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]
  • 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)". groups.google.com. Retrieved 5 August 2022.

References

  1. ^ a b Law, Robin. "Professor Robin Law, About me". stir.ac.uk. University of Stirling. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Professor Robin Law FBA, History of Africa, Elected 2000, Section Early Modern History to 1850". thebritishacademy.ac.uk. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Robin Law Contributor. Professor of African History, University of Stirling, Scotland. Author of The Slave Coast of West Africa, 1550–1750 and others". britannica.com. 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.


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