OLUBOMEHIN, Olusola Oladipo
ADDRESS: History and Diplomatic Studies
PHONE NUMBER: +234 803 406 9943
SOCIAL MEDIA ADDRESS: Not Applicable
DESIGNATION: Academic Staff
BIOGRAPHY:
Oladipo Olubomehin is a Professor of Economic History at the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye, Ogun State. He joined the University in October, 1987 and has devoted himself to teaching, research and administrative duties. He has published in several local and international journals and has had the honour of serving in various capacities including (but not limited) to the following:
• Head, Department of History and Diplomatic Studies between February 2000 – September 2002, September 2004 – September 2008 and from August 2013 to the present time.
• Member, Senate Research Committee
• Editor, Journal of History and Diplomatic Studies from Jan. 2004 to 2014.
• Acting Dean, Faculty of Arts, August 1, 2016 to date
DEPARTMENT: History and Diplomatic Studies
ACADEMIC RANK: Professor
CURRENT POSITION: Acting Dean, Faculty of Arts.
RESEARCH INTEREST:
Economic History of Nigeria with particular interest in Transport history.
INSTITUTION ATTENDED/QUALIFICATION:
B.A. (Hons) History, Ogun State University 1986
M.A. History, University of Ibadan 1988
Ph.D University of Ibadan 1999
MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES:
• Historical Society of Nigeria since 1987
• International Association for Transport, Traffic and Mobility (2004 & 2005)
• West Africa Research Association (2005)
• Organisation for Historical Research in Nigeria since 2012
AWARDS AND HONOURS RECEIVED:
(i) 1986 Best Graduating Student, Dept. of History, Ogun State University.
(ii) Chief T. E. A. Salubi Prize in History for 1987/88 Session awarded for the best
M.A. Dissertation on topic dealing with Nigerian History at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria.
iii) Long Service Award, in recognition of the contribution to the development of Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye. 4th April, 2013.
iv) Award of Honour given by the Historien Et Diplomats Students Association, Babcock University, Ilishan, Ogun State, Nigeria.
COURSES TAUGHT:
Teaching Function at Undergraduate level:
Harmattan Semester
HDS 301- Economic History of West Africa in the 19th Century………………3units
HDS 311 – Historiography: The Nature of History………………………………3units
HDS 401 – Historiography in Relation to African History………………………3units
HDS 409 – Documentary Study: Yorubaland and Dahomey, 1818 – 1864……..4units
Rain Semester
HDS 302 – Economic History of Nigeria in the 19th and 20th Centuries………..3units
HDS 310 – Problem and Prospects of Regional Econ. Dev. in West Africa…….3units
HDS 404 – Modern African Political Thought……………………………………3units
HDS 406 – Nigerian History, 1914 – the Present…………………………………3units
ii) Teaching Function at Postgraduate level:
Harmattan Semester
PIR 717 – United Nations Specialized Agencies and Development…………….3units
HDS 801 – Theories and Methods in History……………………………………3units
Rain Semester
MTS 802 – History of Transport…………………………………………………3units
HDS 810 – Economic Integration………………………………………….…….3units
HDS 902 – Colonial Transport in Africa…………………………………………3units
RESEARCH CONDUCTED:
Various aspects of the pre-colonial, colonial and post-colonial Economic History of Nigeria. I have also done research on the history of the Ijebu and Remo people of South Western Nigeria.