Prof. Dr. Egodi Uchendu

Profil

Derzeitige StellungProfessor W-3 und Äquivalente
FachgebietWeitere Geschichtswissenschaften,Islamwissenschaft, Arabistik, Semitistik
Keywordsadvance, interregional contacts, islam, political integration, women
Auszeichnungen

2026: TETFund Academic Research Journals (ARJ) Intervention for Journal of African Humanities Research and Development (JAHRD)

2025: African Studies Association (USA) Gretchen Walsh Book Donation Award

2022: “Humboldt Alumni Prize for Innovative Networking Initiative”

2021: 28. Fulbright Alumni Association of Nigeria Certificate of Merit for “Outstanding Impact on the Society and Unflinching Support to the Development of the Association,”

2020: African Studies & Research Forum (ASRF) Book Award for Islam in the Niger Delta, 1890-2017: A Synthesis of the Accounts of Indigenes and Migrants

2018: Fellow of the Royal Doyen Academy

2017: “The Wangari Maathai Award for Innovative Scholarship and Leadership” of The University of Texas at Austin

2016: University of Nigeria Staff Award for Most Punctual Lecturer

2010: ‘International Service Award’ for inspiring the younger generation by the Rotaract Club, University of Nigeria

2006: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Research Fellow, June 2006-September 2008

2005: Advanced Research Fellowship Award of the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), 2005–2006

2004: Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Centre of African Studies, School of Asian and African Studies (SOAS), University of London

2003: Vice Chancellors’ prize for Best graduating Ph.D. candidate of the Faculty of Arts and second prize for Best graduating Ph.D candidate of the University of Nigeria for the 2001–2002 academic year

2001: Fulbright Visiting Researcher, Women Studies Program, The University of Kansas, Lawrence (U.S.A.)

1999: University of Nigeria post-graduate studies (PhD) research awards, 1999-2000 and 2000-2001

1992: Federal Government of Nigeria M.A. Degree Scholarship

Aktuelle Kontaktadresse

LandNigeria
OrtNsukka
Universität/InstitutionUniversity of Nigeria
Institut/AbteilungDepartment of History and International Studies
Websitewww.egodiuchendu.com

Gastgeber*innen während der Förderung

Prof. Dr. Achim OppenLeibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO), Geisteswissenschaftliche Zentren Berlin e.V. (GWZ), Berlin
Prof. Dr. Ulrike FreitagGeisteswissenschaftliche Zentren Berlin e.V., Geisteswissenschaftliche Zentren Berlin e.V. (GWZ), Berlin
Prof. Dr. Boike RehbeinFakultätsinstitut für Asien- und Afrikawissenschaften, Zentralasisatisches Institut - Tibetologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin
Beginn der ersten Förderung01.10.2006

Programm(e)

2005Georg Forster-Forschungsstipendien-Programm

Publikationen (Auswahl)

2018Egodi Uchendu: Islam in the Niger Delta 1890-2017 - A Synthesis of the Accounts of Indigenes and Migrants in: Studien zum Modernen Orient 32. Klaus Schwarz Verlag GmbH, 2018
2012Egodi Uchendu: New Face of Islam in Eastern Nigeria and the Lake Chad Basin: Essays in Honour of Simon Ottenberg. . Aboki, 2012
2011Egodi Uchendu: Dawn for Islam in Eastern Nigeria: A History of the arrival of Islam in Igboland. Klaus-Schwarz, 2011
2011Egodi Uchendu: “Negotiating Relationships in a Mixed Religious Society: Islam in Southeast Nigeria”. In: Journal of Third Word Studies, 2011,
2010Egodi Uchendu: “Being Igbo and Muslim: The Igbo of South-eastern Nigeria and Conversions to Islam, 1930s to Recent Times” . In: Journal of African History, 2010, 63-87
2010Egodi Uchendu: “Evidence for Islam in Southeast Nigeria”. In: The Social Science Journal (Elsevier), 2010, 159-176