PhD Thesis
Title: The Meat of the Story: Livestock Capitalism, Meat Production and Veterinary Public Health in Nigerian History, 1878–1960
PhD Supervisors: Aidan Russell and Vinh-Kim Nguyen
Expected completion date: 2024
Williams’ ongoing doctoral study investigates the history of livestock capitalism, meatification and the associated critical linkages between human and animal nutrition and health in colonial Nigeria.
Profile
Oluwaṣeun Otosede Williams is a doctoral candidate and teaching assistant at the International History and Politics Department of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees (with distinction) in History and Strategic Studies from the University of Lagos, Nigeria. His research interests intersect the histories of veterinary public health, food, commodities, capitalism, and colonialism in Nigeria.
Research Interests
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Histories of Veterinary Public Health
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Environmental Health
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Food History
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Urban History
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Social History
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Capitalism
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Commodities
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Colonialism
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Law and Order
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCES
Teaching Experience
Teaching Assistant – International History and Politics Department, the Geneva Graduate Institute - 2022/2023
Editorial Secretary – Essays in History [Journal of the Students’ Historical Society of Nigeria, University of Lagos] - 2012-2013
other work experiences
Co-Organizer – Fondation Pierre du Bois Doctoral Workshop, 2022
Member – Conference, Workshop and Seminar Committee of the Lagos Studies Association, 2017-2022
Panel Organiser – “(De)Colonizing Guts: Multi-Species Studies of Food in Everyday (Inter-/Post-)Colonial Contexts” Panel at the 6th Annual Lagos Studies Association Conference, Lagos, Nigeria
Fellowships, Grants and Awards
The Geneva Graduate Institute’s Excellence Scholarship – 2019-2022
Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences (SAGW/ASSH) Travel Subsidy 2022
Fondation Pierre du Bois Doctoral Workshop Grant – 2022
Fondation Pierre du Bois Research Travel Grant – 2021
The Geneva Graduate Institute’s Doctoral Research/Travel Grant – 2021
Lagos State Scholarship Board’s Masters Grant – 2016
Lagos State Scholarship Board’s Undergraduate Bursary – 2012, 2013, 2014
AFFILIATIONS
Lagos Studies Association
Swiss Society for History
World History Association
The Graduate Association for Food Studies
World Association for the History of Veterinary Medicine
Association for the Study of Food and Society