management

strategies, Kennesaw State University, USA. April 20-21, 2012. Paper Read:

Conflicts in Africa: Negotiating Space for Indigenous Conflict Management

Strategies in the Contemporary Age.

18. Member, African Studies Association of the U.K. January 2012 - Present.

19. Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Wilberforce Island Historical Review, Niger

Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa State, Nigeria, 2012 –

20. Member, Editorial Advisory Board, IFRA Journal, 2013-

21. Member, African Studies Association of Africa, (ASAA), 2013 –

22. Member, African Economic History Network (AEHN), Sweden, 2013-

23. Member, Nigerian Academy of Letters (NAL), 2013-

24. Member, Editorial Advisory Board, African Journal of Humanities and Society,

University of Buea, Cameroon, 2013- Present.

25. Member, Advisory Board, Humanities Review Journal, Obafemi Awolowo

University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, 2001- Present.

26. Member, Advisory Board, Comparative American Studies: An International

Journal, Leeds, United Kingdom, 2003-Present.

27. Member, History Editorial Advisory Board, Cambridge Scholars Publishing,

Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, 2017 – Present

28. Member, Advisory Board, Asian Review of Humanities, Jawaharlal Nehru

University, India. 2018-

29. Chairman, Committee on Compendium of Societal Impact of University of

Ibadan at 70, 2018.

30. Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Intersections, Journal of the Department of

History and International Studies, College of Humanities and Culture, Ikire

Campus, Osun State University, Osogbo, Nigeria.

31. Coordinator, Committee on the Compendium on University of Ibadan Women

Achievers, 1948-2018,’ December 2018 – Present.

Other Appointments and Distinctions:

Research Associate, Development Policy Centre, Ibadan, Nigeria (Under the direct

supervision of Prof. A.L. Mabogunje), 1997-1999.

Editor, The Nigerian Journal of Economic History (A publication of the Economic

History Association of Nigeria), 1998-2006.

Member, Popular Economy and Social Life Study Group, University of Ibadan,

1998-2002.

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Business Manager, Historical Society of Nigeria (HSN), 1999-2005.

Facilitator, Department of History, University of Ibadan Distinguished Alumni

Lecture Series, 2001-2003.

Facilitator, University of Ibadan/Kennesaw State University (U.S.A) Links

Programme, 2004.

Member, Popular forms of Accountability Study Group, University of Ibadan, 2004-

2008.

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.

Co-convener: 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-convener: Faculty of Arts Conference on ‘The Humanities and Social

Transformation in Africa’, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, October 14-16, 2008.

Guest Editor, Journal of Global Initiatives (Special Edition on Globalization and the

Unending Frontier, Vol.3 No.2, 2008), Institute for Global Initiatives, Kennesaw

State University, Georgia, U.S.A.

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.

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, 2008-2009.

Resource Person/International Panel of Scholars, African Humanities Programme of

the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), 2008-Present.

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.

Resource person, Committee of Experts in setting up the new Faculty of Arts,

Bowen University, Iwo, Osun State, Nigeria, 2009-2011.

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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).

Visiting Professor, Department of History and Philosophy, Kennesaw State

University, Georgia, United States (January 1, 2013- July 31, 2013).

Member, Scientific Committee, Journal of Nigeria Studies: Institut Francais de

Recherche en Afrique (IFRA)- Nigeria Journal of Social Sciences, Humanities, and

Peace Studies (May 2013 to Present).

Convener, “From Marketing Boards to Fair Trade: The African Produce Trade”: A

Conference in Honour of Prof. Akin Olorunfemi (retired Professor of Economic

History, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria), August 27-29, 2013.

Secretary, Nigerian Academy of Letters (The Apex Academy of Scholars in the

Humanities in Nigeria), August 2014 - August 9, 2018.

Public Analyst, Radio Nigeria (Premier FM 93.5 Ibadan Zonal Station) Guest on the

programme, “Mementos”: ‘The role of the Nigerian Union of Road Transport

Workers (NURTW) in the election process.’ March 3, 2015.

Director, Centre for General Studies, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, October 2015-

September 2018.

Panel Chair, Session 3: Approaches to Researching the Humanities at the 2nd

International Research Conference on Promoting Humanities Research for

Development in Africa, College of Humanities, University of Ghana, Legon.

Wednesday June 15, 2016

Convener, ‘Africa Since Independence: Promise, Pugnacity, and Failure in the Post-

Colonial Contexts. An International Conference in Honour of Prof. Akanmu G.

Adebayo’, August 3-5, 2016.

Member, National Universities Commission (NUC) Ad-Hoc Accreditation Panel to

Evaluate History Programmes in Nigerian Universities, 2016-Present.

Member, JAMB Equal Opportunity Group (JEOG) for the Unified Tertiary

Matriculation Examination (UTME) of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation

Board, 2017- Present.

Co-convener, Centre for General Studies (CGS)/Office of International Programmes

(OIP) International Conference on Tax Havens and the Developing World: The

Global Dimension, Wednesday, August 2 – Friday, August 4, 2017.

Director of Residency, African Humanities Program/ American Council of Learned

Societies (U.S.A), University of Ibadan, Nigeria, 2017- 2018.

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Chairman, Organising Committee, Abuja 2017 Convention of the Society of

Nigerian Archivists (SNA) on The Role of Records & Archives in Good

Governance. May 18, 2017.

President, Society of Nigerian Archivists (SNA), 2017-2019.

Co-coordinator, Ife Summer Institute, Institute of Advanced Studies Programme,

Fellow, Nigerian Academy of Letters (FNAL), August 9th, 2018

Co-Convener, The Alaafin in Yoruba History, Culture, and Political Power

Relations: An International Conference, October 8-11, 2018.

Editor, Africa Review, Routledge, London, U.K. September 2018 -

Head, Department of History, University of Ibadan, January 2019 –

Moderator, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, February 2019.

Previous Research Grants:

Senate Research Grant, University of Ibadan, 2000.

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’, 2005.

CODESRIA Textbook Grant Award (Project Title: The Companion to Development

Studies: Concepts and Realities in the Third World), 2007.

American Council of Learned Societies, African Humanities Program, (AHP)

Advisers’ Travel Grant for Mentoring, University of Ghana, Legon, October 24-27,

2013.

American Council of Learned Societies, African Humanities Program, (AHP)

Advisers’ Travel Grant for Mentoring, University of Ghana, Legon, June 15-17,

2016.

American Council of Learned Societies, African Humanities Program, (AHP)

Advisers’ Travel Grant for Mentoring, University of Ghana, Legon, June 25- 30,

2017.

6. Statement of Work Experience (including full details of former and present

positions):

Current and Previous Positions:

Director, Centre for General Studies, University of Ibadan, 2015-2018.

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Member, Department of European Studies Appointments and Promotions Panel,

University of Ibadan, 2016.

Member, Department of Classics Appointments and Promotions Panel, University

of Ibadan, 2016-2018.

Visiting Professor of History, Department of History and Philosophy, Kennesaw

State University, Georgia, U.S.A, January – July, 2013.

Professor of History, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, 2007 – Present.

Reader (Associate Professor), Department of History, University of Ibadan, Nigeria,

2004-2007.

Fellow, Institute of Advanced Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi,

India, 2009.

Visiting Professor of History & Head, Department of History and International

Studies, Osun State University, Osogbo (Ikire Campus), Osun State, Nigeria, 2008-

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Ag. Head, Department of History, University of Ibadan, 2006-2008.

Visiting Senior Lecturer, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, 2005-2006.

Senior Lecturer in History, University of Ibadan, 2001-2004.

African Visiting Fellow, Rhodes Chair of Race Relations, St. Antony’s College,

Oxford, U.K., 2004-2005.

Senior Associate Member (SAM), St. Antony’s College, Oxford, U.K., 2004-2005.

Visiting Professor of History, Kennesaw State Univ., Georgia, U.S.A., 2003.

Ag. Head, Department of History, University of Ibadan, 2001-2003.

Sub-Dean, Faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan, 1998-2000.

7. Fields of Specialisation/ Areas of Research Competence:

1. Nigerian history (economic, social and political).

2. Economic and Social history of West Africa.

2. History of sub-Saharan Africa

3. History of Development

4. African history (general)

5. Race Relations

6. Historiography

7. Regional Integration

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8. Teaching Experience:

(a) Courses Taught at the Undergraduate Level Since 1993:

HIS 401: Historiography in Africa

HIS 403: Development: Concepts and Realities in the Third World.

HIS 408: Problems of Nation-Building in Independent African States.

HIS 301: Introduction to Historiography

HIS 311: USA Since 1865.

HIS 303: African Political Ideas

HIS 304: Nigerian History Up to 1800

HIS 306: Economic History of West Africa Since 1800.

HIS 310: Colonial Rule and Independence Movements in Africa

HIS 202: Africa Since 1914

HIS 203: West Africa, 1500-1800

HIS 211: The African in Diaspora

HIS 212: USA: From Colony to Nationhood.

HIS 201: African Response to European Invasion.

HIS 101: African Civilizations to 1500

HIS 102: African States and Societies, 1500-1800

HIS 105: Topics in World History.

HIST 3391: History of West Africa (Kennesaw State University, USA).

HIST 3393: Emerging Themes in African History (Kennesaw State University,

USA).

(b) Postgraduate Teaching Since 1995:

HIS 721: The Industrial Process and Economy of Colonial West Africa, 1885-1960.

HIS 733: Economic Cooperation in West Africa since 1958.

HRS 706: Host/Refugee Relations in Comparative Perspective (M.Sc. in

Humanitarian and Refugees Studies Programme of the University of Ibadan).

MSS 702: Contemporary Strategic Thinking (Master in Strategic Studies

programme, Institute for Peace and Strategic Studies, University of Ibadan).

9. PUBLICATIONS

Dissertation and Thesis:

M.A. Dissertation: “A Historical Evaluation of the Western Nigerian Government

Agricultural Policy, 1951-1966”, Department of History, Obafemi Awolowo

University, Ile-Ife, 1989.

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:

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Adesina, O.C., Gideon Isaac Oladipo Olajide: The Making of the People’s Bishop,

Ijebu-Ode: VICOO International Press, 2000, 170pp.

Amali, S.O.O, Owens-Ibie, Noma, Foluke Ogunleye, Adesina, Olutayo Charles and

Uji, Charles (eds), Religion in the United States of America, Ibadan: Hope

Publications for American Studies Association of Nigeria (ASAN), 2002, 239pp.

Amali, S.O.O, Owens-Ibie, Noma, Foluke Ogunleye, Charles Uji, and Adesina,

Olutayo Charles, (eds) Consolidation and Sustenance of Democracy: The United

States of America and Nigeria, Ibadan: Hope Publications for American Studies

Association of Nigeria, 2002, 320pp.

Ogunremi Deji and Adesina, Olutayo C. The Cathedral Church of Saint David,

Kudeti, Ibadan, Ibadan: The Diocese of Ibadan South (Anglican Communion),

2003.

Amali, S.O.O, Adell Patton Jr., Foluke Ogunleye, Charles Uji, Adesina, Olutayo

Charles and Zakariya Goshit (eds): Ethnicity, Citizenship, and Democracy in the

United States of America, Ibadan: Humanities Publishers for ASAN, 2003, 276pp.

Adesina, O.C., The World of Yemi Farounbi, Oshogbo, Sumob Publishers, 2004,

210pp.

Akanmu Adebayo and O.C. Adesina (eds), Globalization and Transnational

Migrations: Africa and Africans in the Contemporary Global System (Newcastle-

upon-Tyne, U.K, Cambridge Scholars Publishing).2009, 361pp.

Akanmu Adebayo, Olutayo C. Adesina and Rasheed Olaniyi (eds), Marginality and

Crisis: Globalization and Identity in Contemporary Africa (Lanhan, Maryland,

U.S.A. Lexington Books), 2010, 276 pp.

Adesina, O.C., Olukoya Ogen and Noah Echa Attah (eds). Critical Perspective on

Peace, Conflict and Warfare in Africa, Ile-Ife, Obafemi Awolowo University Press,

2012, 442pp.

Adesina, O.C. “The Future of the Past.” Inaugural Lecture, University of Ibadan,

March 8, 2012. 2012, 79pp.

Adesina, O.C. “Nigeria’s Imperfect Federation: The Case Against the Yoruba. 2nd

Prof. S.O. Arifalo Memorial Lecture” Akungba-Akoko, Adekunle Ajasin

University, 2015, 43pp.

Adesina, O.C., Prince, Professor, Patriot: Oladele Adebayo Ajose. Ibadan, Rasmed

Publications Ltd., 2015, xxix + 377 pp.

Adesina, O.C. (ed.) Nigeria in the Twentieth Century: History, Governance and

Society, Ibadan, Connel Publications, 2017, 250 pp.

Consultant to the Dr. Clement N. Isong Foundation on the book project, Clement

Nyong Isong (1920-2000) (Nigeria’s 2nd Central Bank Governor): A Life of

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Integrity, Passion and Hope (Uyo, The Clement Isong Foundation). Under

Publisher’s Review.

The African World: Themes, Perspectives and Narratives (edited by Prof.

Olutayo C. Adesina, Dr. Muritala Monsuru & Dr. Oluwakemi A. Abiodun). Under

Publisher’s Review.

Articles in Refereed Journals:

Adesina, O.C., “Ecological Deterioration and Conservation in the Third World”

APRI: African Peace Research Institute, Lagos, Nigeria, Vol. IV. No 3, May/June,

1989, pp. 14-19.

Adesina, O.C “A Review of the Writings on the Economic History of West Africa”,

New African Historian, Vol. XII, 1990, pp. 39-46.

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.

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.

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.

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), No. 1, 1998, pp. 57-69.

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.

Adesina, O.C., “Oil, The Economy and The Nation”. Recall: A Chronicle of

Nigerian Events, Ibadan, No. 1, January 2000, pp. 69-80.

Adesina, O.C., “Hamdala: Strategic Response to Exchange Rate Dynamics in

Contemporary Nigeria”. Humanities Review Journal, December 2001, Vol. 1 No.2

pp. 23-30.

Adesina, O.C. “Modern Agriculture in Nigeria: A Historical Exegesis”, Benin

Journal of Historical Studies, Vol. 4, Nos. 1&2, 2002-2004, pp. 59-80.

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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.

Adesina, O.C., “Diamonds and Constitutional Disorder in Sierra Leone”, The

Nigerian Journal of Economic History, Nos. 5&6, 2003, pp.56-73.

Adesina, O.C., “Sub-ethnic Identities and the Crisis of Development in

Contemporary Nigeria: Perspectives from the Ife-Modakeke Conflict”, African

Studies Review, Vol.3, June 2004, pp. 1-22.

Adesina O.C., “Nigerian Political Leadership and Yoruba/Hausa-Fulani Relations”,

International Journal of Humanistic Studies, Vol.4, 2004, pp.17-33

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, 2006, pp.28-42.

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.

Adesina, O.C., Review of “Nigerian Cities” edited by Toyin Falola and Steven J.

Salm, (Review), African Affairs¸ 105/421, 2006, pp. 475-476.

Adesina, O.C. “Rethinking West African Economic Integration: Francophone

Gendarmes and Nigeria’s Cross-Border Trade, International Journal of Humanistic

Studies, Vol.6, 2007 (June), pp.38-51.

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.

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)

Adesina O.C., “Friendship with the Dragon:” Mapping Contemporary China-

Nigeria Relations in the Global Market Place’, Wilberforce Island Historical

Review, Niger Delta University, Nigeria, Vol.1, Number 1., September 2012, pp.13-

40.

Adesina, O.C. and Osiyale, B.O. “The British Government and Cash Crops

Production in Western Nigeria, 1900-1960” Polac Historical Review (Maiden

Edition) A Journal Publication of the Department of History and International

Studies, Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil, Kano, Nigeria, January-June, 2015, pp.

231-248.

Adesina, O.C. “When Even gods Relocate: Probing the Limits of Theory and

Practice of Humanistic Studies in Nigeria.” LASU Journal of Humanities, Vol. 10,

July 2016, pp. 19-33.

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Adesina, O.C. “Provincialism as Nationalism: Nigerian Nationalism and Its

Discontents.” Lagos Historical Review: A Journal of the Department of History &

Strategic Studies, University of Lagos. Vol. 16, 2016, pp. 29-42.

Articles That Have Already Appeared in Conference Proceedings and

Occasional Publications:

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,1997, pp. 67-70.

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.

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.

Adesina, O.C. ‘Nigeria’s Imperfect Federation: The Case Against the Yoruba.’ 2nd

Prof. S. O. Arifalo Memorial Lecture, Department of History and International

Studies, Faculty of Arts, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State,

Nigeria, Akungba-Akoko, Department of History and International Studies, 2015,

43pp.

Adesina, O.C. “The Nehru Legacy: Footprints in Africa” Tehelka (India), Issue

1&2, Vol. 13. (9/1/2016 New Year Special) Available at:

http://www.tehelka.com/author/olutayo-c-adesina/

Adesina, O.C. India-Nigeria Engagement: History, Diaspora and Emerging

Dimensions. New Delhi, Organisation for Diaspora Initiatives (ODI), Jawaharlal

Nehru University and Heinreich Boll Stiftung, 2016, 36 pp.

Adesina, O. C. “Leadership Role Models and Fundamentals of Power: The

Challenges in the Yoruba Society.” Paper presented at the 3rd Annual Professor

Richard Olaniyan Lecture, Osogbo City Hall, Osogbo, Osun State, September 9,

2017, 26 pp.

Chapters in Books:

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.

Adesina, O.C., “The Politics of Economic Liberalisation and the Electoral Process”,

in Ogunba, Oyin, (ed) Governance and the Electoral Process: Nigeria and the

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United States of America: Lagos: University of Lagos Press for American Studies

Association of Nigeria, 1997, pp.305-318

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.

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.

Adesina, O.C., (Contributing scholar): “Abuja”; “Adama Modibbo”; “Cameroon-

Gabon Region, History”; “Du Bois, W.E.B »; « Ekoi »; « Hausa”; “Ibadan”;

“Ilorin”; “Lagos”; “Macaulay, Herbert”; “Nigerian Peoples and Culture:

Northwestern Nigeria”, in John Middleton (ed) Encyclopedia of sub-Saharan

Africa, New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1998.

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.

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.

Adesina, O.C., “Central Banking, Economic Empowerment 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

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.

Adesina, O.C., 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” pp.141-142.

(c) “Carthage,” pp.219-220

(d) “Mali Empire: Economy,” pp.920-921

(e) “Mauritania: ethnicity, conflict, development, 1980s and 1990s,” pp.962-

962.

(f) “Tripoli,” pp.1584-1585.

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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.

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, 2005, pp.2034-2036.

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.

Adesina, O.C. “Jean-Bedel Bokassa”, in Carl L. Blankson III(ed), Great Lives from

History: Notorious Lives, California, Salem Press, 2007, pp113-114.

Adesina, O.C., “Mobutu Sese Seko”, in Carl L. Blankson III(ed), Great Lives from

History: Notorious Lives, California, Salem Press, 2007, pp740-741.

Adesina, O.C., “Winnie Mandela”, in Carl L. Blankson III(ed), Great Lives from

History: Notorious Lives, California, Salem Press, 2007, pp. 686-688.

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 Development, Newcastle, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2007,

pp.29-41.

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.

Adesina, O. C., "Numbers and Counting in Ancient Africa." In Bogucki, Peter, ed.

Encyclopedia of Society and Culture in the Ancient World. New York: Facts On

File, Inc., 2008. Ancient and Medieval History Online. Facts On File,

Inc. http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp?

Adesina, Olutayo Charles. "money and coinage in ancient Africa." In Bogucki,

Peter, ed. Encyclopedia of Society and Culture in the Ancient World. New York:

Facts On File, Inc., 2008. Ancient and Medieval History Online. Facts On File,

Inc. http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp?

ItemID=WE49&iPin=ESCAW467&SingleRecord=True.

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.

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

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Adesina, O.C. “Rethinking the Osomalo Phenomenon in Nigerian History,” in

Siyan Oyeweso, Ijesa Icons and the Making of Modern Nigeria. Osogbo: Osun

State University, 2011, pp. 25-35.

Adesina, O.C. “Outward Bound, Tangled Nightmares: Rereading Globalization in

Contemporary Nigeria.” In Boike Rehbein, Globalization and Inequality in

Emerging Societies, (Hampshire, U.K., Palgrave Macmillan Publishers, 2011, pp.

136-147.

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, Diaspora and Gendered

Societies. Essays in Honor of Prof. J.K. Olupona, Surrey, U.K.: Ashgate, 2013, pp.

35-46.

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. Historical Legacies and Contemporary Hybridities.

Leiden, Koninklijke Brill NV, 2014, pp. 90-102.

Adesina O.C. (with Kunle Lawal and Michael Omolewa) “Staff of University

College, Ibadan (UCI) and University of Ibadan, 1958-1972: From an Uncharted

Territory to an Uncompromising Vision”, in Michael Omolewa and Akinjide

Osuntokun (eds), J.F. Ade Ajayi: His Life and Career, Ibadan, Bookcraft, 2014,

pp.137-156.

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Adesina O.C. (with Michael Omolewa) “Engaging the Past, Looking to the Future”,

in Michael Omolewa and Akinjide Osuntokun (eds), J.F. Ade Ajayi: His Life and

Career, Ibadan, Bookcraft, 2014, pp.451-476.

Adesina, O.C. “Conflicts in Africa: Negotiating Space for Indigenous Conflict

Management Strategies in the Contemporary Age” in Akanmu G. Adebayo,

Brandon D. Lundy, Jesse J. Benjamin, and Joseph Kingsley Adjei (eds), Indigenous

Conflict Management Strategies in West Africa, Lanham, Boulder, New York,

Lexington Books, 2015, pp.21-34.

Adesina, O.C. “Ilepa Among the Yoruba of Western Nigeria: What do the Dead

have to do with Peace and Conflict?” in Akanmu G. Adebayo, Brandon D. Lundy,

Jesse J. Benjamin, and Joseph Kingsley Adjei (eds), Indigenous Conflict

Management Strategies in West Africa, Lanham, Boulder, New York, Lexington

Books, 2015, pp. 177-190.

Adesina, O.C. “Indigenous Knowledge, Customs and Sustainable Development:

Towards an African Grand Strategy.” In Peter A. Okebukola (ed), Harnessing

Culture for Sustainable Development and Human Security in Africa, Abeokuta,

Institute for African Culture and International Understanding, UNESCO Category 2

Centre, Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, 2015, Nigeria, pp. 51-78.

Adesina, O.C. “White Collar Jobs and the Deconstruction of the Peasant Farmer in

Southwestern Nigeria.” In Ibrahim A. Jawondo and Victor Ojakorotu (eds), Africa

and Other Continents Since the 19th Century. Cape Coast, University of Cape Coast

Press, 2016, pp.572-608.

Adesina, O.C. “A Short History of the Ibadan Anglican Diocese.” in the Greater

Chapter and Standing Committee, History of the Cathedral of St. James the Great,

Oke Bola, Ibadan, 1860-2017. Ibadan, University Press PLC, 2017, pp. 451-453.

Adesina, O.C. “Soccer Victory authorized by the gods: Prophecy, Popular Memory

and the Peculiarities of Place.” In Afe Adogame, Nick Watson and Andrew Parker,

Global Perspectives on Sports and Christianity, London and New York, Routledge,

Taylor and Francis, 2018, pp.80-95.

Adesina, O.C. “Feeding the Millions: Understanding Africa’s Food Security

Problem” In Richard A. Olaniyan and Ehimika A. Ifidon (eds), Contemporary

Issues in Africa’s Development: Wither the African Renaissance? Newcastle upon

Tyne, Cambridge scholars Publishing, 2018, pp. 108-127.

Adesina, O.C and Tunde Oduwobi, “Neighbourhood and Homeland” in Akinyele,

R.T. (ed), History & Diplomacy: Essays in Honour of Ade Adefuye, Glassboro, New

Jersey. Goldline and Jacobs Publishing, 2018, pp. 34-47.

Adesina, O.C. (with L.A. Akinbile, Oyedunni Arulogun, Taiye R. Fasola, Ayobami

Ojebode, Airen E. adetimirin, Olukemi K. Amodu, Taiwo A. Lawal, M.A. Odeniyi,

Victoria N. Okoje, O.O. Olakanmi, S.S. Olaoluwa, Funmilola E. Olopade, S.G.

Olukole and O.O. Onakoya) (eds), A Compendium of Societal impact of the

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University of Ibadan at 70:1948-2018, Ibadan: The Postgraduate College,

University of Ibadan, 2018, i-xix, 161pp.

Chapters in Books already accepted For Publication:

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).

Book Project Under Publisher’s Review:

‘The Indian Diaspora in Nigerian history, Economy and Political Power Relations.’

Current Research:

Larger than Life: Selected Icons in Yoruba Thought and Society (With Prof. R. T.

Akinyele, University of Lagos).

10. Professional Accomplishments and Assignments:

Convener, 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).

Contributor, Honors Magazine, 1997.

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) (Master 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.

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External Assessor for Promotion and Tenure: Department of History, College of

Arts and Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, Fl 33199, USA,

August 2005.

Radio/TV Social Analyst and Commentator, 2007 - Present

Reviewer:

For Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) Book Development Project,

2012: PERSPECTIVES ON AFRICAN STUDIES: A Multi-Disciplinary

Approach Edited by Professor Mary E. Modupe Kolawole

Book Manuscript Reviewer, National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), 2012

Book Reviewer: Adedoyin Soyibo, Images: Prologue to Africa’s Development and

Economic Renaissance. Ibadan, University Press Plc, 2014 pp. xxi, 240. Faculty of

Law Large Lecture Theatre, University of Ibadan, May 1, 2015.

Book Manuscript Reviewer, Lexington Books. An Imprint of Rowman &

Littlefield, Maryland, U.S.A., 2017

Journal Article Reviewer, AFRICA: Journal of the International Africa Institute,

2017

Journal Article Reviewer, Legon Journal of the Humanities, University of Ghana,

Legon, 2017.

Journal Article Reviewer, Sage Publishing, 2018.

Book Reviewer at the Launching of the book: “History of the Cathedral of St.

James the Great, Oke Bola, Ibadan 1860-2017, By The Greater Chapter and

Standing Committee, Ibadan, University Press) Plc, 2017. Xxiv + 499.” St. James

Cathedral, Oke Bola, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria, Saturday, December 2, 2017

Technical Consultant on Yoruba Historical Series, Development Agenda for

Western Nigeria, Ibadan (DAWN Commission), Oyo State, Nigeria, 2016-2017.

Book Reviewer: “Path of Destiny: An Autobiography of Professor Mosobolaje

Olaloye.” Saturday, August 11th, 2018. Trenchard Hall, University of Ibadan.

Journal Article Reviewer, Journal of Asian and African Studies, 2018.

External Assessor for Tenure and Promotion, Readership and Professorial

Promotions:

Florida International University, U.S.A., 2005

University of Benin, Nigeria, 2011

Lagos State University, Nigeria, 2011

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Osun State University, Osogbo, Nigeria, 2012

Redeemer’s University, Ogun State, Nigeria, 2011.

Ladoke Akintola University, Ogbomoso, Nigeria, 2012

University of Ilorin, Nigeria, 2013

Joseph Ayo Babalola University, Ikeji- Arakeji, Osun State, Nigeria, 2014

University of Cape Coast, Ghana, 2013-2014; 2017.

Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria, August 29, 2014

McPherson University, Seriki-Sotayo, Ogun State, Nigeria, 2014

Midlands State University, Gweru, Zimbabwe, 2016

University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana, 2016-2018

Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos, 2018-2019.

External Examiner (Undergraduate and Postgraduate Degrees):

External Examiner, Department of History, University of Ilorin, Kwara State,

Nigeria, 2007-2009.

External Examiner, Department of History and International Studies, Lagos State

University, Ojo, Lagos, Nigeria, 2008-2011.

External Examiner, Department of History and Strategic Studies, University of

Lagos, Akoka, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria, 2009, 2010 and 2011-2013, 2017-2019.

External Examiner for the Undergraduate and Postgraduate degrees, Obafemi

Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2013-2014.

External Examiner, Department of History and International Relations, College of

Humanities, Redeemer’s University (RUN), Mowe, Ogun State, Nigeria, 2010- 12.

External Examiner, Department of History and International Relations, Ajayi

Crowther University, Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria, 2011- 2014.

External Examiner, Department of History and International Studies, University of

Benin, Benin City, Nigeria, 2012- 2017.

External Examiner, Department of History and Diplomatic Studies, Olabisi

Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye, Ogun State, 2013/2014 Session

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External Examiner, Executive Intelligence Management Course, Institute for

Security Studies, Abuja, Nigeria, 2014.

External Examiner, Tai Solarin University of Education, Ogun State, 2014-2017

External Examiner McPherson University, Seriki-Sotayo, Ogun State, Nigeria,

2015-2017.

External Assessor (D.Litt et Phil), University of South Africa, 2017.

External Examiner, Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution Programme, National

Open University of Nigeria, Abuja, Nigeria, 2018.

External Examiner for Postgraduate Programmes, Adekunle Ajasin University,

Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State, 2017-2019

External Examiner for the Postgraduate Diploma in Peace Studies and Conflict

Resolution and Political Science Programmes the National Open University of

Nigeria, Southwest Geopolitical Zone, 2019.

Article Reviewer for the following Journals:

a. Publius: The Journal of Federalism, U.S.A.

b. Online International Journal of Arts and Humanities.

c. International Journal of Peace and Development Studies

d. Journal of Languages and Culture

e. Global Journal of History and Culture

f. African Journal of Political Science and International Relations.

g. Journal of African Studies and Development

11. Major Conferences, Seminars and Workshops 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

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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. 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 Commitment or Collective Compulsion? The

Negotiation of Identity in Nigerian Politics and Economy Since 1954".

Princeton University, African Studies Program, 62 Mccosh, 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".

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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 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).

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.

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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 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.”

'The Guideline for Winning ACLS Fellowship.' One-day workshop programme for

accessing the ACLS funding on research in the humanities. University of Ilorin,

Kwara State, under the aegis of the Centre for Research, Development and In-house

Training (CREDIT) in conjunction with Centre for International Education (CIE),

28 October 2010.

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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 Divinity 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.

“Time Management and Attainment of Academic Goals in Tertiary Institutions.” A

Lecture Delivered at the 2011 Valedictory Programme of Adesina College, Akobo,

Ibadan, Friday July 15, 2011.

“The Future of the Past.” An Inaugural Lecture delivered at the University of

Ibadan, Nigeria, March 8, 2012.

“Conflicts in Africa: Negotiating Space for Indigenous Conflict Management

Strategies in the Contemporary Age.” Keynote Address presented at the

International Conference on Indigenous Conflict Management Strategies, Kennesaw

State University, Georgia, United States, April 20-21, 2012

International Conference on Indigenous Conflict Management Strategies, Kennesaw

State University, Georgia, United States, April 20-21, 2012. Paper Read: Ilepa

among the Yoruba of Western Nigeria: What has the dead got to do with peace and

conflict?

“Archival Documents and the Gatekeepers in the Twenty-first Century:

Reconfiguring Nigeria’s National Archives.” Paper presented at the Archives of

Post-Independence Africa and Its Diaspora Conference, organized by CODESRIA,

African Studies Centre, Leiden, and University of California African Studies Multi-

campus Research Group, June 20-22, 2012.

“Law and Economic Transformation in Nigeria: The Historical Perspective.” Paper

presented at the National Conference on Law and Economic Transformation in

Nigeria (Faculty of Law at 50), July 11-13, 2012.

“Theoretical Preliminaries and Review of Literature.” Paper presented at the

Research Management Office and Faculty of Arts Workshop on Research and

Scholarly Writing for Doctoral Students, University of Ibadan, July 24, 2012.

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“What is in a Breast? Understanding the past, planning for the future.” Paper

presented at the World Breastfeeding Week Organised by the Women and Children-

Friendly Health Services Committee of the Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta,

Ogun State, Thursday, August 2, 2012.

“Education for Self-Reliance: The Role of Nigerian Universities.” Paper presented

at the Public Lecture on Education for Self Reliance: the Role of Nigerian

Universities organised by the Great Ife Alumni Association, Ibadan (premier)

Branch as part of the activities marking the 50th Anniversary of Obafemi Awolowo

University, Ile-Ife, at the House of Chiefs, Oyo State House of Assembly complex,

Ibadan 1st September 2012

“The Tuareg Question in West African History, Politics, and Global Relations.”

Paper Presented at the Visiting Scholars’ Roundtable Discussion on ‘Globalization

in Africa’ From the Perspectives of History, Archaeology, & Music,” The Center

for African & African Diaspora Studies, 2012-2013 Conversation Series, Kennesaw

State University, Georgia, USA, Tuesday, February 26, 2013.

“Christianity, Law and Human Rights.” Paper presented at the Harvard Divinity

School, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, April 16, 2013.

“Provincialism as Nationalism: Nigerian Nationalism and Its Discontents.” Keynote

paper presented to the Expert Workshop on Nation, Nationalism and National

Integration in Nigeria, Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of

Ibadan, Nigeria, June 20, 2013.

“Applying for the African Humanities Program (AHP) Fellowship: A Hands-on

Approach.” Paper presented at the one-day interactive programme of the Centre for

Research and Development and In-house Training (CREDIT), University of Ilorin,

October 8, 2013.

“African Studies in the Rear-View Mirror: Alternative Visions of Theory and

Practice in a Global Age.” Paper presented at the International Conference on

African Studies on "Revisiting the First International Congress of Africanists

in a Globalized World" Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, Legon,

October 24-27, 2013.

“Of White Collar Jobs and the Deconstruction of the Peasant Farmer in South-West

Nigeria.” Paper presented at the 8th New Frontiers in African Economic History

Workshop, Lund, Sweden, 6-7 December 2013.

Panel Chair for Panel 2: Almighty institutions? Colonial forced labour and African

resistance and evasion in a comparative perspective Pathways into colonial (and

postcolonial?) coercion: The creation and evolution of forced labour in sub-

Saharan Africa under colonial rule, 1890–1975. International Conference in Ho,

Ghana, 20–24 January 2014.Conveners: Kofi Baku (University of Ghana at Legon),

Andreas Eckert (re:work at Humboldt University at Berlin), Alexander Keese

(Forced Labour Africa and Humboldt University at Berlin), January 20-24, 2014.

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“Indigenous Knowledge, Customs and Sustainable Development: Towards an

African Grand Strategy.” Paper presented at the 2014 Biennial Regional Summit on

“Harnessing Culture for Sustainable Development and Human Security in Africa” at

the Centre for Human Security Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library and

UNESCO Institute for African Culture and International Understanding, Abeokuta,

Ogun State, Nigeria, March 2-5, 2014.

“Understanding the Humanities in the 21st Century: Challenges and Prospects.”

Paper presented at the First Anniversary Symposium in Honour of Late Prof. K.A.

Owolabi, the former Dean of Arts on “Imagining the Arts in the 21st Century.”

Trenchard hall, Thursday, March 6, 2014.

“The Nigerian Economy Since 1914: From Incorporation to Dispossession.” Paper

presented at the Department of History, University of Ibadan Roundtable on

Nigeria’s Centenary 1914-2014 with the theme: “Interrogating 100 Years of

Nigeria.” Tuesday, March 18, 2014.

“The Quest for Knowledge: The Grants and Conferences Nexus.” Paper delivered at

the Workshop on Grant Writing at the Joseph Ayo Babalola University (JABU),

Ikeji-Arakeji, Osun State, Nigeria, March 26, 2014.

Adesina, O.C. “Echoes of South African Democracy: The ‘Mandela Option’ and

Nigeria’s Fourth Republic.” Paper presented at the Conference on “1994-2014: 20

years of South African Democracy,” April 24-26, 2014. African Studies Centre and

St Antony’s College, University of Oxford

Adesina, O.C. “The Dilemmas and Prospects of the African University in the 21st

Century.” Paper presented at the Global Development Academy and the Centre of

African Studies, University of Edinburgh, May 1, 2014.

Adesina, O.C. “History, Politics and Gender: Understanding the Moremi Mystique

in Yoruba Society.” Paper presented at the Yoruba Flagship Centre, University of

Ibadan, June 20, 2014.

Adesina, O.C. “4th of July, Democracy and Fundamental Freedoms: Lessons for

Nigeria.” Paper presented at the American Corner, Ibadan, (American Independence

Day Celebration). Venue: Nigerian Society for Information, Arts and Culture,

Leventis Building, Jericho, Ibadan, July 4, 2014.

Adesina, O.C. Panel Discussant on “Methodology and Ideology in Humanistic

research: African Realities.” African Humanities Programme/Office of International

Programmes, 7th Year AHP Fellows’ Networking, Launch Meeting and Application

Consultation Workshop, Postgraduate School, University of Ibadan, Wednesday,

16th July 2014.

Adesina, O. C. “Typical Format of a Grant Research Proposal.” Paper presented at

the Training Workshop on Research & Grant Writing for Doctoral Students from

the Faculty of Law, Conference Room, ICT/Digital Library, MacArthur Building,

University of Ibadan, Wednesday, 8th October 2014.

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Adesina, O.C. “The Dilemmas and Prospects of the African University in the 21st

Century: A Reassessment.” Paper presented at the 60th birthday ceremony of Prof.

Adekunle Bashiru Okesina, Vice Chancellor, Osun State University, Osogbo,

October 11, 2014.

Adesina, O.C. “Pan-Africanism and the 21st Century Black World.” Paper presented

at the Pan-African Consciousness Renaissance programme in memory of Malcom

X, Draper’s Hall, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, February 21, 2015.

Adesina, O.C. “History and the Doctrine of “Too Big Fail.” Paper presented to the

History and International Studies Students Association (HISSA), ETF hall, Osun

State University, Ikire Campus, March 12, 2015.

Adesina, O.C. “Nigeria’s Imperfect Federation: the Case Against the Yoruba.”

Paper Presented at the 2nd Prof. S.O. Arifalo Memorial Lecture, Adekunle Ajasin

University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria. Tuesday, 29th September 2015.

Adesina, O.C. “Soccer Victory Authorized By the gods: Prophecy, Popular Memory

and the Peculiarities of Place.” Paper Presented at the Conference on Soccer As A

Global Phenomenon, The Weatherhead Initiative on Global History, Harvard

University, April 14th – 16th, 2016.

Adesina, O.C. “Broken Land and Chords of Memory: Pakistan and India in

Nigeria’s Consciousness.” Paper presented at the Africa’s Asian Options: Africa-

Asian Encounters (III) on Afrasian Transformations: Beyond Grand Narratives? ,

28-30 September 2016, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany, September 28-30,

2016.

Adesina, O.C. Participant, Project on Mentoring, African Humanities Program and

Makerere College of Humanities and Culture, Kampala, Uganda, June 13-15, 2017.

Adesina, O.C. “Understanding the Roles of Mentors and Methodology in the

African Humanities Programme (AHP) Application Process.” Paper presented at the

AHP Workshop at the University of Ghana, Legon, July 29, 2017.

Adesina, O. C. “Leadership Role Models and Fundamentals of Power: The

Challenges in the Yoruba Society.” Paper Delivered at the 3rd Annual Professor

Richard Olaniyan Lecture, Osogbo City Hall, Osogbo, Osun State, September 9,

2017.

Adesina, O.C. “Poverty, Deprivation and Collective Insecurity in the Developing

World.” Paper presented at the Maiden Edition of the Conference Organised by the

Nigerian Association of Developmental Psychologists at the University of Ibadan,

Oyo State, Nigeria, September 11-12, 2017.

Adesina, O.C. “The Realities of Africa- From the “Shithole.” Paper presented at the

American Corner, Ibadan, (Black History Month Celebration). Venue: Initiative for

Information, Arts and Culture Development in Nigeria (IACD) (formerly, Nigerian

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Society for Information, Arts and Culture, Leventis Building), Jericho, Ibadan,

February 21, 2018.

Adesina, O.C. “History and Trajectory of Nigerian Cultural Values”. Paper

Presented at the Institute for Security Studies Executive Intelligence Management

Course (EIMC) 11. Lower Usman Dam, Bwari, Abuja. February 27, 2018.

Adesina, O.C. “Repositioning the Traditional Institution and Local Government

Administration in Contemporary Nigeria.” Paper Presented at the 10th Coronation

Anniversary of HRM Oba (Dr.) Munirudeen Adesola Lawal, Laminisa I, The Timi

of Ede. Western Sun International Hotel, Ede, Osun State, Nigeria, March 9th,

2018.

Adesina, O.C. ‘Conflict and Consensus: Ilorin and the Evolution of the Ideology of

Human Security.” Paper presented at the 4th Biennial National Conference on

Human Security and the Survival of Cultural Heritage of Ilorin Emirate and Its

Environs in the face of Modernity. Centre for Ilorin studies (CILS), University of

Ilorin, Monday, 9th April 2018.

Adesina, O. C. “The Impact of the IMF and World Bank Policies on African

Economies and Currencies (With special emphasis on the Naira and CFA).” Paper

Presented to the Black History Film Festival Interactive Session at the Drapers’

Hall, Institute of African studies, University of Ibadan, April 26, 2018.

Adesina, O.C. ‘Not As Footnotes: Children, History, and Multigenerational Trauma

in Nigeria.’ Paper presented at a Public Lecture Co-Sponsored by the Department of

History, Portland State University and Black Studies, Portland State University,

Cramer Hall, Portland State University, Oregon, Wednesday, May 23, 2018.

Adesina, O.C. ‘Pan-Africanism.’ Paper Presented at the African History Seminar

(Prof. Jennifer Tappan), Department of History, Cramer Hall, Portland State

University, Oregon, Thursday, May 24, 2018.

Adesina, O.C. ‘Transitional Navigations of the Market: Efunsetan Aniwura and the

Paradoxical Unity of Indigenous and Modern Market Principles in Nineteenth

Century Yorubaland.’ Paper presented at the International Conference on Risk,

Honor & Innovation. Imagining New Markets, Department of History, Portland

State University, Oregon, U.S.A. May 24 - 26, 2018.

Adesina, O.C. “Between Amnesia, Collective Memory and Accountability in

Twenty-first Century Nigeria.’ Paper to the 2018 International Archives Day (IAD)

Celebrations by the Lagos State Archives and Research Bureau (LASRAB) on

Records and Archives Management in the Public Service: A Key to Good

Governance and Quality Service Delivery, June 11, 2018 at Adeyemi Bero

Auditorium, The Secretariat, Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria.

Adesina, O.C. ‘The Humanities in Pursuit of Meaning in a Global Age.’ Keynote

Address Delivered at the Faculty of Arts and Arewa House International Conference

on Globalisation, Sovereignty and the Role of the Humanities in the 21st Century

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Africa’, at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State, Tuesday, 3 July

2018.

Adesina, O.C. “Sango Olukoso and the Yoruba Turn of Phrase: People, Culture and

Identity.” Paper Presented at the Yoruba Language Centre, University of Ibadan,

July 20, 2018.

Adesina, O.C. ‘The Restructuring Debate: Nigeria’s Path to Greatness.” Discussant

at the Special Colloquium 2018, Conference Centre, Obafemi Awolowo University,

Ile-Ife, Nigeria, Tuesday 24th July 2018.

Adesina, O.C. Participant, Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa

(MIASA)/ College of Humanities, University of Ghana, Legos, ‘Inaugural

Conference: Africa’s Institutions for Sustainable Governance’, University of Ghana,

Legon, 27-28 September, 2018.

Adesina, O.C. “If your God is Crucified, try mine!’: Researching Religiosity on a

University Campus.” Paper presented Workshop Programme on Religion, Morality

and book: Students Training for a Good Life at Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient,

Berlin, Germany, 11-12 December 2018.

Adesina, O.C. ‘The Development of African History and African Studies at the

University of Ibadan.’ Paper presented at the Introduction to African Studies

Seminar, Institute of African Studies, Beethovenstrasse 15, University of Leipzig,

Germany, January 24, 2019.