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CURRICULUM VITAE PAUL TIYAMBE ZELEZA Liberal Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor Professor of African American Studies and History Head, Department of African American Studies University of Illinois at Chicago 1231 University Hall, M/C 069, 601 South Morgan Street Chicago, IL 60607, USA Work Telephone: 312-996-2952 Work e-mail: [email protected] Table of Contents Education and Work 1 Publications 11 Conferences and Seminars 27 1 A. EDUCATION AND WORK A. EDUCATION Ph.D. 1978-1982: Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Courses in African History and Economic History Thesis Title: Dependent Capitalism and the Making of the Kenyan Working Class During the Colonial Period. M.A. 1977-78: University of London (School of Oriental and African Studies and London School of Economics). Courses in African History and International Relations Thesis Title: The Sisal Industry in Tanganyika, 1920-1948. B.A. 1972-1976: University of Malawi, Zomba, Malawi. Courses in Mathematics, Sociology, Political Science, History and English Majored in History and English Degree Status: Passed with Distinction. B. WORK EXPERIENCE UNIVERSITY TEACHING AND ADMINISTRATION January 2007-: University of Illinois at Chicago, USA Liberal Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor and Professor of African American Studies and History and Head, Department of African American Studies Adjunct Professor of History and African and African American Studies Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania, USA Honorary Professor, University of Cape Town, South Africa Courses Taught Africa and Its Diasporas 2003-6: Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania, USA Professor of African and African American Studies and History, Departments of History and African and African American Studies Courses Taught Comparative Colonialism: Africa (Graduate Seminar) African History Since 1500 South Africa Today Contemporary Africa 2 Ancient African History Africa and Its Diasporas Imperialism and Nationalism in Modern African History Supervision of graduate students in the departments of History, Comparative Literature, Philosophy, and College of Education 1995 - 2003: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA Professor of History and African Studies; Director, Center for African Studies Courses Taught History of Africa African Independence and Underdevelopment: 1945 to Present The Development of African Studies (Graduate Seminar) African Economic History Supervision of graduate students in the department of History 1990 - 1995: Trent University, Ontario, Canada 1994-1995: Principal, Lady Eaton College 1994-1995: Acting Director, Trent International Program 1995: Professor, Departments of History and Comparative Development Studies 1991-94: Associate Professor, Departments of History and Comparative Development Studies 1990-1991: Assistant Professor, Department of History Courses Taught The Emergence of Modern Africa African Labor History A Survey pf West European History from the Middle Ages to the Present World History Since 1500 Comparative Development Studies Field Course - Jamaica 1990 (January-June): Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Visiting Research Fellow 1988-1989: The Catholic Higher Institute for Eastern Africa, Nairobi, Kenya Visiting Lecturer Courses Taught: Graduate Methods of Historical Research Theories and Processes of Development in Africa Supervision of MA Dissertations 1984-1989: Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya 1987-1989: Senior Lecturer, Department of History 1984-1987: Lecturer, Department of History Acting Department Head on several occasions 3 Courses Taught: Undergraduate African Economic History History of Southern Africa History of East Africa Third World Economic History History of Africa Graduate Social and Economic Processes in Africa Comparative Labor History Supervision of M.A. and Ph.D. candidates 1982-1984: University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica Lecturer, Department of History Courses Taught History of Southern Africa History of West Africa 1979-1980: University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya Research Associate, Department of History 1976-1977: Chancellor College, University of Malawi, Zomba Teaching Assistant, Department of History Courses Taught History of Southern Africa History of West Africa C. AWARDS AND HONORS SCHOLARLY AWARDS AND APPOINTMENTS 2007. LAS Distinguished Professor (University of Illinois at Chicago) 2006. Liberal Arts Research Professor (Pennsylvania State University). 2006. The College of the Liberal Arts Class of 1933 Distinction in the Humanities Award (Pennsylvania State University). BOOK AWARDS 2004. Finalist for the Conner-Porter Award (made by the Association of African Studies) for Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century African History. 2004. Honorable Mention, Conover-Porter Award for excellence in Africana bibliography or reference work, awarded by The Africana Librarians Council of the African Studies Association (U.S.) for Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century African History. 4 2004. Outstanding Academic Title selected by Choice for Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century African History. 2002. Short-listed for Africa’s 100 Best Books of the Twentieth Century, organized by the “Zimbabwe International Book Fair in consultation and cooperation with the African Publishers' Network (APNET), the Pan-African Booksellers Association (PABA), the Pan African Writers Association (PAWA), African scholars and friends of Africa throughout the world,” for A Modern Economic History of Africa, Vol.1: The Nineteenth Century. 2001. Nominated for Africa’s 100 Best Books of the Twentieth Century for A Modern Economic History of Africa, Vol.1: The Nineteenth Century; Manufacturing African Studies and Crises; and Smouldering Charcoal. 1998. Special Commendation of the Noma Award for Publishing in Africa for book, Manufacturing African Studies and Crises (for second best book published in Africa in any of the following three categories: scholarly, creative, and children’s books). 1994. Noma Award for Publishing in Africa for book, A Modern Economic History of Africa, Vol.1: The Nineteenth Century (for the best book published in Africa in any of the following three categories: scholarly, creative, and children’s books). 1974. First Prize, Tenth Anniversary of Independence Essay Competition (University Category). WHO’S WHO Who’s Who in the World Marquis World Who’s Who Europa Biographical Reference PERSONAL GRANTS Excluding negotiated annual personal research grants from the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign (1995-2003); the Pennsylvania State University (2003-6); and the University of Illinois at Chicago (2007-). 2008. $250,000 “Rethinking Race and Affirmative Action in the US and South Africa”, Ford Foundation, New York, PI; collaborators from the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Cape Town 2005. $200,000 Ford Foundation, Office for Eastern Africa. Project: “Africa and Its Diasporas: Dispersals and Linkages.” 2002. $11,000 Ford Foundation, Office for North Africa. Project: “African Studies in Egypt: Exploring Linkages.” 2001. $40,000 Ford Foundation, Office for Eastern Africa. Project: “Building Linkages between Africa and the North in the Age of Globalization.” 1998: $3,000 African Studies Association. Project: International Visitors Program. 1998: $3,000 African Studies Association. Project: Program Chair of the Association’s Annual Meeting. 1997: $13,000 University of Illinois Research Board. Project: “African Economic History in the Twentieth Century.” 1996: $2,000 University of Illinois Research Board. Project: Conference Travel. 1994-1998: $48,000 Social Science and Humanities Research Council (Canada). Project: “Peasant Labor Processes in Kenya: The Dynamics of Ecology and Gender.” 5 1992: $3,000 Trent University-SSHRC. Project: “African Economic History in the Twentieth Century.” 1990-1991: $25,000 Rockefeller-CODESRIA (Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa) Reflections on Development Fellowship. Project: “African Economic History in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries.” 1989-90: $50,000. The United Nations High Commission for Refugees and the Ford Foundation, Nairobi. Project: “Refugees in Kenya: A Needs/Refugees, Opportunity and Institution Assessment.” 1989: Ksh.10,000 Centre de Recherches, d’Exchanges et de Documentation Universitaire (CREDU). Project: “The Strike Movement in Colonial Kenya.” 1988: Ksh.70,000. The Friedrich Ebert Foundation and the Deans’ Research Grants Committee, Kenyatta University. Project: “The Participation of Women in the Kenyan Labor Process and the Labor Movement, 1963-1987.” 1983: J$5,000 University of the West Indies Research and Travel Grant. Project: “The Historiography of Southern Africa.” INSTITUTIONAL GRANTS Funds raised as principal grant writer or organizer of the event Center for African Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2002-2003 Academic Year: $906,000 US Department of Education Title VI program Project: National Resource Center and FLAS fellowships for 2003-2006 2001-2002 Academic Year: $433,000 $325,000 Rockefeller Foundation, New York Project: Humanities Institute on Education and African Modernities. $60,000 Ford Foundation, Nairobi Office. $23,000 Carnegie Corporation of New York Project: Annual Spring Symposium, “African Universities in the Twenty-First Century.” $25,000 National Endowment for the Humanities, Humanities Focus Grants. Project: “Africa and Education in the Era of Globalization.” 2000-2001 Academic Year: $143,000 $63,000 US Department of Education