Olakunle George
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| Discipline | English and Africana Studies |
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Olakunle George[1] is a Nigerian academic and Professor of English and Africana Studies at Brown University.[2]
Education
He was educated at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria (BA, MA) and Cornell University (MA, PhD).
Career
George is a professor of English and Africana studies at Brown University.
He previously held the William A. Dyer Jr. Assistant Professorship at Brown University from 1996 to 2002. Previous appointments include Assistant Professorships at the University of Oregon (1992–96) and Northwestern University (1992–1996).
He was a fellow of The Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton (1995–1996),[3] and was also awarded a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities (1995–1996). He serves on the editorial boards of Ariel: A Review of International English Literature and Savannah Review (founded by Abiola Irele).
His publications include: African Literature and Social Change: Tribe, Nation, Race (Indiana University Press, 2017);[4] and Relocating Agency: Modernity and African Letters (State University of New York Press, 2003).[5]
References
- ↑ George, Olakunle. "CV" (PDF). Brown University.
- ↑ Olakunle George. "English Department". Brown University.
- ↑ George, Olakunle (9 December 2019). "Institute of Advance Studies".
- ↑ George, Olakunle. "African Literature and Social Change: Tribe, Nation, Race". Indiana University Press. Archived from the original on 2019-12-15. Retrieved 2019-02-27.
- ↑ George, Olakunle. "Relocating Agency: Modernity and African Letters". SUNY Press.