Until recently, Ushehwedu Kufakurinani was Senior Lecturer and Head of Department in the Department of Economic History at the University of Zimbabwe. He is currently a Research Fellow in the History Department at the University of Warwick. His research interests include gender and imperial studies and contemporary economic and social history. His first monograph, published by Brill, is Elasticity in Domesticity: White Women in Rhodesia Zimbabwe, 1890 to 1979. He has co-edited a number of books and published in leading journals such as the Journal of Southern African Studies, African Diaspora, Review of African Political Economy, Economic History of Developing Regions, Historia, Oxford Research Encyclopedia of African History, among others.

The discussant is Professor Gareth Austin of the Faculty of History, University of Cambridge. He has supervised and mentored many students and scholars. He serves on the board of the African Economic History Network (AEHN). He also sits on many editorial and advisory boards such as the Cambridge Studies in Economic History (Cambridge University Press), the Brill Book Series in Global Economic History, the Economic History Review, the Journal of African Economic History, the History Journal and the Journal of Global History. Among his many path breaking works include his book: Labour, Land and Capital in Ghana: From Slavery to Free Labour in Asante, 1807-1956. Professor Austin will bring to the discussion his vast experience from various contexts, including comparisons with West Africa, AEHN, and the resuscitation of Economic History. All are welcome.

Date: Monday, 28 February 2022

Time: 15:00 – 16:30

Link: https://zoom.us/j/93986527967?pwd=YisveEtlZmhrdXRuMEMvQnFjTWdwUT09

Meeting ID: 939 8652 7967

Passcode: 886600