CURRICULUM VITAE: TOYIN FALOLA (Abridged) DEGREES: B. A. (Honors) History, 1976, Ph.D., History, 1981 HONORARY DOCTORATES D. Litt., Olabisi Onabanjo University, Nigeria, 2018 D. Litt., Redemer’s University, Nigeria, 2017. D. Litt., University of Jos, Nigeria, 2015. Doctor of Humane Letters, Lincoln University, 2015. D. ED. (History), Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijebu Ode, Nigeria, 2014. D. Litt., Lead City University, Ibadan, Nigeria, 2013. Doctor of Humane Letters, City University of New York, Staten Island, USA, 2013. D. Litt., Adekunle Ajasin University, Nigeria, 2013. Doctor of Humanities, Monmouth University, NJ., USA, 2007. LIFETIME CAREER AWARDS (samples only) Meritorious Award for Distinguished Scholarship, Department of History and Diplomatic Studies, Tai Solarin University of Education, Nigeria, October, 2017 Distinguished Global Academic Award, Faculty of Management, University of Ilorin, Nigeria, July 2017 Distinguished Academic Excellence Award, Department of History, University of Ilorin, Nigeria, July 2017 Shield of Excellence Award, Department of History, University of Ibadan, July 2017. Distinguished Academic Award, Faculty of Arts, University of Nsukka, Nigeria, February 2017. Merit Award for Contributions to African Studies, Adeyemi College of Education, December 2016 Nigerian Association of Campus Journalists, Distinguished Academic and Leadership Award, 2016. Splash FM 2016 Recognition Award, Ibadan, 2016. Certificate of Recognition, City of Lansing, 2015. Certification of Recognition, Yoruba Progressive Association, 2015. Chieftaincy: The Bobagbimo of Ugboland, November 2014. Chieftaincy: The Bobapitan of Ibadanland, Ibadan, 2014. Chieftaincy: Mayegun of Auga, Akoko, 2000. Merit Award (National Association of Students of English and Literary Studies, Nigeria), 2014. Top Nigerian-American Award, CANAN, New York, September, 2013. The Distinguished Margaret Ekpo Merit Award for Academic Mentorship, Institution Building and Selfless Service to Humanity (By the Network of Benue and Cross River Historians, West Africa, September 2013). Pro Bene Meritis Award, Faculty of Liberal Arts, University of Texas at Austin, 2013. Topp’s African-Centered Scholar of the Decade Awards (conferred at ATWS meeting, Berry College, October 2012). Dean’s Distinguished Scholarship and Leadership Award, 2012, Office of Women’s Affair, Indiana University Bloomington. Distinguished Africanist Award, 2011 (African Studies Association, the largest association in the world by scholars of Africa). Africa and the African Diaspora Excellent Leadership Award (IBC, University of Ibadan and TOFAC) 2011. Distinguished Africana Award, 2011 (University of North Carolina, Charlotte, April, 2011). Career Research Excellence Award, 2010 (University of Texas at Austin). Nigeria Diaspora Academic Prize, 2010. Mwalimu Julius Nyerere Chair of Modern African History At-Large, Benue State University, Nigeria, 2010+ ING Professor of Excellence (Univ. of Texas), 2010. Africana Studies Distinguished Global Scholar Lifetime Achievement Award (Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis, October 31, 2009). Ibadan Foundation Award For Professional Excellence in Scholarship, Ibadan, Nigeria, 2009. Award for Excellence, Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education, Nigeria, 2009. International Day Award for Excellence, Langston University, 2009. Quintessence Award, 2008 (African Writers Endowment). Distinguished Africana Award (by the African New World Program, Florida International University), 2008. Amistad Award for Academic Excellence in Historical Scholarship on Africa and the African Diaspora, 2007 (Central Connecticut State University) 2 Prémio Africa Brasil, (By the Centro Cultural Africano), 2007. Award of Excellence, FCE, Abeokuta, Nigeria, 2006. Cheikh Anta Diop Award for Excellence in African Studies, 2006. Udogu Award for excellent teaching, prolific scholarship and humanitarian service in Africa and its Diaspora. (African Studies and Research Forum ASRF), 2006. Distinguished Alumnus Award (USA Branch), 2006. Distinguished Nigerian Award, 2006. Isese Distinguished Fellow Award of Honor, 2006. Fellow of the Historical Society of Nigeria, 2005. Ibn Khaldun Distinguished Research Excellence Award, 2005. President’s Distinguished Leadership and Scholarship Award (Association of Third World Studies), 2004. Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Letters, 2004. TEACHING AWARDS: 2013 Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award 2010 Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award 2004 Academy of Distinguished Teachers 2003 Chancellor’s Council Outstanding Teaching Award 2001 Texas Excellence Teaching Award 2000 Jean Holloway Award for Teaching Excellence SAMPLE BOOK AWARDS Finalist - 2014 Albert J. Raboteau Prize for the Best Book in Africana Religions, presented by the Journal of Africana Religions for Yemoja: Gender, Sexuality, and Creativity in the Latina/o and Afro-Atlantic Diasporas. Nigerian Studies Association Best Book Award, 2010, for Colonialism and Violence in Nigeria. Cecil B. Currey, Honorable Mention Winner, ATWS for Colonialism and Violence in Nigeria, 2010. Cecil B. Currey Best Book Award, 2005, Association of Third World Studies for Economic Reforms and Modernization in Nigeria Choice 2003 Outstanding Academic Title, for Sources and Methods in African History. 3 Conover-Porter Finalist Certificate, African Studies Association, 2004, for Key Events in African History: A Reference Guide. Hamilton Runners-up, (University of Texas Coop) for A Mouth Sweeter Than Salt Herskovits Award Finalist, African Studies Association award for best English-language book in African Studies, 2004-2005 for A Mouth Sweeter Than Salt FESTSCHRIFTEN AND BIO-CRITICAL STUDIES Abdul Karim Bangura, Falolaism: The Epistemologies and Methodologies of African Knowledge (Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press, 2018). Sati U. Fwatshak, ed., The Transformation of Central Nigeria: Essays in Honor of Toyin Falola (Ibadan and Austin: Pan-African University Press, 2017), xxxii + 485 pp. Ben Weiss, “A Voice Sweeter Than Salt: Toyin Falola and the Construction of Subaltern Narrative Space,” Yoruba Studies Review, 1, 1, 2106, pp. 257-275. Abdul Karim Bangura, Toyin Falola and African Epistemologies (New York: Palgrave-Macmillan, 2015), xi + 297 pp. Nana Amponsah, ed., Beyond the Boundaries: Toyin Falola and the Art of Genre- Bending (Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 2013), pp. 790. “Toyin Falola, (African) Society, and Developmental Imperatives,” in John A. I. Bewaji, Narratives of Struggle: The Philosophy and Politics of Development (Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press, 2012), 181-196. Akin Alao and Rotimi Taiwo, eds., Perspectives on African Studies: Essays in Honour of Toyin Falola (Muechen, Germany: Lincom GmbH, 2011). Niyi Afolabi, ed., Toyin Falola: The Man, The Mask, The Muse (Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press, 2010), pp. xxvi + 989. Akin Ogundiran, ed., Precolonial Nigeria: Essays in Honor of Toyin Falola (Trenton, N.J.: Africa World Press, 2005), pp. xi + 556. Adebayo Oyebade, ed., The Foundations of Nigeria: Essays in Honor of Toyin Falola (Trenton, N.J.: Africa World Press, 2003), pp. vii + 697. Adebayo Oyebade, ed., The Transformation of Nigeria: Essays in Honor of Toyin Falola (Trenton, N.J.: Africa World Press, 2002), pp. xi + 639. CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS ON TOYIN FALOLA Toyin Falola @ 65The Toyin Falola @65 Conference: African Knowledges and Alternative Futures, January 29-31. (350 papers were presented) “The Transformation of Central Nigeria: Conference in Honor of Toyin Falola,” 4 University of Jos, Nigeria, September 25, 2015. [over 50 papers presented]. Colloquium On Contemporary Issues in Education, Arts, the Social Sciences, and Sciences in Honor of Toyin Falola, Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijebu Ode, Nigeria, November 27th, 2014. [over 70 papers were presented]. International conference on “Beyond the Boundaries: Toyin Falola and African Historiography”, University of North Carolina Wilmington, October 12, 2013. [over 40 papers were presented]. Panel on Toyin Falola Work on Migrations, African Studies Association Annual Meeting, Baltimore, 2013. Panels on Toyin Falola, Race and Ethnicity Conference, Univ. of Binghamton, October, 2010. “Toyin Falola on African Nationalism” Panel at a conference on Race, Ethnicity and Place Conference, Texas State University, Nov. 1-3, 2006. Workshop on Toyin Falola’s Scholarship, 2004. International Conference on the Works of Toyin Falola, Nigeria, 2003. CELEBRATORY LEGACY/HONORS The Toyin Falola Annual Conference on Africa and the African Diaspora (Inaugurated by the University of Ibadan Cultural Group (ICSG) in 2011). TOFAC us a huge annual conference convened in an African university on different themes. The Toyin Falola Book Award (administered by the Association of Third World Studies for the best book on Africa). POSITIONS HELD: CURRENT: Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities, 2012+ Honors and Fellowships: Honorary Professor, Centre for African Studies, University of Cape Town, South Africa, 2018 to 2022. Kluge Chair in Countries and Cultures of the South, Library of Congress, 2016. Visiting Professor, Pontifícia Universidade Católica De São Paulo, Summer 2007. Carter Visiting Professor, Smith College, Spring 1999. Fellow, Humanities Research Council, Australian National University, Australia, 1995. Life Member, Clare Hall, University of Cambridge. Smuts Fellowship, University of Cambridge, England, 1988 to 89. 5 Project Coordinator, then Consultant, Oral Documentation Project, Nigerian Institute of