Dr. Gloria T. Emeagwali

Gender: FEMALE

Race: Black

Profession: Historian

Status: Tenured Professor of History/African Studies

Area of Specialization: History of Africa and the Diaspora/ History of Science and Technology

Institutional Work Address since 1991: History Department, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT06050, USA.

email: emeagwali@mail.ccsu.edu

website: www.africahistory.net

Telephone: 860-832-2815

PUBLICATIONS

7 BOOKS

52 Journal/Book Articles ;

Numerous Web Pages;

Over 50  Editorials in
AFRICA UPDATE, Newsletter of African Studies, Central Connecticut State University;

Reviewer, CHOICE, American Library Association, 2004 to present.

BOOK PUBLICATIONS (edited) :

1. Women Pay The Price: Structural Adjustment in Africa and the Caribbean, Africa World Press, New Jersey, 1995.

2. Systems of Science, Technology and Art in Africa, Karnak House,London, 1993.

3. Historical Development of Science and Technology in Nigeria, Edwin Mellen,New York, 1992.

4. Science and Technology in African History, Edwin Mellen, 1992.

5. African Civilization, American Heritage, New York,1997

6. Africa and the Academy: Challenging Hegemonic Discourses on Africa, Africa World Press,New Jersey, in press

7. The African Experience: Past, Present and Future, Whittier Publications, 2006 (co-edited with Walton Brown - Foster)

JOURNAL / BOOK ARTICLES :

1. "BRAUDEL" in International Society for the Comparative Studies of Civilization (ISCSC)no.47. Fall 2002.

2. "African Indigenous Knowledge Systems" in Toyin Falola (ed.) Ghana in Africa and the World: Essays in Honor of Adu Boahen, Africa World Press, 2003.

3."Technology in History: Africa" in Sal Restivo (ed.) Science, Technology and Society, Oxford University Press, 2006.

4.G.Emeagwali/MN Walter,"Ancient Egyptian Shamanism"in Mariko Namba Walterand Eva Jane Neumann Fridman (eds.) Shamanism, An Encyclopedia of World Beliefs, Practices, and Culture, ABC CLIO, Santa Barbara, California, 2004.

5.G. Emeagwali/A.Bekerie, "Creation Myths of Ancient Northeast Africa"in Gary Laderman and Arri Eisen(eds.) Science, Religion and Society, M.E Sharpe Inc.,Armonk, New York, 2006.

6. "Feminism in Sub-Saharan Africa" in the International Encyclopedia of Women's Studies Harvester Wheatsheaf. Simon & Schuster, UK ,1996.

7. "African Textiles" in Encyclopedia of The History of Science Technology and Medicine in non-Western Cultures, Kluwer, 1997.

8. "Colonialism and Science in Africa" in Encylopedia of the History of Science Technology and Medicine in non-Western Cultures, Kluwer, 1995.

9. " Textile Technology in Nigeria in the 19th and early 20th centuries" in African Systems of Science , Technology and Art, Karnak, London ,1993.

10. "African Historiography, Gender and Technology" in The Historical Development of Science and Technology in Nigeria, Edwin Mellen, New York,1992.

11. "The Intersection of Gender and Technology in Nigeria" in The Historical Development of Science and Technology in Nigeria, Edwin, NY, 1992.

12."Glassmaking Technology in Nupeland, Central Nigeria: Some Questions" in The Historical Development of Science and Technology in Nigeria, Edwin Mellen, NY,1992.

13." The control of water-based diseases in colonial Northern Nigeria" in Science and Technology in African History, Edwin Mellen, NY,1992.

14. Co-author, "Women and the Family," in A. Imam, N. Ngur and J. Hendrickson, The Women in Nigeria Document , International Women's Conference, Nairobi, Kenya, 1985.

15. "The Historian and the Use of Models," Tarikh - A. Journal of Thematic African History. Longman, Nigeria, Vol. 9, 1987.

16. "History and the Question of Technological Development, The Transfer of Technology Revisited" in Afrique et Development ,CODESRIA, Senegal, Vol. XII.2, 1987.

17. "Islam, Structural Adjustment and Gender: The Nigerian Case" in El Solh et alia, in Women in Muslim Communities, Religious Belief and Social Reality. Oxford: Berg, 1994.

18. "The Intersection of Gender and Technology in Nigeria," Invited paper, Cornell University, March 1992. Published in G. Thomas-Emeagwali, The Historical Development of Science and Technology in Nigeria, Edwin Mellen 1992.

19. "Reflections in the Development of Science in the Islamic World - and its diffusion into Nigeria before 1903" in Journal of the Pakistan Historical Society, Karachi, July/October, 1987.

20. "Oral Historiography and the History of Technology in Nigeria" in MUNTU, Review Scientifique et culturelle du CICIBA, Presence Africaine, Paris, 8.1, 1988.

21. "Perspectives on Women and the Development of Agricultural Cooperatives in Nigeria" in Mohammed Suliman (ed.) Alternative Development Strategies for Africa. Vol. 2, IFAA., London, 1991.

22. "Political Institutions in Pre-Nineteenth Century Nigeria: Some Observations on the Groundwork of Nigerian History" in ODU, A Journal of West African Studies, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, No. 26, July 1984.

23. G. Emeagwali/R.O. Lasisi , "The Food Crisis and Agro-based Technology: Gari-processing technology in Nigeria." Review of African Political Economy. ROAPE, London, No. 43, 1988.

24. "Islam, Structural Adjustment and Gender: The Nigerian Case" in El Solh et alia, in Women in Muslim Communities, Religious Belief and Social Reality. Oxford: Berg, 1994.

25. Awe/Awgu-Jones/Emeagwali. The Food, Energy and Debt Crises in Relation to Women, Regional Paper, DAWN, Ibadan, Nigeria, 1989.

26. Bissrat/Mayoux/Emeagwali. "Role of Research" in African Women in Co-operatives Conference Report, IFAA, London, 1989.

27. " Pre-colonial Nigeria: The Case of Eastern and Western Nigeria and the Middle Belt," in D. Miller and C. Tilley, Domination and Resistance. Unwin Hyman, London, 1989.

28. "Technology Transfer: Explaining the Japanese Success Story" in Journal of Contemporary Asia, Vol. 21.4. 1991.

29. "Development at Risk" in The Woodstock Road Editorial, An Oxford Magazine of International Affairs, Issue No. 7, 1991.

30.. "A Glimpse on Gender, The Food Crisis and Related Matters" in CODESRIA Bulletin, No. 3, 1990. Interview with Scholars from Africa

31. "Towards Synchronized Resistance Against Apartheid." Excerpts of an interview with Prof. Dennis Brutus, in CODESRIA Bulletin. Vol. 1, 1989.

32. "The Intersection of Gender and Technology in Nigeria," Invited paper, Cornell University, March 1992. Published in G. Thomas-Emeagwali,

The Historical Development of Science and Technology in Nigeria, Edwin Mellen 1992.

33. "African Cinema" Journal of Third World Studies, Fall 1994.

34. "Explanation in African History," in Journal of the Historical Society of Nigeria, Vol. 10.3, 1980.

35. "Reflections on the Evolution of Science and Technology in Nigeria" in Tarikh A. Journal of Thematic African History, Longman, Vol. II, 1989.

36. "Technology Transfer: Early Modern Europe and the Third World" in Science and Public Policy, Journal of the International Science Policy Foundation,

London, Vol. 16, June 1989

37. "Rethinking the Scientific Revolution: A critique of World History texts", Comparative Civilisations Review, No. 31. Fall 1994. University of Missouri at Rolla/ ISCSC

38. "The Pre-Capitalist Model and Early Society" in Proceedings of the World Archaeological Congress, Southampton, (Allen and Unwin), 1986.

39. "Conceptual and methodological issues on Science and Technology in Nigerian History" in African Systems of Science, Technology and Art, Karnak, London,1993

40. "Alternative Perspectives on the Reconstruction of the African Past" in Kiabara, Journal of Humanities, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria, Vol. 4.2, 1981.

41. "Women in Pre-capitalist Socio-economic Formations in Nigeria" in Bappa et alia, Women in Nigeria Today. Zed Books, London, 1985.

42. The Women Question in pre-Capitalist Socio-economic Formations: The Case of Northern Igboland, Eastern Nigeria at the end of the 19th Century,

Ikenga, Institute of African Studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria, Vol. 8.1, 1986.

43. "Methodological Considerations in Women's Studies in Nigeria," in Proceedings of the Workshop on Theoretical and Methodological Issues in Women's Studies in Nigeria and Canada, held at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, Jan. 6-8, 1988 - sponsored by the Canada

International Development Agency.

44. "Perspectives on the development of electronics technology: The Implications for dependent capitalist economies" in Afrique et Development , CODESRIA, Senegal, Vol. XII.2, 1987.

45."Development Alternatives with Women: Food and Debt Crises"- Conference Briefing in Review of African Political Economy, ROAPE, London, No. 43, 1988.

46. "Colonialism and African Indigenous Technology" African Technology Forum, MIT -Cambridge, Mass. Vol. 7.2 1994 (co-author Nurudeen Abubakar).

47.Contributing co-author on the History of Science in Africa in Allchin and Dekosky (eds) History of Science in Non-Western Traditions, History of Science Society, Washington University, 1999.

48. "On the Slavery Issue in Wonders of the African World,' West Africa Review .vol.1.2.2000.

49. Interview with Opsile Npsoane on "African Indigenous Knowledge Systems" in Johannesburg, South Africa published in IK Worldwide, Nertherlands Organization for International Cooperation in Higher Education (NUFFIC), Netherlands, April 2003.

50. Interview on "African Cinema" with Mike Abiola at AfroHollywood, London- published in 'CinemAction' Paris. no.106. 2003.

51. Interview with Souylemane Cisse at Harvard University on Malian Cinema-  published in 'Africa Update' vol 1X. 3. Summer 2002.

52. "Science and Religion in Africa"in Gary Laderman and Arri Eisen, Science, Religion and Society, M.E.Sharpe Inc., New York, 2006.

ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS :

Editorship of a series of web pages on aspects of African Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Science.

This resource has been given an award by the United Nations Educational and Scientific Organisation (UNESCO)

 for being one of the top 50 of African sites:

http://www.africahistory.net (also "members.aol.com/afsci/africana.htm")

Chief Editor, AFRICA UPDATE, A Newsletter of African Studies, CCSU - 1993 to present:

http://www.ccsu.edu/afstudy/archive.html

SELECTED HONORS/PUBLIC LECTURES AROUND THE WORLD/ CONSULTANCIES :

1.  Paper presentation on The Interconnections between Science and Religion in Africa'  at the XX11 International Congress on

      of  History of Science, Beijing,  24-30 July,  2005

2. Public Lecture/ Invited Speaker on African Indigenous Knowledge Systems, University of Pretoria, South Africa, April 2002

3. Invited Speaker on African Knowledge Systems, Multiversity, Penang, Malaysia, October 2004.

4.  Invited Speaker  on Globalization and Africa, Brooklyn College, New York,  April 2004.

5. Invited Speaker on Economic Reform and Africa, City College, CUNY, New York,  May 2004.

6. Chair, Panel on African Economic Development, Africa Center, London, March 2004.

7. Organizer and Chair of panel, 'Civilization Africana' at the Annual Conference of the International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilization, ISCSC, 30 May 2002 to June 2, 2002, Montego Bay, Jamaica.

8. Keynote Speaker, 15th Standing Conference of Southern, Central and East Africa, on the theme of African Indigenous Knowledge Systems

at the Gauteng Convention Resort, Convention Park, South Africa, 15 to 20 April 2002.

9. Panelist and Panel Organizer on Reflections on Black Studies in Honor of Black History Month, Founders Hall, CCSU, Tuesday Feb 26,2002.

10. Interviewer of a series of specialists on African Cinema 2000 to present. Interviewees include directors, producers and actresses in Nigeria, and Cote D'Ivoire..

11. Keynote Speaker, Third World Studies Foundation, March 2001, Swissotel, Chicago on Globalization.

12. Presenter at weekly seminar, CCCRW, International Development Centre, QEH, Oxford University, United Kingdom May 18, 2000 on the topic of Nigerian Female Entrepreneurs and Structural Adjustment.

13. Invited Speaker/Public Lectures, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada, October 18 -21, 2000 on African Science and Technology in the Pre-colonial era.

14. Invited Speaker, Cultural Center, Halifax, Canada, 21 October, 2000 on African Textiles.

15. Invited Speaker, "The Nigerian Structural Adjustment Program," Department of Political Science, Liverpool University, Liverpool, 25 January 1991.

16. Invited Speaker, "Debt, Structural Adjustment and Nigeria," at Lancaster Polytechnic, Department of Historical Studies, Preston, United Kingdom, 1991.

17. Invited Speaker, "Systems of Science, Technology and Art in Africa," Electric Cinema, London, United Kingdom, May 23rd 1994.

18. Invited Speaker on African Technology, at the Fourth Annual International Conference on Comparative Scientific Traditions,

University of Massachusetts,, Amherst, April 8-10, 1994.

19. Invited Speaker, on "The Role of Science and Technology in the New World Order," University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Arkansas, March 10-12 1994.

20. Invited Speaker, The Twentieth New England Medieval Conference, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, November 13-14, 1993.

21. Chair/Panel Organizer, African Studies Association Meeting, Toronto, Canada, November 1994.

Topic: "Science, Technology and Medieval West Africa."

22. Invited Speaker, "African Technology," Lynchburg College, Virginia, February 1993.

23. Paper presenter, 13th Annual Lilly Conference on College Teaching, November 12-14, 1993, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.

24. Coordinator of Conference on Conflict Resolution in the Horn of Africa in conjunction with Members of the Somaliland Community, based

in Hartford, November 19, 1994. The keynote address was given by Ambassador David Shinn, of the U.S. State Department.

25. Advisor of  the CCSU African Studies Association, CCSU. Members  have attended the Annual Meetings of the African Studies Association, including Boston 1993.  The Toronto Meeting of the ASA November 1994 was attended by 11 members of the African Studies Club.

26. Invited Scholar, International Conference on Science, sponsored by COMSTECH, Standing Committee on Scientific Technological Cooperation, Karachi, Pakistan, March 26-30 1995.

27. Invited Scholar, and Presenter of Key Note Address, West African Studies, Central Lancashire University, Preston, United Kingdom, 1-3 September, 1999.

28. Invited Scholar, Women's Studies Conference, The College at New Paltz, New York, October, 1995.

29. Paper presentation at the Biennial Conference on African Studies, Bristol University, United Kingdom, September 1996.

30. Paper presentation at the Annual Conference on Philosophy and African Studies, Global Studies, Binghamton University, Nov. 1997.

31. Paper presentation at the Weekly Seminar, The Buttery, St. Antony's College, Oxford University, March 7,1998.

32. Invited Scholar/Paper Presenter, Conference on African Studies, University of Mass.' Dartmouth, May, 1998.

33. Invited Scholar/Paper Presenter, Conference on Matrices of Scientific Knowledge, on the theme- Colonialism and

Science -the African Case, Oxford University, UK, March 1998.

34. Invited Scholar, Conference on Globalization and Africa, University of Lancashire, Preston, UK, April 23-25,1998.

35. Participant at the Conference on Nubian Studies, MFA, Boston August 22-24 1998; 

36. Invited Speaker ( Plenary Session), Annual Meeting, AHA, Cornell University, New York November, 1999 on African Development in the 21st century.

37. Panel Chair and Paper presenter, African Studies Association, November 1999- University of Pennsylvania on Africa and  World History Textbooks.

38. Panel Chair and presenter at the European Social Studies Conference, Amsterdam, 11-14 April 2000 on 'Nigeria's structural adjustment program: crisis and contradiction.'

39. Paper Presenter, "Gender and Islam in Nigeria" Queen Elizabeth House, Oxford University, Oxford, UK. 28 February 1991.

40. External Assessor, History, University of Guyana, South America, 1991 to 1994.

41. Coordinator, Conference on "Gender Issues and Structural Adjustment in Africa," Institute for African Alternatives, London, 23 March 1991.

42. Invited  Speaker, Royal African Society, on "The Nigerian Economic Crisis," Bristol University, UK 25 March 1991.

43. Invited Speaker, Institute for African Alternatives, London on "Nigeria and the Debt Crisis," UK. 24 November 1990.

44. Paper Presenter, "Perspectives on Methodology in Women's Studies in Nigeria," Queen Elizabeth House, Oxford University, Oxford,UK 22 November 1990.

45 . Paper Presenter, "The Structural Adjustment Program in Nigeria, Implications for Development Strategy," St. Antony's College, Oxford University, UK, November 1990.

46. External Assessor, Women's Studies Program, Antioch University, U.S.A. at Regent's College, London, 4 December 1990.

MISCELLANEOUS ADMINISTRATIVE AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

Founding Coordinator of African Studies at Central Connecticut State University, 1992 to 1997

Member of the Central Connecticut State University Promotion and Tenure Committee 2001-2003; 2004-6.

Member of the Department Evaluation Committee, History Department, 2000-2003.

Member of the Central Connecticut State University Senate 2003.

Panelist/Africa Specialist WFSB TV 3

4th December 1992: 3 mins. 5:00 p.m. News program

Crisis in Somalia

Consultant/Africa Specialist on Radio WPOP News Program

6:40 a.m., 4th December 1992. 5 mins.

Consultant/Africa Specialist on Radio WTIC AM Hartford

4th December 1992: 20 minutes : Political and historical dimensions of the crisis in Somalia

Consultant/Africa Specialist WFSB TV 3

11:00 p.m. News Program, Interviewed by M. Brezinski

5 mins. 6th December 1992

Consultant/Africa Specialist Radio WTIC

8:40-8:50 Tuesday 5th October 1993: 10 mins.

Consultant/Africa Specialist Radio WTIC

8:40-8:50 a.m. News Monday 7th December 1992: 10 mins.

Monday 28th December 1992: 5 mins.

Consultant/Africa Specialist Radio WTIC

8:40-8:50 a.m. Tuesday 5th October 1993: 10 mins.

Consultant/Specialist WFSB Channel 3

11:00-11:05 News Hour

Consultant/Specialist WTIC 3

10:00 a.m. - 3:25 p.m.

Commentary on U.S. Foreign Policy, WTIC

Friday 8th October 1993

Consultant/Commentator on Crisis in Central Africa, Voice of America, Feb 2000

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