Peter Geschiere

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Peter Geschiere
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Geschiere in 2019
Born1941
NationalityDutch
Academic work
DisciplineAnthropologist
Sub-disciplineAfrican Studies

Peter Lein Geschiere (born 1941) is a Dutch anthropologist, Africanist and Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at the University of Amsterdam. [1] [2] He studied at the Free University of Amsterdam obtaining a MA in history in 1967, a MA in anthropology in 1969, and a PhD in anthropology in 1978. Geschiere performed field work in Tunisia, Zaire, French- and English-speaking Cameroon and Senegal (1968-2001), and was a lecturer (1969-1978) and senior lecturer (1978-1988) at the Free University of Amsterdam. Then he held a professorship in Non-Western History at Erasmus University Rotterdam (1985-1988) and was a researcher at the African Studies Centre Leiden (1986-1988). At Leiden University Geschiere worked as Professor of Anthropology and Sociology of Sub-Saharan Africa (1988-2002). From 2000 onward he was Professor of Anthropology at the University of Amsterdam. [3] Geschiere specialised on Cameroon and the comparative study of processes of change in Africa. [4] In 2002 he won the Distinguished Africanist Award from the US-based African Studies Association. [5]

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Publications

Geschiere published many scholarly books and articles, including [1] [4] [6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Prof. dr. P.L. (Peter) Geschiere, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Dep. Sociology & Anthropology". uva.nl. University of Amsterdam. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  2. "Peter Geschiere". ascleiden.nl. African Studies Centre Leiden. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  3. van der Kwaak, Anke; Spronk, Rachel; Willemse, Karin (2005). Curriculum Vitae of Peter Geschiere, in: From modern myths to global encounters. Belonging and the dynamics of change in postcolonial Africa. A Liber Discipilorum in honour of Peter Geschiere. Leiden: CNWS Publications. pp. 200–214. ISBN   90-5789-105-0.
  4. 1 2 "Prof.dr. P.L. (Peter) Geschiere". narcis.nl. DANS, Data archiving and networked services. Narcis. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  5. "Distinguished Africanist Award Winners". africanstudies.org. African Studies Association. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  6. "Geschiere, Peter". Worldcat.org. OCLC . Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  7. Guyer, Jane I. (1987). "Reviewed Work: Old Modes of Production and Capitalist Encroachment: Anthropological Explorations in Africa by Wim van Binsbergen, Peter Geschiere. The International Journal of African Historical Studies Vol. 20, No. 1 (1987), pp. 121-123". jstor.org. JSTOR   219295 . Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  8. Awondo, P.; Geschiere, P.; Reid, G. (2012). "Homophobic Africa? – Towards a More Nuanced View" (PDF). pure.uva.nl. University of Amsterdam. Retrieved 25 August 2022. The recent emergence of homosexuality as a central issue in public debate in various parts of Africa has encouraged a stereotypical image of one homophobic Africa....

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