Abosede George (Barnard College, Columbia University, New York, New York)

Submitted: Mon, February 22, 2010


Abosede George
Assistant Professor 
Department of History
Barnard College
Lehman Hall, Room 418
Columbia University 
New York, New York  10027  USA

phone:   212-854-3645
e-mail:  ageorge@barnard.edu


Teaches courses on African history; African civilization; African 
urban history; history of children and childhood, gender, and sexuality 
in Africa; history of Lagos, Nigeria.  

Research on history of women and girls in Nigeria, especially Lagos. 


Selected Publications:

"Feminist activism and class politics: the example of the Lagos Girl 
Hawker Project," Women's studies quarterly 35 (2007).


Education:

B.A., Rutgers University
M.A., Ph.D., Stanford University