Amusa Saheed Balogun

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Amusa Saheed Balogun

Lecturer

Nationality: Nigerian
State of Origin: Osun
Permanent Home Address & Phone No.:No. 4, Fajinmi Street, Off Agboola St.,
Igboya Quarters, Ile-Ife
Mobile: 08076415676
Marital Status: Married
Date of Assumption of Duty:15 February, 2008
Rank/Status on First Appointment:Graduate Assistant
Present Status: Lecturer I
Date of Last Promotion:October 1, 2013
Faculty/Directorate:Arts
Department/Unit:History
Postal Address: Department of History, OAU, Ile-Ife
Contact Address:Room 305B, Humanities Block II, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife
E-Mail: sbbaamusa@oauife.edu.ng;saheedamusa43@yahoo.com.

Qualification

Awards

Qualification

Academic and Professional Qualifications Obtained with Dates

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) History (On-going)2015
Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) History 2010
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) History 2005

Awards

Other Academic Distinctions and Awards with Dates
-European Research Council (ERC) Travel Grant for participation at the 50th Anniversary Conference of the Centre of West African Studies (CWAS), University of Birmingham and African Studies Association of the United Kingdom (ASAUK) Writing Workshop held at University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom, 3-6 September, 2013 (2013)
-Volkswagen Stiftung and IS Academie Travel Grant for participation at the International Conference on ‘Prolonging Life, Challenging Religion’ organized by the International Research Network on AIDS and Religion in Africa (IRNARA), held at Justo Mwale Theological University College, Lusaka, Zambia, 15-17 April, 2009 (2009)
-Development Partnership in Higher Education (DELPHE) Travel Support Grant (Local Running/Expenses) for participation at the International Conference on ‘Prolonging Life, Challenging Religion’ organized by the International Research Network on AIDS and Religion in Africa (IRNARA), held at Justo Mwale Theological University College, Lusaka, Zambia, 15-17 April, 2009 (2009)

-Directorate of Linkages and Sponsored Research, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife Research Grant for M.Phil. Research on ‘A History of HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Nigeria, 1981-2007’ (2008)
-Best Student in the M.A./M.Phil. (History) Class of 2006/2007, Department of History, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, with a weighted average of 69% (B+)

-Professor. S.O. Arifalo’s Prize for the overall best graduating student in the Department of History and International Studies, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Nigeria, 2003/2004 Session, with a CGPA of 4.33 (2007)

Previous Work Experience outside the University System with Dates
History Teacher, BOFOAT Model International College, Ugbe Akoko, Ondo State, April – September, 2005
History Teacher, Government Day Secondary School, Sandamu, Katsina State September 2005 – August 2006 (NYSC)
Director of Studies and Assistant Headmaster, NASFAT Schools, Ikare Akoko, Ondo State, September – November, 2006

Previous Work Experience in Other Universities: Nil

Work Experience in Obafemi Awolowo University with Dates
Graduate Assistant 2008 – 2010
Assistant Lecturer 2010 – 2013
Lecturer II October 1, 2013 – Date

MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES
Member, Nationalism Research Network in Nigeria, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria, since 2013
Member, International Research Network on AIDS and Religion in Africa (IRNARA) since 2009 (http://www.irnara.org/member)
Member, International Society for Studies in Oral Traditions (ISSOT) since 2010 (http://www.issot.org/member)
Member, Historical Society of Nigeria since 2008
Member, Nigerian Cultural Studies Network (NCSN) since 2008

Services within the Department
Part One Students’ Course/Part Adviser, 2014/2015 Session.
Coordinator of SER 002: The Humanities and the African Experience, 2013/2014 Session – Date.
Students’ Course/Part Adviser, 2008/2009 Session to 2011/2012 Session.
Secretary, Local Organising Committee (LOC), Special OAU 50th Anniversary Conference on “Nigeria and Security Challenges” jointly organised by the Department of History, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife and the Network of Nigerian Historians (NNH), held between October 28 and 31, 2012.

Services within the Faculty
Chairman, Faculty Students’ Council, 2014/2015 Session
Member, Faculty of Arts Committee on Guest Lecture Series, 2014/2015Session
Member, Faculty Football Team since 2008.
Member, Faculty of Arts Committee on Guest Lecture Series, 2012 – 2013.

Services within the University
Member, University Committee on Centenary Celebration of Chief Obafemi Awolowo (1909-1987), July 21-22, 2009 (2009)
Invigilator, University Pre-Degree and Post-UTME Examinations since 2008.

Services outside the University
INEC Ad-hoc Collation Officer for Elerin Ward 10, Irepodun Local Government Area of Osun State in the 2015 General Elections in Nigeria on March 28 and April 11, 2015.

Consultant Historian to the Implementation Committee of the new Technical University, Ibadan, Oyo State, 2013-2014.

Consultant Historian to Ife Business School (IBS), Ile-Ife, Osun State on a Book Project titled Statesmanship on the Throne: Selected Speeches of HIM Alayeluwa Oba (Dr.) Okunade Sijuwade, Olubuse II, Ooni of Ife (Ile-Ife: Ife Business School, 2012).

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