Peter Geschiere | |
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![]() Geschiere in 2019 | |
Born | 1941 |
Nationality | Dutch |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Anthropologist |
Sub-discipline | African 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]
Geschiere published many scholarly books and articles, including [1] [4] [6]
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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