History Department Welcomes Professor Wapu Mulwafu as Visiting Professor for Spring 2009
Professor Wapu Mulwafu, an environmental historian, will be a visiting professor in the Department this Spring. Dr. Mulwafu is currently the Dean of the College of Social Science at Chancellor College, University of Malawi. (Prior to that he was Chair of the History Department.) While at MSU, Dr. Mulwafu is teaching a senior seminar (HST484) on Water and the Environment in African History.
Dr. Mulwafu completed his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 2000. His dissertation was entitled: “The State, Conservation and Sustainability in a Peasant Economy in Malawi, 1860-1964″. He has written on various aspects of Malawi’s social and environmental history including the political and religious aspects of soil conservation, coffee production, irrigation reform, and the socio-economic dimensions of water resources management. His articles have appeared in the Journal of Southern African Studies, Journal of Religion in Africa, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Malawi Journal of Social Science, Malawi Journal of Science and Technology and Society of Malawi Journal.
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[...] Historian Wapu Mulwafu (Univ. of Malawi) on the significance of environmental history of Africa. Mulwafu discusses the history of water use and management in Malawi, with a focus on political and religious aspects of soil conservation and the importance of indigenous ecological knowledge and practices. Mulwafu closes with his thoughts on the challenges of “doing history” in Malawi. Africa Past and Present: Episode 22 [26:18m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download [...]