James Wilson
Office: GAR 3.210Office Hours: On leave Fall 2008
Phone: 512-475-7250
wilsonja@mail.utexas.edu
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Education: PhD, 2002, Princeton University
Research interests:
His current work examines the history of the Kikuyu Independent Schools Movement from the perspectives of former Kikuyu students, teachers, local leaders, ex-soldiers, and former colonial education officers from 1922-1962. His study presents a new framework which challenges the static claims about the Kikuyu independent schools as havens for Mau Mau activities.
Courses taught:
His major teaching fields are in Colonial and Post-Colonial African History with a special focus on the political history of Kenya, South Africa, and the African Diaspora. He also works on issues of gender and sexuality in Modern Africa.
Geographic Area(s) of Study: Africa
Thematic Field(s): Empire and Globalization; Gender, Sexuality and Family
Awards/Honors:
Mellon Foundation Faculty Grant to develop a South African Study Aboard Program 2004; Outstanding Young Texas Ex Award, University of Texas at Austin Alumni Assoc. 2004; Franklin H. Williams Award for Outstanding Community Service, Peace Corps 2003; William C. Archie Fund for Faculty Excellence, Wake Forest University 2002-2003; John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Center for International Studies 2000-2001 Pre-Dissertation Fellowship, Princeton University; The Rollins Prize in History, Princeton University History Department 2000-2001; Woodrow Wilson Fellowship Research Grant, Princeton University 1999-2001