Robin Law

Robin Law

Robin C. C. Law (born 1944) is a British Africanist and since 2009 Emeritus Professor of the History of Africa at the University of Stirling. He obtained a BA degree in Literae Humaniores at the University of Oxford in 1967 and a PhD in History at the University of Birmingham in 1972. As a researcher, he worked at the University of Lagos, Nigeria (1966–1969) and at the Centre of West African Studies of the University of Birmingham (1970–1972). He joined the University of Stirling in 1972, and was subsequently Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, and Reader, becoming Professor of African History in 1993. ^{[1] [2] [3]} He was a Visiting Fellow at the African Studies Centre Leiden (1993–1994), and a visiting professor at York University, Canada (1996–1997) and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2000–2001). ^[1] Law received the Distinguished Africanist award of the African Studies Association of the UK for 2010. ^[4]

Publications

Law published many scholarly books and research articles on Africa, including: ^{[2] [5]}

• The Oyo Empire, c. 1600–c. 1836: A West African Imperialism in the Era of the Atlantic Slave Trade. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1977. Oxford Studies in African Affairs. ^[6]
• The horse in West African history : the role of the horse in the societies of pre-colonial West Africa, Oxford: Oxford University Press for the International Africa Institute, 1980. ^[7] New edition London : Routledge, 2020.
• The slave coast of West Africa, 1550-1750 : the impact of the Atlantic slave trade on an African society, Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1991, 2002. ^{[8] [9]}
• The English in West Africa, 1685-1688 : the local correspondence of the Royal African Company of England, 1681-1699, by Law, Robin, Ed., Oxford : Published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press, Part 1 and 2 (1681–1688); Part 1: 1997, Part 2: 2001, Part 3 (1691–1699): 2007. Fontes historiae Africanae, new series 5. ^[10]
• Ouidah : The Social History of a West African Slaving Port 1727-1892, Athens: Ohio, Ohio University Press, 2004. ^[11] Suffolk : Boydell & Brewer, 2017.
• Dahomey and the ending of the trans-Atlantic slave trade : the journals and correspondence of Vice-Consul Louis Fraser, 1851-1852. Oxford : Published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press, 2012. Series: Fontes historiae Africanae, new series 10.
• Benin, in Encyclopedia Britannica. ^[3]

External links

• Falola, Toyin (23 March 2009). "Book Launching in Honor of Robin Law (Toyin Falola, Matt D. Childs: The Changing Worlds of Atlantic Africa: Essays in Honor of Robin Law, Carolina Academic Press 2009)". Google. Retrieved 5 August 2022.

References

1. Law, Robin. "Professor Robin Law, About me". stir.ac.uk. University of Stirling. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
2. "Professor Robin Law FBA, History of Africa, Elected 2000, Section Early Modern History to 1850". thebritishacademy.ac.uk. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
3. "Robin Law Contributor. Professor of African History, University of Stirling, Scotland. Author of The Slave Coast of West Africa, 1550–1750 and others". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
4. "Outstanding African Studies Award". asauk.net. African Studies Association of the UK. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
5. "Law, Robin". Worldcat.org. OCLC . Retrieved 5 October 2024.
6. Irwin, Graham W. (1 February 1979). "Journal Article. [Review] Robin Law. The Oyo Empire, c. 1600–c. 1836: A West African Imperialism in the Era of the Atlantic Slave Trade. (Oxford Studies in African Affairs.) Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1977" . American Historical Review. 84 (1): 223–224. doi:10.1086/ahr/84.1.223 . Retrieved 5 August 2022.
7. Oliver, Roland (24 December 2009). "Reviews. Robin Law: The horse in West African history: the role of the horse in the societies of pre-colonial West Africa" . Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. 44 (3): 635. doi:10.1017/S0041977X00144854. S2CID   161403344 . Retrieved 5 August 2022.
8. Miller, Joseph C. (1993). "Reviews of Books. Robin Law. The Slave Coast of West Africa 1550–1750: The Impact of the Atlantic Slave Trade on an African Society" . American Historical Review. 98 (5): 1656–1657. doi:10.1086/ahr/98.5.1656 . Retrieved 5 August 2022.
9. Rathbone, Richard (1993). "Reviews. Robin Law. The Slave Coast of West Africa 1550–1750: The Impact of the Atlantic Slave Trade on an African Society" . Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. 56 (1): 196–198. doi:10.1017/S0041977X0000238X. JSTOR   620360. S2CID   162583469 . Retrieved 5 August 2022.
10. Massing, Andreas (2011). "Analyses et comptes rendus. Law, Robin (ed.). — The English in West Africa". Cahiers d'Études africaines. 204: 1018–1022. doi: 10.4000/etudesafricaines.14323 . Retrieved 5 August 2022.
11. Brunger, Scott (2006). "Reviewed Work: Ouidah: The Social History of a West African Slaving "Port," 1727–1892 by Robin Law". The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 39 (2): 313–315. JSTOR   40033870 . Retrieved 5 August 2022.