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Richard Roberts

Frances and Charles Field Professor of History Emeritus

Stanford University

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School of Humanities and Sciences

Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity

Modern Thought and Literature

Richard Roberts is currently serving as a Center For Comparative Studies In Race And Ethnicity Frances and Charles Field Professor of History Emeritus at Stanford University.

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Stanford University

Frances and Charles Field Professor of History Emeritus

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history colonialism african studies african american studies social history african identity african diaspora economic history african political economy african economy historiography social sciences sociology cultural history settler colonialism decoloniality black experience historical methodology urban history southern african studies migration studies historical review women's studies historical sociology historical analysis racial studies historical evidence western sudan african intermediaries political philosophy literary criticism ethics ethical theory interdisciplinary history business history social anthropology conflict resolution postcolonial writing narrative indigenous studies ethnohistory moral philosophy women's empowerment household labor industrial relations work-family interface activism transhumanism anti-imperialism post-colonial criticism political conflict auditory science prosody (linguistics) discourse structure human hearing philosophy of history regional collaboration cultural context cross-border crime female criminality female sexual slavery world economic history middle niger valley household social relations nineteenth century maraka textile industry millennial anti-trafficking neoliberal resurgence early twentieth century court records africana research historical memory reversible social processes french colonialism handicraft textile industry african labour colonial conquest civilizations social change african development global history african city anthropology

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Asr Volume 65 Issue 1 Cover and Back Matter. African Studies Review (2022)

Richard RobertsFrederick CooperElizabeth Foster

african studieslongitudinal studiesafrican american studies

Conflicts of Colonialism. (2022)

Richard L. Roberts

historydecolonialitypost-colonial criticismcolonialismpolitical historypostcolonial writingpolitical conflictconflict resolutionsettler colonialismanti-imperialismconflict

Hia Volume 49 Cover and Back Matter. History in Africa (2022)

Richard RobertsFrederick CooperElizabeth Foster

historyarchaeological scienceenvironmental history

Viral Video ‘Blood Chocolate’ Activism, Millennial Anti-Trafficking, and the Neoliberal Resurgence of Shaming. Slavery and Abolition (2018)

Benjamin N. LawranceRichard L. Roberts

communicationneoliberalismmillennial anti-traffickingsocial sciencesneoliberal resurgencesocial mediaanthropologypolitical communicationideologyactivismtranshumanismfeminist theory

Contextualizing Trafficking in Women and Children in Africa. SSRN Electronic Journal (2012)

Benjamin N. LawranceRichard L. Roberts

sociologycultural contextfemale sexual slaverycriminologysocial sciencesfemale criminalityanthropologysocial science researchfeminist criminologyafrican diasporamigration studieswomen's studiesafrican developmentsocial justicecross-border crime

African Intermediaries in Early Colonial Nigeria - Brokering Colonial Rule: Political Agents in Northern Nigeria, 1886–1914. by Philip Afeadi. SaarbrüCken, Germany: Vdm Verlag, 2008. Pp. 184. £45, Paperback (Isbn 978-3-63907-094-1).. The Journal of African History (2010)

RICHARD ROBERTS

historypolitical scienceafrican political economydecolonialitycolonialismpolitical historynorthern nigeriacolonial ruleearly colonialsettler colonialismafrican american studiesafrican intermediariespolitical agentsafrican studiesafrican identity

Steven Pierce. Farmers and the State in Colonial Kano: Land Tenure and the Legal Imagination. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. 2005. Pp. XII, 262. $55.00. The American Historical Review (2007)

R. Roberts

historycolonial kanolegal imaginationcolonialismland tenurehistorical reviewagricultural economicsagricultural historyhistorical analysis

African Intermediaries and the ‘Bargain’ of Collaboration. SSRN Electronic Journal (2006)

Benjamin N. LawranceEmily Lynn OsbornRichard Roberts

cooperationsociologysocial sciencessocial science researchregional collaborationafrican intermediariesnegotiation

The Question of Change in Precolonial West Africa Moogo: L'éMergence D'un Espace éTatique Oust-Africain Au Xvie SièCle. by M Ichel I Zard. Paris: Editions Karthala, 2003. Pp. 394. No Price Given (Isbn 2-84586-449-3).. The Journal of African History (2006)

RICHARD ROBERTS

historycivilizationsprecolonial westcolonialismempirepolitical historyhistorical transitionafrican american studiestransnational historyafrican diasporahistorical evidenceafrican studiesafrican identity

Humphrey J. Fisher. Slavery in the History of Muslim Black Africa. New York: New York University Press, 2001. XXI + 400 Pp. Maps. Photographs. Student Bibliography. Index. $60.00. Cloth. $21.95. Paper.. African Studies Review (2002)

Richard Roberts

historyracemuslim black africablack experienceafrican political economyracial discriminationcolonialismsocial historycritical race theorysouthern african studiescontemporary racismindigenous peoplesanthropologyafrican american studiesafrican diasporaracial studiesafrican studiesafrican identity

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Richard Roberts

Frances and Charles Field Professor of History Emeritus

Stanford University

Affiliations

School of Humanities and Sciences

Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity

Modern Thought and Literature

Richard Roberts is currently serving as a Center For Comparative Studies In Race And Ethnicity Frances and Charles Field Professor of History Emeritus at Stanford University.

Honors

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Richard Roberts

Stanford University

Frances and Charles Field Professor of History Emeritus

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Video Presentations

Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Asr Volume 65 Issue 1 Cover and Back Matter. African Studies Review (2022)

Richard RobertsFrederick CooperElizabeth Foster

african studieslongitudinal studiesafrican american studies

Conflicts of Colonialism. (2022)

Richard L. Roberts

historydecolonialitypost-colonial criticismcolonialismpolitical historypostcolonial writingpolitical conflictconflict resolutionsettler colonialismanti-imperialismconflict

Hia Volume 49 Cover and Back Matter. History in Africa (2022)

Richard RobertsFrederick CooperElizabeth Foster

historyarchaeological scienceenvironmental history

Viral Video ‘Blood Chocolate’ Activism, Millennial Anti-Trafficking, and the Neoliberal Resurgence of Shaming. Slavery and Abolition (2018)

Benjamin N. LawranceRichard L. Roberts

communicationneoliberalismmillennial anti-traffickingsocial sciencesneoliberal resurgencesocial mediaanthropologypolitical communicationideologyactivismtranshumanismfeminist theory

Contextualizing Trafficking in Women and Children in Africa. SSRN Electronic Journal (2012)

Benjamin N. LawranceRichard L. Roberts

RICHARD ROBERTS

R. Roberts

historycolonial kanolegal imaginationcolonialismland tenurehistorical reviewagricultural economicsagricultural historyhistorical analysis

African Intermediaries and the ‘Bargain’ of Collaboration. SSRN Electronic Journal (2006)

Benjamin N. LawranceEmily Lynn OsbornRichard Roberts

cooperationsociologysocial sciencessocial science researchregional collaborationafrican intermediariesnegotiation

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