Bolaji Owoseni

Dr Bolaji Owoseni

Postdoctoral Associate
University Positions
Research Associate
Subjects
Archaeology
Specialising in
West Africa early settlement development

Bolaji Owoseni is a West African archaeologist researching the Yorubaland region prior to the 19th century.

Academic interests

Bolaji Owoseni’s academic interests include: 

  • Archaeology of Africa/global history
  • Archaeology of social complexity
  • Archaeology of material culture.

Degrees obtained

  • BSc, University of Ibadan, Nigeria.
  • MSc, University of Ibadan, Nigeria.
  • PhD, University of East Anglia, UK.

Awards and prizes

  • 2019-2022: PhD Studentship Award (Maintenance), The Sainsbury Research Unit, University of East Anglia, UK.
  • 2019 -2021: PhD Studentship Award (Tuition), The Sainsbury Research Unit, University of East Anglia, UK.
  • 2019: Fieldwork Award, The Sainsbury Research Unit, University of East Anglia, UK.
  • 2020: Fieldwork Award, Spret Educational Trust Fund, UK.
  • 2019: Fieldwork Award, Gilchrist Educational Trust Fund, UK.
  • 2019: Fieldwork Award, University of East Anglia UK, Humanities Graduate School, University of East Anglia, UK.
  • 2016: Conference Award, World Archaeology Congress (WAC) - 8, Kyoto Japan.
  • 2014: Conference Award, Pan Africa/Society of Africanist Archaeologist Conference. 

Biography

Bolaji Owoseni is an archaeologist of the pre-19th century Yoruba region of Nigeria, West Africa. She has written papers on settlement development in the Ilorin Yoruba area between the 6th and the 12th centuries, on community/public engagements, and on archaeological perspectives in Nigeria.

Bolaji has also taught classes and presented papers on archaeological studies in Nigeria and the UK and at various international conferences and workshops at Cambridge and beyond.

Her research connects the archaeology of social interactions, complex society, ethnoarchaeology, ethnohistory, material culture, ancient landscape architecture and environment. Her proposed project will include a range of archaeological approaches to material culture analysis within critical comparative and theoretical concepts.

She is a member of the Society for Africanist Archaeology (SAFA) and the World Archaeology Congress (WAC).

Other interests

Travel, watching entertainment, networking, and reading.

Department link

https://www.arch.cam.ac.uk/institutes-and-facilities-overview/mcdonald-institute-archaeological-research

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