Randall L. Pouwels (University of Central Arkansas, Conway, Arkansas)

Submitted: Mon, 25 August 2003


Dr. Randall L. Pouwels
Professor of History
Department of History
University of Central Arkansas
Conway, Arkansas  72035   USA

Home address:
30 Forrest Lane
Conway, Arkansas 72034  USA


phone:   (501) 329-0817 (home)
         (501) 450-5625 (ofc.)
fax:     (501) 450-5617
E-mail:  Randyp@mail.uca.edu



Editorial Board member for Afrique et Histoire.

Primary research in the history of East and East-Central Africa.  
Interests in historical reconstruction from oral traditions, archaeology,
and historical linguistics. African religious and cultural history, with
particular reference to Islam.

Presently engaged in the history of the East African coast and the Arabian
Sea in the 'middle' period, ca. 1400-1832. Additional research and
teaching in Middle Eastern and, more Recently, precolonial Native American
history.

Books:

(Forthcoming) 
A History of East Africa and the Western Indian Ocean in the 'Middle' 
Period, 1400-1832, A Cultural History.

The History of Islam in Africa. Co-edited with Nehemia Levtzion.  
Athens, OH: Ohio University Pr., 2000.

The Shafi'i Ulama of East Africa, ca. 1830-1960: A Hagiographic 
Study. Annotated translation of a book by Sh. Abdallah Salih Farsy. 
Madison, WI: African Studies Program, University of Wisconsin, 1989.

Horn and Crescent: Islam and Islamic Leadership in the Coastal 
Communities of East Africa, 800-1914. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge 
University Press, 1987, 2002.

Numerous articles and reviews in Afrique et Histoire (forthcoming), The
American Historical Review, Cahiers d'Etudes Africaines, The International
Journal of African Historical Studies, The International Journal of Middle
East Studies, The Journal of African History.